Notable in his journal, The Congo Diary, is the optimism in imperialism's civilizing mission he sets out with and the rapidity with which that optimism declines into disgust (Adelman 36). ... Marlow serves as Conrad's voice in the novel and it is through his eyes that the reader sees the puzzle that is imperialism. ... Marlow, after all knows the end of the story he is about to tell, and the story concerns not the redeeming idea' behind imperialism but rather someone who, encouraged by the power-relations and discourse of imperialism, sets himself up as something for others to ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the word s of Norman Birkett, who served as a British alternate judge: it was the greatest trial in history . ... Three of the four allies wanted the Nazi leaders to be executed without a trial Winston Churchill said, They should be rounded up and shot like dog s but the Americans persuaded the other allies that a trial would be most beneficial from a public relations standpoint, so now with the allies agreed the stage for Nuremberg was set. ... He said his proof of being innocent was that he served time in a German concentration camp for disagreeing with Hitler. ... With all the charge...

• Word Count: 2024
• Approx Pages: 8

Nonetheless, Becket remains completely loyal to the king; however, since he is obliged to serve the man who essentially oppresses his people, he hides behind a fazade. ... After being forced by the King to accept the position of Archbishop, the resentful Becket realizes he "could not serve both God and [the king]- (Anouilh 61). True to his words, Becket, who once addressed the King as his "Lord-, (Anouilh 60) now serves a different Lord: God. ... Sensing the skepticism from the church, Becket remains absolute in his unique stance; he has "rolled up [his] sleeves and taken it on his back and no...

• Word Count: 1544
• Approx Pages: 6

The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith 24From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. ... Lastly, this first page has not been counted together with the minimum number of pages for it serves merely as a guide and reference for a better understanding of this paper. ... At least in the Markan gospel, it serves as a turning point in the scope or target of His ministry, making it larger than before. ...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9

First, each myth sets forth a single character that must go on a journey. ... The search can continue to several different locations and it is not set as to whether it is necessarily a movement from the civilized to nature or the reverse. ... The transformation of a hero in a myth serves to push the character toward goodness or it can transform the character into a more evil figure and then bring him back to the good side to enhance the transformation. ...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Holden's way of communicating with other people serves as self-protection. ... First of all Biff and Holden constantly had unrealistic thoughts and observations, which were set off due to a certain amount of lack of responsibility. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

They follow in their daughter's footsteps and travel to Boston in search of her, where they set up a similarly large estate. ... The historical events in the movie serve as a backdrop to the onscreen romance between Joseph and Shannon. ...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Brusati has a hard time drawing together the disparate elements of his screenplay, but he creates a few remarkable images--particularly in an unforgettable scene set in a chicken coop, in which Manfredi discovers just where he fits in the Swiss scheme of things. ...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Mutual distrust, suspicion, and misunderstandings can characterize the Cold War by two sides and their allies. The Cold War shortly followed the conference held between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, which took place at the Black Sea resort of Yalta between th...

• Word Count: 2338
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate