Cremation

Dealing with a death, both physically and emotionally, is one of our society’s greatest struggles. Our society has ways in which we physically deal with the bodies which involve harvesting the organs for science and disposing the bodies. There is no single right way to take care of dead bodies, but there are limits placed to ensure that the person’s wishes are respected as well as the family. Most laws are created to make sure that there is no harm placed to society, and so the process of…

Greeks came into Alexandria, Egypt and took over, they showed a fascination in the process of mummification that the Egyptians had practiced. This was thought-provoking because of the fact that the Greeks because they had previously only practiced cremation and had prohibited the act of dissecting a human body. Even the Greek physicians were forbidden from cutting into the bodies that they studied. The Egyptian physicians in Alexandria were really the only people at this time who had an intimate…

tombs there would be massive paintings of the afterlife as well as soft rendered replicas of everything they would need in the after life. They even constructed large decorative sarcophagus for the dead. Though oddly enough the Etruscans practice cremation so there was never a body placed within the large grave chests, or within the tombs from what I can recall. They also viewed life as a party, where marry-making and parties were held with all those that came to the realm of the dead before…

ghost tells Hamlet only that he is “confined to fast fires till foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purged away,” (1.5. 12-14), leaving a vague window for conclusions to be drawn as to where he is or what awaits him, either hell or cremation, though no mention of his body after death is truly provided in any of the play to denounce nor validate his statement as one or the other fate of this great king. Thus far, with everything the apparition has said, there is no evidence to…

The Bios Urn also provides the consumer an alternative cremation urn which encases the remains of their loved one, and provides a unique method of disposition which also is cost efficient. While maintaining the ability to encase cremated remains, the Bios Urn provides the consumer the freedom and convenience…

Social hierarchy is the arrangement of people in a society into groups. It is present in all societies in some form, and multiple religions detail societal hierarchy. Two such religions, Buddhism and Hinduism, have many followers (Buddhism has 440 million, Hinduism has 1.6 billion), but despite both having high numbers, they have varying views on social hierarchy. In Hinduism, there is a caste system detailing societal roles, contrasted in Buddhism with no caste system. However, both religions…

It’s hard to figure out what drives people to take risks, and to try and accomplish things. People try crazy, and sometimes dangerous things when undertaking a mission. Farah Ahmedi mission, she undertook was to flee Afghanistan. Cap’s mission was to fulfill a dying friend's last wish. Lastly, Spitz wanted to remain in top position. However, Farah Ahmedi, Cap, and Spitz were all determined because they wanted to achieve their missions. Farah Ahmedi, really wanted to leave Afghanistan and get…

giving life to a child on one’s own is already stripped away, just like that, removing the grip we have on our own reproduction and future. Dehumanizing everything possible seems to be the aim of the BNW society. It even goes so far as to justify the cremation of all bodies instead of proper burial; the amount of phosphorus in return for a human corpse is “worth it.” What better way to convince people that they’re doing good, even by death? The dehumanization of the world builds a sense of…

During the conversation I showed my grandmother the print-out from Speak Up and she said that she and my grandfather don’t have a will; she said that they had written out some wishes (about cremation and organ donation) on a piece of paper in their fire-proof safe. My mother also confided that she had written her wishes and had it signed by a family friend who is a Commissioner of Oaths. I also found out that my stepdad refuses to write a will…

To say that the ancient Romans thought a lot about funerary ritual and post-mortem commemoration is an understatement. Abundant textual evidence records complex, performative rituals surrounding death and burial in ancient Rome while significant expenditures on elaborate tombs and funerary portraits. The roman funeral was seen as a type of passage that signified the transition between the death and the life of the person. It was extremely important for them to have proper ceremonies and a burial…