Hypnotic

Edgar Allan Poe experienced personal tragedies in his life which influenced his writing. His works were considered gothic and usually contained a melancholy and depressed tone. Most of his works also dealt with the theme of death, usually of a woman in the narratives. This style of writing most likely stemmed from the loss of his young wife Virginia. Poe became extremely depressed after her death due to his grief and feelings of loss over Virginia. Poe wrote “The Raven” with his usual melancholy…

example, “mouth-pipe”, “Pipes water”, “pipes a world of snake” makes the poem stylistically engaging despite not have the same meaning every time. For instance, “mouth-pipe” suggests that the Snakecharmer, with his musical instrument, is playing a hypnotic and manipulative tune which ensnares both the snakes and the readers. “Pipes water” may mean transmitting water while “pipes a world of snake” means to summon the snakes. The seventh stanza clearly makes allusion to the cloth-making process.…

A bright light blinded Adam he squinted against it but he could not fight it, it was almost hypnotic. He took a few steps forward, there was no weight on him. No strain, no feeling of muscle movement at all. He soon became very aware that he was in limbo the land between life and death. He never had remembered him being this conscious while unconscious…

drugs include Lamictal (lamotrigine) and Tegretol (carbamazepine). Barbiturates: Barbiturates are synthetic drugs used in medicine to depress the central nervous system. The effects range from mild sedation to coma and they may be used a sedatives, hypnotics or as part of anaesthesia. Some barbiturates are used to relieve tension or anxiety prior to surgery. Anti-Inflammatory: Anti-Inflammatory drugs are used to reduce inflammation and irritation. For example: Ibuprofen Antibiotic: Antibiotic is…

Chat Noir’s manor stood high and mighty under the pale moonlight. Marinette looked confusingly at Alya because the manor was silent like one of those black and white films she loved to watch at the petting pantry. “So this place is the Sockdollager?” Marinette piqued with a hint of disappointment. “Don’t worry, this is just a facade for the human's eyes.” Alya replied with a hint of a twinkle in her radiant hazel eyes. Alya dragged Marinette to the front gate before she put her wand out.…

John Lennon had said in the 1960s, “It matters not who you love, where you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.” This quote explains the challenges, the failures, and struggles, one of the major bands, the Beatles have encountered during the 1960s. When two of the Beatles were younger, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, they would sometimes leave school to practice together. McCartney's younger schoolmate George Harrison was soon recruited as another guitarist, as was Lennon's art…

Ray Bradbury characterizes his novel Fahrenheit 451 with excessive violence. Bloodshed, punishment, and cruelty are intrinsic components of Bradbury’s dystopian world, yet those who live there accept it as part of daily life. Because society normalizes psychologically damaging hobbies and behavior, citizens thoughtlessly practice reckless and self-destructive actions from dangerous driving to suicide. These violent tendencies are a symptom of the widespread underlying discontent that citizens…

In The Odyssey, Homer provides us with the adventurous tale of Odysseus, who sometimes seems as if he is more god than human. But his character flaws quickly remind us that he is similar to us in more than one way. Just like me, Odysseus can be rather curious and possessive at times. A common trait that connects Odysseus and me is our curious nature. In my case, it leads me down the path of knowledge. Unfortunately for Odysseus, it results in many shortcomings. In The Odyssey, Odysseus…

their eyes stuck on a screen playing video games or watching youtube videos. According to the article “Screen time and childhood obesity epidemic” Loyola University Health System comments, “Unsupervised TV watching is terrible for kids. It has a hypnotic effect that causes us to move less and burn fewer calories. Eating in front of the TV is made worse by ads for food that makes people of all ages have the desire to eat more, even if not hungry." Food advertising is one problem that comes with…

do something, we knew that just standing there letting our fear get in the way of us doing something was getting us no where. We knew we had to take the initaitve and give it our all to face our fear of the dog. Somehow we both snapped out of our hypnotic trance of fear and stood up. The dog started to bark and run at us, but we started to scream as loud and violently as we could. We gave it our all. We began to pick up rocks and throw them at the dog, surprisingly after hitting it a few times,…