In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, death is a theme that Shakespeare explores in depth, throughout the play. Shakespeare captures the reader's interest concerning death in the opening scene, when Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his dead father. This scene sets the tone of the entire play where death, murder, revenge and suicide are played out over and over again. Hamlet not only has to work through how to avenge his father's death, but also has to deal with his own feelings and fears about death. The first time the theme of death is seen shown is in the murder of Hamlet's father, who through his ghost, little by little reveals to Hamlet that it was Claudius who murdered him, in order to marry Queen Gertrude and gain the throne. Hamlet, vows to avenge his father's murder and sets in motion a plot to kill Claudius, which in the end leads to the deaths of almost every character, including his future father-in-law Polonius, his bride to be Ophelia, his mother

When I read "A Hologram for the King", I noticed different aspects that I would like to develop. In my opinion, this book is about much more than just the decay of American business. It's about the life of a poor man who tries to deal with his difficult situation. So before beginning, let's have a short summary. Alan Clay, an ex-consultant and a victim of the Recession, is now a 54-years-old business man hired by Reliant in order to present a new technology, a holographic teleconference system, to the King Abdullah. By landing this contact, he would solve all his money problems as he is a debt?ridden man. Across the book and the wait for the king to come, Alan remembers his past and wonders about his purpose in the life. First of all, in my opinion, this story is about the nothingness both physical and psychological. On one hand, we can talk about a real physical desert because the whole story takes place in Saudi Arabia, which is not known for its luxury forests

Charles Baxter is the author of a short story named "Gryphon". It is a story of an unusual substitute teacher named Miss Ferenczi. She taught a 4th grade class in Five Oaks, Michigan, a total of three times David Auburn is the author of the play "Proof". It is about a 25 year old women named Catherine, who is the daughter of a genius mathematician. Catherine stopped her college education when her father became mentally ill, in order to take care of him. During that time, she figured out an immensely difficult proof, that mathematicians had been trying to solve forever. Walt Whitman is the author of the poem "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer". It is about a person viewing an astronomy lecture, by a known astronomer, and not clicking with it. The person feels sick during the lecture, gets up to goes outside, and views the stars. These 3 pieces of literature where chosen for our class to read, study, and write about. All three pieces are

A Guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide or teach others. Although the term Guru is often associated with either Hinduism or Buddhism, it is not limited to these two faiths. Other forms of gurus can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects (books) and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the aforementioned are in a guidance role. Furthermore, there is a Guru in each and every one of us and as Dr. Simonelli has always said, I am the Buddha. History of Gurus in Buddhism In the Tibetan tradition, the Guru is seen as the Buddha, the very root of spiritual realization and the basis of the path to Enlightenment. For without the Buddha, there can be no experience or insight as to how one begins their path toward Enlightenment. Once one is blessed by the guru, who the disciple regards as a Bodhisattva, or the embodiment of Buddha, the disciple can continue on the way to experiencing the true n

Covenant exists as the central idea of both Christianity and Judaism. It holds the main values and beliefs of both religions. The word Covenant descends from the Hebrew word berith in the Old Testament, which stands for circumcision, and in the New Testament from the Greek word diatheke, which specifically translates into Covenant. It is defined as a formal agreement, testament, or contract between God and a person in which both parties have obligations. Covenants can apply generally to all people, or can specifically relate to Jews or the Children of Abraham. The idea of covenant first evolves in the Hebrew bible and describes creation and redemption stories. The main covenants that develop in the Hebrew Bible include the story of Adam and Eve, the Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic covenant. Two covenants also form in the New Testament and include Jeremiah and Jesus. All of these covenants have distinct features and contain messages for all people to live by. The Adamic and

This paper analyzes various parenting styles based on research by developmental professionals. The four basic patterns of behavior discussed here are authoritarian, authoritative, neglectful and indulgent parenting with the latter two being classified as permissive. Characteristics typical to each of these styles and their effect on parent and child will be explored in detail. Cultural differences will be discussed and what influences parenting has on education. Behaviorist research will be introduced and examined for comparison to the developmental approach. The research will indicate that about one-third of all parents use authoritative style of parenting. Regardless of the preferred style, varying factors such as culture, the temperament of the child and parent, and parental status will influence the interactive process of that style. Most parents could benefit from knowledge and information of these style to improve their parenting skills. Review of Parenting Styles A parenting

