Essays on Agony

Introduction

The poems represent discontentment of two different writers who have negative feelings about the communist war taking place in Vietnam. In the song, “What Plant is Not Faded,” the speaker is a Chinese who participates in the war, but does not like the situation of the war as well as not subscribing to the idea of war (Evanson, 21). The voice of gloom is witnessed as he attempts to express his disapproval of the war. In the other folk song, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” the speaker is a teenage girl who is entangled in the agony of ...

The political elements of Star Trek show that the series had more insight than what is apparent. The show started in the 1960s when the Cold War was at its height. Many authorities argue that Star Trek is an exploration based on self-interest, colonialism, collectivism and control . However, George Gonzalez takes a different approach in The Politics of Star Trek where he undertakes a critical review of the story within the context of the actual implications of the actions of the characters. This paper will review the first two chapters of the book in order to present the critical ...

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Introduction

Technology advancement is a requirement for all public systems where users come in large numbers. One such critical functioning system is the Air Traffic Control system of the America. America’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system had been running for the past 40 years and catering to the burgeoning traffic at the airports. At any given time in the United States, approximately 7000 aircraft are flying in the country’s airspace. The country’s air traffic system had been catering to the ever increasing demand. However, it ...

Introduction

According to the Cliff Notes critical analysis of the play “Waiting for Godot”, the story has no definite conclusion or resolution. The notes also highlight that the play is not an ordinary traditional play since its setting is a little vague. However, the main aim of the absurd theater is to present something out of the ordinary. The absurd movement sought to move out of the status quo and present literature in its most unique form. In the case of “Waiting for Godot,” the resolution is found within the main themes of the play. The two vagrants resolve to ...

The thought of my childhood imbues my heart with joy. A recollection of the time in the rural home when we visited my grandparents offers a glimpse of the adorable village life that many people have not discovered. Many times I wishfully feel like going back to the times and rejuvenating the friendship I had with my peers back then. However, my grandparents are no more while the rural childhood friends are all in the cities looking for their daily bread. My grandparents’ home was situated along the road and just less than one kilometer from the rural shopping ...

Introduction

Perhaps one of the most influential forms of media proliferating nowadays is the television. Many households nowadays use television as a form of entertainment, due to the extensive range of programs that it can offer. For example, children and the youth can enjoy animations that are geared specifically to them, while older people can either enjoy drama or variety shows depending on their tastes and preferences. All in all, it can be said that television can provide a wide variety of shows from audiences from all over, thus contributing to its popularity among modern society. One of the shows ...

The central thesis of Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw is that price decision making should prevail over political decision making since markets have been the driving force for world events (Yergin and Stanislaw, “Commanding Heights p3 New rules of the game”). The authors are trying to prove how the once commanding economy has lost its reputation since the desire to command and manage the top levels of the economy has shrivelled. They achieve this by interviewing different major players from different nations. Keith Joseph is portrayed as Britain’s “Minister of thought” as he worked alongside Thatcher, both of ...

Introduction

Over the years, several definitions of a cult have emerged. Even though some views are quite contrary to the actual intentions of these particular groups, perhaps there exist reasons why people think so. In sociology and other social sciences, cults have been described as being either semi-religious or religious grouping whose members are restrained by a single individual or grouping (Lorne 23). However, a theologically based understanding of a cult has it that a cult is just but a religious group that derives from a particular religion implicitly or explicitly denying one or more doctrines of the major religion. ...

The viewing of Young – Pyŏn Yŏngju “Nanjun Moksori - Murmuring” (1995) documentary film made me wonder how many other women, from South Korea or any other part of the world, have been sexually exploited in wars without any formal accounting of such events. From the estimated number of 100.000 former South Korean sexual slaves, several of them gathered their forces in a public manifestation, asking for apologies and indemnifications from the Japanese government. These requests keep the women alive and fighting, as the sexual slavery experience left them troubled, frustrated, ashamed and hopeless, dreaming of the life ...

