Corruptness of Public Humiliation In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne is publicly humiliated for committing adultery. Not only did she have to stand upon a scaffold and be scolded for three long hours by the strict Puritan community‚ but also she was forced to wear a token of shame‚ the scarlet letter A‚ embroidered on her bosom. When she was released‚ the townspeople looked at Hester as if she did not belong. Public humiliation is not as common as it was in the 19th century
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Synthesize and gain new perspective Show what needs to be done. First function of a literature review is to embed the current study in the existing structure of knowledge The literature review allows you to show the reader your understanding of the problem and its structure. It offers a brief summary of the previous work that is clearly related to the problem of your study. Important‚ because you cannot assume that every reader is knowledgeable about the field. Major concern: whether the literature
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of Atypicals in First Episode of Psychosis) study. The violations are as follows: 1) Dan Markingson wasn’t aware of his mental illness & was by all means incompetent to sign the consent form. The consent was taken in absence of Dan’s mother; furthermore‚ Dan was kept in the study despite his mother’s objection. 2) Dan was coerced into the study by threat of involuntary commitment to the University & was discharged from the hospital midway in his study‚
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Case Study: Martin and Sue Fredman‚ Monson‚ and Adair (2011) conducted a case study of a 27-year-old Iraq War veteran‚ suffering from PTSD and relationship dissatisfaction‚ named Martin. Martin suffered from PTSD symptoms and became estranged with his wife‚ Sue. The purpose of this case study was to use cognitive behavioral conjoint therapy (CBCT) to decrease Martins symptoms of PTSD and increase Martin and Sue’s marital relationship satisfaction (Fredman‚ Monson‚ & Adair‚ 2011). PTSD has been
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transcends its own simplicity by affecting the structure of a piece‚ permeating into the plot’s innermost dealings. Throughout the semester‚ two short stories immerge as paragons of a setting’s importance‚ these being Young Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorne and‚ more contemporarily‚ Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. Both exemplify the importance of setting as it reflects and applies to the core meaning of each piece. On a very basic level‚ the setting of Young Goodman Brown gives historical insight into the
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language learning strategy researchers‚ particularly in relation to learners of Japanese. This present study looks to investigate the impact of cultural background on the use of language learning strategies in the JFL context. Defining cultural background is a difficult task. The difficulty lies in identifying cultural groups as a singular collective that can be compared. In some studies authors have used other terms such as ethnicity‚ nationality or first language background. All terms are
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In the book‚ "Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne has an affair and bears a child. This shocked the Puritan community deeply and she was forced to live alone with her child‚ Pearl‚ in the forest. After seven long years‚ she is incorporating herself back into the community due to her superb sewing skills. Although she is somewhat accepted into the community again‚ she cannot stop her passionate feelings for her lover‚ the Minister Dimmesdale. Her individual beliefs conflict with
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Ethics in Data: Andrew Wakefield & the Falsified Vaccine Study In 1998‚ Andrew Wakefield‚ a prominent Doctor in London‚ England published a research paper in The Lancet that claimed to have found a link between the combined measles‚ mumps & rubella (MMR) vaccination & what he called “autistic enterocolitis”. Wakefield studied 12 children whose parents noticed the onset of their children’s autistic symptoms coincided with the MMR vaccination. In his research‚ he said he found this to be true in
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care nurse practitioner in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. In this article‚ Rupich examined six research studies investigating the use of hypothermia in patients with a traumatic brain injury. The effects associated hypothermia as on patients with a secondary brain injury. This article also discusses the complications that arose throughout the process‚ as well as the outcomes of the research studies and the patients in the hypothermia and normthermia groups. In the United States 1.4 million people sustain
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Single Subject Design Stress Study The model that was used for this analysis is known as the AB design‚ which measures the dependent variable during the baseline (A) and the intervention phase (B) (Krysik and Finn‚ 2013). The study was conducted over an 11week period‚ with the first 6 weeks being the baseline (A) for the study‚ which was based on the level of stress that occurred each week. Due to the limitation of miscommunication the intervention phase (B) could only be conducted for a 5-week period;
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