Presentation Summary Fatal Familial insomnia (FFI) What is Fatal Familial Insomnia? Also known as FFI. Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is a genetic sleep disorder - but it is a rare one. It has been diagnosed in less than 40 families worldwide‚ including the Chicago music teacher‚ Michael Corke‚ who featured in the BBC documentary The Man Who Never Slept. FFI begins as an unexplained sleeplessness during middle age and rapidly develops into a fatal insomnia. It is caused by a genetic mutation
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Otherwise‚ an audience will feel that their downfalls are unjust. • They should not be too bad. Otherwise‚ an audience will feel no sympathy for them. • They must have an intrinsic character flaw ‘hamartia’‚ which causes them to do something horrific and instigates their fall from grace. Macbeth’s Bad Side It’s not difficult to explain how Macbeth conforms to the first of the rules above. As soon as the witches tell him that he’ll be king‚ he begins to have rather dark thoughts about how he
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that causes failure”. Downfall is involved in William Shakespeare’s notorious play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Despite the fact that it seems as though Lady Macbeth and the witches took a toll on Macbeth’s behaviour throughout the play‚ Macbeth’s personal decisions lead him to his own catastrophe. Firstly‚ Macbeth’s brave and courageous nature motivates him to commit a serious crime‚ in which he was not completely satisfied with; due to the fact that it made people believe that he did not attain the king
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Phillip K Dick’s "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” ‚ Mikhail Bulgakov’s "The Fatal Eggs" and Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis" each explore the connection between empathy and what it means to be human through a critique of their respective societies‚ challenging the assumption that humans have a morally superior standing. By critiquing their socio-political contexts‚ these texts question the extent of empathy humans have‚ pushing the boundaries between the human in relation to either the animal
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the poison of the old one would die.” -William Shakespeare Romeo Montague is the only son of Lord Montague and his wife. He serves as the male protagonist and has a consistent presence throughout the play “Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo is driven by his fatal flaw and can be identified by his impulsiveness and obsession with love. The two traits bond together to prevent him from changing as a character. These two qualities in Romeo’s character remain consistent throughout the course of the play and leads
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Getting hurt at work is not pleasant nor is it a joke. Statistics have shown that over 200 people a year lose their lives at work in Britain. In addition‚ around 150‚000 non-fatal injuries are reported each year. Yearly‚ a great number of U.S. workers experience work-related injury or illness. In 2011‚ approximately 3 million workers in private industry and 821‚000 workers in state and local government experienced a nonfatal occupational injury or illness. Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses
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Little Marvin was never anything special. Actually he was‚ Marvin was an unusually small mouse that seemed to have no talent‚ especially in the athletics department. In comparison to his strong athletic sisters and brothers‚ he was a shy little mouse who always had his nose burrowed in a book. He was constantly pushed around by the other mice due to his small size and was never was able to‚ or even confident‚ enough to fight back. Instead‚ he vowed that one day‚ he would be able to accomplish a
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of Cawdor--not true‚ and the king--also false. Upon hearing his ally’s prophecy‚ Macbeth’s fellow general‚ Banquo‚ presses to hear his prophecy from the witches‚ which ultimately causes his death. Macbeth tells his “dearest
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rabies hydrophobia‚ which means fear of water‚ a symptom shown by rabies victims. Rabies is a highly fatal‚ zoonotic disease that causes severe destruction of the central nervous system of all warm-blooded animals. It has been known since the ancient days of 2300 B.C. This lethal virus still exists in almost all parts of the world. Once infected‚ and left untreated‚ this disease is usually fatal. The rabies virus is
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Heroes downfall is a result of the hero’s actions and decisions. However‚ his misfortune is usually is not deserved and is brought about not by vice or depravity‚ but by some error or frailty. This error or frailty can be illustrated as his tragic flaw‚ or his hamaratia. The tragic heroes own destruction is sometimes for a greater cause or principle. In a sense‚ his destruction truly makes him a hero because it results in greater knowledge and awareness which benefits the greater good. Often‚ the
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