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The Lady of Shalott: A Comparison of the First and Second Edition

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan The poem finally goes into the fourth and last part where the differences become even more apparent. The most obvious difference between the two version is omitting the second stanza in the final revision. The second stan... Read >

American Romanticism

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan American Romanticism is a poetry movement starting in roughly the turn of the 19th century and ending in about 1860. American Romanticism which ran from 1798 with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coler... Read >

The Legends of the Holy Grail Continuation

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan Still, there is another iconic figure in the Legendary Holy Grail stories that is perhaps a greater mystery than King Arthur, The Fisher King. The Fisher King was originally a Celtic/Pagan symbol. He marks many mysteries ... Read >

Dyslexia, a Personal and Public Issue

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan When C. Wright Mills defined the sociological imagination as requiring the ability to "think ourselves away from the familiar routines of daily lives to look at them anew," I immediately thought that I should right someth... Read >

Tintern Abbey: A Look into the Famous Poem

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan "Tintern Abbey," a poem by William Wordsworth and a prim foundation in the collection of poetry Lyrical Ballads, is an extraordinary piece of literature that engages and bequeaths many different reactions from its readers... Read >

Differences Between Female Writers and Male Writers in the 1700's

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan The writing of men and women in American literature vary in many different ways. The reason for these differences is pretty easy to explain. The major reason behind the difference in writing styles, writing mediums, and o... Read >

Ending Suffering Using the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan Throughout the world today there is a constant state of suffering among people in almost all countries. In America alone there are thousands upon thousands of people who go hungry, are homeless, jobless, and suffering fro... Read >

What is Ahimsa?

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan In the religion of Jainism there is the principle of Ahimsa. Ahimsa is a principle that is highly regarded and followed by its religious members. Literary it means being completely non-violent, or more accurately exemplif... Read >

Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism and Christianity

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan There are many differences between Hindu and Christianity. These differences range from the actual beliefs systems that are followed in the religions themselves, to the Gods and Goddess that the religious believers follow... Read >

Christianity and the Rise and Decline of Women in the Church

Copyright (c) 2010 James Holan Before the time of Christianity, there was a great amount of female deity power seen in religion. In the pagan religions there were such goddesses predating Christianity as the Prehistoric Goddess, typically resembling Ve... Read >

The Story of Avis and Women in Early America

Copyright (c) 2010 James HolanThroughout the novel, The Story of Avis by Elizabeth Phelps, the author shows the reader her own opinion on being a woman in the eighteenth century. To do this she creates a character that holds the opinion that she would nev... Read >

The Story of "Roman Fever"

Copyright (c) 2009 James Holan In the short story Roman Fever by Edith Wharton, the story of two women who used to be best friends is explored. The characters who are involved in the main part of the story are two women who used to be best friends when... Read >

Willa Cather's Pioneer Fiction

Copyright (c) 2009 James Holan There are many things that can be learned from Willa Cather's pioneer based fiction. For the most part the fiction does not necessarily focus on the aspects of pioneer life as a whole but instead the aspects of pioneer li... Read >

The Texas Constitution Verses the Vermont Constitution

Copyright (c) 2009 James Holan There are many differences between the Texas Constitution and almost every constitution in the United States. Mainly because the Texas Constitution has been changed, redesigned, amended, recreated, and overall been overdo... Read >

Local Governments: How They Work

Copyright (c) 2009 James Holan There are many types of local government setups. The first and possibly most common of the two is the strong mayor setup for local governments. In a strong mayor setup the mayor is the official with the most, if not all, ... Read >