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- 8281: Schizophrenia
- ... the earliest signs of illness. I became increasingly withdrawn and sullen. I felt alienated and lonely and hated everyone. I felt as if there were a huge gap between me and the rest of the world; everybody seemed so distant from me." This excerpt describes part of Esse Leete 20-year battle with schizophrenia. She committed herself to leading the fullest life her disease will allow and to educating others about ... plotted against. Others may experience grandiose delusions and feel like Superman, capable of anything and invulnerable to danger (Youth 7). Some may feel a strong religious drive or mission to right the wrongs of the world. Perceptual changes are also another symptom of schizophrenia. Perceptual changes turn the world of the ill person topsy-turvey (Youth 8). The nerves carrying sensory messages to the brain from the eyes, ears, nose, skin and taste buds become confused and the person sees, hears, smells and ...
- 8282: Prozac: Mania
- ... only serve to heighten the overall contempt toward younger people on antidepressants, and the glamour of taking them. In the recent Kids in the Hall movie, "we [were] offered a wacky dystopian vision of a world Prozaced out of its wits" (Ansen). This refers to the wide usage of antidepressants to treat trivial disorders. "Happy pills for every occasion" doctors are still looking for the perfect way to treat minor personality ... how mainstream antidepressants have become, even though Cobain sings about Lithium, which is used to treat manic- depressive patients. An entire computer bulletin board is devoted to Prozac alone, and endless resources exist on the World Wide Web (Cowley 41). As we joke about Prozac and recommend it to our friends, though, it is becoming too widespread to be ignored. In ten years, we might all be taking some form of ... 42. Marrou, Chris. "I hope that one day mental illness will be as openly accepted as any physical disability." Newsweek Online 24 June 1996. Watson, Traci. "Ode to a mellifluous brain molecule." U.S. News & World Report 25 November 1996: 86.
- 8283: Internal Conflicts Of Beloved
- ... her dead infant sister haunted the house, causing troubles wherever she could and constantly making mischief. Needless to say, Denver did not have the strong background often needed to make a successful go in the world. Yet she did make an attempt, until finally beaten down and forced into a self-imposed exile by an innocent question by a young boy, "Is it true your ma killed your baby sister?" that ... forced to stay inside and live a lonely life, brightened only when Beloved finally appeared. And when Beloved eventually became a detrimental force in Denver and Sethe's life, Denver was forced to enter the world and society. And her meek and gracious nature gained her immediate acceptance. "It didn't stop them from caring whether she ate and it didn't stop the pleasure they took in her soft 'Thank ... and throughout the rest of her life, she still was never able to forgive herself. The guilt that she felt was unbearable. And Beloved was merely an extension of that guilt, incorporated into the real world and a way for Sethe to subconsciously torture herself while providing a constant reminder of the crime itself. When Paul D. "forced" the spirit away, it came back in a fleshly form to cause ...
- 8284: How Would the Characters of "The Scarlet Letter" See the White Whale of Melville's "Moby Dick"
- ... or beauty of a white steed etc.) and proceeds to say Moby Dick is all of these things, "Wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?" He is esentially asking us "if you lived in a world where nothing had any meaning, and a great white whale was taunting you to give chase, what would you do?" My method of attacking the question, how would the three main characters from Hawthorne's ... puts someone else'e needs before her own. She accepts the consequences of the nature of her sin. It is clear that Ishmael has understanding and compassion, he too can live and accept the natural world. Hawthorne portrays Hester as a victim of many thing, especially as a victim to Chillingworth's selfishness. Hester, while apologizing for not revealing the identity of Chillingworth, says "I have striven to be true! Truth ... for themselves. They both try and play a god-like-role and end up as devils. That is why they both would see the whale as purely a representation of all the evil in the world. "The Albino whale was all of these things, wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?" The whiteness is purely a cosmetic, but as it always is, no one thing means anything definitely. The meaning ...
