erosion. Chapter 19 The first heart sound is produced by the: closure of the AV valves. Which of the following guidelines may be used to identify which heart sound is S1? S1 coincides with the carotid artery pulse. Which of the following cardiac alterations occurs during pregnancy? An increase in cardiac volume and a decrease in blood pressure Which of the following is an appropriate position to have the patient assume when auscultating for extra heart sounds or murmurs? Roll toward the
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Word Count: 918 Period 1‚ Mr. Katz Heart of Darkness: Representation of the Congolese Prompt: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? In Heart of Darkness‚ the Congolese are portrayed as savages‚ primitive and animalistic‚ and the Congo is represented as the antithesis of Europe. Conrad doesn’t comprehend them on either an individual or cultural level; he cannot identify with their language‚ their world-view‚ or their history. He can only describe what he sees when he looks
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In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ the protagonist‚ Marlow‚ tells his story about his time in the uncivilized Congo. Through his passage from the coast of Africa into the heart of the Congo by way of the Outer Station‚ Middle Station‚ and finally the Inner Station‚ Conrad explores the Freudian concept of ego‚ id‚ and superego. Although the world in Heart of Darkness initially shows two separate cultures that cannot exist harmoniously‚ through Marlow’s journey into the depths of the Congo‚ Conrad
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--it knits....It knits us in and it knits us out. It has knitted time‚ space‚ pain‚ death‚ corruption‚ despair and all the illusions--and nothing matters. three evident themes include death‚ corruption‚ and despair. During Marlow’s journey into the "heart of darkness‚" death‚ corruption‚ and despair became the manifest themes of the novel. First of all‚ Marlow came face to face with death several times throughout his voyage. Marlow finds out about the death of Kurtz‚ the climax of the novel‚ when the
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the heart and blood pressure. Background: Blood pressure is the measured force applied to the artery walls as the heart pumps. It is determined by the amount of force and the quantity of blood being pumped by the heart. Many factors play a role in determining your blood pressure. Your age‚ gender‚ weight‚ sex‚ height‚ whether you smoke‚ and genetics are all factors. Blood pressure is measured in two parts. There systolic pressure which is the pressure on the arteriole wall when the heart contracts
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Tanisha Wells MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Date of Publication: 1902 Genre: Modern Novella Biographical Information about the Author Joseph Conrad was born on December 3‚ 1857 in Poland. Joseph Conrad’s father was involved in a revolutionary movement of Polish independence and caused the Russian government to keep Conrad’s family from staying in one place for long. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was seven years old and his mother’s
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Essay – Heart of Darkness and Red Heart Red Heat is a novel written by Victor Kelleher set somewhere in the post-greenhouse future. This novel is a version of the nineteenth century Heart of Darkness‚ first published in 1902 and then re-published by Joseph Conrad. There are many similarities within the plot of these two novels from travelling up a dangerous river to dealing with a power crazy man. There are many similarities in the two books‚ one of which is that the heroines; Marlow‚ Heart of Darkness
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Book Review: In the heart of sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex‚ written by Nathaniel Philbrick‚ recounts the mystery surrounding the sinking of the whaleship Essex in the South Pacific. The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819‚ the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later‚ the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific
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Darkness in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness The symbolism of darkness plays a central role in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. For instance‚ as Marlow narrates his encounter working as an agent of a Belgian ivory trading firm called “the company” in Congo‚ Africa‚ he describes a scene of two women knitting black wool. The black wool‚ in this case‚ represents the imagery of darkness. The older woman is said to possess an “uncanny and fateful” (Conrad 1.24) look. In the novel‚ Marlow also puts across
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