Isolation College Essays Samples For Students

Monster Madness

July 17
Theme of Isolation and Loneliness
The themes of isolation and loneliness are illustrated in Beowulf through Grendel’s character. Grendel felt excluded and isolated from the humans because he was living alone with his mother and this made him feel that he does not belong to the community. The loneliness and isolation Grendel felt made him the monster he was, he desired to belong to the humans in the community but they isolated him. The exclusion from the rest of the community pushed him into becoming a hideous and cruel beast with a hard heart and thirst ...

I. Introduction

I will base my research paper on the isolation of the aged in the society. The paper will delve deep into the problems that face the elderly in the society today. The research was triggered by my service in an organization that exposed me to elderly people. After interacting with them, I was privileged to observe them and get a subjective view of the issues they undergo in their daily lives. I served in an organization known as ABCD North End, where I got to interact with the aged from Boston community.

My responsibility involved familiarizing them with computer skills ...

Beowulf

Beowulf is an epic poem based on a great hero called Beowulf. He decides to help Hrothgar who was under attack by the monster Grendel. He defeats Grendel plus his mother and becomes king. After sometime, Beowulf dies after being badly wounded by a dragon which he defeated. Beowulf travelled in great places and distances while fighting against supernatural beings and demons.
The themes of isolation and loneliness are illustrated in Beowulf through Grendel (Streissguth 78). Grendel felt excluded and isolated from the humans because he was living alone with his mother and this made him feel that he does ...

The stories presented by Lawson are characterized by realistic illustrations of limited desires and needs of common domestic life and many hardships. Isolation is a very prolific theme in this the Drover’s Wife because the whole story explores the issues of loneliness, separation from mates and hard work by the women characters in the absence of their husbands. The woman is used to being left alone and it even states that she was once left alone for eighteen months. As a young lady, she desires to live like a princess and have a good life, and that is ...

Technology exists as a creation of people, produced through the various ideas to help make the lives of people easier and more productive. However, technology has become too deeply integrated in people’s lives that they start being overly dependent on it, even to the point of stating that they are not able to live without it. Such an idea, significantly evident in today’s society is the thematic background of E.M Forster’s The Machine Stops, serving as a prescient warning of its implications. The isolation and shunning of human nature and a worship of technology will eventually ...

Abstract

The basic principle of Marxist criticism is that society is divided in social classes that are in an antagonist relation, wherein the rich and strong exploit the poor and weak. In this sense, Walt Whitman’s poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” does not reflect the exploitative relation that Marx sees as representative for society, but he rather describes the society of one, hence an atypical society. The solitude, isolation and desolation are feelings that appear throughout the story, so the reader can understand that possession, or a high social status is not as important as companionship, or when one ...

Introduction: “Cyberspace is now the playground of fools and psychopaths according to some people” (Suler, Psychology of the Digital Age.) In the early days, there was no cyberspace and people connect with others through personal relations, print, and written communications. Today, many people believe that cyberspace is a phenomenal approach to personal relationships because at the click of the mouse or by merely using their fingers, they can connect with their friends and love ones throughout the globe. Another thing is that they can say whatever they want in emails while they cannot say it directly in personal. However, ...

Question One: Quarantine and Isolation

In the early stages of the emergence of infectious diseases, isolation and quarantine are in most cases the only and last resort used to control effectively and manage the conditions (Al-Ateeg, 2004). These methods are usually handy when there is a limited knowledge of a newly identified or an occurrence of a previously contagious disease that poses a serious public threat. While these methods are used to respond to emerging and re-emerging public health threats and protecting the public by preventing the exposure of the population who have or may not have contracted a contagious disease, there are significant ...

Charles Baxter’s What Happens in Hell essay is effectively a progression of sadness and occurrence of an existential crisis for the narrator after being driven from the airport to his hotel, the discussions about hell, and finally the near death experience in a car accident. Alice Munro’s Train short story revolves around the relationship between Jackson, a man who jumped out of a moving train on the Ontario countryside after serving in World War II, and Belle, a woman around 15 years his senior, whom he meets in a small farm just off the tracks. In Train, the personal family life of Belle ...

