… of Denmark, is, perhaps, one of William Shakespeare’s most popular works. One of the possible reasons for the intense recognition of this play is the way Shakespeare uses Hamlet to illustrate the complex workings of the mind, and how one must use…

… as one of the most important symbols in the novel. It is representing both the terror and the allure of the natural instincts towards violence, power, and savagery that lurk within every human being. The beast is something that comes from the kid’s…

… time-sharing brought about the first interactive access to computers. This was a mix of data transmission technology and a teletypewriter. The result was an interactive terminal. These terminals were connected to a server with low-speed lines, allowing…

… Share prices have fallen hard and fast, since they peaked in March last year after what seemed to be an unstoppable climb. Recently the Canadian stock market experienced a meltdown in high tech stocks. Nortel Networks is a prime example of the…

… at the Roman Colosseum. Spectators are bustling into the ancient arena, performers are fending off stage fright. But the show this time is supremely civilised: Classical Greek tragedy instead of gladiators and gore. No howling Roman mobs, no snarling…

… extermination of a people or a nation. The twentieth century will always be remembered for the genocide that Adolf Hitler perpetrated against the Jews of Europe. But there was a lesser-known genocide during the First World War which may not…

… of democracy occurred when the minority ruled the majority (Rideout 1). This was true of American society in the early 1900's, when monopolistic capitalists basically enslaved the common man. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle exposes the appalling…

… what I may see as deviant you may see as normal. So how does one particular behavior get labeled deviant by one society and not another? My topic is mental illness and how it was given the deviant label. Mental illness has been misunderstood…

… is constantly making news for the world. For example, Yasir Arafat’s May 1994 call in Johannesburg for a “jihad to liberate Jerusalem” was a turning point in the peace process. Israelis heard him speak about using violence to gain political ends, and…

… into English. His books have won numerous awards, including the Prix Medicis for A Beggar in Jerusalem, the Prix Livre Inter for The Testament and the Grand Prize for Literature from the City of Paris for The Fifth Son. Wiesel's most recent books publish…