Recently, numbers show that more and more young people are committing crimes. About two million American youth commit a crime every year. Many are repeat offenders. Although the causes have been explored for decades, there have been no conclusions as to the reasons youth commit crimes. This phenomenon is called juvenile delinquency and has increasingly become a matter of intense debate as to its triggers and how to solve it. Often the parents of these youth are inattentive to their children. Also, children are being exposed to more violence due to the popularity of the internet and video games containing violent graphics and storylines. When dealing with juvenile delinquency, we should note two remedies: parents are to pay close attention to their children's behavior and limit(or even prevent) them from overexposure to violence. One of the most common things that take effect in molding the children's character traits is the influence

Arthur Dimmesdale's mournful life was the definition of dreadful, gloomy, and doleful. Throughout the book, his life drew a lot of attention to the mysterious aspects. Specifically, the physical acts he made drew attention. As stated in chapter 8, "the young minister at once came forward, pale, and holding his hand over his heart, as was his custom whenever his peculiarly nervous temperament was thrown into agitation." The sin that consumed him and his heart drove him to act in a demented manner internally, but calmly externally. His physical appearance seemed very interesting; the way it changes gives it a very symbolic nature because it symbolizes how he has changed on the inside as well. The personality he portrays plays a huge part in the book also (for the same reasons as physical appearance). He makes himself seem like a very calm person in front of others. Dimmesdale, minister of the New England town, had a crucially important philosophical and social standin

Medical marijuana was legalized in Michigan during the last election on November 4, 2008. Michigan's Medical Marijuana Law, Initiated Law 1 of 2008, received an unbelievable 63% of votes, receiving the majority support in 83 of Michigan's counties. This law went into effect on December 4, 2008, and Michigan becomes the thirteenth state to legalize medical marijuana. One reason marijuana has been legalized in these thirteen states is that studies have shown that marijuana helps in medical cases - whether it's used for treatments, as a pain reliever, to assist with appetite loss, etc. Marijuana use has proven positive in the medical field. Webster's Dictionary defines marijuana as the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC. It can be smoked for an intoxicating effect. The THC found in marijuana is also known as tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. Marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes for several y

"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" in itself is remarkable for the views on slavery and slaveholders that Douglass bravely presents. When Douglass wrote his narrative, he was attempting to reach out to the general sympathetic public, which was primarily white, northern, and educated. He uses rhetorical devices to assert his humanity in the face of the dehumanizing institution that he considers slavery, as well as to shape the reactions of their readers. In his narrative, Douglass repeatedly includes a phenomenal use of diction, such as mythical, religious, animal, and violent language. And by using this diction, Douglass uses words to illustrate the barbarity and inhumanity of slavery. By doing so, Douglass offers the reader a first-hand account of the pain, humiliation and brutality of his past day-to-day life. Separated from his family and loved ones, Frederick Douglass was deprived of past cultural and religious beliefs. He also had the burden of watching his

a. Stage 1 - Sensorimotor i. Description This takes place from birth to 2 years and it is when an infant's knowledge of the world is limited to their sensory perceptions and motor activities. The behaviors are limited to simple motor responses. An infant will utilize skills and abilities they were born with when challenged or when they just want to explore the world. The infant lacks the concept of object permanence. ii. Personal Experience When I was about to be 2 years old, my uncle would do magic tricks with a quarter. He would place the quarter in one hand, close it, move his hands around, and ask me in which hand the quarter was. I obviously chose the hand in which he placed the quarter in, but when he opened his hand, there was nothing there. I was smart enough to process in my mind that the quarter couldn't just disappear so I asked him to open his other hand. Just as I had thought, the quarter was there in his other hand and I was amazed at the fact that he teleported the c

In the book "Farewell to Manzanar", by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, and the book "March to Freedom: A Memoir of the Holocaust" by Edith Singer we discuss the ways they lived their life in concentration camps during the war. Keeping in mind both concentration camps are different. We will look at "Life" before and after the war as Jeanne and Edith both encounter terrible life changing situations. In the beginning at Auschwitz, the concentration camp consisted of only women in the camp that was separated by the fittest. The young girls who were physically developed and looked older along with women who were 45- 50 years old had a chance to live. The rest of the women (Old ladies, pregnant women, babies and girls too young) were all sent to the gas chamber and cremated. (25) At Auschwitz the women slept on wooden bunk beds. They had no pillows, no mattresses and no blankets. The bunk beds were

Power of Authority – Katrin Eismann, 'Untitled' In this picture, we can see several coins in the waters of a lake; the main coin being a U.S. quarter. Because the water is constantly moving, it distorts the physical image of the coin when you look at it from above, but if you were to grab the coin, it would just be like any other coin you would find in your pocket. I think that the coin represents the United States with what the founding fathers had in mind for this country which was freedom, liberty, and equality; the water symbolizes what politics and the right of power has done to the country which is corrupt the national spirit and its stance to the original oath the founding fathers had. This is similar to what Eismann stated, "Eismann suggests that the founding principles of the United States are at risk of being warped to the point where we will no longer recognize them." As the view of America is starting to plummet for nationalism and the origins of

