Introduction “Culture comprises of shared beliefs values‚ and practices that guide a group’s members in patterned ways of thinking and acting. Culture can also be viewed as a blueprint for guiding actions that impact care‚ health‚ and well-being” (Leininger & McFarland‚ 2006). “Culture is more than ethnicity and social norms; it includes religious‚ geographic‚ socio-economic‚ occupational‚ ability-or disability-related‚ and sexual orientation-related beliefs and behaviors. Each group has cultural
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deterioration of the house symbolizes the physical deterioration of Roderick and Madeline. Roderick’s artistic creations have a definite fitting together with what happens to the House of Usher. Many examples following like when‚ he decides to paint an underground tomb then Madeline is entombed underground. He begins to sing about the decline of a house then the House of Usher declines. He screams that the dead Madeline is standing at the door and so ironically she is at the door. As a matter of
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We as humans find entertainment and enjoyment in the discovery of supernatural beings. Vampires are known to be corpses with many features such as light skin‚ long nails‚ fangs‚ etc. that leave their graves to suck blood from other human beings. Many people debate whether or not vampires are present in the literature world. Edgar Allen Poe‚ a writer famous for his scary stories‚ introduces us to “The Fall of the House of Usher”. This is an interesting story about the old and decrepit Usher family
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She was only eight years old when the French police came into her house and took her. Madeline was taken with her mother and younger sister Arlette who was six at the time. Their father was took earlier in the year‚ they were really upset about his arrest. Her mother was upset the most because she didn’t think she could keep their children safe. Madelines mother tried giving food and clothes to her husband in the camp but the guards wouldn’t let her. This made her really
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Henderson. Retrieved from http://www.aahn.org/gravesites/henderson.html Hutchinson‚ M. (1998). Nursing-Yesterday and Today. Retrieved from http:// Retrieved from http://members.tripod.com/Mary_Hutchison/nurse-3.html Nelson‚ J. (2006). Madeleine Leininger ’s Culture Care Theory: The Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality.. International Journal for Human Caring.‚ 10(4)‚ 50-54. Wakely‚ E.‚ & Carson‚ J. (2011‚ February). Historical Recovery Heroes-Florence Nightingale. Mental Health and Social
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Gothic Elements in the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is known as the Father of the Gothic. He utilized Gothicism in his short stories such as‚ ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘Ligeia.’ Poe has written numerous literary masterpieces that have focused on the Gothic. Not only have his works been focused on the Gothic‚ but his life had somewhat of a Gothic theme. Through love‚ death‚ and depression‚ Poe’s life had an impact on the way he wrote‚ which is evident through in
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which he seems to have become more superstitious. Roderick talks about his sister Lady Madeline‚ upon her decease would leave Roderick the last Usher‚ and the narrator is astonished and filled with dread‚ but doesn’t know why. Roderick and the narrator paint and read together to help ease the melancholy of Roderick. Roderick’s painting and poem are strange. Usher informs the narrator that his sister‚ Lady Madeline‚ died and he helps Usher entomb her. After his twin sister dies‚ Usher starts to act
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she really entered their room in a ghost form. Hence‚ it can be believed that Roderick can feel his sister in some supernatural way‚ and whatever she was living or dead‚ he can still sympathize with her. Because of that‚ in the final scene‚ where Madeline violently threw herself to her brother‚ it was a safe guess that Roderick had already known it all before. In other words‚ Roderick‚ who had been across the line of madness at that time‚ found that he could not reject his tragic fate and thus waited
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suspicious of Monsieur Madeline when he lifts a cart of a man‚ and is justified in his suspicions. Javert said‚ "Monsieur Mayor six weeks ago after that scene about that girl‚ i was enraged and denounced you" The remarkable feat of strength that Madeline preformed caught Javert’s attention. Javert associated the strength with that of a convict and became suspicious. "I believed it‚ for a long while i had had suspicions." Javert’s suspicions are justified because it was indeed Madeline who was the prisoner
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Romanticism and The age of Reason Most people know that it is a lot more fun to watch something that is associated with some kind of emotion. It is common to hear someone say: “I cried so much‚ loved it!” or “That movie was hilarious!” after a movie. Movies that are strictly fact are not as exciting as the ones with some action in it; emotion makes the story interesting. The romantic period in American literature is often called the American renaissance. During this period many of the novels‚ which
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