The film captures the atmosphere of alienation of people who have been taken away from their own being, people who have been forced to adopt new methods and cultures which are not part of them. The “new home”, which happens to be the school where the children are taken is a place filled with cruelty, fear, and abuse. The original home of the children was a place built with love and care, where people were proud of their culture and languages (Miller, 84). The children lead a dull life, full of mistreatments and agony while the teachers enjoy everything. ...

Visual Literacy: Thomas Hoepker 9/11 Photograph

According to Liu, the rapid advancement of science and technology is influencing significant transformation in human communication systems (1259). The visual element of communication is now being utilized widely with images, color, and other multimodal resources being used for more than entertainment and illustration (Harrison 46). Visual messages are being used to convey significant meaning (Liu 1259). The visual culture is becoming popular due to its ability to communicate instantly and universally via the Internet (Bamford 2). As such, people should be able to decode and interpret the various visual images that are exposed to them every day to ...

Jesus in Film

Portraying of Jesus in media sources mainly forms peoples’ attitude towards him. Evidently, film industry is the source that influences on peoples’ mind most effectively. Moreover, people conceive messages about religious issues easier by means of films. It occurs due to bright illustrations and filmic elements. This paper is directed to distinguish Jesus appearance in films. In this paper two films The Passion of the Christ and Life of Brian are reviewed. In order to detect essence of the topic three objectives are set. Firstly, it is necessary to indicate characteristics of Jesus in mentioned films. The second objective ...

Executive Summary

Background: DeepStream Virtual Reality was created by Howard Rose and Ari Hollander to improve health and wellness. The research has shown that virtual reality has therapeutic effect, while it improves the process of rehabilitation and physical health as well as it promotes healthier lifestyle.

The scientific research of the recent 10 years has demonstrated that virtual reality can fundamentally lessen torment, soothe pain, and assemble strength. The organizers of DeepStream VR was involved in the research groups that have studied the process of torment control and constructed the principal VR torment help applications ("Deepstream VR | About VR For Health"). ...

Introduction

The discussions in this biomedical ethics case study involving the death of a patient named Mr. Paul Mills during his stay at one of the hospitals in Halifax, Nova Scotia will focus on whether Dr. Nancy Morrison’s decision to help end the patent’s suffering by injecting nitroglycerin into the IV line in an unsuccessful attempt to decrease blood pressure and thereby end the patient’s suffering and on a separate instance, injecting potassium chloride a few minutes prior to the patient’s point of expiration. It is important to note that this paper will not focus on ...

Aer Lingus has been in airlines operation since 1938. As an airline company, it has been through the changes in transportation making it one of the most dependable companies in Britain. Recently, the company shares were sold to International Airline Group (IAG) by investors and the government giving IAG an ownership of 98.05% while other owners hold the remaining 1.95% of the total shares (Morrell & Peter, 91). Being the second largest airline operator in the country, it is expected to serve a large number of customers and tourists moving to various destinations in Europe and America. More so, the ...

Joseph Maraachli, “who became widely known as Baby Joseph” (All they wanted was to bring him home”: Parents' agony as baby Joseph loses his fight for life, 2011), was apparently healthy when he was born on January 22, 2010. Only three months later his parents started to notice that, their son has some problems with breathing and eating. They decided to take him to a hospital of Michigan, where Joseph was diagnosed with a metabolic brain disease which, according to the doctors of the hospital, could only provoke some delays in Joseph’s development. Meanwhile, in October, 2010 ...

Introduction

Human suffering is inevitable but there are ways to combat it for the attainment of happiness. When humans suffer, they always agonize as a complete human being. The emotional, mental and spiritual misery of human beings cannot be totally detached from all other kinds of suffering, such as from damaging ordinary, environmental, radical, economic and social conditions. In actuality, they relate with each other and inspire each other. People do not only grieve from illnesses, physical pain, and the lack of decent prospects to mollify their basic dynamic, communal, and emotive needs. They also grieve when they are not ...

