The Urge

Shakespeare identifies that the impulse to retaliate is strong, primitive, and human. One of the darkest segments of human nature is that we are willing to be led by this natural urge, despite the disastrous implications. Hamlet, initially claims himself to be “very proud, revengeful, ambitious”, which show how he clearly associates revenge as a honourable and spirited act, making him keen to punish Claudius immediately. Hamlet chooses to put on an “antic disposition” as he plans the revenge,…

The rate of divorce has risen exponentially in the last 50 to 100 years, as a result many families are headed by a single parent, most of which are woman. The combination of rising divorce rates and the job market plummeting, a social shift towards multi-generational housing may prove to be beneficial to single parent families. In several areas around the world housing multiple generations under one roof was and still is a common social practice. This style of living is called…

A mental disorder is a certain behavioral or mental pattern that can lead to difficulty in functioning in an ordinary life. Many people suffering from mental disorders are not able to live healthy lives due to their condition. Ray is a 29 year old father who faces bipolar disorder, he has constant mood swings and is often suicidal. Also we can see that he represses lots of his feelings because of his grandmother. Ray has bipolar disorder, which is a mental disorder in which the patient…

They infect those around them. They are like maggots. Where you find one – you often find a nest.” In both Copland and Serpico, the police forces have become “infected,” just as Lt. Tilden claims. If institutions can train cops to fight against the urge to fit in with the group, then more cops would follow suit of Serpico and Heflin, ultimately building more just police institutions from the ground up. Other solutions for ridding corruption include offering support for cops who may face disdain…

I also agree with everyone’s comments that lady Macbeth is a very powerful and manipulative characters in the narrative. Despite Macbeth’s willingness to take in more power, Macbeth clearly was not ready to kill the king. He experiences a lot of doubts regarding the murder and also understands that there will be an unfavorable consequences. His wife, on the other hand, is completely corrupted by the ambition and unrealized dreams that she wants to solve by the hands of her husband. I also think…

Many people have an understanding of what evil is, but when asked why most just say because it is. However, when reading Augustine the reader can clearly see what he views as evil and why he does so. For Augustine evil is classified as a form of corruption that can be associated with pride but that not all pride is evil. Augustine bases this on the fact that like a “corrupted tree” (Augustine, pg.608), Adam and Eve choose the corruption by “an act of their own free will” (Augustine, pg. 608).…

Paraphilic disorders are described as “sexual deviation syndromes characterized by aberrant sexual fantasies, urges, and /or behaviors” (Saleh & Berlin, 2003). There is a difference from those who have unusual sexual fantasies and/or desires while engaging in healthy sexual activities with a partner and those who are diagnosed with paraphilic disorder. Those who act upon their fantasies in a way that causes harm to themselves and others are diagnosed with paraphilic disorders. For example,…

one from doing such. Although this is what one desires, one has the inclination to be excluded from these laws and if one gives in to their urge to act a particular way, they wont be defined as a moral person. You have to make rational decisions, but sometimes that may not be the case. Kant believes that one requires a master, someone who will help break the urge to be excluded from the laws that help maintain order. Once one uses rational reasoning and has a master to help ease the inclination,…

Female serial killers have shared some common characteristics. Many of the killers are difficult to identify because of the different methods they use to kill their victims. For Belle Gunness, she is known as one of many America’s female serial killer. Being a Norway immigrant and traveling to the U.S. at age 21, Gunness came in search of wealth. It is believed that Guinness's motives were to promptly collect life insurance policies from the people she murdered. According to Papazian (2001), a…

Earth and advised them to maintain their interaction with her. In fact Tagore was the great devotee of nature, he considered the nature as his mother, and he urges that humans should create the holy bond to the Earth he says that God cannot be found through prayer in closed space. He says God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent. He urges that God is not in the temple “he is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path maker is breaking stones. He is not in the…