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- 141: Mescaline
- ... mentally and spiritually enlightening, and the insights gained are remembered for personal growth by South American tribes also. In past years, Mescaline has been experimentally used in psychology for treatment of schizophrenia and psychotherapy for alcoholism and terminal cancer patients. The results show some potential value in these fields, providing relief of severe pain brought on by these conditions. Research tentatively continues, however the results of these treatments are clouded by ...
- 142: The Saginaw Song
- ... whatever. It avoids those cliches and trite formulations by instead seeing specific things and moments of experience -- by imagery, in a word. As you read it, avoid cliché reactions having to do with dysfunctional families, alcoholism, child abuse, and other newspaper topics. Such matters are real enough, but stock responses can block your perceptions. Instead, concentrate on the particulars. Every image here deserves to be pondered and tasted to the full ...
- 143: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... cane upon the plastered-up wall behind which stood his wife's corpse "...already greatly decayed and clotted with gore." We might argue that what the narrator calls "perverseness" is actually conscience. Guilt about his alcoholism seems to the narrator the "perverseness" which causes him to maim and kill the first cat. Guilt about those actions indirectly leads to the murder of his wife who had shown him the gallows on ...
- 144: Creating the Melancholic Tone in “The Raven”
- ... The raven condescends that Poe will never see his lost love again when uttering “forget this lost Lenore” (83). Alcohol taunts Poe into ceaseless depression and caused Poe to have a life-long problem with alcoholism, which eventually led to his death. In a similar manner to which the alcohol explored Poe’s inner devastation, the raven delves into exploration of the narrator’s innermost fears that he will never see ...
- 145: Franz Liszt and Kurt Cobain
- ... of champagne and tranquilizers on March 4. Also, Kurt's family history showed that two of his father's uncles committed suicide, along with the fact that there were a lot of dysfunctional marriages and alcoholism present. During a concert, Kurt would jerk around as if he was being electrocuted. After his death, the sale of Nirvana memorabilia increased dramatically. As you can see, both Franz Liszt and Kurt Cobain have ...
- 146: A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... is unbearable. Blanche has had a streak of horrible luck. Her husband killing himself after she exposed her knowledge about his homosexuality, her advances on young men that led to her exile and finally her alcoholism that drew her life to pieces contemplated this sorrow that we could not help but feel for Blanche throughout the drama. Blanche’s desire to escape from this situation is fulfilled when she is taken ...
- 147: Meet the Simpsons
- ... and television began introducing curse words in their daily programming and shows, foul language has been something that plagues American speech. While Homer's is not as bad as some, he does have his moments. Alcoholism is a disease that is rapidly growing in America. Homer's fondness for beer would certainly put him in this category. Next, there is Homer's wife, Marge. Marge epitomizes the term "housewife". Marge is ...
- 148: What Men Really Want
- ... that. We are in the age of nuclear technology, so many incurable diseases, and still trying to help third-world countries get on their feet. Now, we have our own problems, one of them being alcoholism, and we don’t really have time to sit and look at these ads, (some of us will), we have other, more major and worrisome problems to deal with, not Seagram’s Wild Berry Coolers ...
- 149: Nurture Plus Nature
- ... in the same gene pool. Studies have proven that identical twins have a higher fate, than fraternal twins, to share psychological disorders such as autism, anxiety, substance abuse, and schizophrenia (Rathus p.112). Hypoglycemia, diabetes, alcoholism, lactose intolerance, and other biological disorders in the metabolism can also become mutual problems between identical twins, and also, with a less chance, in fraternal twins as well (Masters). Determining from the evidence presented by ...
- 150: The Fatal Addiction
- ... great damage. Some people may have forgiven him, but he will never be forgotten. What pushed him over the edge and how did he deal with it? The disturbing influence of violence in the media, alcoholism, and the ambition to let go, pushed Mr. Bundy too far. He learned to accept what he had done and lived his life the best way he knew how. Even though he did not want ...
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