Delirium

“Alone with the thoughts of what should have long been forgotten, I let myself be carried away into the silent screams of delirium (quote from Amanda Steele).” In traumatic life-threatening events, such as rape, divorce, death, abandonment, and even war, a psychiatric disorder known as PTSD may form, leaving people in distress, isolation, and in numerous other states. It’s a tough mountain to climb, and many people have difficulties dealing with it. In the book, The Things They Carried—a novel…

Fear and Self-Preservation in the Face of the Unknown In 1347 CE, the European world experienced a disaster on a scale that has remained among the most massive in all of history: the Black Death. Tens of millions of people perished, disease leaving communities, families, long-running institutions crippled and destroyed. The Black Death remained the great killer, the divine punishment for a sinful world, and fractured society, more so than any corrupt government, empire, or person could ever…

Macbeth’s strong imagination ultimately leads to his immediate downfall and death. “Macbeth has’ an imagination of extraordinary power, which visualizes to the verge of delirium’” (Henry). Macbeth’s mind has taken over his physical conscious and he uses the witches for help which only digs him deeper into eternal rest. He thinks that he is the most powerful in the land and uses that to his advantage which is an ironic…

The Mystery Cults and Christianity Through shared commonalities, the mystery cults helped to anchor a place for Christianity in the Ancient Greek and Roman world. These practices paved the way for early Christianity was to be viewed in the context of a mystery cult. Only the “mystery cult” of Christianity dealt with one god instead of two or more. There were many mystery cults in ancient times, some that may be lost to us forever. The mystery cults that focused in this paper will be the…

Monique Henry Sonja Martinez English IV, 4th Hour 4-28-16 Hitler’s Plan to Eradicate Jewish People Hitler’s plan was set up in six stages: definition, stripping of rights, segregation, concentration camps, extermination camps, and aftermath. Hitler was obsessed with the idea of eliminating the Jewish culture because he was convinced that Jews were the reason that bad thing kept happening. He especially blamed them for their loss in World War I. During World War II, Adolf Hitler’s plan to…

In modern times, society considers auditory and visual hallucinations to be common symptoms of mental illness, and the same can be said at the time of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. These are seen through Prince Hamlet’s interactions with the specter of his father, and his actions thereafter. Other characters in Hamlet observe that Hamlet seems to be “going mad” in his ambitious quest to avenge his father. But, Hamlet is the only character to interact with the ghost, and the ghost advises Hamlet to kill…

Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl’s memoir and logotherapy novel Man’s Search for Meaning is a hugely successful, influential book for modern psychology and to all readers. The haunting recounting of Frankl’s life inside Nazi concentration camps, his explanation and support of the practice along with the benefits of logotherapy, and because of his Case for Tragic Optimism makes this book truly a genre of its own between memoir and psychology. This novel has been counted as one of the top…

Part I Note anything unusual about Ellie’s behaviour or appearance There are two references to shaking hands in the passage. Additionally, she seems to be very thin and have large, perhaps slightly bulging eyes. Behaviourally, she seems stressed and despondent, unable to concentrate or retain information, and and seems to be suffering from insomnia. She then gets a sinus infection, which is perhaps a sign of a compromised immune system. What do you think might be going on with Ellie…

"So come down with me to the shore, and what's more, I adore you," La Dispute lyrically sings, which seems to mirror some of the major works of Edgar Allen Poe perfectly. A celebrated poet and author, he led quite an interesting life and maintained some of the darker themes of his life in his works, ranging from the popular "The Tell Tale Heart" to lesser-known works such as "Alone". However, the true art found within his poems is how beautifully they are able to show some of his innermost…

The plague epidemics of the 6th, 14th, and 17th century are commonly known as Justinian’s Plague, the Black Death, and the Plague of 1665, respectively. Yersinia pestis was the major source of the plague in all three epidemics. Modern DNA analysis studies showed that Y. pestis has a strong correlation with victims of the Black Death in the 14th century. However, although these modern studies show biologically that Yersinia pestis was the cause of the Black Death, many scientists are skeptical…