In this paper I will argue that technology—and Internet technology in particular—makes us more alone. This isolation is most evident when the Internet ceases to function. It seems like a regular occurrence that certain major websites go down due to hackers or technical problems. When a bank website is out of service, or when Facebook seems slow, Internet users are frustrated because they begin to sense how isolated they truly are. We can just imagine what would happen if a major government or global commerce website went down for just a few days. The Internet or social ...

Historical Roots

The adoption of the Constitution and enactment of the Bill of Rights was also the same period when death penalty became an accepted form of punishment in the United States. During such period, the correctional officers use the method of hanging the convicted criminal to carry out death sentences. This traditional method continued to be used until the mid 19th century. In the year 1890, The New York Legislature formed a commission and ordered them to discover the “most humane and practical method known to modern science of carrying into effect the sentence of death in capital cases.” (Justia Supreme ...

In every event, issue or controversy, it is noticeable that the United States of America possibly finds itself included one way or the other. As the most influential and powerful country in the globe, Americans would argue that these events and issues would likely affect the country even if affected countries or sectors did not call for American involvement. Some people would accept America’s involvement due to the country’s overall capacity and influence while others would be weary for the possible intentions of the Americans in the issue. However, America was not always this active in international, ...

In April of 1992, Chris McCandless walked into the Alaskan wilderness and died there. He was the child of an upper-middle-class family, who provided him with every opportunity in life, and yet, he felt a burning desire to renounce all his worldly possessions and trek off into the Alaskan wilderness. Prior to his renunciation of all his worldly possessions, McCandless had excelled both academically and physically; he ran cross-country, and had been accepted to Emory University to study as an undergraduate. In his investigative piece Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer describes McCandless as particularly energetic and strong-willed. Krakauer notes that ...

Internet connectivity links social networks across the globe via satellite and mobile phones. The technology connects users to various service networks such as Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, Snap Chat, Instagram, and Whatsapp. Such abilities have helped transform the globe into a global village. However, with this advancement is a growing concern that children are suffering from a lack of socialization skills due to the internet. This section explores the relationship between excessive internet use and social skills in children. The discussion should be able to reveal that there exists an inverse relationship between internet use and social skills. That is, ...

It has to be reckoned that the art form of drama is surely one of the most effective and expressive ways of exuding and exploring relationships among individuals. The form of art provides the playwright with utmost scope of portraying affective charm and aesthetic quintessence so as to leave a mark in the minds of the avid audience or readers of the text. One can take into consideration the plays, The Normal Heart and Dog Sees God so as to delve deep into the intricacies of relationships and emotions that get portrayed via the characters and content of the ...

Introduction

Mitochondrion plays vital roles in the performance of tissue. It is important, therefore, that their isolation and study are advanced to correct anomalies that arise out of the mitochondria failure. Instances of a mitochondria failure in neuronal tissue have been reported to cause anomalies such as epilepsy and ageing. Since mitochondria is responsible for the production of ATP in the cells, failure or inefficiency of these organelles causes a dysfunction in their component tissue leading to some ailment in the host organism. Many methods exist for the extraction and observation of mitochondria, some of these methods include, differential centrifugation and the ...

When it comes to the theme of acceptance, two pieces of literature, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, and Cathedral by Raymond Carver come to mind. One is set up in the Post-Civil-War-Southern-Town of the United States, while the other takes place more in a contemporary setting. In A Rose for Emily, it opens up with the death of an elderly woman that comes from a pre-Civil War family of wealthy aristocrats and in Cathedral, it opens up with the narrator telling the reader in a relaxed tone that a blind friend of his wife’s has decided to come pay them a ...

The theme of The Graduate is the emotional journey of an innocent and confused

recent college graduate who is exploited through an affair with a family friend who is a

married woman. It is satirical and often times comedic in its reflections of the social and

sexual mores of the 1960s.

