The notion of growing old has for many been visions of hopelessness‚ neglect and despair. And if you add to these the perceptions of inadequacy‚ lack of energy‚ social withdrawal‚ difficulty concentrating‚ and problems with memory‚ the realization that we are growing old can be traumatic. At no stage in life is it ever smooth sailing‚ every stage has its bumps and bruises. Our ideas and attitudes towards aging are very important in how well we cope with and enjoy the passing years. As I look forward
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Comparison of Karl Marx and Matthew Arnold Through their writing‚ Karl Marx and Matthew Arnold show their opposing views on the importance of internal and external functions of culture. In the first chapter of Culture and Anarchy‚ "Sweetness and Light"‚ Arnold describes culture as being responsible for the progress of politics and society and as "the best knowledge and thought of the time" (19). Matthew Arnold’s culture is based on two main aspects‚ religion and education. Karl Marx‚
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Chapter 10 Genetic Engineering: * Bioengineering- direct deliberate modification of an organism’s genome. * Biotechnology- use of an organism’s biochemical and metabolic pathways for industrial production. 1. Tools and techniques of genetic engineering * Enzymes for dicing‚ splicing‚ and reversing nucleic acids. * Analysis of DNA. * Restriction endonucleases- recognize specific sequence of DNA and break phosphate-sugar bond. * Liagase- rejoins phosphate-sugar bonds cuts
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"Dover beach" is a beautiful poem written by a famous poet‚ Matthew Arnold; from the romantic era. The poem is melancholic and pessimistic in nature and shows human misery through the ages. The diction changes as the poem progresses‚ from the beginning till the end‚ soft and loving to hard and rough‚ respectively. The images are centered around the ocean‚ this is to show the analogy that life can be both turbulent as well as placid. The time that the poem occurs is through the night‚ having mystery
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MATTHEW ARNOLD “THE STUDY OF POETRY” (1880) In his anthology of English poetry‚ Arnold illustrates the allegedly objective critical judgment of which he speaks in “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” in terms of his selection of those poets worthy in his view of being anthologised. In his preface to the anthology‚ he clarifies what he means by ‘judgment’ by turning his attention in particular to the questions of literary history and canons. The main criteria informing Arnold’s approach
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Analysis In Stefan Collini’s opinion‚ "Dover Beach" is a difficult poem to analyze‚ and some of its passages and metaphors have become so well known that they are hard to see with "fresh eyes".[3] Arnold begins with a naturalistic and detailed nightscape of the beach at Dover in which auditory imagery plays a significant role ("Listen! you hear the grating roar").[4] The beach‚ however‚ is bare‚ with only a hint of humanity in a light that "gleams and is gone".[5] Reflecting the traditional notion
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Which is more necessary in life to become successful; education or experience? “Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.” This quote by Carroll Bryant‚ clarifies the difference between growing up and growing old. Growing old is aging; aging is a natural process that everyone has to go through. However‚ growing up is when people change by going through different experiences. In order for people to become truly successful in life they must gain experience because education is so limited
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background music and suggests to the speaker some unspecified‚ unrelenting sadness. To this point (line 14)‚ the poem has been essentially straightforward description. In the second section‚ the speaker (presumably grounded in the classics as Matthew Arnold was) is reminded that the Greek tragic dramatist Sophocles had heard the same sound in the Aegean and it had suggested to him the turbid ebb and flow of human suffering‚ which had been the dominant subject of his plays. (The precise passage referred
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The ideal conjugal condition for human beings is to find a mate and grow old together‚ unlike the many species of animals who meet to propagate the species and move on to other places and other mating. Yes‚ the ideal condition is growing old together‚ although‚ as desirable an idea as it may be‚ in actuality‚ there are millions upon millions of our species who never get to do that. In a recent survey (summer‚ 2009)‚ AARP took a survey of 2‚000 Americans regarding their feelings about love. 70%
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Many people have a tremendous dread of growing old. A great deal of activity during the working years is aimed at preventing as many of the problems of old age as possible: dependency on others‚ lack of money‚ boredom‚ ill health‚ and so forth. The very fear of the problems of old age often make mental and physical wrecks of people‚ they become old before their time. Old age is a mental attitude as well as a physical problem. People tremble when you discuss old age. Next to the subject of death‚ it
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