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self-report questionnaires (Ganz, 2001). Results from Ganz?s data from descriptive longitudinal studies, cross-sectional comparison studies, and randomized controlled trials that use a placebo will be used in the final project paper to discredit several myths about Tamoxifen therapy as well as document those symptoms that increase in frequency as a result of Tamoxifen Adjuvant Therapy. Thus will reveal how this therapy impacts the patients? quality of…

While many people view love as a state of bliss and carefree enjoyment, those entangled in a hopeless situation yearn to escape its cruel grasp. When loves ensnares someone, he or she often acts uncontrollably and thinks delirious thoughts. Shakespeare explores the ridiculous responses to love through a hopeless love triangle in his play Twelfth Night. At the beginning of the play, Count Orsino of Illyria mopes around his home and pines for the grieving lady Olivia by sending messengers to her…

“Confusyd in hirself and hir owyn unstabylnes:” Plurality, Bricolage, and Infinite Regress in The Book of Margery Kempe There is a plurality of spiritual signifiers in The Book of Margery Kempe. We all know of Kempe’s “gift of tears,” of her ecstatic visions, her commitment to wearing white and creating a chaste marriage for herself. However irritating these signifiers may be, at first read the semiotics appear to be stable. Kempe cries readily when free association brings to mind the earthly…

allegorical interpretations of living realities, once experienced with such intensity that since continued to shape the human consciousness and their world” (1). Here, myths are not merely fictional stories telling, but uninterrupted existential experiences of the human sphere, passing down from countless generations before us. The totality that myth and reality generate in our psyche offers a rich paradigm for understanding general psychological, cultural and societal truths of the human world.…

his character is comparably dangerous. He is, it appears to be, stuck in a sticky situation. This train of thought naturally concludes, though Sophocles tried to claim the same thing - that the ancient myth, which he reproduced on the stage as if the playwright was not brought to the ancient myth, was nothing substantively new. In the context of ancient democracy sharpens the contradictions in her Sophocles had no choice but to return to the understanding of the world inherent in classical…

True Rulers’ Education and Qualities as Described in Plato’s Republic Throughout Plato’s republic, the construction of the ideal city, the Kallipolis and its components are spoken about thoroughly, one of its main components are the guardians. The guardians are the highest and ruling class of the three classes of the Kallipolis; producers, auxiliaries and guardians. Guardians are chosen from the ranks of the auxiliaries (Plato, 2004, 101). The guardians’ education, upbringing, lifestyle, soul,…

People wander through life today and often miss the wonder of all that surrounds them. The modern world of science and technology reduces the focus to pushing buttons and entering data into searches that produce easy answers generated from a short search; gone is the wandering that leads to discovery. The possibilities of becoming are lost in the safety of clear conformity. The majority do not dare to wander because of lost time, reputation or certainty. Most are far too worried about appearing…

of fruitfulness and security are to be realized” (Iyengar 323). The 96 Narmada and the Ganga from the saptsindhu – group of seven major rivers – are considered to be the most ancient and the holiest r ivers of India respectively. Number of stories, myths and beliefs are woven around them . All major novels on both these rivers give knowledge about ways of life on and aro und the banks of the rivers…

Do you want to give your life purpose? Registering as an organ donor is your answer. Many people, including myself, have been affected by organ donation. My grandfather’s heart stopped when he was 50 years old after suffering from a major heart attack; he was brought back to life moments later. Despite major changes in diet and exercise, he had two more heart attacks before his 55th birthday. His doctors found that the heart that he was born with was the size of a basketball. It was basically…

Homelessness Imagine finding yourself on the street, all alone, nowhere to go, with just the clothes on your back. If your lucky, you have a backpack holding any precious belongings that haven’t been lost or stolen from you...yet. Your life wasn’t always like this but now you live anywhere and everywhere. Some people are nice to you, especially the young kids who offer you pocket change and $1 bills. Some offer you stares and rude remarks. You never realized your life could change so quickly.…