A tight close up of Benjamin Braddock’s face opens the film, a sharp contrast of

his face against the stark whiteness that surrounds his head, symbolic of a Christ-like

halo. It appears as though he is alone but he is actually on a plane, interacting with no

one - isolated in thoughts and emotions. More symbolism of isolation with no one there

the luggage chute, he ...

Abstract

Over the years, technology has been improving day after day, with each new discovery opening up the world to an all new lifestyle. It is the advent of technology that has created the phenomenon currently referred to as the global village, since technology has enabled people from far and wide to interact with ease. Technology also has impact on individual countries such as America, as explained in the essay below.

Influence of technology on the isolation of America

For a long time, the Americas had been isolated from the rest of the world, be it in terms of academics or technical advancements. Even during the world wars, America ...

The early fiction of Capote usually descends into a subconscious and explores a world of blurred realities and uncertainty whose inhabitants are trapped in unbearable isolation. The short story “Miriam” was first published in 1945 and depicts the psychological deterioration of the protagonist, Mrs. Miller. The sense of captivity and fear overshadow this short story and results from the individual’s inability to respond and accept the reality. Mrs. Miller is given an opportunity to accept someone disturbing and strange and push back the frontier of darkness in the soul and the surrounding world. More essentially, it means that ...

Introduction

”Why I live at the P.O.” is a monologue story in which the main narrator, whom other characters refer to as “Sister,” clearly explains how it transpired that she left her family home in China Grove, Mississippi. While in the process of her narration, she unknowingly reveals her characters as well as reveals many family secrets (Crow, 26).
According to the narrator, her experiences with her Uncle Rondo, her grandfather and her loving mother had always been harmonious until the 4th of July holiday. This is when her younger sister, Stella-Rondo, suddenly leaves her husband to return to her ...

One of the most basic elements of human behavior is sociability. We thrive in the ability to communicate and interact with others. It is essential to the continued propagation of our species. We meet, we mate, and we survive by companionship. There are even studies that show that companionship is almost as important to our health as food and water.
What makes humans different than almost every other creature on the Earth though is that we can gain our companionship from varied sources, and sometimes different forms of companionship fulfills different emotional and mental needs. Male lions don't ...

In Amy Tan’s “Rules of the Game” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” both characters inhabit worlds created within their minds. This leads to the isolation between them and the rest of the world. There are marked differences and similarities between the natures of their mentally imposed isolation.
Both Gilman’s narrator and Waverly are responding to the setting in which they are forced to live. Westerly must endure her parent’s difficult marriage, and Gilman’s narrator must deal with being a woman without the autonomy in a male dominated domestic life.
Gilman’s narrator ...

The Industrial Revolution caused increased change in America’s lifestyles, however those that lived in Appalachian regions were often less inclined to assimilate to these changes than other areas of the country. The areas of Appalachia include, “West Virginia, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.” Although most commonly when speaking about Appalachia the areas of eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina are the area’s most commonly associated with the term. These mountainous areas often cut off residents from civilization leaving an area that was far less technologically advanced ...

The addiction simulation exercise using ice cubes as the drug of choice has become a truly revealing experience showing how easy it is to become addicted and how hard it can become to keep leading a normal life, meeting with friends and family, studying and doing any other activity during addiction. This exercise showed how easy it is to lose connection with the reality during addiction that makes a person view everything from the perspective of addiction. However, indeed, this exercise could not demonstrate the hardships people can experience when trying to break free from the addiction, since I ...

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Description of the topic and question
Physical violence can be described as intentionally using physical power or force, either by threat or act, on oneself or other people in a way that causes psychological harm, injuries, death or developmental deprivation, disturbance and disruption. Child abuse is defined as omissions or acts that are perpetrated with the intention of causing harm to the victims. The harm inflicted is the ultimate goal of physical violence (Newfoundland Labrador, 2015). Manifestations of physical violence against children range from corporal punishment to degrading or cruel treatment offered by family members, parents or other people ...

