Capstone Theses 2026

Introduction The human reality of each person is deeply tied to the experiences they have throughout their life. Thus, even the most difficult and uncomfortable situations have an impact on life. Now there are many situations in life in which we take part not directly, but as if we were spectators. Here we may raise […]

Introduction The question of whether to explore beyond one’s borders is not new, and this question was answered in strikingly different ways in China and in the West in the 15th century. As The Age of Discovery was beginning in Europe, in the East China emerged as the world’s foremost naval power and began its

Introduction Freedom is the God given ability to consciously choose among possible goods and flourish accordingly. The modern world has rejected this understanding of freedom and instead promotes the idea that to flourish man needs to transcend good and evil, or truth and falsehood. Liberation no longer lies in the rightly ordered cosmos, but in

Introduction Lin Manuel Miranda’s first debut of the concept of Hamilton was met with ridicule. He was an established writer of Musical Theatre, having just won a Tony Award, when he was invited to present some of his work at the White House in 2009.  Instead of presenting music he had already released, he decided

Introduction In this capstone, I will explain the hero’s journey from Joseph Campbell’s perspective, as presented in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, using J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. The Hero with a Thousand Faces is divided into the hero’s Departure, Initiation, and Return.  My main objective is to show how the Harry