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A 4 page research paper in which the writer contrasts and compares Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth to Shakespeare's original. The writer argues that Polanski saw Macbeth as the author of his own fate. Deleted scenes are related to this interpretation, which de-emphasizes the supernatural elements in Shakespeare's play. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which compares the book and the film, specifically concentrating on the behavior of the main character, Alex de Large. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper examines several works which were considered incriminating in the trials of Oscar Wilde. Quotes and examples from An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, and H. Mongomery Hyde's The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of American involvement in Central America. Although this involvement de-escalated after the end of the Cold War, our involvement in the Panama Affair was inescapable. The author atributes our victory in this affair to the management skills of President George Bush. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the issues in De Profundis by Oscar Wilde. Emphasis is placed on the issue of humility and how Wilde views the concept. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page research paper that takes the unusual form of instructions written to a novice composer of the higher renaissance on how to write a polyphonic Mass. Specifically the instructions refer to the Kyrie. The form of this Mass follows the example of Tomas Luis de Victoria's O magnum mysterium and the instructions draw heavily from a seventeenth century composition on this topic by Pietro Cerone. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the work of Guillien de Catro y Bellvis called, Las Mocedades del Cid. Symbols, synopsis, themes and characterization discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A paper which considers the theories of Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir on the social role of women, with particular reference to the formation of traditional gender roles in a patriarchal social culture. Bibliography lists 2 sourcs

This 16 page paper is an in-depth examination of Vittorio de Sica’s Italian neorealist film Ladri di biciclette (1948), based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini. This is also known as The Bicycle Thief in the US and the Bicycle Thieves in the UK. The film is examined in terms of its’ cinematic detail, looking at the general approach to the film with the style and values of neo-realism, followed by the more specific detail of the films scenes, including filming techniques, the use of cameras, locations actors and the framing of social issues within the film. The bibliography 4 sources.

The Chicano author Sergio Troncoso is gaining a great deal of recognition. This 5 page paper considers how his work has themes of the relative nature of truth and how this is linked with core personality and identity values. The paper focuses on the book “The Nature of Truth” to look at how truth is portrayed in this book, and how it reflects in the actions of the different characters, then compares this to real life, such as the life and work of Paul de Man. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 3 page paper uses a prompt submitted by a student as a springboard for discussion. Views of women from a Muslim perspective are touched on. Simone De Beauvoir's views are highlighted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the idea and uses an essay by Simone De Beauvoir as a springboard for discussion. Various issues are included. The paper argues that housework is really not that bad and the role of the housewife is desirable in the twenty-first century. No bibliography.

This 3 page paper outlines and explains the concepts in chapter two of Jacob De Rooy's book, What Everyone Needs to Know about Money. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares the male/female relationships in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” and Honore de Balzac’s “Eugenie Grandet.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 7 page research paper that offers 2 short essays. The first is on the debate between Erasmus and Luther concerning free will and the second contrasts and compares the tone and writing style of Luther and Francis De Sales in regards to the existence and nature of Purgatory. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines themes within French literature. The works discussed are Balzac's “Le Pere Goriot,” Flaubert's “Madame Bovary,” Proust's “Du Cote de Chez Swann,” Gide's “L'Immoralist,” and Camus’ “L'Etranger.” No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper gives an explanation and summary of the main themes and points in Simone de Beauvoir's work, Femme Rompue (The Woman Destroyed). Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at Peter de Jager's assumption that resistance to change is not necessarily a bad thing. The idea is discussed. Both sides of the issue are provided. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page book review of Alex De Jonge's 1982 text The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin. The first 2 pages of the paper consist of a summation of the major points of the book. The next 4 pages offer evaluation and assessment of the text, which the writer judges to be exemplary. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 10 page paper examines an important financial decision made by a company to consider the various influences and pressures that impacted on the decision. The decision examined was that of British Telecom to de-merge with its' subsidiary O2, which now trades as MMO2. The paper looks at the financial issues surrounding the decision such as the build up of debt and the increased risk profile of the company and the way the decision was reached as well as assessing the results of the decision. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

A 5 page essay that contrasts Erasmus' The Praise of Folly and Bartolome de Las Casas' defense of Native Americans, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Erasmus detailed the urgent need for reform in the Catholic Church, and Las Casas castigated his Spanish government for its treatment of indigenous populations in the New World. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page page research paper that examine the functions of portraiture in 17th century Dutch life. In discussing how artists accomplished these functions, the writer profiles paintings by Rembrandt and de Hooch. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at some of the character in this idealistic historical novel by J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, considering the way in which they may be seen as representing the idea that America is ' a new kind of country, where the ancient concept of virtue is not tied exclusively to any one class or privileged blood-line'. The bibliography cites 1 source.

8 pages in length. The writer discusses the various notions and applications of democracy as they have existed throughout history, including references to Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Lauren Berlant and Frederick Douglass. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

11 pages in length. The writer discusses how those in supposedly "minority" positions could be said to have used "dominant" discourse for their own purposes; the virtues and the problems involved in the American tendency to make the single "self" somehow representative for everybody else; and Lincoln's vision of community. Included in the discussion are views from Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Cabeza de Vaca, Cherokee Memorials and the Federalist Papers. Bibliography lists 7 sources.