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- 1861: Hypnotism Is It Magic Or Reality
- ... defined as a state of mind where the body is more reactive to suggestions than in normal conditions. When under hypnosis, one narrows his or her attention to one subject or object. Everyone in the world has experienced hypnosis many times. Some examples are daydreaming and not realizing other events happening, being engrossed in a book or a movie, or getting lost in thoughts while driving and missing an exit (Alman ... and they would awaken in normal health. Father Gassner was responsible for introducing hypnosis to the medical profession (Bryan 2-3). In the decades and years following Father Gassner, many more people experimented with the new phenomena. It was not actually called "hypnosis" until a man named James Baird, "the father of modern hypnotism," coined the term in 1842, defining it as a "phenomena due to suggestion alone, acting upon a ... the brain was awake, and nerve impulses could still reach the brain (Bryan 12). Throughout the 1900 s hypnotism has taken great strides and has become better known to the public. Interest especially increased after World War I and World War II when doctors found out that it was useful for treating soldiers with repressed memories of traumatic battle situations. By using hypnosis, the soldiers could recall various tragic situations ...
- 1862: Cry Wolf
- ... has been the only native animal missing from Yellowstone" (53). In one of the few places where the wildness of the west could be preserved, the wolf's absence leaves a big hole. In a world filled with skyscrapers, subdivisions, and superhighways, human beings yearn for the wolf's untamable majesty. In 1995, it is obvious that the hatred and fear which fueled the elimination of the gray wolf stemmed from ... to overcome the natural tendency of wolves to try to get home. The only solution to this dilemma is to pen the animals up for a period of time until they get used to their new surroundings. Unfortunately, whenever wolves are penned, there is a danger that they will lose some of their wildness. But such measures have already been necessary in the case of one of the wolf families in ... to familiar turf" (Carpenter 15). Biologists believe that in order to form viable packs, they must capture wolves of different ages. The assumption is that when they calm down, the captured wolves will establish a new pack. It is evident from biologists' concerns that wolves not only are intelligent creatures, but also have ties to family and fear of change, as humans do. The process used to capture wolves and ...
- 1863: D-Day
- ... minutes before and immediately after take off. As I had climbed aboard and strapped myself into my seat I felt tense, strange and extremely nervous. It was as if I was in a fantasy dream world and thought that at any moment I would wake up from this unreality and find that I was back in the barrack room at Bulford Camp. Whilst we laughed and sang to raise our spirits ... mission. Yet at the moment that the glider parted company with the ground I experienced an inexplicable change. The feeling of terror vanished and was replaced by exhilaration. I felt literally on top of the world. I remember thinking, 'you've had it chum, its no good worrying anymore - the die has been cast and what is to be, will be, and there is nothing you can do about it.' I ... Because they just push a button, the barrel falls out, and they put another one on. We couldn’t do that. We had to take the whole gun down, screw the barrel off, put a new barrel on, then loosen it three clicks, it was a pain. So he fired, I picked him up, I got about ten rounds in there, that sonofagun never fired any more. Some of the ...
- 1864: The Case Against Capital Punis
- ... be a necessary step to save innocent lives. After 17 years in prison, Illinois Death Row inmate Anthony Porter was released from jail after a judge threw out his murder conviction following the introduction of new evidence. This reversal of fortune came just two days before Porter was to be executed. As reported in USA Today, Porter's release was the result of investigative research as conducted by a Northwestern University professor and students. The evidence gathered suggested that Porter had been wrongly convicted. Were these new revelations and the subsequent release of Porter a lucky break or a freak occurrence? Not likely, reports DeWayne Wickham, also of USA Today. He points out that since the reinstatement of the death penalty in ... call for a moratorium on the death penalty is not the first time that state executions have been opposed. Throughout its history capital punishment has been opposed on many premises. In discussion forums across the world many individuals often cite deterrence of crime as a viable defense of capital punishment. However, comprehensive studies, including the 1994 FBI Uniform crime Report, indicate that capital punishment does not serve as a deterrent ...
- 1865: American Values From Jamestown
- Before England could settle the New World, it needed a Middle Class to fund private settlements and a millitary to protect those investments. Although the Spanish had a hundred year head start the English would in turn dominate the New World. This was all set in motion by King Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy. King Henry VIII broke from the Cathloc Church because he wanted a divorce. While leaving he seized wealth by ...
