This paper demonstrates that the findings of Black Feminist Theory run parallel to the themes of selected novels by famed black female authors such as: Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker. These authors address core theore . . .

This study explores the concept of mythic monstrosity and how John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien) used it within his own literature. It analyzes the concept of evil in literary creatures by looking at the traits that they exhibit in medieval li . . .

This paper analyzes the representation of the city in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus. The competitive conflict between the characters Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Mozart of the play, two classical composers competing for the adulation of Emperor Joseph . . .

In the early 1930s, a group of writers met each week and discussed their literary works in progress. The types of support varied from confidence builder to constructive criticism from fellow writers. Many times, Tolkien and Lewis’s discourse resulted . . .

The iconography of ancient Maya art addresses Maya mythology and communicates the Maya belief system. The decipherment of Maya glyphs has contributed to the understanding of the historical circumstances of much of ancient Maya art; however, the art is . . .

Although frequently remembered as theatrical entertainment, the works of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II also serve as a lasting way to measure the impact of history on culture and vice versa. From Oklahoma! to the Sound of Music, each Rodger . . .

Because the nature of instruction in Ancient Greece was focused on the formation of the perfect citizen, this study will center on the intent of the initiative known as paideia which helped to formulate what the citizens thought about certain topics a . . .

This thesis is an investigation into the decision to maintain the use of the death penalty during the French Revolution. One of the most recognizable features of the Revolution was the very public use of the guillotine, and yet in the early stages th . . .

Republican, utopian, poet, historian, and the first true “man of letters,” Robert Southey had a prodigious amount to say; yet very little of his passionate life’s work is recalled, let alone studied. One seemingly insignificant contribution remains in . . .

The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has risen to prominence in the 21st Century as the latest in the long history of natural explanations for religious belief. It is, however, unique in at least two ways: it is well supported empirically, and it e . . .

This thesis is a qualitative study that examined the conditions and experiences that helped to foster activism within a subset of rank-and-file union members during and after the Southern California grocery strike of 2003-2004. The study was conducted . . .

This project examines the causes for the decline of religious participation in the United States during the last forty years. The goal is to show that Americans have become more accepting of a secular lifestyle in the face of social, technological, po . . .

In The Voyage Out, Mrs. Dalloway, and To the Lighthouse, there are moments when Virginia Woolf suggests that death is preferable to marriage. However, there are enough exceptions to these grim notions that one must call into question the idea that Woo . . .

The term “filibuster” in the 1800s was nearly synonymous with, and a variation of, the word “freebooter;” pirate to some, liberator to others. Prompted by the belief in Manifest Destiny, increased tensions regarding slavery, the fear of a disappearing . . .

This thesis examines how the title characters of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler 's Planet -make meaning of their life experiences . The study employs Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, a theoretical fusion of certain as . . .

The goal of this thesis is to examine Ralph Ellison’s literary masterpiece Invisible Man through the lens of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline: Part 1: Science of Logic, Part 1: “More Detailed . . .

This paper examines the concepts of identity and ownership of one’s body in relation to voluntary and involuntary tattoos. When personal agency has been removed through forcible tattooing, individuals can ultimately create new meaning for their involu . . .

The 1990s were a time of political rebirth in Niger. On July 29, 1991, the Nigerien National Sovereign Conference convened, and it led to the revamping of Niger’s political system. The previous constitution was suspended. The sitting president was str . . .

This study addressed the false film images that are perceived as true by the general public by examining a potential correlation between the film industry’s portrayal of African Americans and the conflict they experience in society as a direct result . . .

The Pachuca was an influential figure who emerged in the 1940’s as a female Mexican-American subject whose public visibility challenged the hegemonic patriarchal stereotypes, both in the home and on the streets, yet the authentic voices of Pachucas ar . . .

Scholars have neglected to study the impact of women of the Gilded Age from 1865 until the outbreak of World War I in 1917 because of their uncritical acceptance of periodization labels that have maintained unintended stereotypes and reputations of th . . .

The 1922 Moscow production of Fernand Crommelynck’s farce The Magnanimous Cuckold, directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold with sets and costumes by the Constructivist artist Liubov Popova, is regarded as a theatrical milestone. Yet critics have largely, and p . . .

Early American architecture was primarily based on imitations of European design. Frank Lloyd Wright ushered in the first era of original American residential architecture based on his understanding that such imitation fell short of meeting the needs . . .

Making use of blood—the ever-alluring plasma coursing through one’s veins—as an aesthetic focal point in the creation of artwork is not a conceptually novel idea. Blood works have existed from the time of the earliest civilizations. For instance, Maya . . .

Wearing a mask is an intriguing phenomenon: it hides the wearer by covering the face, but simultaneously uncovers the nature of the inner self by reducing inhibitions, giving the wearer a sense of freedom from cultural restrictions and civilizational . . .

