2025 Capstone Theses

Modesty and the Search for Beauty: The Fashion Design of Cristóbal Balenciaga

Introduction I begin this essay with a reflection on the beauty that is within us; the Beauty itself dwelling within us. The poem that St. Teresa of Jesus composed when she heard the words Búscate ...
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Marian Art Throughout the Centuries: How Marian Art Teaches and Evangelizes

Introduction: Marian Art throughout the Centuries One of the most popular themes in Sacred art, ever since the Early Church, has been the Virgin Mary. Artists have painted Mary in different styles and scenes to ...
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Fatherhood and Hope

Introduction   For my capstone thesis I want to explore the theme of hope and fatherhood by making a parallelism between the Odyssey by Homer and The Road by Cormac Mcarthy. Seeing how two texts ...
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Euripides’ social and moral teachings through: Medea, Alcestis and the Troyan Women

Introduction Regarded by Aristotle as “the most tragic of the poets,” Euripides provided deeply spiritual, moral, and psychological explorations of exceptional and domestic life at a time when Athenian confidence and certainty were moving toward ...
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Don Quijote & Huckleberry Finn Two Social Novels

0. Introduction   0.1 The Purpose of the Thesis This aims to analyze and compare two emblematic literary work: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, approaching ...
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Autobiographical Insight of Dostoevsky’s Notes from a Dead House

1.  Introduction   1.1.  Purpose of the Thesis This thesis argues that Dostoevsky’s imprisonment transformed his worldview, as reflected in the themes of suffering, redemption, and freedom in Notes from a Dead Hous[1]1. The novelist ...
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The Symbol of the Serpent Pre-Christianity and the Christian Era

Introduction   Serpents are one of the most worldwide spread animals, they are present in all the extensive range of ecosystems in the world, except of Antartica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, New Zeeland, and a few ...
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Comparative Views of History: Yuval Noah Harari and Joseph Ratzinger

Introduction Why do we have to study history? It has been said that history is «magistra vitae»[1], however, is this the only reason to study history? Has history taught us something after centuries of war, ...
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The John F. Kennedy assassination (a survey of various theories)

Introduction. The tragedy of President J. F. Kennedy’s assassination was an event that, alongside the political difficulties and tensions of the 1950s and 1960s, held great significance and global impact. This provided an opportunity, in ...
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The Expression of Love in Symphonic Music: Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2

Introduction “God is love” (1 John 4:8) Love is something that is present from the beginning of our existence. This is not only because we come from love, being created by God, and “God is ...
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One People, One Building, One Belief

Introduction During Mexico’s time as a Viceroyalty, the Spanish encountered a significant challenge: the cultural divide between themselves and indigenous groups. Uniting these diverse populations required fostering deep connections. The religion needed to be spread, ...
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The Greatest Showman, a Treaty of Humanities

INTRODUCTION   “Story” is a powerful word, a good story can make you cry, laugh and fall in love. In a good story the nights are covered with magic, and the endless days are full ...
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