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Analysis of Buganda Culture at Pregnancy and Birth This paper describes the Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model in form of communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations, and how these models apply to the Buganda Culture. Social and communication organizations are discussed more in the nursing implications of Buganda culture Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment…

Glamorously Enchanted: 
The Romanticization of Witchcraft in Modern Entertainment Since the late 1990s, the perception of sorcery and witchcraft in popular culture has become a progressively fashionable one. Captivatingly depicted in shows like Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Charmed, in addition to the critically acclaimed Harry Potter series, the practice of witchcraft has achieved increasing popularity in mainstream entertainment. Unfortunately, the light-hearted portrayals depicted in modern…

In the end Romeo and Juliet's bodies were cremated and the ashes were released together into the ocean. The poison caused Romeo's body to decompose faster and the Capulet's and the Montague's wanted them to stay together. Paris's body was left in the Capulet vault. It turns out Paris was a fraud and was not actually from high society. They never found his parents. Mrs. Capulet was relieved Juliet did not marry him, for in the future it would make the family look bad. He was just after their…

Preserved since 1758, Mount Vernon is a spectacular tourist attraction that tells the story of George Washington. Since 1860, over 8 million tourists have visited the historical sight. The area contains about 8,000 acres of land and a mansion with 21 rooms that are full of adventure and history. Inside one of the rooms, Nelly Custis Room, there is a crib given by Martha Washington that is specifically designed for Nelly’s child, Frances Parke Lewis. It has sides that lowers to make it easier to…

The first category of life is foods. There were similarities and differences among the rural and urban peasant family. Both families during the Middle Ages did not have a bunch of assortment in their foods. They ate a variety of foods daily. Bread and stew were commonly foods for both families to eat. There were cheaper grains including rye, barley, millet, and oats which is made the bread. Unfortunately, they did not have any enough of wheat because it was expensive. There were beans, peas, and…

In the Game of Thrones, specific medical knowledge is further advanced and accurate than in the Middle Ages. This stands partially for the reason that certain discoveries in history have been accidental, for example, penicillin, not the culmination of a long aggregation of previous discoveries. While this might seem incongruent with the otherwise static medieval level of technology in the Game of Thrones, much of real-life medical knowledge was discovered purely through trial and error or by…

In the original brothers grimm version of rapunzel i talked of the irony in rapunzel's name because she was named after the herb rampion her father traded her for. The dramatization and exaggeration of the piece stuck out to me in the majority of the prince's actions and rapunzel's beginning. The fact rapunzel had blonde hair and was extremely naive seemed to correlate in my mind and the length difference between the original brothers grimm and tangled was very significant. It seemed to…

was a frightful tarantula the size of a ram and with the head of a sad maiden.” In the book, Bless Me Ultima, Ultima uses special herbs that have magical powers, along with her soul/spirit owl, who she is able to control, and is connected to her lifeline. Throughout the story there are curses put on people, but Ultima is easily able to cure them with her special herbs and knowledge of the earth. Ultima also uses her dolls to remove curses from people, by making the dolls come to life. “She…

fairest flowers choked-up, her fruit trees all un-pruned, her hedges ruined, her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs swarming with caterpillars (3.4.40-47)?” presumably a common man himself, the man understands that metaphor of the weeds being members of English society that receive greatly from the country but in return, give nothing and the caterpillars that spoil the herbs are leaches who use the nutrients of…

the drug. This can also be seen in Bard’s Leechbook where, in order to cure “elf-sickness” one must “take bishopswort, fennel, lupin, alftone the lower part and lichen from a hallowed crucifix and frankincense, put a handful of each, tie up all the herbs in a cloth, dip in consecrated font-water three times and sing over them three masses” This one quote has many religious…