Chapter 9

Question 1

Binary mission in prokaryotes
Mitosis and
Meiosis in eukaryotes
Question 2
The development of embryos as well as the growth and development of bodies.
Important in asexual reproduction.
Question 3
The term cell cycle refers to an ordered set of events leading to cell growth and division into two daughter cells.

Question 4

Interphase is a phase of the cell cycle characterized by the absence of cell division. During this phase, the cell obtain nutrients, the organelles duplicates, protein synthesis takes place, and cells duplicate its genetic material (its chromatids). The genetic material is located in the nuclei of ...

Paintings serve as the visual records that provide the 21st century with important information regarding the structure of the society, culture, styles, and the ideologies that prevailed in that period. Aside from providing aesthetic beauty, paintings made by artists such as Degas, Greuze, and David did not only educate the scholars of the styles they used but it also exposed a brutal realism of the destruction of the family bonding amongst its members. The purpose of this paper is to connect the paintings of these artists and examine their context as relevant to the growth of familial isolation and ...

The early 1900s was a turbulent era for America. As World War I raged in Europe, the Spanish flu ravaged nations and communities around the world, leading to the death of millions, and becoming one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of mankind. While America dealt with the aftermath of prohibition and the Great Depression, Russia and Ireland were engulfed in civil war, leading to major political shifts that reverberated throughout the Western hemisphere. It is no wonder, then, that some historians and scholars refer to this decade as “The Crazy Years” (Lamb 195). The sentiments of ...

Introduction

This lesson on the dangers of materiality, madness, isolation and innocence among the people in the society is important because it discourages the children from engaging in such aspects of life. The lesson is important in shaping the moral behavior of the children by discouraging them from involvement in various activities like war and sexual activities. The lesson educates about mental torture relating to war and sexual innuendos are well brought in this story in order to warn the children and members of the society against the negative consequences of war and sexual abuse in life.
The impact ...

Both Margaret Edson and Susan Glaspell can be considered feminist playwrights. Both women explored a number of themes that plague women in difficult situations. One of the fundamental themes of both plays is loneliness; although both authors develop this theme differently, the intersection of womanhood, loneliness and isolation is one of the most important thematic interactions within both plays.
Wit by Margaret Edson tells the story of a woman who is diagnosed with cancer. This, in and of itself, can be quite an isolating experience; when the main character is diagnosed with cancer, she begins to quote Donne’s sonnets ...

Human beings have always been social creatures. Often, religious organizations represent the fundamental level at which a society operates and instills the values of that society in its members. As Girard noted, religious ritual and sacrifice has played an important role in the prevention of violence in all human societies, both prehistoric and contemporary (45).
In the discussion of human culture throughout history, there has always been a marked difference between the social norms that highly religious, rural societies adopt and those of more secular, urban societies. While urban societies are noted for their ability to produce technological progress and ...

Introduction

On June 20, 2001 Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub. She confessed to the crimes, but pleaded not guilty because she was insane when the murders took place. Although both prosecution and defense witnesses asserted that Andrea was psychotic, the law in Texas requires the defense to prove that the defendant was not only insane, but could not discern right from wrong when the crime took place (Resnick, 2007). The trial of Andrea Yates raises several questions about her husband’s responsibility, impact of social isolation and available community support for the family. These questions form the ...

There are many reasons for hearing loss during adulthood, a situation reflected in governmental data that approximately 2 - 3% of the population between 16 and 64 has hearing difficulty (United States Census Bureau, 2010; Skinner, 1993). Aging is just one factor within the hearing equation, so it is important that medical professionals acknowledge and address the effect of hearing loss in younger people. In particular, the disability addressed by this paper is hearing loss that occurs during the working years, thus excluding childhood and old age related hearing loss. Although hearing loss during any time of life has major ...

