Myra A. Logan Myra Adele Logan helped open up society to the idea of women making huge attributions to medicine. She was born in 1908 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama and died in 1977 from lung cancer. Her father was a treasure at the Alabama Tuskegee and her mom was a health care activist and a suffragist. She was the first women to preform open heart surgery. She also researched antibiotics and breast cancer. Not only was she a women‚ but she was a black women. During this time period‚ not a lot of black
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In the Iliad‚ Homer mentions the Gods intervening with the mortals throughout the whole book. The gods are often used to show comic release throughout the seriousness of the war. But throughout the book‚ it seems that Homer portrays the gods to have more human like qualities than godly qualities. Throughout the book‚ Homer likes to portray the gods with mortal-human like qualities. The gods act very human like when they choose sides between the Greeks and Trojans; they fight among each other like
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to what extent is tradition important to maintaining stability in a society or civilization? Upholding the beliefs of traditionalism‚ a reverence of old ways‚ is increasingly becoming a rare occurrence in our modernized society. Although useful to society‚ no longer does a majority of the world’s citizens strongly support traditional ideals. In the past‚ tradition played an important role in maintaining stability in a civilization. During the eras where communism and totalitarianism dominated
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Finally‚ readers start to even call into question Othello’s love for Desdemona. When confessing his love for her in front of the senate Othello says‚ “She loved me for the dangers I had passed‚/ And I loved her that she did pity them” (I.iii.193-194). At the beginning of the play Othello clearly states the reason why he and desdemona fell in love with each other. Neither of them fell in love with each other’s personality‚ but instead fell for the idea of the other.Desdemona fell in love with Othello
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To what extent does globalization narrow the development gap? The development gap was first identified in 1981 by the West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. He explained that there was a clear North-South divide where the North holds 80% of the earth’s wealth and the south 20%. The development gap was explained in this case as the difference between the wealth of the countries. This can be measured via GDP per capita. However the general development gap is explained as not only the differences in
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To what extent are the ‘self’ and ‘identity’ separate from society? The concept of self and identity has become increasingly important in social science in recent years. There are many competing concepts about them. The term ‘identity’ can be basically understood as how we understand ourselves. It generally entails how to category people into groups by differentiate them according to their characteristics. This essay will focus on the correlations of self and identity‚ and society. It will stress
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To what extent is a stable family vital for a successful society? What is a family? A family is a group that consists of adults and children that care for one another. When describing a family‚ people would usually talk about love‚ care‚ company and relationships. What is a stable family? To me‚ a stable family is one that is able to financially support the members of the family in terms of their daily necessities and school fees for the children. It should also be able to maintain healthy relationships
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To what extent is the USA’s superpower status threatened by the emergence of the BRICs (15) A superpower defined is a very influential and powerful nation. Currently‚ we live in a unipolar world and the USA is the only superpower. Factors such as economy‚ population‚ military strength and geographical location determine a nations superpower status. It is debatable whether the USA is currently being threatened by the emergence of NICs such as the BRICS‚ Brazil‚ India‚ Russia and China. China may
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To what extent does Shakespeare present Shylock as a victim? In the ‘Merchant of Venice’ Shakespeare makes it very difficult for us to define who is the victim and who is the villain as certain characters‚ such as Shylock reveal many personalities and therefore portray elements of both the victim and the villain. We are first introduced to Shylock in Act 1 scene 3. In this scene it is quickly made apparent that Shlyock enjoys power‚ especially over Bassanio and likes watching him suffer. This
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This is just an example of question that you could answer based on what we studied in class. Because it is given to you‚ you won’t be able to use it for the exams but I hope it will help you to understand better what you are expected to deliver. Bear in mind (=remember) that you don’t have to limit yourself to what we do in the class this year but that you are free to choose what you want to deal with providing it relates to one of the four notions. Don’t hesitate to email me your ideas before
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