Snowshoe Hare

Ancient Stories in Popular Culture George Santayana once said that “those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” While Santayana’s quote usually accompanies a discussion about reckless wars and terrible genocides, it can also demonstrate that despite all of our technological and academic advancements, human nature stays the same. Which is why years, decades, even millennia will not change the effect that a great story has on humans. Epic tales of heroism are repeated and…

Aesop’s Fables Introduction Fables are told all through the world. The characters of fables are usually animals that attract children to learn lesson from the stories. When I lived in China, I read many kinds of fables, including ancient Chinese fables, Arabic fables, and Greek fables. I have been interested in Aesop’s Fables from Greece since I was a child. The fables in Aesop’s collection usually have simple context, but they reveal deep meanings. My passion of reading fables was inspired by…

These are lessons that everyone has taken from fables this is one of the main reasons we still pass on stories today and have some of the sayings and quotes that we have. “Fast and steady wins the race” we have taken this from “The tortoise and the Hare” and it has been with us and passed down for decades. Without fables we wouldn’t learn the teachings that we did in other books. We wouldn’t have carried these lessons on with us and used them in our…

The Mad Hatter appears in the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and he first appears in the book in the tea party with March Hare. The tea party is always held at 6:00 pm, always being stuck at the tea party and time not changing. This happened because one day they tried singing the Queen of Hearts and she sentences them to death for “murdering the time”, but they escaped the sentence. The Mad Hatter is also known for being mad and he only became mad because he do to exposure to mercury was…

psychopaths are identified. Through the use of his book, The Mask of Sanity, Checkley recalled his countless interviews with psychopaths. He created his own list of 16 symptoms that he observed from his encounters. His checklist of symptoms strongly mirrors Hare 's and includes many of the same identifying factors. This checklist consists of an overview of symptoms that help identify a psychopath. This does not mean that one must meet every requirement, but one must have many if not most of…

The innocent creature from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein just might not be as innocent or sane as one might think. The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is without a doubt a psychopath or even a sociopath when looking at the details in his lifestyle, and the violent acts he committed throughout the novel. Furthermore, when analyzing the creature from the novel it demonstrates multiple psychopathic and sociopathic qualities, such as something like his impulsive behavior or how aggressive, it…

when there isn’t one. With a high score comes a combination of characteristics that associate with violence, as proven by correlation like the one above, but a low score simply displays that the characteristics aren’t as established. Thus Robert D. Hare can make the conclusion that “a high score may imply a high risk, but a low score does not necessarily imply low risk” in his paper Psychopathy as a Risk Factor for…

Cornell professor of communication Jeff Hancock and colleagues at the University of British Columbia, Michael T. Woodworth and Stephen Porter conducted a well-known study on the language of psychopaths, “A growing set of research suggests that subtle patterns in word choice can reveal underlying cognitive and emotional processes” (Hancock, Woodworth, & Porter, 2013, p.103) Using the Wmatrix linguistic analysis and the Dictionary of Affect and Language, evaluated the speech patterns of convicted…

or conscience but often know how to feign these qualities that otherwise keep the world a safe place. Many of these individuals endlessly blame momentary circumstances and lifelong victimhood, much of which they can fabricate with terrifying acuity. Hare warns of psychopaths frequently obtaining early release from jail or prison and them being both feared and trusted by fellow prisoners, and guards. They make and keep friends when necessary, live by their own rules, and spin other people on…

They lack conscience and have no empathy for others. Along with having no impulse control, a psychopath is also very callous and unemotional. “...what is missing in this picture are the very qualities that allow human beings to live in social harmony”(Hare 2). Psychopaths have numerous alarming characteristics that may differ from those of a sociopath. Unlike psychopathy, which is present from birth, sociopathy may develop from childhood trauma such as abuse. Therefore, sociopaths can feel…