- 1866: A Comparison and Contrast of the Supernatural's Active Role in the Lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin
- ... of the Supernatural's Active Role in the Lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin The literature written during this time period reflects the important part the supernatural (God) played during those changing times. The new world was struggling for a new identity. Were these individuals also defining the role of God to themselves? In the preceding discussion the lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin will be discussed. Each wrote a narrative of their life ...
- 1867: Homeric Simile In Paradise Lost
- ... dismissed by those who remember the poem as a series of images such as Satan’s moonlike shield, or Eve as the fairest unsupported flower. The epic simile, however, was traditionally a diversion, a little world unto itself, which did not necessitate a change in the quality of the verse. The language within a long simile was able to remain unfigurative; in fact, the effect of closely-wrought metaphor could possibly ... Homer’s similes provide a respite from the steady surge of heroic action, and broaden the scope of his poems. Into the simile could be introduced familiar scenes which would remind the listener of the world living on beyond the plains of Troy or Odysseus’ storm-beaten vessel. This precedent was followed, or at least honored nearly universally, by epic poets up to Milton. In Paradise Lost, tradition is modified to ... the life-history of the archetypes. Therefore Miltonic similes, like Miltonic diction, contribute to the tightly-knit pattern of the whole poem, and serve to underline the unities rather than the diversities of the mythological world. In Book I the reader meets Adam’s adversary, Satan, who proposes to Beelzebub that they try to reach solid ground and, once there, that they rouse the fallen angels. Both proposals are followed ...
- 1868: Astrology
- ... all they undertake. There is an extraordinary courage in this sign that springs from vitality and confidence that sings of miracles. This is a sign that senses possibility in the improbable and that can create new conditions out of chaos. The Aries vision is progressive and expansive, and their approach enthusiastic and inspiring. They bring an incandescence to everything they care about. One strength this sign is missing is subtlety. And ... good; when they are bad, they are very bad. Taurus (April 21-May 22) It is Venus who governs this sign. In general, Taurus is a concrete being, firmly attached to the goods of this world. He has a strong but peaceful sensuality. His anger is rare, in the image of the peaceful beast that is his totem, but it comes abruptly and violently: he easily "sees red." Most often however ... moon that governs this sign, Cancer is an imaginative, sensitive, and dreamy individual. Somewhat self-effacing, he enjoys family life, where his timidity- and somewhat weakness- seems to be protected from the hardness of this world. The feeling for the past is more attractive that the future. He often feels a nostalgia for childhood and the protection of his mother and must try to overcome this attitude. Cancer must strive ...
- 1869: Existentialism In Film
- ... characters whose speech was tough and witty, who were hard drinkers and fast livers. They smoldered with a barely sublimated intense sexual tension. The French critics of the day were the first to hail the new style, which they called "film noir". Before I proceed, let me be quite clear as to how film noir might qualify as a genre worthy of our consideration in connection with existentialist film. As I ... was never punished for his crime. A final scene in which he is picked up by the police had to be added. The film capitalized on the historical situation emerging in the United States after World War II. Men were returning home to find America very different from how it was when they had left it. Behind the façade of the suburban middle class was the seedy world of the disenfranchised. The cities were increasingly crime ridden. The economy was in a slump and Mom-and-Pop businesses were being swallowed up into faceless conglomerates. The atrocities of the Holocaust were being ...
- 1870: Epic Works
- ... seeking the hand of his lovely wife, Penelope. However, Penelope refuses their advances choosing to remain faithful to Odysseus. During the ten years of his absence since the fall of Troy, Odysseus has traveled the world undertaking many unbelievable adventures and trials set upon him by the god Poseidon. Throughout his travels he along with his men sailed to many strange lands. These great adventures included tricking Polyphemus a Cyclops by being "nobody" (Norton 320), sailing to the end of the world and descending into Hell (Norton 340), successfully battling Scylla, a six-headed monster that devoured passing seamen (Norton 361) and finally, passing safely around a terrible whirlpool (Norton 366 - 367). During his descent into Hell ... fault and virtue. Dante uses each punishment and reward to illustrate the larger meaning of human actions in the universal plan. Paradise Lost is considered by some to be one of the greatest poems in world literature and most certainly John Milton's masterpiece. In its 12 cantos Milton tells the story of the fall of Adam and the loss of Paradise. Satan has been expelled from heaven with his ...
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