Superficial charm

Psychological Assessment Today I am presented with a 50 year-old white male, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. He is currently in FBI custody for the murder of 14 people, and attempted murder of three (Bruno, n.d.). Before his arrest, Dr. Lecter was a successful clinical psychiatrist. He interned at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated with his degree in medicine. He stayed in Baltimore, and established a private practice in the 1970s. His practice became highly renowned and…

The American public is fascinated by the horrors and cruelty of murderous fictional characters such as Freddy Krueger and Haninibal Lecter. Fictional murder crimes seem far-fetched, however, they can be all too close to reality. With real-life killers such as Helter Skelter, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, and Jack the Ripper anyone can see that fictional murders are just as real as actuality. Be that as it may, Serial murder is a rather rare event; the estimated murders committed in any given…

Tim O’Brien is a writer that, while impressive, can be described as indulgent with his words; going on for pages at a time on one topic and not sparing a single detail. This, of course, is part of his charm, which is why his vignettes are never lacking in any rhetorical devices. However, in his “The Man I Killed” from his The Things They Carried the rhetorical devices become much less prominent, because the protagonist, Tim O’Brien, retreats into himself. Instead the reader must then shift gears…

They are not the most intelligent people, but they have capabilities to explore the weakness of people, things and societal appeal. “Sociopaths use their superficial charm and high IQ to manipulate others to their intention, and their lack of empathy allows them to do this with no sense of guilt or remorse” (Loewen). Majority of a sociopath have deep indignation, which is split off and repressed. “They seem to…

How does Dorian Gray’s portrait play a central role in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray? Bavarian International School Candidate Name: Sandra Forro Candidate Number: “There is something fatal about a portrait. It has a life of its own.” Supervisor: J. Cook Subject: English Literature Examination Session: April 2015 Word Count: In his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde depicts a tale that revolves around the full-length portrait of Dorian Gray, whose marvelous…

It's important to highlight CM Punk as part of the pro wrestling context at the time. That way, you'll see how he raised the bar. And it's needless to say he had his work cut out for him. The year was 2006, so not that long ago. And mainstream pro wrestling was stuck in an awkward transitional period. WWE was shifting towards a more PG product. But they had spent the past decade solidifying a chaotic, car crash form of entertainment. This approach included swearing, lots of blood, and a lack of…

In Shakespeare’s Othello, we have the characters Othello and Iago who seem so similar but yet so different. They both come from poor backgrounds, but are very ambitious and strive for better lives. As Camille Wells argue, Iago like Othello “values independence from constraints, and like Othello, he assumes that service rather than birth, rank, or faction should be rewarded and that a position of responsibility in the state constitutes reward” (Slights 380). Despite their similarities they are…

Transcendentalism is a literary movement that developed in the early 1830’s and according to scholar Lawrence Buell in his book, Literary Transcendentalism; Style and vision in the American Renaissance, emerged “as an expression of radical discontent within American Unitarianism” (4). Transcendentalists rejected the strict Unitarian ways of thinking of the time period, which promoted reason and logic. Instead, they practiced a more spiritual and individualized way of life. They emphasized…

A Search For Independence According to Indian jurist and politician, B. R. Ambedkar, “Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man 's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.” When people are young children they long for nothing more than to be close to their parents, but as they grow older into teens and tweens they strive with…

Everyone is fascinated about serial killers, not in the way that they kill others, but what makes them think the way they do, how people start to become into serial killers. Although no one knows exactly for sure why this is the case, serial killers have become so popular that they appear in movies and televisions, because they are entertaining for other to watch. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is depicted as the hero of Scotland, as the Thane of Glamis, he is soon given…