What is the function of ‘Act 1’ In ‘Journeys End?’ After reading ‘Act 1’‚ we instantly get given a slight insight on some of the horrendous conditions of war‚ which is something you do initially expect to entice before reading a war play. It plays a role of developing audiences feelings and expectations by aspects such as stage directions‚ the setting‚ sounds and lighting giving you a deeper depth of realisation of how men really lived in the trenches‚ how they really acted and how they
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her feet on the cld wooden grond nd thn she slwly wlked over to the wndw nd peerd ot btween the hevy vlvt crtins‚ ‘nsl’ she mttered‚ she hd clsd thm tghtly bfore she hd wnt to sleep. She lookd ot nd notcd tht the streetlghts were ll drk br 1 t the end of the street‚ her eyes hrt bcse of the light nd she blnked. The streetlghts wre bck on. She shrgged nd crled p into her lrge bed ftr clsing the crtins. She clsd her eyes nd drftd to sleep./‘Srh yo’ll b lte fr school’. Her mom’s voice echod throgh the
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Psychoanalysis in Regeneration (Pat Barker) Barker‚ influenced by the work on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud‚ used her character of Dr. Rivers in her novel Regeneration to explore the mental effect of trauma on the soldiers during the war. On pg. 31 of Regeneration‚ Barker directly references Freud’s work through the character of Dr Rivers- “He had some knowledge of Freud‚ though derived mainly from secondary or prejudiced sources‚ and disliked‚ or perhaps feared‚ what he thought he knew.” I
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ABSTRACT NEW DISCOVORIES FOR THE REGENERATION OF DAMAGED NEURONS (Possible cures and relief for millions of people) Normally‚ neurons in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) cannot regenerate injured nerve fibers‚ limiting people’s ability to recover from brain or spinal cord injuries. Repair of the central nervous system and restoration of voluntary motor activity through axonal re-growth has long been considered impossible in mammals. Over the last decade‚ numerous attempts
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Cultural regeneration has been adopted by many post-industrial city in UK‚ Europe and worldwide. Consider positive and negative implications of tackling urban development issues through culture-led initiatives. Capitalising on cultural resources as a motor of driving urban regeneration has become a main challenge of post-industrial urban governance. These post-industrial cities have been experiencing transformation from the industrial into service-oriented economies. Many debates are about whether
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that can never fully restore the physiological functions of a natural tooth (Zhao and Chai‚ 2015). Over the past few decades‚ researchers have had a keen interest in stem cell-mediated regeneration to functionally restore organs and‚ more recently‚ teeth‚ potentially yielding many applications of tooth regeneration in dental and oral medicine (Aurrekoetxea‚ 2015). But before studying how stem cells can be used to restore
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Exodus: The Story of Redemption and Regeneration There is no greater story that parallels salvation and redemption like the Exodus account. According to the Miriam dictionary‚ redeem is defined as “to make (something that is bad‚ unpleasant‚ etc.) better or more acceptable; to exchange (something‚ such as a coupon or lottery ticket) for money‚ an award‚ etc.; to buy back (something‚ such as a stock or bond).” The story of the great “exodus” we can see this definition in its fullest come to life
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Regeneration by Pat Barker‚ is an attempt to illustrate the lasting psychological effects the helplessness and terror of no man’s land had on survivors of the First Great War. Rather than focusing on the battlefields of World War I‚ Barker sets Regeneration in Craiglockhart hospital‚ a real hospital treating soldiers for war neurosis during the period dramatised in the novel. Regeneration revolves around Capt. Siegfried Sassoon’s (Dec.) protest of the war (an historic event)‚ and Dr. W.H.R. Rivers’
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Regeneration Dilemmas The King-Spadina area is located at King Street West and Spadina Avenue‚ to the west of Toronto’s downtown core. This area is roughly bounded by Bathurst on the west and Simcoe to the east‚ and runs south of Queen Street West to Front Street (Figure 1). Historically‚ the King-Spadina area was known as an industrial manufacturing district. During the 19th century‚ this area served a manufacturing role for heavy industry in Toronto‚ however‚ manufacturing activities declined
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Regeneration by Pat Barker is a historic novel set during the First World War narrating the lives of patients at the Craiglockhart War Hospital‚ where they are treated by the psychiatrist Dr. Rivers for mental issues due to the war. Just as wounded patients have paid the price of war‚ patients suffering from what is today called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are just as wounded‚ only mentally‚ and not physically. Pat Barker suggests that‚ with the arrival of World War 1‚ the concept of masculinity
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