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The play “The Merchant of Venice” was written about 1596 by the great English playwright William Shakespeare. Although the play has gone through some revisions it has never been changed a great deal. In the past fifty or so years as Hollywood has come into light and the movie adaptations of some of Shakespeare’s greatest…

Arshile Gorky ‘s Water of the Flowery Mill and Jackson Pollock ‘s Autumn Rhythm were drawn in 1944 and 1950 severally. This was a period when the art universe was strongly dominated by the Abstract Expressionism motion, so it is natural that outstanding creative persons of that epoch including Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock drew…

The novella “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is part fiction part history, and is based on an incident that took place in Sucre in 1951, where Marquez had been living with his family. In this melodramatic incident, a landowner, Miguel forsook his wife, Margarita, when he found on his wedding night…

Through the viewing of the film “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” you see examples of obedience and disobedience that make you question the term itself. Many interesting observations can be made regarding obedience to authority and how that affects individual’s actions. These observations are very similar to those seen in Stanley Milgram’s article, “The…

The Stewart McKinney Act of 1987 defines a homeless person as Aone who lacks a fixed permanent nighttime residence, or whose nighttime residence is a temporary shelter, welfare hotel or any public or private place not designated as sleeping accommodations for human   (583). Included in the homeless population are people who stay with friends or…

By: Bobby E-mail: emailprotected The subject of Euthanasia is a heated battle, in which lines have been drawn between warring social, religious and political groups. Many people want this controversial institution erased from the volumes of lawful medicine, but others say that we should be able to choose our fates in extreme cases. Neither the…

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the worlds leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museums outstanding collections of modern painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints range from Impressionisms to…

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONEfforts to improve the standard of living for humans–through the control of nature and the development of new products–have also resulted in the pollution, or contamination, of the environment. Much of the world’s air, water, and land is now partially poisoned by chemical wastes. Some places have become uninhabitable. This pollution exposes people all…

The tragic poet Aeschylus, and the philosopher Plato have arguablywritten two of the most influencing works ever in western history. The Oresteia, and The Republic each respectively depicts its individual accounts of how justice came to exist in human society. In the famous dialogs of Socrates, The Republic attempts to analyze society rationally and change…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is exemplary in showing the forgoing of the spirit of religion and justice in the name of man-made codes such as honor. The writer portrays an unnamed town where the most vicious of crimes can be committed in the name of honor. The Vicario brothers who…