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The Haunting Of Hill House
987 wordsThe Haunting of Hill House is considered a classic to many people. It has a certain sense of feeling missing from today's novels. The Haunting of Hill House has suspense, horror, a little bit of romance, and an ending that will leave you thinking for days. Shirley Jackson is well known for her twisted work. At the beginning of the book, you our introduced to a character that has a major impact on all of its "guests." Hill House. "Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against the hills, holding d...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Substance Abuse
837 wordsObsessive Compulsive Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as defined by the APA (2007) consists of severe recurrent obsessions, that are time consuming marked by preserved insight, distinguished from delusions. Criteria A is that they last more than one hour or one day. The obsessions are intrusive, persistent, unwanted thoughts, impulses, or images that produce anxiety or distress. Compulsions are physical or mental acts that the patient performs to prevent some feared event, or reduce ...
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Catcher In The Rye Side Of The Street
664 wordsMany of us have certain themes that we live throughout our lives. Sometimes one must overcome certain anxieties or pressures, and the one thing that may seem comforting, is what you may have to let go of. For Holden Claufeild in JD Salinger s Catcher in The Rye, that idea is innocence. This is his dependency, and to grow up he must over come it. Holden focuses on innocence as a way of life, he wants to catch children in the rye as the title suggests, it makes him happy to see reflections of inno...
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People With Bulimia Binge Eating
1,172 wordsBulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by episodes of uncontrolled binge eating, often involving extremely large amounts of high-calorie foods, followed by induced vomiting or the use of laxatives, or diuretics to purge or cleanse the body of the food eaten during the binge. An estimated thirty percent of high school and college age girls use this method to stabilize their weight, and then it turns into a fixed pattern of conduct. The binge eating and purging are carried out in secr...
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Mock Pervasive Letter Mock Pervasive Letter Format Scientists
1,393 wordsFrankenstein Support (mock-pervasive Letter Format) Essay, Research Frankenstein Support (mock-pervasive Letter Format) (Authors Note: This was a semi-creative project. We had to address the issues in a persuasive letter rather than a boring ol report, so please become unconfused as far as the format... ) Cal Tech Curriculum Committee: Scientists are all too ready to lock themselves away with their research, unwilling perhaps even incapable of seeing the consequences of their actions. It is our ...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Green Light
797 wordsPeople today have many desires that are not within their reach but yet they aspire to grasp them. Their whole lives revolve around these practically unattainable goals and due to this their lives no longer have any value nor meaning. Many of them dwell in the happiness of their past and they are extremely obsessed with reliving it. And therefore they have high hopes for the future. They unfortunately do not allow any room for anything new in their lives. In this case there is an excess of emotio...
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Characters In The Play Hamlets Sanity
1,255 wordsHamlet Didnt Have No Prozac According to Websters New World Dictionary madness is defined as mental derangement that makes a person incapable of what is regarded as rational conduct or judgement. There is much madness in Shakespeare's Hamlet; written around 1600, but Prince Hamlet is not included in the insane camp. Throughout the play Hamlets seemingly irrational behavior served quite rational and sometimes ingenious ends. The Madness of Hamlet is certainly counterfeit and was recognized by Ham...
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Thane Of Cawdor Macbeth
816 wordsIn Shakespeare? s tragedies, one element is consistent- the tragic hero. Each tragic hero shares certain traits that contribute to his tragedy. From Othello to Macbeth, each hero is a man of high estate or high ranking. Also, they each possess some flaw or obsession that will eventually lead to their demise. The characters do not have to be inherently? good? , or moral, but they do have to have some undiscovered potential that makes the audience feel that they could have done great things. The a...
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William Shakespeare Macbeth Tragedy Of Macbeth
595 wordsThe death of Princess Diana was an event that shocked the whole world. This event was considered a tragedy. When she passed away, the world mourned and sorrowed her death. Princess Diana s did not cause her own death, but in fact, there were people involved in her tragedy. Several different people caused her tragedy. Therefore, In the story, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth not only caused his own death, but others were responsible, for his tragedy. One of the characters that lead to the...
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End Of The Play Macbeth Realizes
481 wordsMacbeth is, in all ways, a tragic hero. His greatness led to his obsession and then to his shocking, yet inevitable, downfall. The play thoroughly illustrates his rise and fall through a tragic story of man versus himself. At the beginning, the reader sees a man with a conscience and a mind. But after the turn of many events and Macbeth's constant fear of being caught, he becomes weak. Macbeth is extremely passionate about becoming king. In the first act, his motivation comes mostly from his wif...