Most important message

The important message in the episode is the tragic demise of James Crawley and the son Patrick who both happen to the heirs to the Downton Abbey throne. The message is delivered through a telegram that creates an atmosphere of agony. The Downton Abbey episode commences with tragic discovery of the untimely demise of the presumptive heir to Lord Grantham. The aristocrats of Abbey soon get entangled in fiery succession plans as both Crawley and the son are no more (Downton Abbey, 2010). They are all gone to where fate takes men. The news of the sunken Titanic engulfs ...

Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy Hunter

The theme of the poem “Barbie Doll” is the narrow definition of femininity in the 1970’s American society. The poem is written in a free verse style. The sound of the poem is more like that of a story. Since the writer is telling us, what is essentially, a modern fairy tale; the free verse style keeps the poem focused on the story of the girl child. This helps avoid any distraction, that would be created if the poet employed any sophisticated poetic devices.

The themes of the poem include (1) perception of girl/women in the 1970’s American society. (2) Appearances

The poem goes on to describe, how a girl child was expected to be ...

Roads are generally made for the purpose of having an easier access of different places and in order for the different modes of transportation to have a smooter flow of traffic and a quicker time to reach their destination. These maybe the meaning of roads for engineers, architects, and other people who view roads based on the functions and benefits. However, for other people with multiple views upon things, a road is more than its functions and benefits. For them, roads are not just a result of a construction project nor a huge infrastructure. Roads may symbolize something depending ...

The story of Leo Buscaglia is an inspiration to many people across the world. The concept of fully functioning humans has manifested in the lives of many people. In his concept of being fully human, the motivational speaker alludes to certain elements that can be classified as living a lifestyle entirely and exercising its mandate with the fullness it deserves. He asserts that many people are normally observers of life rather than participators. The author puts to use his artistry and cynical style of analogy to offer the live audience an anecdote of living fully as human. In his ...

The attitude towards the movie, directed by Mel Gibson, which has caused quite divergent views before its release on the screens, mainly consists in the two opposite positions. Some believe that the picture of the last twelve hours of Jesus' life is tendentious, reflecting the radical views of an ultra-conservative Catholic, who does not blame exclusively of Jews and Romans in the execution of the Son of God, but is inclined to the idea of ​​antagonism between the priests and the person, who boldly declared himself Messiah and thus encroached on the ecclesiastical authority. Others do not see in ...

English

Patients who have been suffering unbearable pain or are terminally ill and have no hope of getting better, have a right to take a stance and end the misery. And to that end, a medical doctor, for the benefit of such a patient, should consider it ethical and their moral duty to assist the patient commit suicide 1. Doctors should have a clear ethical stance on assisted suicide, so that when the circumstances demand, the doctor, beyond a shadow of doubt, can help the distressed and the patient's family take a prompt decision to avoid any unnecessary agony. A ...

South University

This is a proposed care plan on a case study of a 40-year-old Asian American male, working as a roofer, with complains of low back pain. As such, to have full comprehension of the patient’s case and a comprehensive care plan, I intend to carry out in-depth literature review from the authentic databases and propose suitable evidence based care strategic plans in view of the complaints, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment.

Analyzing the Disorder

Low back pain is acute or chronic disorder that is manifested by pains at the lower back (Kantor and Creek, 2015). Patients might have back firmness, diminished development ...

In A Class Divided, Jane Elliot was using the social identity approach to teach the children empathy, by decategorizing identities and by splitting the classroom up into two groups: the blue-eyed people and the brown-eyed people. She made the brown-eyed people into the group that was going to face the discrimination on Tuesday, and made the blue-eyed group the target of prejudice on Wednesday. In just these two days, the third graders learned a profound lesson on prejudice and discrimination that would inevitably affect their outlook in their adult life. One of the blue-eyed students that used his position ...

