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            The earliest and oldest form of religious text was found were those found inside the burial chambers of the royal pyramids during the fifth and sixth dynasty. Said texts, referred to as pyramid texts were hieroglyphics found inscribed in the stone walls. These inscriptions were believed to have assisted …

In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Frederick Douglass recounts his life of slavery and his eventual flight to freedom. He grew up as a child who barely knew his mother and knew his father was a white man, likely his early master (17). He …

Democratic The word democratic can be used to refer to an individual, organization, or a country that is characterized by principles of political equality or social equality for all. It would refer to an individual, organization, or country that favors democracy ideals. For example a democratic government would be a …

An encompassing definition of democracy that emphasized its basic tenets was given by Abraham Lincoln – A government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.  (Mieder, W. 2005).  Because of its reference to “the people”, equality seats at the heart of democracy. But the representation in the …

Injustice permeates the justice system.  That notion and perception that are often derived from movies, fictional novels or even the news have become so common and well accepted that society had taken for granted its repercussive impact to the very essence of civil governance and which have often been reduced …

Introduction Modernization is marked by democracy and liberalization. With the exception of a few countries like North Korea and other small leftist groups, most of the nations of the world have adopted and embraced democracy as its principal form of political governance and capitalism as its major economic system in …

Bruno Bettelheim utilizes a psychoanalytical framework in analyzing the elements of fairy tales thereby providing greater value to children literary works beyond their creative and entertainment value. Under this approach fairy tales are treated as channels through which people express their universal fears and desires which are often repressed into …

Public behavior is regulated by compliance of Law. Law is created and legal authorities established for the purpose of maintaining an established social order. Social order includes public, all institutions and workplace order. Law is created and should be adhered to even at workplace so as to prevent misconduct or …

Stories handed down from generation to generation are those that are real experiences of the people throughout the ages. Themes of love and infidelity have always been a favorite plot which is why Petronius’ The Widow of Ephesus has become a classic. However, tales can be altered to conform to …

The central irony of Ambrose Bierce’s well-known story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”  is the tension between objective reality and dream reality, posited in the context of the story as thematic representations of specific ontological philosophies, which can be rendered in  literary terms as realism and romanticism.  The story …