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Robert Venturi, 2004.
A discussion of architect Robert Venturi's influence on Post-Modernism.
2,181 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 115.95
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This paper discusses the Post-Modernist approach to architecture favored by architect Robert Venturi and how Venturi himself, often called the father of Post-Modernism, influenced its development and even coined the term.
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"In interviews, such as one a while back with Architect Magazine, architect Robert Venturi adamantly states, ?I am not now nor ever have been a Postmodernist. I unequivocally disavow fatherhood of this architectural movement.? He may say this time and time again. However, other professionals in his field, including Charles Jencks, who is also closely connected with Postmodernism in the late 1970s and 1980s, see it much differently. In his scholarly works covering the history of architecture, Jencks repeatedly acknowledges Venturi for the seminal book Complexity and Contradiction written in 1966. Here, Venturi put the Postmodern ball into motion by suggesting that the style of Modernism had seen the loss of architecture's associative imagery. Regardless if one believes Venturi actually was the originator of Postmodernism or so-called ?PoMo? or just influenced others to head in this direction is moot. Either way, he will always be considered ?one of the? (if not ?the?) founding parent(s)."
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Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley, 2006.
An analysis of the theme of history in the poems of Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley.
1,547 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 85.95
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This paper discusses how Robert Lowell and Robert Creeley are two great American poets and how, although the two men have different styles of poetry, both are just as influential. Lowell's poems tend to be longer and more detailed, while Creeley's poems are shorter and seem to require more analysis. The paper examines how, despite their differences, both poets somehow "use" historical issues in their works and how, whether it is more obvious, such as Lowell's, "For the Union Dead", or a more subtle approach, such as Creeley's, "I Know a Man", both poets incorporate a historical issues into these two poems.
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"During the 1960s, Americans started focusing on American history. Robert Lowell's poem, "For the Union Dead", which was written in 1964, is no different. In "For the Union Dead", Lowell compares the 1960s look of Boston with the older images of Boston; he is trying to show the relationship between the past and present through these descriptions. It almost reads as if he is walking through Boston and writing what he sees, then compares the image with what is used to look like. He begins the first stanza with a description of how the South Boston Aquarium looks now, with "Its broken windows boarded/The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales" (Lowell 2-3). The issue here is Lowell's hometown is vanishing; aspects that he remembers as being beautiful are now falling apart. Lowell is sad to see his home like this, as he remembers it as a fun place to visit as a child. "
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Architects and Modern Expression, 1998.
This paper looks at the modern expression of three architects: Robert Venturi, Peter Eisenman, and Rem Koolhaas.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 110.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the ideas of the 1950s of three separate architects by looking at their different views of modernism. The architects are Robert Venturi, Peter Eisenman, and Rem Koolhaas. Modernist, Post-Modernist, and Pre-Modernist concepts are examined, and the works and ideas of the architects are described in depth.
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"In the 1950?s many architects were struggling for expression of Modern Architecture. Robert Venturi, Peter Eisenman, and Rem Koolhaas are three architects who each had different views in regards to Modern Architecture. Robert Venturi had a post-modern approach and believed in complexity and contradiction to create a new architecture. Peter Eisenman had a modern approach and used axonometric drawings and models to better represent architecture. Rem Koolhaas had a modern, pre-modern, and post-modern approach and looked at the problem of large. These three architects expressed their relationship to Modern Architecture differently."
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Inside and Outside, 2005.
This paper examines Robert Venturi's "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" that discusses bringing the interior and exterior together.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 119.95
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This paper discusses the meaning of Robert Venturi's statement that architects now work to bring the interior and exterior closer together. Their goal is to make the exterior reflect the interior, with one way of achieving this melding being the use of flowing space. The paper notes that other means have also been taken to achieve this combination of interior and exterior in buildings.
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"What Robert Venturi writes in his book "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture" is on the one hand intuitive and fits with what many people realize as a matter of course; namely, that the exterior of a building does not necessarily reveal what is on the interior. Venturi notes the effort by architects to bring the interior and exterior closer together when he writes, Contrast between the inside and the outside can be a major manifestation of contradiction in architecture. However, one of the powerful twentieth century orthodoxies has been the necessity for continuity between them: the inside should be expressed on the outside. But this is not really new---only our means have been new. One way of achieving this melding has been the use of flowing space, which "produced an architecture of related horizontal and vertical planes." Other means have also been taken to achieve this combination of interior and exterior in buildings."
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"The American Romance with Robert Kennedy", 2006.