Introduction

Bousso, Poles and Cruz (2013) refer to a concept as an abstract image or a representation formulated in the mind. Therefore, it may mean one thing to one person and another thing to someone else. Concepts are important in the work of research in that a probe into their occurrence leads to the development and formulation of theories (Bousso, Poles, & Cruz, 2013). Thus, the development of theories in nursing practice and research is heavily dependent on the analysis of concepts; which are the structural elements of theory, which inform nursing practice and research (Bousso, Poles, & Cruz, 2013). Examples of ...

The following paper is going to consider, characterize and compare the most famous examples of the movies aimed to describe the complicated relationships between the English and the Irish through the course of history along with the significance of the events occurring then for the people of the time along with building contemporary behavioral models for both nations living in one country. Therefore, the next paragraphs are going to discuss the movie “Hunger” shot by Steve McQueen and compare it with Terry George’s “Some Mother’s Son” along with their messages to the viewers and descriptions of the ...

Endless pain is a noteworthy general wellbeing issue in the United States. One in four Americans, or 116 million individuals, have some type of determined agony. Perpetual agony causes gigantic human languishing over its casualties, their families, and society overall. The Institute of Medicine's report evaluated that expenses of giving restorative care and lost profitability because of agony are $560 to $625 billion dollars every year (National Academies Press, 2011). This dollar sum surpassed the joined expenses of coronary illness, diabetes, and disease.The part of the Occupational Therapist (OT) is to offer patients some assistance with improving or keep ...

PowerPoint Presentation

Firestone to Voluntary Recall 4.25 million RADIAL Tires. Firestone, Inc. announces voluntary recall of its Radial tires MTZ and MTY III tires. These were produced in their South Australian and Asian plants. The recall includes replacement of tires of that size.

The company estimates that 6.25 million tires would be replaced in this exercise. "At Bridgestone/Firestone, we take customer satisfaction very seriously,” said Maxworth, the Chief Executive Officer of the company. "This extraordinary step is a precaution against even the slightest probability of risk. We value consumer safety and our products must meet every ...

A Postcard from the Volcano by Steven Wallace

This short poem written by Steven Wallace is more about the remains of a person after his demise. It is related more to the impact that the future generations would have as a result of the remains after the death of an individual.

The poem is written in verses of three lines. This short poem written by Steven Wallace, offers a unique perspective to its readers. Steven Wallace starts the poem with imagery as the tone for the entire poem is set through its imagery. Every image that Wallace uses in the poem convey various emotions.

There is significant shift ...

- Introduction

Seniors are an important segment of society. This is because they are the men and women that come before us and in most cases are our close relatives. In most cases, elders have contributed to the social, political, and economic successes of our country. As a way of thanking these old men and women who dedicated themselves in the service of their countries in different fields, it is important to make sure that they are subjected to relaxed lives so that they can enjoy their last retirement days. Despite all the outline facts being true in most cases, the fact ...

Questions

The type of work that accountants, as well as, auditors carry out requires a considerably higher level of ethical codes. Shareholders, owners of the business, the government, customers and other users of the financial records of any company heavily rely on the financial statements of the enterprise. The information obtained from such records are used to make better and informed investment decisions. They, therefore, rely on the opinions of the accountants who have prepared such documents and on the auditors who have verified them. It assists in the presentation of a true, as well as, a fair view of the organisation. Knowledge ...

Characters:

MITCH, an alcoholic JUDY, his starving girlfriend [JUDY sits at diner counter, nursing a cup of coffee. MITCH charges in. She has a visible bruise on her face.] MITCH: There you are, you ungrateful bitch! Just hiding here behind a coffee cup when I’m going out of my mind with agony! How can you live with yourself when I’m suffering, I’ll never know. I hope I never know. I don’t want to be like you. I would never treat you the way you’re treating me now. I would give you the money whenever you ...

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Analysis and Interpretation of “Shooting an Elephant”

“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay by George Orwell. It recounts his incredible experiences in India where he served as an imperial officer. Orwell appears to be narrating a tale on his individual life experience in Burma; however, the real theme behind his essay is to create an image of how colonialism influences the way of life of both the inhabitants in the colonized nation and the imperialistic officers. This essay expounds on how Orwell, through a broad utilization of symbolism, uses his actions and an elephant in a journey to depict ...

Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of ...

The literal meaning of euthanasia is good health. Euthanasia is commonly defined as a quick and painless death of a person. It is a deliberation of an intervening act or practice with the intention to end a life, to relieve suffering in a simple manner. One of the classified categories of euthanasia is the active euthanasia. The perception of active euthanasia is the termination of the life of a person done by physicians by means of a lethal dose of medication; it is to kill the patient in response to his request. However, there are lot of issues in the ethics of the patient and the ...

Aging, a subject that needs to be dealt with great care and sensitivity. With progressing age people undergo lots of troubles that affect them mentally and physically. Ranging from psychological problems like loneliness, feeling of becoming a burden, sense of being left out; then physical troubles like joint disorders, respiratory ailments, heart problems, all these things make the lives of the elderly full of agony. Among all these issues there is a disease whose impact goes beyond our ability to manage it properly. Such a disease is Alzheimer’s. Speaking medically, it is a disease of the nervous system where the nerve cells ...

Introduction

This research paper considers and evaluates the arguments propounded by Rachels (2002) regarding both active and passive forms of euthanasia. In order to be clear on the precise meanings of those terms, it is appropriate to define them before discussing these topics. The research undertaken for this paper will validate Rachels’ views on the issue, which are essentially that there should be no moral or ethical distinction between the two types of euthanasia – basically because in many instances active euthanasia is in fact more humane, because it drastically shortens the duration of the individual’s pain and suffering.

Active and Passive Euthanasia Defined

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Edgar Allan Poe is a prominent American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, whose works are popular with the readers all over the globe. The timeless themes of Poe’s stories and the struggles of his characters are indeed remain relevant nowadays. His cocktail of death, love and suffer is of an undying combination. His short stories and poems are sodden with darkness, agony, mystery and obsession of inevitable death, they thrill and excite. The Pit And The Pendulum, The Black Cat, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall Of The House of Usher are only a few of his ...

The breakdown and formation of relationships is an important theme in films, particularly in romantic and situational comedies. These are not necessarily romantic relationships, although most films do tell a love story of sorts; the relationships considered in the film may be romantic and may be platonic or familial. Regardless of the type of relationship considered in the film, there are a number of different conflicts that can be explored. One of the main forms of conflict in films is the potential for breakdown in communication. When there is a breakdown of communication, people become hurt and angry as a result of something ...

There can be no doubt that Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best writers in the history of American literature. One of his most well-known short-stories, “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a classic that has endured decades of critical research and analysis. Throughout this lengthy scholarship, it immediately becomes apparent that Poe is one of the premier gothic writers of his generation, with his ability to tell a story as if he was his own demented protagonists. Critics and scholars also conclude that Poe has mastered the writing style of the first-person narrator (Ronald 2). In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Poe uses ...

Koreans during their rich history, unfortunately, many times had to uphold their independence from the enemy invasions and friendly embrace of powerful neighbors. Korean War, which was the first open conflict between USSR and America, was a bloody conflict that for a long time concealed terrible crimes against humanity. We will raise the pages of the Korean War, see it preconditions and consequences. The paper’s main argument is to examine the historical elements of the book The Guest, written by Hwang Sok-yong, and to analyze the conditions of the Sinchon Massacre. We will discuss Hwang’s description of the deep ...

“Dream Deffered” is a well-acclaimed short poem by Langston Hughes. Hughes has wrote several poems while teaching poetry in various American schools. Hughes addresses one of his favorite topics in this poem and addresses some relevant issues of the American society. The author is known for his realistic portrayal of social issues and addresses African American dreams in his short poem in a vivid and communicative manner. This paper intends to discuss the poem, “Dream Deffered”. Hughes’ short poem was published in the year 1951. Hughes describes how African Americans were racially segregated in the 1950’s in the American ...

