Apothecary

PREPARATION OUTLINE Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the basics of essential oils. Thesis Statement: Since biblical times, essential oils from plants have been harvested and distilled for topical, aromatic, and internal use by many as part of a wellness regimen. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Since the beginning of time, plants have been used for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of people. Today, some of the most advanced pharmacological drugs mimic…

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a heart breaking story of two star-crossed lovers named Romeo and Juliet. The family of these two lovers hate each other and despite knowing this, they pursue their forbidden love. This ultimately leads to their deaths and the play ends with the with both of the families ending their feud. However, the question remains, who is responsible for the deaths for Romeo and Juliet? The answer to that question is simple, it is Romeo’s fault. Firstly, Romeo…

Friar Lawrence is a Murderer Teenagers usually have a trusted adult in their lives, a person they go to for guidance and support. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the starring couple is in dire need of help. Friar Lawrence becomes their advisor, but unfortunately he fails. Friar Lawrence’s actions lead to their untimely death. Friar Lawrence’s selfishness, childish actions, and poor decision-making doom Romeo and Juliet. The Friar’s role turned a happy love story into a tragedy and…

What they don’t recognize is it’s Friar Lawrence’s fault because he married the two of them and gave Juliet the potion. “Here to my love! O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Shakespeare Act 5, Scene 3, Page 5) Since Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the potion Romeo kills himself thinking Juliet is dead. A little later Juliet wakes up and realizes Romeo is dead, and then ends…

A person born on January 4, 1643, in hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, was named Isaac Newton. Now, Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician, and has been given the credit as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He is also well known due to his law of gravitation. The way that Sir Isaac Newton developed the principles of modern physics was by discoveries in optics, motion, and mathematics. In the early life of Sir Isaac, he was the only…

The audience was shown this by Shakespeare’s lines, “Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide/Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on/Here’s to my love O true/apothecary/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die,” (V.iii.126,128-131). This proves that Romeo has undivided devotion towards Juliet, and that death would be a better place than a lifespan of living without his love. In like manner, Juliet also expressed…

In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are the main characters who were deeply in love and their love lead to a tragedy. In this story many people contributed to the cause of this tragedy. In this play some of the people that contributed were Romeo and Juliet friends, each of their friends had a role on this tragedy. Some of Romeo’s friends are Mercutio, Benvolio, Friar Laurence and his servant Balthasar. One of Juliet’s friend was the nurse. The story of Romeo and Juliet is a…

In 1850s London, life was a lot different than it is today. Different aspects of the city played a role in the spread of disease and poverty such as lack of structured sanitation systems, over populated neighborhoods and homes, and high costs of living. Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map is a descriptive narrative that showcases the relation between the spread of disease, population density, the common folk and life in London in the 1850s. In an attempt to discuss the narrative of The Ghost Map and…

Who Is to Blame? “These violent delights have violent ends” (2.6.9). Who is to blame for this tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare? People have different opinions, but the facts never lie. The Facts of this play frame Romeo as the one to blame for this tragedy. Due to his abrupt personality, his emotional weakness and his immature actions throughout the play. Romeo’s personality is very abrupt which changes the course of the story. What he wants changes all the…

of Discovery The world we know and live in today is the result of the Age of Discovery, and we owe the present day to that age, and we owe the future to that age. Europe’s motivations for exploration and eventual conquest on all those explorations plays a huge role in where we sit today. We must not forget either, how the interactions we had with Native Americans and the interactions with different cultures impacted our modern outcome. From these motives and interactions, America is presented as…