This paper reviews and examines author Ronald Steel's questionable portrayal of Robert Kennedy in his book "In Love With The Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy."
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 61.95
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This paper explores author Ronald Steel's flawed method of razing the myths of Robert Kennedy. This paper proves that while Steel's interpretations are at times plausible, at others they are completely contrived and argues that the author's depiction of Kennedy is flat, one-dimensional and sorely lacking in facts. This paper also contains a brief history of Robert Kennedy's political career.
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"Steel reports that Robert's stand on the Vietnam war was not so different from Nixon's own position, but Robert admitted that he had been mistaken about Vietnam. There are no known reports that Nixon ever admitting that he was wrong about Vietnam. Steel could have taken a closer look at how Johnson and John Kennedy parted on the issues of Vietnam. He may have found that Johnson did state a greater doubt than had been known about the stability and rectitude of his policy, and while John Kennedy called the war immoral, he did not call an outright end to the war."
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Robert Hanssen, 2002.
A biography of the life and arrest of FBI agent, Robert Hanssen, for espionage.
2,319 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, AU$ 120.95
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This paper details the life of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was arrested for spying for Russian Intelligence on February 18, 2001. It examines his career and personal life and how, for over a decade, Hanssen obtained and relocated a considerable amount of classified information, unobserved by the FBI.
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Introduction
Early Years
Service to Russia
Initiating the Suspicion
Hanssen?s Personal Life
Arrest and Verdict
FBI?s Pursuit of Robert Hanssen
Clues Leading to Investigation
Under Observation
Comparison with Ames? Case
Allegations against Robert Hanssen
The Robert Hanssen Case and the FBI
Conclusion
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"The FBI watched Hanssen comprehensively and finally made an arrest at the conclusion of a time frame in which, they used some of the most strong surveillance techniques so as to build a case against him. According to the authorities, the FBI operation was made trickier since quite a few number of Hanssen's colleagues were engaged in the investigation. Also, Hanssen had a habit of checking FBI records in an ongoing attempt to see if his activities and communications were being watched by means of computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court-authorized searches and other sensitive techniques (7). "
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Charles G.D. Roberts, 2002.
An analysis of the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 59.95
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This paper presents a discussion about the sonnets of famed poet Charles G.D. Roberts. The author uses examples form several of Roberts' poems to illustrate the style of poet that Roberts was.
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Robert E. Lee, 2002.
A review of the life of Robert E. Lee, including his role in the Civil War.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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A brief biography of Robert E. Lee, born in Stratford, Virginia, on January 19, 1807. The writer explores Lee's family background as well as his early entrance into military and political life. Lee was a staunch advocate of state?s rights and as such, resigned his commission from the United States Army and offered himself to the newly forming Confederate government and Jefferson Davis as a military advisor. The writer believes that Robert E. Lee was a great general who paid a high price for sticking to the principles he held most dear.
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"Lee worked in various assignments in the U.S. Army following his graduation from the Academy as an Army engineer. In 1845, the United States went to war with Mexico, and Lee, then a captain, was assigned to General Winfield Scott?s staff. Lee?s job was to map the terrain the U.S. Army would be marching into. Eventually he moved into military leadership roles, including leading soldiers into battle (Brasington, 2003). In addition to valuable combat skill, Lee served with other officers he would fight against during the War Between the States, including George Pickett and Ulysses S. Grant."
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Robert Louis Stevenson and Darwinism, 2005.
An analysis of the influence of the theories of Charles Darwin on Robert Louis Stevenson.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 74.95
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This paper examines how Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" was first published in 1886 and how a popular belief in evolution had been growing through much of that century, and had been formalized by Charles Robert Darwin in his 1859 publication, "Origin of Species" ("Evolution"). This paper argues that Darwinism (as it came to be known) had a great influence on Stevenson, and that his character Hyde represents primitive man, or even the primates from which man evolved.
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Charles G.D. Roberts' "Kinship", 2008.
An analysis of how a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," views native Canadians at the time the poem was written.
1,013 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper analyzes a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," that encapsulates the privations of Native Canadians during the latter stages of the nineteenth century. Specifically, the paper discusses how native Canadians found themselves marginalized in the Canada of that time - and how Charles G.D. Roberts, while progressive in his empathy and feeling for the plight of Canada's aboriginal population, nonetheless sees this segment of the nation's population through a European lens.