Incidents of shooting at schools and colleges have become one of the most important issues in modern times in the land of America. Many lives are lost in the shocking incidents that seem to occur recurrently all over the state. Innocent children and teenagers meet with their untimely demise due to such unprecedented attacks that are carried out at educational institutions. Thus, it has become one of the most stirring issues of the society in the present day. The law and order of the nation state is also in jeopardy owing to such shocking incidents that amount to loss ...

Euthanasia has been debated for a long time now. There are many divergent and convergent opinions on the issues of Euthanasia. One wonders whether is it is possible to justify euthanasia. There are two types of euthanasia, passive and active. To differentiate between the two, one has to carefully analyze the fundamental differences from a traditional point of view. From a traditional point of view, passive euthanasia is permissible while active euthanasia is highly prohibited. However, active euthanasia is more humane than passive euthanasia that is mainly just letting an individual die (James Rachels and Stuart Rachels, 2011). The boundary between the ...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated poets in the history of English literature. His poem, The Raven, is one of the most famous literary works in the world of arts and aesthetics. The very first line of the poem evokes a melancholy mood as the poet writes, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.” (Poe 1) The poem shows the speaker sulking inside a room longing to be with his lover, Lenore. Hearing a knock at the door, he opens it, only to find no one there. When he opens the window of the room, ...

Summary – Digital Mammography Machine

The new 3-D mammography machine will help to improve women’s health and save lives. According to a report by Best, “this new piece of technology has provided a 27 percent improvement in cancer detection rates” (Best, 2013). The Health authorities are happy that the day has finally arrived in the history of women’s health where help is readily available. The new Tomosynthesis technology, sometimes called the 3-D mammography, detects cancer earlier or finds cancer that may have been missed using the 2D mammography alone. However, there have been varying views by those experts who are not directly associated with ...

The Greeks’ profound studies about the human anatomy are reflected in the marble statues seen in the museum nowadays. The Classical style in Greek is the cross-cultural merging of the Greek and Roman styles (Mancoff and Bosch 38). The sculptures made during this period were realistic and natural; they are carved nude in marble along with the perfect body figures. One of the greatest products of the classical style is the Discobolus or the Discus Thrower by the 5th century Greek sculptor, Myron. In his work, the statue represents extreme concentration before throwing the discus at the target. The ...

<Law> <Tutor> <Department> The Flitland Crown Court convicted Dr. Arthur Jones for the crime of murder for withdrawal of life-support treatment to premature-born Baby X. Prior to his conviction, Dr. Jones did not dispute the antecedent facts that led to the death of Baby X. He reasoned out that the offense was committed to give way for the more viable Baby Y. There was only one available life-support system, and the question was, to whom he should administer the life-support treatment, to less viable Baby X or to more viable Baby Y? ...

Gender is a social construct, not tied to sex in any neat, definitive manner and hence, amenable and open to (re)construction in order to challenge power relations. This paper explores gendered power relations in Euripedes’ Medea and Sophocles’ Antigone, in an endeavour to explicate upon how such relations manifest themselves in the text, and thereby, shape, influence and contribute to an understanding of the overwhelmingly misogynist and patriarchal social reality of ancient Greece. The paper also seeks to take issue with the use of language as mediating an elucidation and plurification of meaning/s in the text, and aiding in ...

Introduction

Gun control is to decide who can own which gun under what circumstances and not to ban. Gun control becomes the most debatable topic because of the increase in crime rate due to misuse of guns or firearms. The laws for gun controls should regulate all the process of selling a gun that should start from manufacturing until considering the buyer. Nowadays, gun accidents and murders are common, and it induces many to welcome gun control laws and policies. Because they think, gun control may reduce the crime rate to some extent. Many people are supporting anti-gun control because they ...

How does the Toni Morrison, in “The Bluest Eyes,” develop the character of Pecola so as to expose and attack “racial self-loathing” in the black community?

