Apothecary

In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s one tragic flaw was that he was overly emotional and always was going from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Throughout the play, Shakespeare demonstrates this flaw in Romeo’s passionate rush to falling in love, his volatile fighting, and his suicidal despair. Although depth of feeling can be admirable, Shakespeare cautions that uncontrolled emotion can be destructive. As Friar Lawrence warns, “These violent delights have violent…

before he is told that it is being faked, his vulnerability encourages him to immediately rush to her side to commit suicide. He sees her seemingly lifeless body, and decides to take his life by drinking poison saying, “Here’s to my love. O true apothecary, / They drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.119-120) The choice to kill himself is his alone because no one forces him to do it. Because he was so sure that Juliet was the love of his life, he was vulnerable to doing anything just to…

Without a doubt everything we do in life is uncertain. This ambiguous trait of life is what keeps life full of interest, but this also provides significance and value in the real world. However, up front the duality of human nature should be taken into account. Duality in psychology is important for our lives as it is a ‘twofold’ division. There can be two separate and independent forces or ways in order to think but at the end of the day both are equal, and have the same logical reasoning…

products were also. Pharmacists were given the material to make and distribute drugs, and the physician would handle the patient. Here in America, Benjamin Franklin was the first to recognize pharmacies in hospitals, taking a huge step by assigning an apothecary to the Pennsylvania Hospital (Krantz). After World War II, the role of a pharmacist evolved once more, changing their duties from just distributing basic medication to sometimes mixing their own concoctions to serve a different need.…

Tragedy, intrigue, drama, and sacrifice are all terms which describe the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, one of all most popular works written by English playwright William Shakespeare. Others such as Leslie Stuart and Riccardo Cocciante have even created their own spin on Romeo and Juliet, paralleling it to other plays, musicals, or other literary works such as, The Belle of Mayfair and Giulietta e Romeo. Providing an outstanding example of this, is the musical West Side Story by Leonard…

Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741. He grew up in Connecticut, he also had five brothers and sisters, but one of his sisters died from yellow fever at a very young age. He began his business career with being an apothecary and bookseller. He decided that bookselling and apothecary was not for him, so he worked hard at being a successful merchant in selling goods and different products. Later after that, he discovered a man called Adam Babcock.…

London. He sold both liquid and dry tea to the public (ROSS, 2017). Tea was not only pleasant to drink but was also considered to be greatly beneficial to health (Clarke & O'Kelly, 2003). Initially, tea was only available through coffee houses, apothecaries and snuff shops. It was heavily taxed and an extremely expensive commodity. Because of its high value, during the second half of the 18th century, the smuggling of tea became highly prolific. Smuggled teas were often adulterated with other…

Listed on Hudson’s inventory next to the pestel were two wedges whereas only one pestel was listed on Madox’s inventory. The inventory reveals Hudson was probably a landowner but do you think he might have owned an apothecary shop since he owned a pestel and two wedges? Maybe Hudson and Madox mix their own medicine for themselves and other family members. Overall, the number of the items on the inventory is double for Hudson compared to Madox. Hudson’s household…

alas, death. There was not much any soul could do, but watched as loved ones, young and old died. The Friar known as, Jonas had no experience with illness and the head physician had ordered a quarantine on all surrounding areas in Verona, and the apothecary who was in charge of herbs, potions, and medicines was doing all he could, but the Friar only insisted on prayer as an answer, panic began to ensue and drive people in Verona crazy, however, this worried Lord Montague he wondered who would…

quick to become enraged. The miscommunication basically put the final nail in the metaphorical coffin of their love. Balthasar informed Romeo that Juliet was dead, and made no mention of a potion or her sleeping. This lead to Romeo seeking out an apothecary and he bribed him to give him poison He snuck into the city at night to go to Juliet’s grave where she lay “dead” and he kill himself beside her. The friar, who was waiting by Juliet’s grave, was waiting to personally deliver his message to…