The End of the US’ Isolationist Foreign Policy

The United States, at present, is considered the only remaining superpower in the globe after its successes in the World Wars and the Cold War. Its humble beginnings were filled with strife as it has first fought a gruesome war against its European oppressors before it has gained its independence. Upon the early years after the Revolutionary war, they have adopted a more isolated stance regarding international affairs and a more withdrawn stance in intervening in other’s affairs. If this is the case, how did the United States of America become a powerful and influential actor in the international political arena? What ...

The historical perspectives on social work incorporate the idea that it could simply be reduced to common sense of experienced mothers, but the modern understanding of social work moves it far beyond this narrow interpretation. Nowadays, “social workers constantly try to make a positive difference to service users’ lives and support community members in a variety of ways” (Stepney & Ford, 2000, p.xiii). In this process, a balanced combination of theory and practice is required, while practice standards used to protect the individuals in society and enhance social justice are based on the solid body of theoretical perspectives, frameworks and ...

Psychologist Eric Erikson advanced a theory of psychosocial stages of development which has greatly influenced the course of modern psychology. Erickson contended that there are eight phases of life that a person goes through, with each phase resulting in some sort of conflict (McLeod, 2013). According to Erickson, the healthy adult must resolve the conflict, a resolution that ultimately allows passage into the next phase of psychosocial development (McLeod, 2013). With respect to Erikson’s theory, I am now in the midst of the so-called young adult stage (between the ages of 18 and 40), characterized by a conflict ...

Introduction

Social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have become a staple in our everyday lives. Because social media has become so prevalent within our society, it is easy to come to the conclusion that social media has a direct impact on our lives. Social media has both positive, and negative benefits that both work together to form our lived experience of the modern day technological revolution.
The consequences revolving around of the misuse of social media have reported to have devastating long term effects on the individual. While, the positive benefits of social media could ...

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Introduction
The world “Existential” refers to the experience of existence, and “existence” refers to a complete and “whole” life (Sykes, 2010). Existential therapy works on a belief that inner conflicts within a person occur due to certain issues of existence that are considered as “existential vacuum”, also referred to as “existential frustration” such as meaninglessness, apathy, boredom, and isolation (Yalom, 1980). It is a philosophical way of treatment (Sapp, 2010), and helps the client by showing him or her that the counsellor is with him or her rather than by doing things for the client (Iacovou & ...

The film “Maria Full of Grace” takes place in a small Colombian town, where most people are poor and young people have no opportunities to improve their lives. The film presents a detailed image of the isolated Colombian town, which is located in the middle of a deserted landscape. In the film, Maria, the protagonist, moves in a space that seems to be completely unfit for her independent and spirited nature. While following Maria from one key community space to the other, such as the factory, the church and the open air disco, the viewers may become aware that ...

Punishment has been meted out to individuals and groups of people or centuries for a host of reasons. It could be for an act against the state, the common good, an individual, an act of treason or a way to subdue protest or a threat to authority. The most prevalent and common form of punishment is imprisonment. The practice of imprisonment began with the formation of states or a central authority that governed over people. The state or the central authority had the right to imprison people who went against the set of rules laid out for the people. ...

Introduction

Criminal law and even general law enforcement have several rules and regulations that are implemented in order to procure a more stable and relatively just and safe environment for the people of a country. The Constitution allows several statutes which determine how criminals and deviants are supposed to be treated. This is important so that their treatment and procedure of treatment serve as a deterrent for the rest of the people, and they are able to understand how truthfully justice has been served. There are several domains of this procedure as described in criminal law and comes under search ...

“A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman both have a theme of psychological issues that are present in the main female characters of both stories. In each story the women show signs of depression through their isolation from the world. The strange and questionable behaviors displayed by each of the main characters are not handled correctly and if anything, it is exacerbated by the men in their lives. The stories both show the tragedy and turmoil that women have gone through in previous era’s when men made a large ...

