It is fascinated how the history of hysteria started as well as the study of trauma. I have to say that this was a very brave study to be done in the nineteenth century. As a goal was to banish all the atrocities from the consciousness. But in order to do that the researchers started studying the trauma and hysteria. The first person to be interested in something like this was French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. The study started at the most expansive hospital‚ an ancient Salpetriere which
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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is the deterioration of the male‚ who is aware of his role as a "father figure". This decomposition is observed by the female protagonist (Nora). It is this descent that the role of the father figure is shaped‚ while creating the catalyst for the catharsis or change in Nora. When the female protagonist challenges patriarchal authority‚ she does so by undermining in one form or another both the dominant male and his family name. The following analysis focuses on Nora’s ultimate realization
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CORE 1: CITIES OF VESUVIUS – POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM 1. Geographical content The physical environment: the geographical setting‚ natural features and resources of Pompeii and Herculaneum GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING/NATURAL FEATURES Located in the coastal plain known today as Campania – 200km south of Rome Known for its temperate climate and beautiful landscape Plain faces the Bay of Naples – Tyrrhenian sea to the west Mount Vesuvius dominates the Campania plain Pompeii and Herculaneum
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Oedipus Rex Questions The Prologue (p5-12) 1. Where does the play take place? 2. Which character begins the play? 3. What is Oedipus’s attitude toward the suppliants seeking his help? 4. What does the priest ask Oedipus to do? 5. What has Oedipus already done? 6. Who is Creon? 7. What is the message from the oracle of Delphi with which Creon returns? 8. What prevented Thebes from tracking down the murderer of Laius at the time the murder occurred? 9. What does
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Position Statements Aggression and Violence in Sport: AN ISSP Position Stand Prepared by Gershon Tenenbaum‚ Evan Stewart (University of Southern Queensland Australia)‚ Robert N. Singer (University of Florida‚ USA)‚ Joan Duda (Purdue University‚ USA) Aggression has long been a part of the sport domain. Indeed‚ Russell (1993; p.191) suggested that outside of wartime‚ sports is perhaps the only setting in which acts of interpersonal aggression are not only tolerated but enthusiastically applauded
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------------------------------------------------- DRAMA Origin of Greek tragedy and comedy Drama‚ in the western world‚ begins with ancient Greece‚ where the two major forms of drama ……….. tragedy and comedy ………..were an aspect of religious ritual. Greek tragedy is believed to have begun in the sixth century B.C. with Thespis who introduced the first actor on the stage. The first dramatic dialogue lies in the conversation of this actor with leader of the satiric chorus. The dramatic element
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At the beginning of the movie‚ he is depressed‚ absolutely bored with his life‚ and he absolutely loathes his job. His only sanctuary from all of this is to attend “self-help” seminars “where he can hug those less fortunate than himself and find catharsis in their suffering” (Ebert). Roger Ebert points out an interesting fact that the first meeting he attends is ironically a testicular cancer seminar‚ seeing as how the movie is all about how men are basically made into cowards. As the movie progresses
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Reading The Odyssey and Antigone are two very different experiences. Despite that‚ they both come from a similar culture and reading one prepares one for reading the other. Reading The Odyssey first is probably more beneficial in part because it includes short descriptions almost every time someone is mentioned. Zeus is seldom mentioned without some reference to thunder or that he is the son of Cronus‚ Poseidon is constantly accompanied by his title the Earth-Shaker‚ and Hermes is referred to as
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how amazing it feels to be lying on the beach doing nothing. People every year miss out on going on vacations. And yet‚ “getting away from the everyday grind‚” for just a few days can set your mind free from all problems. Vacationing‚ then‚ is a catharsis. It improves one’s mental health‚ revamps relationships‚ helps people to become more productive‚ and it helps some find creative inspiration‚ too. People who take vacations are‚ also‚ more likely to live longer. Studies have shown that men and woman
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