Merck and Co. and river blindness MANUEL VELASQUEZ‚ Business Ethics. Concepts and cases 4th edt.‚ Prentice Hall‚ Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey‚ 1998 River blindness is an agonizing disease that affects some 18 million impoverished people living in remote villages along the banks of rivers in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America. The disease is caused by a tiny parasitic worm that is passed from person to person by the bite of the black fly which breeds in river waters. The tiny worms
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curse put on King Oedipus which claims that he will murder his father and marry his mother. After reading or viewing this play‚ it is apparent that there are a few different themes‚ though the one which will be discussed in this essay is the theme of blindness. The theme of blindness is shown through the blind prophet‚ through Oedipus’s blindness in realizing the truth‚ and finally through Oedipus stabbing his own eyes to the point of blindness.
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Poet and political activist John Milton after a period of radical political revolution‚ religious turmoil‚ and his near execution; published the twelve book edition of Paradise Lost‚ a poem describing the biblical text of Genesis filled with hidden political meaning. Paradise Lost enraged those who supported the restoration of Charles II‚ was praised by seekers of religious toleration‚ and attacked by the Anglican Church. Critics denounced Paradise Lost for its construction‚ subject‚ and political
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Blindness plays a two-fold part in Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King.” First‚ Sophocles presents blindness as a physical disability affecting the auger Teiresias‚ and later Oedipus; but later‚ blindness comes to mean an inability to see the evil in one’s actions and the consequences that ensue. The irony in this lies in the fact that Oedipus‚ while gifted with sight‚ is blind to himself‚ in contrast to Teiresias‚ blind physically‚ but able to see the evil to which Oedipus
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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manage to live without eyes‚ but then it will cease to be humanity‚ the result is obvious‚ which of us think of ourselves as being as human as we believed ourselves to be before.” said the doctor’s wife. The spreading of violence throughout the book Blindness‚ sexual or not‚ all contributes to the statement Jose Saramago is making about humanity. In this novel he stripped the world of culture‚ race‚ and class. Instead‚ those with little moral range and much greed for power. No matter how "good" or “bad”
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November 27‚ 2007 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Characterization of George George is calm and collected‚ despite his solemn mood after Curley¡¯s wife is discovered dead. In that moment‚ the ill-fated protagonist begins to understand what must be done and prepares himself for the final stretch‚ and yet his hand is trembling as he points the barrel of the gun to the back of Lennie¡¯s head. Logical‚ clever but fiercely loyal and compassionate‚ George Milton is clearly a round and dynamic character
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In the classic work‚ King Lear‚ sight and blindness is a central theme that is seen throughout the entire play. This theme houses both literal and figurative meanings. In this tragedy‚ the idea of sight does not always necessarily refer to one’s inability to physically see‚ but rather the mental blindness they possess. This is accurate for both Lear and Gloucester; fathers who are unable to see their children for who they truly are. They lack the proper sight to recognize deception from reality:
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In Sophocoles’‚ Oedipus the King‚ "blindness" is ironically referenced in more than one way. This is the obvious motif of the story. Correspondingly‚ in the story of Oedipus the King‚ “blindness” is used quite ambiguously. As a matter of fact‚ this story displays the classic contrast between the distinction of "seeing" and being "blind‚" and it is intertwined throughout the story. The contradiction between these two are played by Oedipus and Teiresias. This story is the classic tale of what you see
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James Joyce used blindness as a very clever symbol in the setting of his story‚ “Araby”. He starts off the story describing the location of Araby Street with this line‚ “North Richmond Street‚ being blind‚ was a quiet street except at the hour when Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free” (Joyce‚ 839). Throughout the story‚ blindness is seen in numerous aspects of the story‚ shown in unique ways to display the hidden meaning of the setting. In describing “Araby” Street as being blind and quiet
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