Socio-emotional development is an individual’s, especially children, continuous ability to understand how others feel and to control personal feelings and behavior such that they can get along well with their peers. The foundation on how we feel about ourselves and our relationships and experiences with others is, to a large extent, influenced by socio-emotional development. The quality of relationship given to a child by his primary caregivers is a major determiner of the child’s socio-emotional development. An individual’s feelings of trust, confidence, pride, affection, friendship and humor are all part of their social-emotional development. Social-emotional development ...

The XX century is one of those centuries, which was filled with various events: cultural, political and social ones. It was a time full of emotions: from the tears to the laughter. It was a time of rebel, a time of a freedom to be born again. It was a time of changes. Such character of the century has put its influence on the culture, especially art: the paintings, the photographs, the poetry, etc. Exactly the poetry, as an irreplaceable element of the world’s culture, is showing the emotional side of XX century’s people. It is a ...

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“The Gersaint’s Signboard” 2
“The Village Betrothal” 4
“Bonaparte visiting the Plague-Stricken of Jaffa” 5
Conclusion 7

Introduction
The main purpose of the current paper is to consider the influence of art upon the social events prevalent within a particular social environment and vice versa. In other words, the following paragraphs are aiming to prove that not only the contemporary pieces of art and architecture are able to represent some social significance and deliver a particular social message, but even the classic works of art are effectively doing so since their creation in the deep past. In this ...

LGBT Children and Youth

According to a Gallup poll conducted in 2012, approximately 3.8% of the adult population of the United States identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. What percentage of this number applies to children and youth is unknown, but it is safe to assume that at least a larger portion of it is accurate (Newport np). Children who identify as LGBT, or who believe they might be something other than heteronormative, face incredible pressure to conform to the ideal, “traditional,” straight identity. Whereas adults have the freedom to explore alternate identities, be it gender or sexuality based, children, by virtue ...

Description of FST Value

The Fst value in genetics provides the benchmark and information within a population, indicating their ability to breed. Through comparisons of gene frequency of scientists and applications of mathematical models, then the level of breeding between populations can be determined using the value. The calculated value of a potential of breeding among a population provides the information for establishing the FST component of the genetic makeup of the population.
The numerical distance between populations, breeding, and the genetic association represents the fixation value. When the fixation distance between the populations are wider, then the reproduction potential is also significantly ...

Introduction

A lot has been discussed the influence of the environment on the development of children. The environment a child grows in determines how they perceive the world, others and themselves. It affects the development of their personality and could determine whether a child grows up to a responsible adult or ends up in crime and drugs. Hence, the family plays a huge role since it's the environment in which most of the time as a child is spent. The following essay discusses the role of family systems in childhood development, the interrelation between trauma, spirituality and development and the ...

Question 1. What are the unintended consequences of mandatory arrest policies?

Response. Mandatory arrest policies are both excellent tools for law enforcement and problematic tools for law enforcement. In the case of a domestic violence situation, it is always better to try to remove the abuser or aggressor from the situation, because if the police or law enforcement leave and the abuse continues, it can easily escalate (Alvarez & Bachman, 2014). However, mandatory arrest policies can also result in unfair arrests, and there can be problems with utilizing mandatory arrest policies in certain situations. Indeed, in some situations, calling the police can result in both parties being arrested—even the victim (Alvarez & ...

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Application of Erikson’s Post-Freudian Theory

Introduction

Erik Erikson’s’ views make significant contributions to the field of psychology; this is particularly in the understanding of personality development and related factors. An understanding of his own study of personal development creates an understanding of development of his psychology (Fleming, 2004). Most of Erikson’s psychology work became evident in the post-Freudian era. It was between the 1930s and 1950s; being one of Freud’s students, most of his work exhibit the influence of Freudian views and theories; this was mainly in the field of personality development. However, dissimilar from Freud’ ...