The novel, "The Handmaid's Tale", by Margaret Atwood takes place in a dystopia, which is a fictional society, usually existing in a future time period. In most dystopian fictions, a corrupt government creates or sustains the poor quality of life by conditioning the people to believe the society is proper and just, even perfect. Atwood focuses on the choices made by those controlling the society of Gilead in which increasing the population and preservation of mankind is the main objective, instead of freedom or happiness. The society has undergone many physical changes that have extreme psychological consequences. I believe Atwood sees Gilead as the result of attitudes and events in the early 1980's, which have spiraled out of control. "The Handmaid's Tale" reflects Atwood's views and critiques on civilization. In an interview with Gabriele Metzler Atwood says, "There is nothing in the book that hasn't already happened. All things described in the book people ha

Amidst the growing emphasis on reason of the eighteenth century Enlightenment and the revolutionary ideas that gripped Europe at the same time, a new literary movement emerged. Ushered in by the work of English poet, William Wordsworth, Romanticism emphasized nature and its connection with intense human emotion over the empiricism that pervaded Enlightenment philosophy. Born in 1770 and writing through the nineteenth century, Wordsworth became one of the most influential writers of the Romantic movement. After the deaths of both parents, the adolescent Wordsworth turned to nature for solace. Having walked an estimated 180,000 miles over his lifetime, "Wordsworth made walking central to his life and art" (Slonit 104). This incredible amount of time that he spent traversing the English countryside governed not only the content of his poetry, but also Wordsworth's own fundamental beliefs. Yet his time spent walking outdoors was not solely devoted to inward reflection; inste

There is no doubt that our environment is in the face of crisis. The threats that our ambiance suffers is the product of man's exploitation of nature. However, whether the answer to this problem is to completely change our worldview remains controversial. Lynn White, Jr. argues in his essay The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis that the source of fouling our environment lies in the Christian world view that the West implemented and spread onto other nations with the dominance and expansion in their pulpit of science and technology in the Middle Ages. The West believed that God ordained man to be the master and exploiter of nature, instead of being a part of nature. White argues that our ecological crisis will not end until a new religion is sought, or a new approach to Christianity is taken. The marriage between technology and science urged a different approach to nature, mainly an empirical one. While the west had been dominant in the field of science and technology in

The Dalai Lama once said, "The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis." Authority should never be taken for granted because of what it is capable of. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible Reverend Hales's power most nearly means authority in terms of investigating the trial on witchcraft in Salem. Without authority, the society will have no order, but without justice, corruption rapidly expands. A stable society requires both authority and justice to endeavor as a whole without any conflicts. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend John Hale attempts to satisfy the citizens of Salem by genuinely trying to satisfy the two requirements for a stable society: authority and justice. As The Crucible progresses, Reverend Hale learns that in order to rightfully serve justice for the town of Salem, he must lose his ambition for authority and defend the people who are in harm's way. Although Reverend John Hale's

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's, slowly terminates motor neutrons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons are an important part of the body's neuromuscular system; the neuromuscular system is what aids our body's movement. It is made up of the brain, muscles, and nerves. Upper motor neurons send messages from the brain to the spinal cord, while the lower motor neurons send messages from the spinal cord to our muscles. Over time the disease causes these motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord to shrink, and finally disappear, meaning muscles no longer receive signals to move. Progressively the body becomes paralyzed, leaving the muscles no longer functioning. Patients become trapped in their own bodies. ALS is still unpreventable and incurable today. According to The ALS Association, 15 people are diagnosed with ALS every day, more than 5,600 people a year. Annually, ALS kills two per 100,000 people. The average life expediency

Recently, the carbon tax issue has been gaining increasing attention in Australia due to its function of reducing greenhouse gas as well as its extensive economic impacts on a range of industries, such as tourism and hospitality. The conceptual meaning of the carbon tax is "a levy applied to various operations that generate carbon dioxide" (Covey, 2009, p.329). Such a tax is introduced to achieve a desired national emission target (Covey, 2009). The introduction of the carbon tax in Australia is derived from the serious environmental issue of climate change. According to The Economist (2011), Australia's emissions measured on a per capita basis are the largest of any developed country, mostly because Australia produces approximately 80% of its electricity from coal which is one of the sources of energy directly measured by greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, considering the adverse consequence of climate change, an effective long-term solution is required to achieve f