- 8285: Iliad 2 -
- ... is full of doubts and fears. He is like a stallion that has been pampered too much, a child who is allowed to get everything he wants. Because of his attitude, he starts the Trojan War and brings on the fall of Troy. Paris is portrayed in this passage as being a walking contradiction. He appears to be a hero, but is one of the causes of the war because he kidnapped Helen for his own selfish interests. Homer uses the contradictions in Paris behavior to suggest the ironic contrasts in his character. For example, in line 40, after seeing his formidable opponent Atrides ... In this quote, Hector is highlighting Paris ability to ruin virtually everyone s future. After all, Hector s comment suggests, he is not only an unrepentant heartbreaker, but also a self-centered catalyst for the war. Hector specifically describes Paris as appalling and, in another ironic twist, juxtaposes this idea with Paris s unofficial title as the reigning prince of beauty. This contradiction allows these apparently unlike ideas to be ...
- 8286: "The Anniversary" and "To His Coy Mistress": The Synchronicity of Pen and Life
- ... is ever changing in "To His Coy Mistress," but this is only to be expected in a poem that seeks to convince by constructing an ideal and proceeding to demonstrate its utopian nature. In the world of would and should that we are immersed in before the pivotal "But" in the second stanza, Marvell presents an idyllic view of lovers engaged in a slow waltz that stretches on for centuries. In ... love at lower rate." This is where we begin a question what has up till now progressed so smoothly, as all good fantasies must if they are to be successful. We begin to question this world of Marvell's creation and see the enigma that lies within the term "lower rate." We have been hearing of an agonizingly slow mating ritual, Marvell has been patiently dancing around his mistress, praising her ... one fantastic claim follows another, we cannot stop to think where they are leading to. We are trapped in Marvell's reality like Alice is trapped in Lewis Carroll's. When released from this fantastic world, it is only to enter a second where the doubts we should have had in the first stanza's reality are utilized to build another perspective. The release is only a temporary respite before ...
- 8287: The Hobbit-review Of Summer Re
- ... adventures made The Hobbit interesting, but the main plot of the story is still the dwarves attempting to reclaim their lost treasure from the dragon Smaug. This book is full of adventure in a fantasy world. It should not be read by any kind of realist. Realism would take all fun and enjoyment out of The Hobbit. I think an imaginative person with a taste for action would thoroughly enjoy this ... understanding the plot and/or theme the book carries. I found this novel to be full of memorable scenes and characters. One of my favorite scenes is the scene between Bilbo and Gollum. The riddle war is both very amusing and impressive. Bilbo Baggins is a character that is hard to forget. As with many fantasy or adventure books, this story does not bring out many new appreciations or good lessons ...
- 8288: The Canterbury Tales: The Monk
- ... fine clothing and gold jewelry. It did not fit into the Monk's self-indulgent life to follow the tradition of the church. He ignored the old and strict ways because he liked the modern world and the indulgent lifestyle. He completely ignored the rulings of St. Benet and St. Maur. The Monk was motivated by greed and the trappings of the modern world. He put aside all the church rulings that did not suit him, and indulged in all the things the world had to offer him in terms of comfort. .
- 8289: Lucy Grealy
- ... outward appearance, but instead by her actions, personality, and spirit: "Horses neither disapproved or approved of what I looked like. All that counted was how I treated them, how my actions weighted themselves in the world" (152). These ideal relationships not only allowed her to experience the valiant, true, intense love she longed for in human companions, but also gave her a way of coping with her loneliness. She also came to understand the real beauty of the world, the beauty that swells beneath the surface of every being. The harshness of her peers did not end when she became older. Groups of drunken men would hoot at her from a distance, but taunt ... college, Greg, pulled her up by taking her dancing at gay clubs. Being encompassed by homosexual males gave her a blanket of security: "No one took notice of me - I was without value in this world. It was easy to sublimate my own desire and sustain my feelings of physical worthlessness" (201). She knew that none of the men there cared about her attractiveness because in their minds she was ...
- 8290: Ibsens Roles
- ... s emancipation. In A Doll s House , Ibsen portrayed the altruistic nature instilled into women by society, the consequential stunt of their development, and the need for them to find their own voice in a world dominated by men. For ages, society has taught women to set aside their own needs and to focus on those of her husband and children. Women have been forced to be passive, gentle creatures who ... earned by her own merits alone. Success and control over one s own life can only be accomplished if these women educate themselves outside of home. More plainly said, "Burning dinner is not incompetence, but war." A woman s ability to tend her family rather than herself should not be used as a measure of her personal worth. A woman needs to show that her abilities can surpass those needed to ...
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