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Makes It Clear Ahab
1,359 wordsThe moral ambiguity of the universe is prevalent throughout Melville? s Moby Dick. None of the characters represent pure evil or pure goodness. Even Melville? s description of Ahab, whom he repeatedly refers to monomaniacal, suggesting an amorality or psychosis, is given a chance to be seen as a frail, sympathetic character. When Ahab? s monomaniac fate is juxtaposed with that of Ishmael, that moral ambiguity deepens, leaving the reader with an ultimate un clarity of principle. The final moments...
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Concept Of Love Porphyrias Lover
524 wordsHowever, the speaker is aware of her passionate attempt to conceal her pride and vanity. Her beauty, pride, and conceit prevent Porphyria from completely loving the speaker. The unnamed speaker realizes that Porphyria cannot make a true commitment to a serious relationship of love. He is overcome by his passion and desire to be her only lover. As the couple embraces one another, the speaker is unable to restrain overwhelming desire to make Porphyria his only lover. He has terrible thoughts about...
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Raymond Carver True Love
2,003 wordsTalking about love. What is love? It may seem like a stupid question, but on second examination, it doesn t seem quite so stupid. After all, love is a feeling. How can we really describe what a feeling is or means? The meaning of any feeling can differ greatly between individuals, and the meaning of love is no different. In What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Raymond Carver weaves a tale of two couples examining what love is. While Carver doesn t reveal any great truths about what love i...
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Wealth And Power Erich Fromm
1,304 wordsThe Root of All Evil An obsession of any kind is usually unhealthy, but obsession with money can destroy the soul. Karl Marx believed that human activity is paralyzed by the capitalist system. To be sure, the all-encompassing passion for wealth and power is unchristian, but is all capitalism evil? If the answer were yes, then abandoning capitalism, with its central goal of profit, would seem to be an obvious solution to the social ills of mankind. Of course, eliminating capitalism is not the ans...
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Helps The Reader Speaker
757 words? Porphyria? s Lover? is one of many poems by Robert Browning. In this poem a woman named Porphyria is killed by her lover. This man? s obsession with Porphyria led him to murder. Through vocabulary, imagery and situation Browning shows the reader the mind of an obsessed man. Imagery in a poem helps the reader visualize the surroundings and helps the reader infer the main events in a poem. The opening lines in the poem show a dark dismal night. ? The rain set early in tonight, /The sullen wind w...
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Prosecuting Attorney B Quot
1,427 wordsScott Turow writes an engrossing book based on love, obsession, and the legal system. In the beginning the protagonist character, Rusty Sabich, a District Prosecuting Attorney (P. A. ) begins the story in first person speaking about what is expected of him as a P. A. His voice gives reason that he is unhappy and lacks faith in the legal system. Rusty has been accused of a horrible crime, rape and murder. Turow's story depicts a typical situation of a person being set up. The ending will ravish y...
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York Simon 038 Schuster Man And The Sea
1,113 wordsThere is an old saying in the english language, Every piece of writing is at least a little bit autobiographical. This may be true in all cases, but it is clearly predominant in Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. It is evident that Hemingway modeled the main character, Santiago after his own person, and that the desires, the mentality, and the lifestyle of the old man are identical to Hemingway's. Santiago is an old fisherman who lives in a small coast town in Cuba. At the time that Hemingw...
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Person Who Lived Return After Death Soul
857 wordsReincarnation written by: Sivan Kaplan grade: 10 th score: 90 % date: 16 / 2 / 97 Reincarnation is the belief that after death, ones soul keeps existing and is reborn another person or animal. It keeps reporting until it redeems itself. Then it returns to the temple of god, which the Buddhists call Nirvana eternal tranquillity. Two of the many ancient tribes who believed in reincarnation are the Greeks and the Egyptians. Karma, the belief that our actions determine our future, is one of the foun...
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American Dream Gatsby's Daisy
502 wordsThe theme of human corruption, its sources and consequences, is a common concern among writers from Shakespeare through J. D Salinger. Some suggest that it attacks from outside, while others depict corruption occuring from within the individual. In the case if The Great Gatsby and its protagonists fate, Fitzgerald shows both factors at work. The moral climate of the Roaring Twenties, Daisy Fay Buchanan's pernicious hold on him, and Jay Gatsby's own nature all contribute to his tragic demise. Fir...
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Good And Bad Eyes Of God
1,507 wordsDr. Faustus Christopher Marlowe The Temptation And The Punishment From an early age we are told that knowledge is power and that it is our key to success and gainful experiences within this strange world. Many people also become obsessed with hobbies or goals within this modern time. It seems that there was no difference in Christopher Marlowe s time. This magnificent playwright was able to capture these two elements beautifully and the consequences that may arise from them if they are combined ...
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