?Globalization has led to a significant increase in migration. One of the most vexing social problems in the U.S. is immigration and I will attempt to display their risks for development of mental health among immigrant children. Immigration is a multifaceted social phenomenon whose process thread through most micro and macro aspects of the fabric of human experience (Abush-Kirsh, T. 2002). The number of international migrants in the world increased by 21 million between 1990 and 2000, a 14 percent increase, resulting in 175 million people living in a country outside their birth (Abush-Kirsh, T. 2002). The United States holds the largest stock of immigrants and is the source of the largest share of remittances. Mexicans are by far the largest immigrant group in the United States, and are estimated to amount to approximately 15 percent of Mexico's working age population (Crawford-Brown, C. & Rattray, J. M. 2002). Immigrants chose to come for various reasons, such as to live in fre

A decade of restructuring in the U.S. airline industry has produced a sharp reduction in air service that is curtailing traveler choice and some local economies even as it improves the industry's health, new research shows. The study, by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shows that from 2007 through last year, U.S. airlines cut the number of scheduled domestic flights by 14%. The number of seats offered fell by slightly less, as airlines pushed passengers onto bigger planes, says the study, which was prepared by MIT's International Center for Air Transportation and is expected to be made public Wednesday. Air-Traffic Control The restructuring of the airline industry has caused a sharp reduction in air service in many U.S. cities in recent years. Search for your hometown airport to see how it has fared. Among the hardest hit were the nation's 35 midsize airports, as defined by the government, where carriers cut 26% of their scheduled flights in the five-year period. The cuts affe

God works in mysterious ways. Some people don't understand the meaning of that but Koeaster Blount did after not letting her dreams go to waste. She was just a country woman from New Orleans with dreams just like everyone else. She was happily married to Mike Blount, and in her late 30's. She was a great nurse and worked with the new born kids. She had a nice career, and good husband, she was just missing one thing, which was kids so she can have a small family that she always dreamed of. Ms. Blount was told she couldn't have kids when she first got married almost 10 years ago. The doctors had told her that she was diagnosed with PCOS. PCOS is a Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, a common reproductive endocrine disorder that is associated with irregular or absent menstrual cycles. Due to the lack of monthly menstrual cycles and monthly egg, the risk of getting pregnant was a little slim to none. The doctor told her she had 20 percent chance of getting pregnant. Koeaster wa

Most people put a lot of thought and planning before they decide they want to have children, since raising a child is an extremely difficult task, which requires a lot of psychological, physical as well financial strength. The first and most important thing about teenage pregnancies is that teenage is a very tender age, and hence teenagers lack the physical as well as psychological maturity required for conceiving children. Teenage pregnancies can very extremely difficult to deal with not only for the teen but the entire family. There are many life-changing consequences of unplanned pregnancies for teens. The teen may receive inadequate prenatal care, develop health issues and rely on public assistance. There is also the chance of becoming homeless and dropping out of school, which can lead to an unstable future without having a good education and proper employment opportunities. This would affect the quality of living of both the mother and the child. These consequences can cause sig

Getting married involves a lot of decision making, personal sacrifices, and unforeseen changes in your life. It's hard in the beginning to remember that you now have another person's future to be concerned about. All of your decisions don't revolve solely around you. Hopefully this will be useful for couples to think about it twice about marrying someone. Many people think marriage will fill a void in their life. I said to myself many times that marriage will not complete you. You need to enter into your marriage as a complete person. If you're not happy with yourself before marriage you will bring feelings into your union and they will arise again. I have friends that I adore to pieces, but most of them I would go crazy if I had to be married to them. I've loved people in

All of my life, as I have grown, I have only heard of God. I grew up in a house that didn't go to church, didn't pray at meals, and didn't contribute their daily activities to God. When I started going to high school, God kept presenting himself more and more often. Finally, as summer of my sophomore year came around, I was doing some research on camps and found a Christian beach camp called Hume. The vacation took place on a bluff over-looking the ocean in San Diego. The view was truly spectacular. I brought the attention of the inspiring idea to my parents and they seemed quite interested. You see, my mother grew up going to church every Sunday to worship the lord, but when she moved into the mountains she stopped going. I found this out when I was visiting family in Corona on Christmas Eve a few years ago. My great grandma has always lived under his word and still does today. She told me some of the craziest stories! When she was in her younger days, she had a friend that found out that she had a large mass within her body. When my grandma went to the doctor with her the doctor exclaimed that this could kill her and surgery was the