… Hume was one of the most influential philosophers of modern times. Hume argued that man gains knowledge through experience and that we should be skeptical of all other knowledge. Hume analyzed various aspects of life, but was probably best recognized…

… Sonnet 10”, expresses the likelihood that death is not the end of life, but only the beginning of an eternal awakening. Using personification and metaphors, Donne illustrates the irrelevance of death in one’s life as merely being a short transitional…

… Even though Hester sins against God, she is a woman who survives the horrendous trials of a “Puritan” society—the society that wants to be a Utopia among imperfect people. From her horrendous trials, Hester gains strength, courage, and her lost love. …

… from the rafters of their basement. To hear of this occurrence is not rare in society today. Every 90 minutes a teenager in this country commits suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds. The National suicide rate has incre…

… by Shakespeare, Hamlet discovers that his uncle, now king, Claudius, murdered his father. It takes some time for him to be certain of this though. The ghost of his father appears towards the beginning of the play and reveals this to him, but he…

… family environment that children grow up in can have long-lasting effects on whether they smoke, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers who used data collected over a 35-year time span. Although growing up in poverty…

… the Use of Irony in Literature ?A young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout?…

… Clockwork Orange takes place in a future that the author created, complete with a repressive government, violent street gangs, and a deadening mass culture. The narrator is Alex, who tells his story in language peppered with "nadsat talk," the slang,…

… vs. Hollywood The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is probably the most well-known horror creature in Western civilization. If one even mentions the name of Frankenstein, many people immediately picture the monster in their head.…

… America is composed of six countries; Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize and Guatemala. Despite that Central America is located close to the United States in relation to the Eastern Hemisphere, their ways of life…