Mourning

approximately 10-20% of bereaved persons and is described as a chronic heightened state of mourning (Khoshaba). When experiencing complicated grief one needs grief therapy not to be confused with grief counseling; in grief counseling you facilitate the bereaved person through the mourning tasks, while grief therapy you are identifying and resolving conflicts that are keeping you from successfully completing the mourning tasks. If a person is experiencing complicated grief they may or may not…

eucalyptus trees, which contain highly flammable chemicals. On Tuesday, October 17, a time of mourning began in Portugal. At least 36 died in the blazes, 63 injured, and 16 in a severed state. Prime Minister Antonio Costa stated “This country has been plagued with the largest wave of fires since 2006. This is a moment of mourning, of showing our condolences to the families of the victims.” In Spain, mourning has also taken place. The wildfires in Spain, Portugal, and recently in California…

after a man had been found with no name and no recollection of who he was during the First World War. Citizens of France felt despair because many families were given the notice that their loved one had gone missing. This left a deep hole in the mourning process and the man with no name brought new hope to families who received this information. This man was given the name Anthelme Mangin and he was placed in an asylum where he was questioned continuously to determine his true identity. His true…

movements have exceptionally developed over the twentieth century to improve overall lifestyle for all Indigenous Australians. Injustice and inequality for Aboriginals were common and dated back to the first settlement in 1788. Momentous protests, Day of Mourning and the Freedom Ride successfully promoted against the prejudice and discrimination towards the Aboriginals. Other memorable events of protest include Eddie Mabo Land Rights. All of these events successfully made significant changes to…

someone included in a decorative piece of jewelry is not a new concept. In eighteenth-century England, many people wore mourning jewelry with a loved one’s hair incorporated into the design. This indicated a “change in attitudes towards death” (Holm 2004:139) during that time period. “The focus of mourning is no longer the mourned and their fame but instead the mourners and their mourning,” (Holm 2004:139) the objects with the remains of the loved one within them become ways for the mourners to…

Macduff becomes angry and stops mourning and starts thinking about fighting Macbeth. His masculine role returns and he is willing to fight to the death in order to bring justice to his family. Many could argue that the character’s in this play strictly stick with their socially acceptable gender roles. They could say that Lady Macbeth was just simply “acting in the moment”, therefore her gender shouldn’t be questioned in that particular scene.This may be true, however people need to look deeper…

Americans mourn in private and somber settings while 8th century Japanese mourn in more public and lively settings. Hitomaro does neither as he mourns but he mourns in public. However, Hitomaro seems to be mourning not to spite his cultural tradition but because he feels he has lost his connection with his wife. He could not hear the birds and therefore, he could no longer hear his wife. Understanding both American culture and 8th century Japanese culture brings…

was so enamored with her he decided to court and marry her. Sadly it was less dating and more Hades splitting the earth riding up in a chariot and kidnapping her to the underworld. Because of the loss of her child Demeter began to weep in mourning. In her mourning Demeter, goddess of the harvest and agriculture, abruptly stopped providing for her domain and crops began to die. Eventually…

their mind. After George Washington’s death in 1799, female needlework evolved into more than just samplers showing a woman’s readiness to wed, the artists started creating mourning pictures. One of the most intricate mourning pictures created was Prudence Punderson’s The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality. In this mourning picture Prudence stitches her own life, starting at her birth being cared for by a slave, then being engaged with her needlework as an adult, to finally her casted…

Staff, We are looking to expand distribution of Shiney’s Scarves into 3 additional countries; China, Mexico and Sweden. All of our scarves are colorful and have an inspirational design or message embroidered on them. In order to honor the diverse range of cultures of the countries that we will be bringing our scarves to we must understand each countries tradition and symbolism of colors. As far as China goes, the color red is associated with good fortune therefore a red colored scarf with…