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Powerful Witches, Feeble Humans In capitalist societies, ambition drives enterprising individuals to slave away until they realize their goals. Because of the arduous labor that consumes their lives, entrepreneurs often feel proud of their great accomplishments, thinking that their elevated positions in society are completely a result of their own initiative and hard work. The same can be said, perhaps, about those who wrest political power. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth tells a story that…

Mental Illness: Historical and Modern Approaches Annotated Bibliography Cullen, C., & McCann, E. (2015). Exploring the role of physical activity for people diagnosed with serious mental illness in Ireland. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22(1), 58-64. In this article, individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) were examined to determine their subjective experiences regarding physical activity. The main objective of this study was to elicit the opinions and views of…

“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails is a function of power not of truth” = Friedrich Nietschze Manipulations of the Mind, Misogynistic Mistrust and Rash ramifications are just the tip of the iceberg that holds the crumbling power pedestal of Shakespeare’s compelling play Othello. In Shakespeare’s Othello, the eponymous character is a Moorish general waylaid by his ensign’s thirst for power. His ensign, Iago, revels in the power he wields in manipulating…

The concept of magical beings such as fairies, witches, mage’s and spirits are seen as fabricated creatures to a modern audience. Regarded as products of imagination or hallucination, situated outside the realm of reality. However, to Shakespeare and his audience the actuality of the supernatural was very real. Fairies would roam the countryside; any neighbour could be a witch or mage and the practice of magic could be learned from books like any other academic subject. In William Shakespeare’s…

What Mortals Want Gods and celebrities alike are held on a pedestal [untouchable] my mortal men. Some mortals even have shrines to commemorate these higher beings, but as stories and history has shown these higher beings have very human qualities and emotions… So what sets [them] apart? Clay Routledge, a social Psychologist researching how people view themselves has an impact on their lives, writes an article To Feel meaningful is to Feel Immortal. Scott Barry Kaufman, is a psychologist who’s…

Without correct posture, muscle imbalances and non-contact injuries may occur. One of the most used screening tests to find these imbalances within an individual is the Functional Movement System (FMS) according to McCall, Carling, Davison, Nedelec, Le Gall, Berthoin, and Dupont (2015). The Functional Movement System is designed to recognize potential weaknesses and risk of injury (Cook, 2010). Therefore, it will be vital for health professionals to use the FMS as a tool to help assess a…

Nervous tissues have neurons and nerves that support cells. Its function is to send impulses to different areas of the body. It reacts to stimuli and conducts impulses to different organs in the body that carry a response to the stimulus. Nerve tissues are in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves which are all made up of neurons. http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/humanbio/4/lchb4_3a.html Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system is made up of your heart, your blood…

Meas Sokha, a former prisoner of the Cambodian Genocide, retold her story about what she experienced during the Cambodian Genocide. She explained how the Khmer Rouge guards would treat the prisoners. The guards took the gall bladders of the deceased prisoners that the guards, themselves, most likely killed, and used them to drink wine (Campbell). Sokha explains the brutality of the Khmer Rouge and how she was treated during the Khmer Rouge. “Sokha also told the U.N. backed ECOC that he witnessed…

Easily one of the most notable theme in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the role of nature or nurture in developing children recurs throughout the novel with the two main characters, Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, believing in opposite sides of the theme. Favoring nature, Dr. Frankenstein maintains that the creature was always evil from the moment of creation and regardless of the creature’s experiences. However, Shelley herself seems to agree with the creature’s contrasting argument. In his…

Gender is a fluid social construct to describe ones of being whether they are male or female. Gender can be seen as fluid because many different people throughout the world go outside of their traditional gender roles. In the Shakespearian era, the popular viewpoint of gender was that gender is concrete and is something that one is born with and must adhere to. It can be said that Shakespeare had the contrary belief of that time, this is evident by looking at some of the characters in the play…