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    THE DECONSTRUCTION OF RASKOLNIKOV AS ÜBERMENSCH ‘Murderer!’ he said suddenly‚ in a low but clear and distinct voice (pg. 231). In just one word (Part 3‚ Chapter VI of Crime and Punishment)‚ the stranger’s direct label is a stabbing remark in opposition of Raskolnikov’s assumed identity. It is the debasement of a man-god‚ to be more apt a superman‚ who is ever so close to falling off the perch and into the abyss. “It was impossible to be sure‚ but it seemed to Raskolnikov that his face again wore

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    Days after his confession of the murder and time spent in prison‚ Raskolnikov still believes his failed act of murder as a simple error of reasoning. However‚ he recollects memories of a persistent dream‚ where he envisions a completely new world infected by a plague and society is attacked by microbes “endowed with intelligence and will” (Dostoyevsky 427). He explicates of men contaminated with these microbes becoming enraged and depicts their notions of superior intellectuality as foolish suffering

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    Stock Split

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    OF STOCK SPLIT Introduction The purpose of this research paper is information retrieval regarding stock split practice in a modern stock market‚ its major reasons and valuation effects on the company’s financial position. According to the definition stock split is a method commonly used to lower the market price of a firm’s stock by increasing the number of shares belonging to each shareholder. Companies are able to split their stocks in any number of ways. The most common stock splits are‚ 2-for-1

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    Running Head: SPLIT BRAIN LATERALIZATION Difference of Lateralization Between Split Brain And Intact Brain Patients Psychology 102 Section 6X Student Abstract Split brain patients lateralize functions in their brains to either side of the brains while intact brain patients utilize both sides of their brains. A group of 20 subjects were tested‚ 10 split brain and 10 intact brain patients. We gave these subjects three exams‚ a vocabulary test‚ a logical reasoning task and a face

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    Discuss the implications of the of the split-brain procedure (severing of the corpus callosum) for the understanding of the connections between the left and right hemisphere. The first known split-brain surgical procedure performed on humans’ was in the early 1940’s by Van Wagenen and Herren‚ in which both intended to control seizures of patients who suffered intractable epilepsy (Francois Boller‚ Jordan Graffman‚ 2000). The procedure performed by Van Wagenen and Herren was based on the speculation

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    Split Brain

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    Split-Brain Patients: The independent functioning of the left and right hemisphere when no longer connected by the corpus callosum. The human brain is a dynamic and elastic processing unit that manages the great extent of human life. This entails both conscious and unconscious functioning of each human system. For example‚ the brain controls emotions through behaviors‚ physiological responses (both autonomic and hormonal)‚ and feelings in response to stimuli from the environment (Carlson

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    In Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky‚ the reader follows Raskolnikov from a first-person perspective‚ witness to both his actions and feelings. However‚ most‚ if not all of the supporting characters are just as important‚ as they serve as warped mirrors of Raskolnikov‚ warping‚ exaggerating‚ and twisting his personality. None though‚ are as eerily similar as Razumikhin‚ who serves as a baffle to Raskolnikov. Where Raskolnikov sequesters himself mentally – inside his own head‚ and physically

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    Split of Islam

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    Split of Islam (Shi’a and Sunni) The Shi’a and Sunni religions came about for various reasons; beginning with the birth of the leader Muhammad in 570. Muhammad founded the religion Muslim (Islam) in 610 and throughout his life began preaching Islam in 613 and conquered Mecca in 630. Following Muhammad’s death in 632‚ Abu Bakr and Ali are nominated to serve in Muhammad’s position. Abu Bakr is selected but the minority that voted for Ali became known as Shiat Ali. In 656‚ Abu Bakr was assassinated

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    In Adrienne Rich’s essay “Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity‚” she writes about her experiences growing up in a predominately gentile society as a half-Jewish‚ half-Gentile person. She illustrates the ideas that there are clusters of people in the world that are forced to camouflage their true identity for the slightest chance of being accepted into society. She engages in informing the reader about different transformations that some undergo to suppress who they

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    Divorce: The Negative Split Taylor Ford AP Language & Composition Leigh Eggleton 3 March 2014 Taylor Ford Eggleton AP Language & Composition 13 February 2014 Divorce: The Negative Split Although divorce mainly concerns a husband and wife‚ it is normally the children of the union that are affected. Divorce is almost always stressful for children and increases the risk for them to suffer from both psychological and behavioral problems. The children normally suffer from

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