Introduction

Public schools in the American society can be labeled as a representation of the pluralism in the same society (Haugen et.al, 11). Unluckily, a lot of students in this system are faced with the unwelcoming and violent aspect of this setting. In line with this harsh setting, difficult intergroup relationships arise in the school. Hardly do, teachers have the efficient preparation required to work with the diverse linguistic groups, gender orientation or various socio-cultural differences among the students in class. Prejudicial attitudes are attributed to violence, bullying and conflict in the school setting (Haugen et.al, 11).
MP1: P- Prejudice is a ...

I firmly believe that addiction to video games can damage personal and public life. However, every road goes both ways, forward and even backward. It altogether depends on the person to decide the path to choose. The same logic applies here too. There is always harm, when there is too much of a thing; extremity called addiction arises from what starts as an innocent, harmless habit. There are arguments also on the supporting side with regards to playing of video games claiming numerous benefits. However, most of the people believe that the negatives outweigh the benefits gained by playing video ...

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

I. INTRODUCTION
In the course of acting as administrator of a victim advocacy agency, there are many instances in which the administrator must interact with individuals of other cultures and other backgrounds. Intimate partner violence occurs across all cultures, regardless of race, age, gender, or cultural status; however, certain societies have normalized intimate partner violence much moreso than American society has. Understanding the normalization of partner violence and the ways that this normalization can hinder women when they seek help for their problems is fundamentally important, particularly when these women are expected to act within the framework of a society ...

Gothic literature is often defined by a combination of romanticism and the macabre; conflating the feelings of darkness, isolation and ostentatiousness are part and parcel of what makes that genre so compelling. Female Gothic stories focus those elements particularly on the plight of women, who suffered through an especially systemic submission and oppression during the 18th and 19th centuries. Women in Female Gothic stories are often isolated, set apart from other people, and constantly have their desires, needs and fears downplayed or dismissed by their male counterparts. This leads to a tremendous level of anxiety and tension within them, as a direct ...

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American-British scholar. The man was a jack of all trades with influences as an essayist, publisher, social and literary critic, playwriting and a major poet of the twentieth century. His work has been widely admired with the peak being the Nobel Prize in Literature, an honor that was granted upon him in 1948 in appreciation of his pioneer and outstanding contribution and influence on the present-day poetry. Other pieces of work written by the poet include the Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Hollow Men and Four Quartets among others. The love Song of J. ...

Introduction

Arguably one among the most prominent European gothic novels, Frankenstein is one of the stories that have evoked various reactions and criticisms from different scholars and gurus in European and American literature. Having been cited as one among the most common science fiction novels, Frankenstein covers a wide array of themes, making the book qualify for numerous argumentative topics among scholars. The story, whose main characters are a monster and a human being, who apparently is the creator of the monster, is set in Europe during the gothic period. Among the many scholars that have sort to criticize, analyze and carry out ...

The Earth is home to an innumerable amount of plant and animal species, with any estimate ranging from 2 to 50 million being as good a guess as any. 950,000 kinds exist within the insect class alone, while annual naturalistic publications are often able to showcase up to 10,000 newly discovered species. This incredible genetic diversity is preserved by unique natural phenomena known as isolation mechanisms to prevent accidental matchups between different species. But how did so many different types of plants and animals develop in the first place? What was the driving force behind our planet’s ...

Key concept and rationale

The gay liberation movement gained momentum in the 1970s and gave rise to many two men and two women relationship households. As a result, many such same gender couples have been opting for means to raise biological families, in a manner similar to heterosexual couples. The key concept of the article was to explore the preconception, pregnancy and new motherhood experiences of the non-biological mothers in the lesbian couple. There have been many studies depicting the need for becoming a biological parent among the lesbian mothers; however, very few studies have been conducted to understand the unique difficulties faced by the lesbian ...

In the era of digital world, social networks such as Facebook play an important role in the lives of every individual, regardless of its age, ethnical origin or place of residence. People constantly click, share, like of comment everywhere you look: on the street, in the bus, on the plane. However, the ability and skill to communicate with the person standing next to you has slowly vanished. If one needs an advice about something which a person standing or sitting beside him would probably know, he would rather ask a Facebook friend. Facebook is just another channel of communication and people ...