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"In late nineteenth century Canada, the question of what to do with the nation's natives was one that preoccupied policy-makers. Simply put, here was a large number of men and women (and children) whose traditional habits, attitudes, modes of living, and religious sentiments were well outside the mainstream of Canadian society. The end result, as grimly noted in an online report sponsored by the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Center, was for the Canadian government to pursue a policy that forcibly remade Native Canadians in the image of their European counterparts ("Our Way," para.5-6). This meant, for all intents and purposes, the imposition of policies that undermined traditional native culture, the creation of the Industrial and Boarding School Systems and the abolition of religious ceremonies and dances."
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"Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing", 2002.
Critique on a collection of poems by Robert Frost.
2,093 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 110.95
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This paper on "Robert Frost: The Work Of Knowing" focuses on the collection of Robert Frost poems by Richard Poirier. The paper gives a summary of the poems presented in the book. It also highlights the important quotes from the book, and towards the end, the paper highlights the reader?s comments about the book.
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"Richard Poirier has collected the wonderful poems of Robert Frost in his novel, Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing. He presents to his audience the mind capturing poems of Frost, which are based on momentary truth. Through his poetry Frost, tried to share with his readers, his experiences and thoughts. His poetry is neither brusque nor self eulogistic. He usually writes about the familiar, but as the reader becomes too intrigued by his poetry, he quickly drifts away, veiling the truth from his reader."
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Common Themes of Robert Browning, 2006.
An analysis of the poetry of Robert Browning, identifying themes which recur throughout his works.
3,133 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 153.95
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The paper reviews Robert Browning's life, and notes key works he wrote at various points in his career. The paper analyzes a number of Browning's poems, and for each one cites critical passages pointing to a major theme of the work. The paper concludes that Robert Browning was one of the major moral-aesthetic thinkers of the 19th century, who believed that imperfection, which is what separates Heaven from Earth and God from man, is the law of life.
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"In Browning's best poems, people from the past reveal their lives and thoughts by speaking aloud. A typical Browning poem tells of a key or pivotal moment in the life of a prince, priest, or painter of the Italian Renaissance. A few of Robert Browning's common themes are about Man's relationship to God verses his fellow man, infinities are unattainable to man in his present state of imperfection, and imperfection is the law of life."
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Appointing John Roberts, 2005.
A discussion regarding the implications of John Roberts' nomination as Supreme Court Justice.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 59.95
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This paper discusses the nomination of John Roberts to the position of Supreme Court Justice. The paper examines the process for nominating and appointing a justice, followed by a look at the political fracas that surrounds this particular nomination. Finally, the paper concludes that nominating and appointing Roberts is a god idea because of his attitudes towards Constitutional Law and the power of the federal government.
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"It's certainly true that the nomination of Supreme Court justices can quickly devolve into the worst kind of political infighting. This has been the case for years. However, that governmental fact has become all the more acute in the nomination of John Roberts largely because of the highly polarized political climate that currently exists in the United States. Certainly, Democrats and Republicans have opposed one another for far longer than living memory; nevertheless, on this matter the two parties quite literally seem to be at each other's throat. Conservatives largely consider the matter a done deal; liberals are adamant that the nomination not go through, at least not until after Roberts has been thoroughly grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee. "
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General Robert E. Lee, 2005.
This paper describes the life of General Robert E. Lee, the great Southern general and military strategist.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper explains that, although General Robert E. Lee is most often remembered as the man who opposed the end of slavery, he also played an important role in the Mexican-American War and the Reconstruction period and served as the superintendent of West Point and the president of Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee College). The author points out that Lee was the son of Light Horse Harry Lee, a famous military leader of the Revolutionary War. The paper relates that Robert E. Lee was arrested after the Civil War and indicted for treason; however, he was never tried. The paper states that, although Lee applied for a federal pardon in 1865, five years before his death, his application for restoration of citizenship was granted only in the 1970s.
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Childhood and the Need to Follow in the Footsteps of His Father
Lee's Time at West Point
His Military Training
His Marriage
The Time before the Civil War
The Choice to Defend Virginia
The War and Its Conclusion
Lee after the War
Lee's Death
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"Lee began his service to the Confederate States by doing vital staff work to plan the army's attacks. His plans for the battle of Manassas were totally successful; this represented the first major victory of the war for the Confederate States. This was a shock for the North. The North had planned on a victory bringing a quick end to the war. But, the victory went to the South. Although Lee was unable to attend the Battle of Manassas (also known as the Battle of Bull Run), his battle plans led to the Southern victory. The South won this battle in great part to Lee's great military experience and battle strategies."
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