Sleepwalking

disregarding humanity and embracing brutality. Lady Macbeth, initially scared by the “pictures” of Duncan’s mutilated body, from retrieving the bloody daggers slowly deteriorates throughout the play and she becomes guilty of “wear[ing] a heart so white.” Sleepwalking and hallucinations in the night, Lady Macbeth in futile anxiety, attempts to wash “out, [the] damned spot” upon her hands, metaphorically referring to the invisible blood of Duncan, that stains her hands and conscience. Ultimately…

Heavy Hands Macbeth is a play highlighting power, greed, and guilt. Throughout the play the word hand is used numerous times to amplify some of these major themes. The word hand appears in a variety of denotations and connotations as the play progresses. In Act I, hand is used often as a welcoming motif. Whether it be shaking one’s hand or the witches walking hand and hand, the word seems to appear only in a good sense. In Act two the word evokes a new feeling, that of implementation of evil…

Flying is possible. Some people do it more than most. Flying happens in dreams. However, not only flying, other impossible things can occur in dreams. Everyone dreams, even if there are times when one can’t remember. It is a natural occurrence that happens nightly. Dreams can be either fantastic fantasies or horrible nightmares. However, dreams aren’t random, they’re in fact a logical explanation of why they occur. There are also many different types of dreams; some people even believe that…

Dracula Dracula has been heard of for many years, but have you ever realized the roles that gender plays in the novel? The novel, written by Bram Stoker in the late nineteenth century is typically thought of as a horror novel. After analzyation, I have realized the book itself has many symbols and themes for female sexual symbolism within its pages. Dracula was set in the Victorian culture. During this time, women were to be put down socially and men were to be praised and known for their…

Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a well known tale about a man whose own ambition drives him to become the murderer of anyone in his way. Following an ominous prophecy by three witches, Macbeth allows power to blind his moral character and stops at nothing to rise to the top as King of Scotland. As his plans unfold, they soon fall apart and he answers for his crime by facing extreme consequences. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall. The first…

HOW DOES LADY MACBETH CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PLAY When we are first introduced to Lady Macbeth, she is being informed of the predictions made by the witches, promising great authority for her husband through a letter. Her response to the letter from Macbeth clearly depicts her lust for power. When she said “Cawdor...shalt be what thou art promised” she almost asserts the witches predictions. And that communicates her determination to go to extreme lengths to get what she wants. In Act 1 Scene 5…

As a last point, the subsequent paragraphs will look closer once more and résumé why in particular and in which parts of their journey the three main characters of the analysed movies can be considered antiheroes, what their lives as losers have in common, and why the viewer can relate to them. Especially at the beginning of the films, one can detect a great amount of obvious features that can be subsumed under the category ‘antihero’ such as Lester’s clumsiness, Frank’s business suit that makes…

I have been struggling with irregular circadian sleep cycle and insomnia for a while. In recent lectures on Biopsychology, the course dabbled upon the topics of sleep. This sparked my passion and thus writing this paper to demonstrate my past casual researches in polyphasic napping and sleep in general. Sleeping is by far one of the most imperative biological needs for majority of organisms. It is comprised of 4 stages: NREM 1, NREM 2, NREM 3, and REM. In NREM 1, it is considered as light…

Ambien CR, also called Zolpidem Tartrate, falls under the sedative category of medications; this drug treats insomnia. Ambien CR is given in 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg tablets to be consumed orally, by mouth. It is advised for adults to consume the lowest dose that will be effective, and for doses to be divided by gender. Recommended doses for women are 6.25 mg doses, while men’s doses can vary between 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg, never to exceed 12.5 mg. “The recommended initial doses for women and men are…

point. For instance, when she admits to the murder of the King, “Yet who/ would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him” (5.1.36-37). This scene takes place in the middle of the night, when Lady Macbeth comes out of her room while sleepwalking and says all the things she is afraid to say when she is conscious. She admits to the murder of not only Duncan, but also of Macduff’s wife and Banquo. She keeps talking about her hands and how they are full of blood, and asks herself if they…