In the novel, “The Bluest Eye,” Toni Morrison exposes and attacks racial self-loathing in the black community through her main character, Pecola. Pecola is depicted as a black girl. However, she is white at her heart. Pecola has self-loathing that gets worsen as the novel goes on. When the clerk of a store completely ignores her, for the first time, she gets the knowledge of her blackness. She tries to wash it away as ...

Over the years there have been numerous debates in regards paying college athletes for the money they bring to their colleges, due to their athletic greatness. Over time, what started as simple competitions organized by students, has become an entire enterprise that strives to provide sports entertainment, in return -of course- for increased revenue. Students used to go to school to get educated and only took part in the aforementioned competitions as a leisure activity. Now, it seems that things have changed and they attend big and popular universities mainly to participate in sports, dedicate almost all their time to ...

The discriminatory practices of the male folk of the society are not new. Abuse and violence is a way of establishing the supremacy over the opposite sex. Even in the age of advancement where several feminist movements have dared to challenge the very roots of the patriarchal society, domestic abuse is one the greatest impediments for the female who are being constantly battered by the insensitivity and chauvinism of their male counterparts. New York is a city where many women face the peril of domestic violence. Statistics show that in the year 2012, 68 percent of the total number of ...

‘A sorrowful woman’ is an acclaimed story that gives a glimpse of feminism and further helps readers in understanding women’s sad state of affairs. The story is written by Gail Godwin who is a famous American novelist and known for her views on women and social issues (Xuehua). This paper intends to discuss the story along with examining how author idea and life is reflected in this story. The story of ‘A sorrowful woman’ swivels around a woman who is the Protagonist of this story and struggles to fiddle with her role of mother and wife. This woman is living a ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the answers to the following questions deriving from the book ‘The Song at the Scaffold’ written by Gertrud Von Le Fort. As one can get informed by the relevant link on the Wikipedia regarding the biography of this writer ‘Gertrud Von Le Fort was born in 1876 and died in 1971. She was a popular and widely acknowledged writer of novels, poems and essays.’ (Wikipedia, Gertrud_von_Le_Fort). Her novella ‘Die Letzte am Schafott’ being translated into English under the title ‘The Song at the Scaffold’ is a book which has been greatly ...

Assisted suicide

Recently in the newspapers there was a man who killed his wife who was suffering from stage four cancer. In his defense, he said that the wife had asked him to kill her in order for her to stop feeling pain. The wife was no longer responding to pain medication and was in agony for several weeks. This act of mercy killing is called euthanasia.

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the intentional killing of people in order to relieve them from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is a hotly debated topic. Critics believe that mercy killing is unethical. They believe that the choice ...

Change in the ecstasy conception of Hero and saint in the materialization of Romanticism are seen in the characters of St. Francis and Dante. The Hero reveals on how worldview which the humanist are leading a money-oriented life. The distant forces of fate necessities destiny and indifference of human desires forms the world. The Hero finds his way to self-efficiency and goals of self-achievement right through the success and skills, and overcoming the difficulties in order to conduct his fate wholly and perfectly (Stone). Conversely, the Saint put emphasis on diverse judgment of the way of life. Saint’s ...

Write a paper discussing the relationship between these arguments and at least two or more of the arguments presented in your text: Death sentence is simply, a lawful killing inflicted upon the criminals/convicts. The capital punishment, in the form of death penalty, is an age-old phenomenon and has been in vogue in America since 1608. Prescription of death sentence is evidenced in the Bible for the crimes like murder, kidnapping, witchcrafting and other heinous acts. Incidentally, the death penalty exits in military and federal crimes of spying, espionage etc. Principally death as a capital punishment is awarded to murder and ...

Erich Maria Remarque fought in World War I where he was badly wounded. A decade after the war he wrote a book detailing how ordinary German soldiers fared during the war and this book of his was translated into All Quiet on the Western Front. At the time he wrote his book, war books had a romantic feel about them in their dealings with honor, glory and adventure and in 1895 Stephen Crane changed that with his book titled The Red Badge of Courage which revealed the brutality and violence that is all too common with wars. Remarque followed a similar mold ...