In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago plays the villain who sets out to destroy the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. His appalling, horrific actions and malicious spirit often cause readers to wonder what Iago’s motivation is. While, the play does explain minor motivations for why Iago commits so much evil, these causes are not sufficient. Iago’s true motivation is pure evil because he is malicious, psychopathic, and devil-like; he will not stop committing sinful crimes and will never feel…
In high school, we come across many moral and ethical dilemmas. High school is a new world, and we’re exposed to issues concerning alcohol, drugs, and making our own decisions. High school is the entry way to adulthood and us as students are becoming our own self-governing beings and this comes with a lot of responsibility. But, what do you do when another person becomes the problem? What do you do when their psychological and home issues interfere with your ability to maintain happiness and…
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often characterized by fear of abandonment, issues regulating emotions and thoughts, and impulsive behaviors. While it is a unstable and sometimes violent disorder to live with, there is a variety of treatments and therapies available to patients. BPD is part of a group of personality disorders commonly referred to as ‘cluster B’. This group is composed of dramatic, emotional and erratic disorders. Within cluster B are the most common of the DSM-IV…
Behavior 1: Talking Back/Swearing The behavior of talking back which is defined as any time the patient responds to her parents in a rude/sarcastic tone with intent to hurt her parents’ feelings. The behavior of swearing at her parents is defined as any time the patient uses profane language during a conversation either towards her parents directly or casually in the conversation. This most often occurs when the parent brings up a topic sensitive to the patient (i.e. the moving from their…
Sexual Racism in the American Societies The short story Naked by Joyce Carol Oates talks about anonymous female figure that lived a big shock because of the violence event she went through, that she was attacked by group of children which includes boys and girls, the eldest child was 12 years old. The writer describes those children in the story that they were, “small pack of black children…” this quote from the story would give the reader a hint to think if this story is about racism in…
once an individual gets out of a relationship. The main reason for this type of stalking is because an individual will feel incomplete after a breakup. Also, women are usually the victim of this type of stalking. Intimate stalkers often have personality disorders, such as being an extremely jealous person or even being insecure over really small things. Another type of stalking is called delusional stalking. Delusional stalkers are stalkers that are diagnosed with extreme mental…
Marcus tells his parents everything that happened to him when the terrorists attacked the BART. Marcus tells Barbara that he’s “M1CK3Y” and with the help of Ange, he explains to Barbara how the xnet works. Marcus and Ange get taken by the DHS and Marcus finally reunites with Darryl. Marcus' parents take Marcus to talk to Darryl's dad. Marcus tells him that Darryl is alive and is a prisoner in Treasure Island. Marcus thinks after the story is publish the DHS will figure out that he is…
According to the American Heritage dictionary a serial killer is " A person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents." Often, people don't take a deep look into what a serial killer is or does, and why America is struggling with so many of these offenders. If people looked at types of serial killers, their motives and their victims everyone could create shared meaning of the exact definition of a serial killer. The FBI's "Crime Classification Manual" breaks…
like them is an example of antisocial personality disorder. The person who committed the murder of her old third grade teacher because the teacher did not like her and bullied her, had antisocial personality disorder. While the teacher was at fault for bullying a child, the motive was not strong enough to kill someone. The defendant did a few things that led up to the murder of her third-grade teacher was fueled by her antisocial personality disorder. The events leading up to the…
People are born blank slates and are formed gradually into the person they become through personal experiences. A modern day philosopher named John Locke, states that a child’s life “is formed only through experience”. He believes that no matter how children are raised, it is the life experiences that actually influence their life more. This notion that people are not born to do terrible things, but maybe led down that dark path by things they live through. The website Live Science conducted a…