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- 17271: Medea Vs. Antigone
- ... death. (Oates, 192). While the chorus and the nurse recount the background of the story they simultaneously set the mood of the play. Their speeches are expressed with such deep emotion that the audience can t help but become involved. The nurse in Medea sets a very tense mood that remains throughout the whole play. I fear she may contrive some untoward scheme; for her mood is dangerous nor will she ... while a man could remarry if he chose to do so. This defiance from the traditional role forces the audience to view their society from a different angle. These plays examine a woman who isn t submissive and makes her own decision; based on her own values instead of he one s society forces them to accept. Overall Antigone s character was stubborn, angry, dogmatic, and she put her family and religious beliefs before the state. The opening conversation between Antigone and Ismene discusses Creon s ...
- 17272: Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- ... reasons why people chose to do drugs have to do with changing how they feel; they are about avoiding boredom or solitude, or feeling significant, part of a group, tranquil, or "good". Unfortunately, people don't usually realize that drugs are not solutions to their problems. Drugs are roses, they may look attractive, but they have sharp thorns. Associated with substance abuse are many risks. These dangers include: 1. risks to ... both. Physical reliance is when the body requires the chemical to function normally; psychological dependence is when a person relies on the substance to provide good feelings. This is not just a casual craving; it's a powerful compulsion. When a person becomes dependant on a particular drug, they may cause chaos, not only for themselves, but the people around them as well. The may start acting irresponsibly causing financial problems ... is usually smoked in the form of a joint (a loosely rolled cigarette), a blunt (a hollowed out cigar), or a bong, (a water pipe). Like any other drug, marijuana contains chemicals that affect one's body. The main substance in marijuana is THC; this is what makes a person feel "high" (which means experiencing a change in mood and seeing or feeling things differently). When cannabis is smoked, the ...
- 17273: The Cycle of Never Ending Cause and Effect
- ... questions such as 'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". They search for answers which are simply entangled in a never ending cycle of events. Belief before evidence or evidence before belief, it doesn't matter. Both compound a cycle where before belief there's evidence and before evidence there is belief and so on. If the mind teaser about the chicken and the egg is traced back to its beginning, for example taking the generations and going back on ... a common answer to these questions, supposedly ending the infinite quest for knowledge. Yet before the "nothing", there must have been something else, maybe more nothingness, who knows? The fact simply is that humanity doesn't know what came first and have thrive to come up with answers which range from the scientific point of view to the religious. The religious answers, which are completely based on belief, used to ...
- 17274: Extraordinary Means Of Treatme
- ... to help keep people alive as long as possible, even when the person quite possibly should have died a natural death a long time ago. Does this make what the doctor is doing wrong? Doesn t the patient deserve a chance to live the longest and fullest life they possibly can? These questions must be weighed on the benefits of the treatment versus the burden of the treatment. It may prolong ... to go through. These and many other considerations must be taken in account in order to assure the best decision for the patient. Money can also be a factor in extraordinary treatment. Some people can t afford to have their loved ones in a hospital for very long especially if they are in a coma or other severe illness, and might not be able to afford a long-term hospital bill ... if there is a very slim chance of success with the procedure it may not be worth trying to save or preserve the life of the patient. Sometimes you may need to take the individual s opinion on the treatments advice. If they are able to give a competent decision shouldn t it be used to determine whether or not to go on further with the treatment. If extraordinary means ...
- 17275: The Terminal Man By Crichton
- Book Report - 'The Terminal Man' by Crichton The Terminal Man was about the neuropsychiatric section of a hospital doing a breakthrough surgery to help reverse the effects of psychomotor epilepsy. The patient's name was Harry Benson. Harry had psychomotor epilepsy because he hit his head in a car accident and it resulted in brain damage. Harry was a good subject for the operation because he was brilliant ... and the power pack at this time. After the operation was over Harry was heavily sedated and put in a room. After the sedatives wore off Harry snuck into a closet and stole an orderly's gown and left the hospital. He was picked up by a lady named Angela Black, who Harry killed when they got to her apartment. After the investigation of the murder of Angela Black Dr. Ross went home to take a shower. When Dr. Ross got out of the shower she found Harry standing in her living room. The computer in Harry's neck was somehow malfunctioning and shocking him every few minuites. When the computer shocked him enough times it would cause a siezure. After a few minuites of talking to Dr. Ross, Harry had a ...
