When it comes to faith, people are often exhorted to have the faith of Abraham, the father of three of the largest religions in the world. His story in Genesis is celebrated for his unyielding belief in God’s divine plan which is what sets him aside as a figure to which all can aspire. However, his actions and choices seem a bit questionable. God’s command to kill one’s own son is fundamentally unreasonable given the premise that God is all good, and Abraham’s willingness and lack of objection…
Since outmoded times, the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) roles have largely remained unchanged but their manners of execution have been influenced more by practical circumstances than the materiality of the roles themselves. The conventional view of the PM as being ‘primus inter pares’ seems quite anachronistic considering the apparent increase in PMs’ power. Nonetheless, the tenability of this view will be determined in the analysis of the PM’s and the Cabinet’s roles and their relationship before the…
Behind the shadows of a dimly lit Hollywood sign, lies secrets of the grit and glamour of Los Angeles in the 1940’s. On the sunny morning of January 15th, 1947, on a mother and daughter’s stroll, a gruesome discovery was unveiled thereby creating the mystery of “The Black Dahlia.” Behind that ghastly smile engraved in the memories of many, her mystery is one that has stumped many. While the mistakes during her infamous reign of fright over the city remain unsolved, there is a darker rabbit hole…
The romance, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in Boston Massachusetts during the seventeenth century. In his romance, Hawthorne discusses the turbulent life of Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman who has been convicted of adultery. Hester is sentenced to wear a scarlet “A” on her chest to publicly shame her for her sin. Hester and her daughter Pearl become outcasts of society. Hester refuses to reveal Pearl’s father’s identity, her partner in sin. Hawthorne’s romance carries the…
De Quincey’s first interrogation into the beauty and art behind violence argues the importance of this secluded world existing. This is deployed in numerous ways in this passage, from the natural power of the "immeasurable gulf" that disturbs the ebb and flow of human life, to the man-made evocations of the caging "recess" that shields the murder. In some ways, this is later echoed in the "storm-flight" of the horses in associating threats of accidental violence with nature; yet, for De Quincey,…
A watershed signifies a noteworthy turning point. The events of the eighteenth century were key in shaping midwifery in many areas, and meant that this aspect of medical history was never the same again. Therefore for the reasons i am about to detail, the use of the word is appropriate and justified. Midwifery and childbirth were very different landscapes at the start of the early modern period. Childbirth was as a social thing, and until around the eighteenth century, women shared the…
offered her some advice that had been given to me on my first dead on arrival call as an EMT. “what you see here is nothing more than a vehicle, the occupant has left and is no longer in this vehicle.” As we are securing the final toe tag to the shroud the nursing supervisor and a security guard arrived to remove the body. Heather and I both left the room and did not say a word and went on the next three hours of our shift until the glorious 7 AM hour arrived. It was time to give report to the…
Suicide Prevention among Gay Youth Background Suicide is the purposeful demonstration of executing oneself. It’s the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. Self-destructive considerations are normal in individuals with mind-set issue, particularly despair. Every year, more than 30,000 suicides are accounted for in the United States; suicide endeavors are evaluated to be 8 to 10 times higher. In the USA, men contribute to 72% of suicides, which is around three times the rate of females,…
influentially performed their results at first. There is a plethora of this ideology replete his political discourse such as Qur’anic verses, Traditional Sunnah and Sayings. It is obvious that there are about (10) intertextualized religious discourse shrouds Morsi’s first three speeches. Moreover, the actors of this ideology constantly accentuate that they are always oppressed and victims as a result of their religious principles. The following extract depicts this…
Disguise and lies are hitched together on the grounds that it’s absolutely impossible to shroud your character without lying about your identity. Viola understands the kind of chaotic love disguise can cause when Olivia sends her a ring unceremoniously by Malvolio in front of the house. Humorously, Viola presents the critical idea of camouflage…