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- 3991: Crime And Punishment
- ... the blunt side of the axe, and always on the crown of the head. Blood poured out as if from an overturned glass and the body toppled over on it's back. (Dosteovsky 74) A short time after the old woman died, her younger sister walked in, in which Raskolnikov reacted to split her head for the sake of no witnesses. Two murders were fiercely committed for the sake of simple ...
- 3992: Deficiencies In Development Of Cocaine Children
- ... sitting still. They are constantly moving around and have high energy levels. Due to this motor deficiency these children have trouble taking-test. ‘‘Most of the children of addicted mothers [require] four to seven very short sessions to complete testing…this was a stark contrast to comparison-group children… able to complete the test in two or three twenty minute sessions” (Hawley, 377). Another problem with in utero drug-exposed children ...
- 3993: Continental Drift
- ... to break the free of his average life, tries to become something other than the sad normal man that his father was; that he endeavors to become a great man, is what brings these two stories together. As the men in The Odyssey look to Odysseus as the touchstone of masculinity, Bob Dubois looks to the men in his life in his attempt to become a good man. Bob wants to ...
- 3994: Conjure Woman
- ... K. Dick, the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, was born in 1928 in Chicago, but he lived most of his life in California. During 1952-1982, Philip wrote 36 novels and 5 short story collections. Philip K. Dick died in 1982 in Santa Monica, California. Philip had a rocky emotional life. He was involved in many bad marriages and was addicted to drugs. He would go through times ...
- 3995: Marijuana
- ... IOP (NIH np). According to unbiased researchers at the National Institutes for Health, "if marijuana uses the same mechanism as other IOP reducing drugs, it would suggest an unfavorable benefit/risk ratio" (NIH np). In short, there are too many unknowns to make it an effective glaucoma treatment. (204) Cleland 3 Marijuana advocates also claim that it prevents the wasting caused by AIDS when in fact it is likely to prove ...
- 3996: Augustus And Alexander The Gre
- ... The earlier of these two men was Alexander the Great, records indicate that he was born in the summer of 356 B.C. Alexander was the son of Philip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympias. Stories say that on the same day that Alexander was born, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, burned down. This occurrence was supposedly an omen ...
- 3997: The History Of Greek Theater
- ... used the word “hamartia”, which is the “tragic flaw” or offense committed in ignorance. For example, Oedipus is ignorant of his true parentage when he commits his fatal deed. Oedipus Rex is one of the stories in a three-part myth called the Thebian cycle. The structure of most all Greek tragedies is similar to Oedipus Rex. Such plays are divided in to five parts, the prologue or introduction, the “prados ...
- 3998: Evolution Of Profanity
- ... four times), Romeo and Juliet (twice), and Othello ( six times). Iago and Falstaff were the worst offenders. 'Zounds has evolved into somewhat of a silly and meaningless word, but was originally horribly offensive. This oath, short for "God's wounds," was extremely offensive because references to the wounds or blood of Christ were thought especially outrageous, as they touched directly on the crucifixion. "'Sblood" had twelve occurrences in all. There were ...
- 3999: Cathedral
- ... started, beginning "that summer in Seattle she [when] she had needed a job." The husband seems suspicious of their relationship, and his tone is jealous and demeaning. He describes the blind man’s situation with short, terse sentences; "He didn’t have any money, either. But she was in love with the guy, and he was in love with her, etc." He almost seems to balk at their relationship as his ...
- 4000: Catcher In The Rye - Holden Caulfield
- ... gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. "Holden Caulfield had much going for him--a comfortable suburban life and a privileged educational background in a private school." (Coles) During the short period of Holden's life covered in this book. Shortly after Holden leaves Pencey Prep, he checks in to the Edmont Hotel. This is " what Holden Caulfield would call ‘the phony world’." (French) Holden spends ...
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