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    The poem Beowulf by Seamus heaney portrays the heroic events that helped mold the nobel persona of Beowulf, but on the other hand the novel Grendel by John Gardner reveals a perspective that the poem Beowulf ______. In the poem Beowulf Grendel is seen as a killing machine, while in the novel Grendel, Grendel is portrayed as a lonely and curious outcast. The purpose of the poem is to tell the tale of the heroic man Beowulf, but the purpose of the novel is to tell the story from Grendel’s…

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    The poem “OCD” is written and performed by Neil Hilborn. The theme of this poem is love, where he emphasizes on his mental illness. Love provides many things in a relationship such as security, dependency and how it stays pure if the person truly cares about his or her partner. The poem talks about security which explains why his girlfriend felt secured whenever she was with him. There are many literary devices in this poem such as, repetition, symbolism, tone, foreshadowing, and hyperbole. For…

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    1.2 The key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system. The strengths Inappropriate behaviours can be identified from the functional ones. A range of mental disorders can be arranged and described in a particular way for professionals to understand as they all use this information. It is used all over the world so you get the same diagnostic where ever you are. The limitations are: The system does not look at people holistically, not looking at the person but what it…

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    Should pedophilia be a mental disorder? What is child sexual abuse? Signs that an adult may be using their relationship with a child for sexual reasons What are mental disorders? What is a pedophile? What you can do if you see warning signs Warning signs of sexually harmful behavior Are pedophiles typically attracted to children of the opposite sex, same sex, or is there no particular pattern? Symptoms & Treatments of Mental Disorders Is pedophilia more common among men or…

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    Parent child relationship is very sensitive. The theme of the two poems “My Father in the Navy: A Childhood Memory” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden shows the ‘Father’ plays an important role in the upbringing of child and sacrifices his days and nights in hard labors or services in order to provide the needs of his beloved children. Similarly a child returns a father’s love and care by showing his/her admiration and affection. . “Those Winter Sundays” is a…

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    TL;DR – Smart machines need to be used with ethics in mind or have ethics included as part of the design. The Gartner article “Create Smart Machines With Ethics in Their 'Minds '” (Buytendijk, & Andrews, 2015) examines how ethics should be included within the programming of smart machines. The article describes five levels of ethical programming. Level 0 is where ethics in not part of the programming of a device or software. The idea behind level 0 is the devices must perform as described,…

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    Throughout my visit to the Hirshhorn Museum there were many video, drawing, and sculpture pieces that really struck me. However, the one instillation that spoke to me the most was a performance piece called “Woman in E” by Ragnar Kjartansson. While I was walking around the museum I kept hearing this ominous and melancholy guitar strum. I originally had thought it was some odd music playing over the sound system to give the entire museum an eerie feel - however, as I kept walking the sound got…

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    Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji About 23,000 dolphins are being killed each year in the town of Taiji, in Japan. Not only they are killed, but their meat is also sold in the Japanese market and given in schools, even though it contains high levels of mercury. The film The Cove uses logos, pathos and ethos to effectively persuade their audience to seek some type of action from the audience to protect the lives of dolphins and to inform people on what is going on in the town of Taiji. The film The Cove…

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    2.1 Oversea Research The author Richard Sparks discussed the relationship between manhood and heroic roles in some popular movies. She researched that movies how to beautify and glorify hero's sufferings and struggles, which reflected the qualities and virtues of man. In addition, there are some positive evaluations about the manhood heroes in the classic movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Because of the attraction of hero’s charming, the audience admire the hero in…

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    The Bible is the religious book with an unbelievable history. In the very beginning many people were not able to read the bible because it was not written in their language. The Bible is split up in the Old Testimony and the New Testimony. It was until King James that the Bible was translated to English. It took 52 scholars and several days until they were and to translate the entire text. In our textbooks we are presented with 4 excerpts on this translated version. The 1611 King James Version…

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