- 17276: Images from The Dhammapada
- ... paper I decided to look at some of the analogies that talk about the negative conditions of life. My favorite quotation from The Dhammapada is number 8 on page 34, the section titled "Evil" "Don't underestimate evil, saying, 'It can't happen to me.' As a pot slowly fills up with water, drop by drop, So does the fool, little by little, Become full of evil." I like this proverb the best, because it is very ... number 4 in the section titled "Flowers". "Just as a raging flood sweeps away a sleeping village, So does death claim a man of distracted mind, As he continually seeks more and more Of life's fleeting pleasures." Once again the image of water was used, but in a much different context. Here The Dhammapada refers to water not as drops filling a bucket, but it shows a more forceful ...
- 17277: Great Gatsby - Comparison Of N
- ... know him as a guy that thinks you can always turn back time. He dreams of Daisy, his Golden Girl, and tries to make things the way they were before. Jay Gatsby, unlike Nick, doesn’t developing the course of the novel. His whole life is devoted to the fulfillment of a romantic dream he created at a very early age. By its very nature, his dream requires an adolescent faith amounting to self delusion to sustain it. Nick soon discovers Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship and their long affair. He finds out that Gatsby used to be involved with Daisy, when he was still young and poor. When Gatsby left for war, Daisy went ahead and married Tom, ...
- 17278: Jay Gatsby: A Confused Man
- ... was the owner of an extensive stone mansion where he held many parties for dignitaries and other established persons throughout the New York City area. At the time when the novel took place,the 1920's, America's economy was booming. Cars were becoming a common way of transportation and women were becoming more independent in the face of society. Many of these women were referrec to as flappers, mainly because of their ... character in the novel, meaning he showed changed little if any. Gatsby was a dreamer and throughout his entire life this and the fixation on his dream seemed to keep him from moving foward. Gatsby's past was often question by the people around him, as rumors circled about his past actions and if what he said was actually the truth. Finally, some people found Gatsby hard to read, especially ...
- 17279: Parts of A Computer and What They Do
- ... and the current decreases. Over the years many new types of keyboard have been thought up these are mostly more ergonomically designed than there older counter parts this is done in order to reduce R.S.I a problem that effects a lot of typists One of the most interesting keyboard is a device called a data hand this will take a combination of hand movement and clicks and convert them ... interact with this is most popular with machines too small to use a standard keyboard such as palmtop computers. Mice A mouse is a way of removing the clumsy use of a keyboard a mouse's primary function is to convert movement of the mouse ball to movement of the on screen pointer making computer use quicker and simpler. Mice have opened up mass of programs moving us away from user ... and crackled at systems events. Now things such as sound cards allow the user to make far more complex sounds which is useful for things such as song remastering and adding sound to effects for T.V and films. Modem This is a way that the computer can communicate with other computers long distance it allows information to be converted into sound (much the same as programs for the BBC ...
- 17280: Timothy Leary
- Timothy Leary "Turn on, tune in, drop out." That saying has turned into the slogan of Timothy Leary’s mind-expanding movement. Although a graduate of both West-Point and Berkley, and a Harvard professor, these were not his greatest lifetime achievements. Throughout his publicized life, he became the spokesperson of the psychedelic age ... that in order to prevent the scenario from happening, everyone should take a dose of LSD so they can get used to the effects (Sterns 278). Although the article shocked the Harvard staff, it didn’t cause him to get fired. Leary was dismissed from Harvard in 1962, only four years after he began teaching there. Leary had experimented with psilocybin, a mind-altering chemical, on his own and the university repeatedly asked him to stop, he refused (Brash 139). Although it angered university 2. authorities, they couldn’t do anything more about the subject since it was a legal substance. While conducting one of his experiments he gave a dose of psilocybin to all of his students except for one that refused. ...
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