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- 811: Borderline Personality Disorder
- ... options to consider in adulthood. It is possible, however, that borderline men are under- counted because certain behaviors, such as aggression and violent outbursts, lead to imprisonment rather than diagnosis and therapy..., states Dianne and Robert E. Hales, M.D. in Caring for the Mind (1995). I believe that what Dianne and Robert E. Hales, M.D. are trying to say is that, most likely, men have Borderline Personality Disorder just as much as women, but because such behaviors are not allowed by men. Women are allowed to ...
- 812: Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he ... pain enough for me to bear." (pg. 885, lines 140-142). She speaks Cryptic lines here deliberately intended to obscure the truth. In the play, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), the playwright uses a dramatic device known as Sophoclean Irony. Both types of irony have been defined and passages were cited from the text in support of the thesis.
- 813: THE BOGART
- ... and very sensitive towards the Boggart, once she understood him. Jessup is very smart, loves computers, and was a member of a computer gang called the Gang 5. The parents of Emily and Jessup were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and amazed that they inherited a castle. But what the Volinks did not know was that a ...
- 814: Euthanasia Is Religious, Medically, and Legally Wrong
- ... as alternatives to such a dramatic end. To begin,the law,both civil and religious,forbid killing. Individuals are prosecuted in courts of law for committing murder. An example of this is the case of Robert Latimer. Although he claimed to have mercifully ended the life of his daughter who suffered from an extreme case of cerebral palsy,he was convicted of murder in the second digree. The courts were obliged to find him guilty as he broke the law by taking the life of another human being. Robert Latimer took it upon himself to decide that his daughter would never lead a full life. Tracy Latimer was never given an opportunity for success, as her life was taken. A not guilty verdict would ...
- 815: Is Euthanasia Immoral?
- ... if the patient repeatedly asks for euthanasia over a repeated period of time, and d) if another doctor that has not treated or previously examined the patient agree that euthanasia should be enforced(Levine 110). Robert George has his opinion on the "right to die", He says that 1) people own themselves, 2)owners can dispose of their property as they see fit, and 3) people are therefore entitled to kill ... that there is another alternative that is more merciful(McCuen 3). Until then, Doctors and family members, will still have to resort to illegal euthanasia to help their patients and loved ones. Works Cited George, Robert P. and William C. Porth Jr. "A Duty to Live?" National Review 26 June 1995 Heifetz, Milton D. and Charles Mangel. The Right to Die. Toronto: Longman Canada Limited, 1975. Levine, Carol. Is Physician-Assisted ...
- 816: Euthanasia Is Religious, Medically, and Legally Wrong
- ... as alternatives to such a dramatic end. To begin,the law,both civil and religious,forbid killing. Individuals are prosecuted in courts of law for committing murder. An example of this is the case of Robert Latimer. Although he claimed to have mercifully ended the life of his daughter who suffered from an extreme case of cerebral palsy,he was convicted of murder in the second digree. The courts were obliged to find him guilty as he broke the law by taking the life of another human being. Robert Latimer took it upon himself to decide that his daughter would never lead a full life. Tracy Latimer was never given an opportunity for success, as her life was taken. A not guilty verdict would ...
- 817: Assisted Suicide
- ... and friends have been prosecuted for aiding or assisting in a suicide. One of the most famous cases was the People vs. Roberts. According to Leslie Pickering Francis, "It occurred in Michigan, in 1920, Frank Robert's wife was incurably ill and bedridden with Multiple Sclerosis. At her request, he mixed poison and left it by her bedside; she drank the poison quite clearly knowing what she was doing. The Michigan Supreme court affirmed Robert's conviction of murder, reasoning that he had intended his wife to be able to take her life as she wished, and that she would have been unable to do so without his aid."(Mayo ...
- 818: Aggression
- ... N.Y.: Scribner, 1997), 158. 2Sapolsky, 152-153. 3Robert Prentky, The Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology of Sexual Aggression, Aggression and Dangerousness (New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1985), 18 4Sapolsky, 155 Works Cited Prentky, Robert. The Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology of Sexual Aggression, Aggression and Dangerousness, 9-19. New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1985. Sapolsky, Robert. The Trouble with Testosterone, In The Trouble with Testosterone and other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament, 149-159. New York, N.Y.: Scribner, 1997.
- 819: Confederate States Of America
- ... be the most powerful reasons for the Union's destruction of the Confederate States of America. The presidential leadership of Lincoln will be revealed as the major influence over the other three factors. According to Robert Krick, an interviewee of Carl Zebrowski's article "Why the South Lost the Civil War," "the basic problem was numbers. Give Abraham Lincoln seven million men and give Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee twenty-one million, cognitive dissonance doesn't matter, European recognition doesn't matter, the Emancipation Proclamation and its ripple effect don't matter. Twenty-one to seven is a very different thing then ...
- 820: Cognitive Development in Children: Experiment
- ... all of this is behind the door. She (he) pushes on the door, the door knocks against the tray, and bang, goes the 15 cups! They are all broken. B. A girl (boy) named Mary (Robert) wants to get some candies. But her (his) mother tells her (him) that she (he) can't have any more candies, and she (he) leaves. But Mary (Robert) wants a candy, so she (he) climbs up on a chair and reaches up to the shelf. But she (he) knocks over one cup and it falls on the floor and breaks! Story Pair Two ...
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