This research examines the synergistic relationship between popular music and culture. More specifically the research posits soul music produced by various artists during the late 1960s through the early 1970s conveyed lyrics that were viewed as socia . . .

In this thesis for Curriculum B (Literature), I explore common themes and features in the novels The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe), Caleb Williams (William Godwin), and Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) and investigate possible reasons for these similar . . .

The small, Middle Eastern, emirate of Qatar is economically advanced and internationally respected. It is ruled by the hereditary Al Thani monarchy who promote modernist goals (nationalism, central authority, moral superiority) within a regional narra . . .

Whether in the past or in the present, any individual who went from being a slave owner to becoming a member of a religious order and an ardent advocate for slaves is anticipated to provide people with ample information from their experiences. In some . . .

After Stalin’s failed negotiations with Britain and the subsequent signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty, the Soviet Union looked to gather the resulting spoils from the west’s war with Nazi Germany. As Hitler’s military continued to gain quick vic . . .

Sixteenth and seventeenth century Mughal art consisted of secular paintings for the Mughal emperors and their courtiers. Even a cursory glance at them reveals that there are few depictions of women. This thesis focuses on female representation and the . . .

The Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program was active from July 1943 to December 1944. After eighteen months of service, the program was abruptly disbanded and classified until 1977. The pilots were sent home, receiving no veteran’s pay, benef . . .

This thesis explores the root causes of the Qarmatian revolution as one of the several anti-Caliphate uprisings during the ninth and the tenth centuries. The study compares the Qarmatian movement against two contemporary insurgencies. The Qarmatian mo . . .

In the mid 1800s, contemporary writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville contributed prodigiously to early American literature by creating works of profound insight and intellect. By creating their respective classics, The Scarlet Letter (1850) . . .

This paper examines the value and contribution of the poetry of Judy Grahn, a lesbian feminist activist whose work exemplifies the political issues of the second wave of feminism in mid-twentieth-century America. It is a historical overview of the ris . . .

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a uniquely American religion. As with other religions, Mormons have a history of creating sacred spaces; however, the Nauvoo Temple in Illinois is distinct. The architecture of the edifice held as man . . .

The hunger for the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom has been a widespread interest amongst the Native Hawaiians since the overthrow of the monarchy by an oligarchy of American plantation owners residing in the kingdom. For sovereignty activists, th . . .

Catherine the Great and Marie Antoinette were near contemporaries, and they faced many similar challenges in their respective positions. At first glance, one would expect Marie Antoinette to have been more successful: she was the daughter of Maria The . . .

Few historians have investigated women who contributed to the Civil War by fighting as soldiers. It is estimated that between 250-500 women served as soldiers in the war, although the exact number cannot be known. Women joined the fight for a variety . . .

This study analyzes the intellectual propositions of Abbé Augustin Barruel in his 1798 work Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism. Barruel’s investigative documentation of an eighteenth-century conspiracy reveals that the French Revolution wa . . .

The thesis explores one of Just War tradition’s prime tenets of protecting noncombatants. Here, current CIA drone program practices are reviewed to determine potential violations of the jus in bello principles of Discrimination and Proportionality. CI . . .

Octavia Butler’s award-winning science fiction provides critics with a myriad of topics for discussion. All of her works challenge racial, cultural, gender, and biological boundaries. Butler explores biological determinism and human behavior throughou . . .

This thesis explores how the relationship between the violence occurring during the 1990s in Los Angeles, California; historical and modern police training; the California penal code; and legal decisions and precedent resulted in the militarization of . . .

This study examines the early history of Reno, Nevada’s Twentieth Century Club and its relationship to the state suffrage movement. Several Club women attempted to introduce the idea of female equality to members with speeches, paper presentations, an . . .

There has been a growing population of non-religious people in the United States, and a gradual shift towards secularization. Additionally, there has been a renewed interest in the idea of spirituality as more people have denounced religion and the su . . .

Toni Morrison’s Sula and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening illustrate the negative implications of a patriarchal society as their female characters are compelled to sacrifice their identities to conform. Although they are from different time periods, settin . . .

This thesis seeks to addresses a number of serious problems in the prison theories of Michel Foucault. It argues that no explanation for the rise of corrective penality in the US can be sufficient without inclusion of the topic of Christian salvation. . . .

In this tricentennial year of the founding of New Orleans, the city and its people of color deserve a revisionist meta-narrative of the Crescent City’s contribution to new world modernity. This thesis takes as its structure the three elements of Berna . . .

This thesis explores the artistic and personal development of Ernest Hemingway through the portrayal of three of his most compelling heroes: Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises, Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Santiago in The Old Man and t . . .

Through the use of technology and its effects, as well as a prevailing pedagogical emphasis on student choice in the classroom, the modern student is evolving. The purpose of this project is to outline a student-driven curriculum by implementing a “cu . . .