Essays on Serenity

Heralded as one of the wonders of the art world, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has inspired artists and sparked debates for centuries. At a price point of about $787 million, one must wonder if this incredible price point is due to the ongoing mystery of what lies behind Mona Lisa’s smile. It is reported that Da Vinci played music for Mona Lisa while he painted her, however the validity of this is up for debate, much like the cause for the expression on her face. It is my personal opinion that the slight smile was due to ...

Serenity Daniels is a 28-year-old single woman with a long history of sexual and emotional abuse since her childhood. She has inflicted deliberate self-harm (DSH) on her body on numerous occasions. During these DSH episodes, Serenity usually cuts her wrists and uses alcohol as a way of numbing the pain. Besides, Serenity has problems with her self-image as she sees herself as “fat and ugly” and unloved. She also has frequent arguments with her co-workers and managers. As such, she does not hold job positions for long. This instability in moods, functioning, and self-image coupled with unstable relationships and ...

Social Module: Venice

1) What is the name of your city, town or village and where did this name come from? Note, there may also be an informal name, that is a name that local people refer to it. You may also discuss any name changes over time and the reasons for these name changes. In that case, if the word Veneti has the Indo-European origin, it means “famous”, but if we consider this word with the pre-Indo origin, it means “foreigners” or “new comers” (nuovi venuti). Perhaps the name of the Veneto is from the word “new comers”. In this case, ...

A noise-canceling device seems like a nice idea for people who work or live in the metropolitan city or noisy neighborhoods and are in need of serenity. Most of these devices are known to disfigure sound or block out all sound. Our company has come up with a new device which will enable a user to block unwanted sound both from within the room and from outside the room. There are various advantages and disadvantages which are associated with sound blocking gadgets. While the noise blocking devices block certain sounds and allow one to choose what sounds they want ...

Painting and art have been part of the Chinese culture for centuries, and the type of art the Chinese civilizations engaged in distinguish them from vast western arts. In this regards, major artists have attributed the Chinese art as having a unique essence, compared to the aesthetic art embraced by western cultures. Therefore, different authors have bid to explain the uniqueness of the Chinese painting and art, but in doing so, they have also had different methodologies and approaches of attaining a similar goal. For instance, Wen and Kathlyn, both wrote about Chinese art and painting, but their methodologies ...

1.2 Religion, Mega Events, and Tourism 1.2.1 Introduction This section seeks to discuss into detail the association and interrelationship between religion, mega events, and tourism. In essence, the section reviews some of the perspective, observations, and critiques of these three aspects by previous authors. Jafari (1988) acknowledges that sporting events such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, Expo, and other related competitions which mostly attract audience from every part of the globe play a significant role in determining the tourism patterns. Understandably, they provide tourism opportunities for the host countries bearing in mind that visitors flock into the ...

Abstract

As a staffing consultant for the prestigious Sincere College, we have been assigned the task of setting up a recruitment plan for a vacant position. The position is for the Associate/Assistant Professor for the subject of Business Ethics at the Davis Business School. We have been provided with the job description and on the basis of it, we have recommended advertisement as a powerful tool for attracting applicants. Screening, short listing the candidate followed by formal interview sessions has been mentioned in detail. Elements included in the employment confirmation letter have also been included in this paper. Training becomes ...

English Literature

Emily Dickinson’s poem entitled Because I Could Not Stop for Death is a quiet, unassuming and somewhat haunting poem which relies upon personification to present the character of death as a figure with human-like qualities. The poem concerns itself with a description of the speaker’s passage to the afterlife, accompanied by death. As such, the poem has some strangely languid effects in it – the choice of language encourages the reader to perform it in quite a slow, deliberate way whilst the plot is also, effectively, a slow moving procession. Additionally, the poem has a calmness to it – like the surface of a lake on a ...