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Prophet MuhammedMuhammad: His Life based on the Earliest Sources
Acclaimed worldwide as the ultimate resource material on the topic, in the English language, Martin Lings' Life of Muhammad is unmatched by any other book. It is said to be the most definitive biography. First published in 1983, it is based on ...
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IrrationalismFrom the ontological, epistemological, and ethical to the psychological and social of individual psychology, manipulation of the masses has always gone hand in hand. During the infantile stages of its discovery to the full blown power seen in today's world, nothing alone has contributed more to ...
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MuckrakersMuckraking was a powerful journalistic force, whose supporters made it become so. Muckraking was the practice of writers and critics exposing corrupt politicians and business practices. President Theodore Roosevelt made the term "muck-raker" popular. He once said
The man with the muck-rake, the ...
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Social DarwinismCHARLES DARWIN AND THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
It is commonly thought today that the theory of evolution originated from Darwin in the nineteenth century. However, the idea that species mutated over time has been around for a long
time in one form or another. Therefore, by Darwin's time the idea ...
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Alice WalkerThere are many different types of authors in the world of literature, authors of horror, romance, suspense, and the type that writes, through personal experiences. Although most critics categorize her writings as feminist, Walker describes herself as a "womanist", she defines this as "a woman who ...
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Theology - An Examination Of TThe New Testament authors had no qualms about declaring that Jesus was
truly human and telling us that Jesus committed no sin. Bible passages
such as 2 Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Peter 2:22 and 1 John 3:5
“witness that He [Jesus] did not give in to temptation, nor violate the
moral ...
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The Impact Of Stalinism In 1984
Truly one of the greatest anti-utopian novels in history George Orwell's 1984 is a "nightmare vision" into the future of a world controlled by totalitarianism (Meyers 144). Through the character of Winston Smith, Orwell expresses his negative views on totalitarianism in Stalinist Russia and ...
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A River Runs Through It By NorNorman Mclean’s A River Runs Through It explores many feelings and experiences of one “turn of the century” family in Missoula, Montana. In both the movie, directed by Robert Redford, and the original work of fiction we follow the Mcleans through their joys and sorrows. However, the names of the ...
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Comparison Between Virginia WoTheir respective essays ‘Tradition And The Individual Talent’ and ‘Modern Fiction’ serve only to underline the tremendous difference in the views of Eliot and Woolf with regard to literary tradition and the role of the artist. Eliot sees it as being incumbent upon the ...
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The Life Of Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath's life, like her manic depression, constantly jumped
between Heaven and Hell. Her seemingly perfect exterior hid a turbulent and
deeply troubled spirit. A closer look at her childhood and personal
experiences removes some element of mystery from her writings.
One central ...
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EvelineEugene Gladstone O’Neill’s life is reflected throughout his plays in order to let out his true feelings. Eugene O’Neill was born in October on the 16, 1888. He was born in New York City, New York, in a hotel on forty-third and Broadway. For the first seven years of his life, he traveled with his ...
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The Devils Of Loudun, By Aldou'The Devils of Loudun', by Aldous Huxley
‘The Devils of Loudun’ is a historical account of religious fanaticism and sexual hysteria in seventeenth century France, and an investigation into the circumstances that led to the torture and execution of a local parson who, during a farcical ...
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The Harrowing Of Hell - DialecRoland Barthes's essay on "The World of Wrestling" draws analogically on the ancient theatre to contextualize wrestling as a cultural myth where the grandiloquence of the ancient is preserved and the spectacle of excess is displayed. Barthes's critique -- which is above all a rewriting of what was ...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand." (Arthur 1) This quote by Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional character of A.C. Doyle, describes not only Sherlock Holmes but ...
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Silence DogoodSilence Dogood, No. 1
Printed in The New-England Courant, April 2, 1722.
To the Author of the New-England Courant.
Sir,
It may not be improper in the first place to inform your Readers, that I intend once a Fortnight to present them, by the Help of this Paper, with a short Epistle, which ...
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CensorshipCensorship -- the control of the information and ideas circulated within a society -- has been a hallmark of dictatorships throughout history. In the 20th Century, censorship was achieved through the examination of books, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports, and other forms of ...
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Edgar Allan Poe 3 similar poemsCarter Brand
Mr. Riggs
English IV
February 14, 2011
The poems about love were all expressed in these poems, one more clearly than others but they are all similar in the way that he talks about love and the poems are depressing and sad, none of them are really happy. The poem “Annabel Lee” is ...
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Hamlet Through Historical LensThere are many different critical schools that authors use in their writing. Many authors use historical criticism in order to incorporate events as well as their own opinions. Some may think that a book belongs in the historical portion of the critical schools if it has any references to ...
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AbortionMany years ago abortion was illegal and many women died because they didn’t want to have children. Some tried to terminate the children themselves or let an unprofessional do it for them. In 1973 the Supreme Court decided to let women have the choice to decide if they wanted abortion. Many lives ...
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Ben FranklinBenjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He would be the tenth out of seventeen children that his father, Josiah Franklin, would have. His father had plans for Benjamin to join the clergy when he came of age and was sent to grammar school to prepare. He would excel in reading at a ...
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