The effect of microplastics on soil ciliates remains unknown and generally untested. This experiment explores the effect of the microplastic polypropylene, found in bailing twine, on Tetrahymena Pyriformis. An experiment was preformed using Tetrahymena grown in polypropylene and Protease-peptone-tryptone media for two days. Cell count, direction change, and spin time assays were performed on the […]
High Yellow: Conforming to Racial Construction Anne Moody’s autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968) shares the confusion of a young African American girl who struggles with understanding the construction of racial identity within the society in which she lives. The story takes place in the Delta of Mississippi during the civil rights movement, a […]
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Get startedThe Yellow Wallpaper is written in first person narration in the form of a diary. Although the narration and the writing point of view is fixed, there are still changes of writing style in the novella. The writing itself is incoherent because of the contrast in style in the different parts of the story. The […]
Throughout time it has been debated whether or not man’s law is higher than God’s law. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone goes against man’s law to please a higher power, the gods. Creon, the king, had set a law inhibiting anyone from burying Polyneices body. Antigone was afraid of the consequences from the […]
In the tragic play titled Antigone by Sophocles, it is debated on whether Creon or Antigone is the real tragic hero. By definition, a tragic hero is one who undergoes a reversal of fortune as a result of their own tragic flaw or fate. The play Antigone describes how the terrible curse of Oedipus greatly […]
Sophocles presents Antigone as a strong woman who is both dedicated to her family and her community. Much conflict arises between these two dedications. In this paper, I will give examples of Antigone’s different individual responsibilities and her philosophies and explain how they conflict with the commitment that she is to have to her community […]
The role of the individual is very important in Antigone. Both Protagonist and Antagonist are strong individuals believing the other wrong and himself/herself correct in action and reason. Throughout the play Creon and Antigone are in constant contention with one another leading to their ultimate destruction by the law. The lines between which is Protagonist […]
There are several ways to define a tragic hero. Aristotle breached upon several of these characteristics during his philosophical years. Several definitions were provided at the top of this question, many of which can be attributed to both Othello and Macbeth : Shakespearean plays. These characters were both prime examples of tragic heroes, which differs […]
The extract is notably Othello’s first interaction with anyone after the murder of Desdemona, the extract shows Emilia’s knowingness of lago’s manipulative nature as Othello unravels how Iago informed him of Desdemona’s adulteress actions. The interaction fundamentally presents the strength of Emilia and the position of women compared to Othello’s corrupted mind through jealousy and […]
Killing, cursing, and hurting emotionally or physically are valid proofs of cruelty. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, Othello is an honest and justice general in the citizen’s view; however, Shakespeare depicts Othello as a perpetrator of evil since his jealousy and doubts drive him to smother his beloved Desdemona. This brutal crime illuminates the idea that […]
Substance abuse has detrimental impact on the functioning of the family depending on the severity of the abuse. Many individual are living in families where one or both family members abuse drugs and thus do not focus on the underlying important family values that need to be developed in improving the overall focus of the […]
The person’s life from prenatal development through childhood nature/nurture influences Human development is a process, which needs to be well considered especially when there is a need to ensure that the lives of individuals are well engaged. Parenting and social interaction influence an individual development process. This means that there is a need to ensure […]
Throughout the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry a very prominent theme is poverty. This theme is exhibited through the difficulties the Younger family have balancing all their needs due to financial difficulty. The author starts to show how poverty affects the Younger’s from the very beginning of the play. She does […]
At the time when NCAA was formed, it committed itself in salary to learners who participated in its operations. With time, NCAA was no longer recognizable as before. Nowadays, the organization has reverted in taking full advantage of emerging trends in sports e.g. new media. As per today’s figures, sports draw up to $11 billion […]
Gun violence in the U.S. can exhibit many different aspects from the modern liberal theories of Kant, Locke, and Smith. First, Kant’s exploration of social criticism can play a key role in why people participate in gun violence. Not all, but many perpetrators who use firearms to harm people in their community feel victimized or […]
The Witch Trials of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts have powered a plethora of emotions towards individuals throughout the previous 300 years. The occasions of the trials still influence the public today. Many points concerning the Salem Witch Trials can be found from the excess information that we have: documentations from the court transcripts, and the […]
Immigration, a topic within blurred lines. Its significance to the American public so magnificent, creates confusion, anger and reflects upon America’s pride and prized heritage. Originating with hundreds of years of tradition, love of country, and cultural determination, one nation must stand strong against the invasion of alien people. Whatever built this nation must keep […]
Through the readings we have had since our last paper we have changed the topic a little bit and have focused more on values, how life can make you compromise and possibly lose yourself just to fit in America’s ‘Melting Pot’, and how America’s version of great” seems to be a synonym for white. We […]
The decision of America to branch out and expand the country is a decision that has been highly debated over the course of America’s history. It was a difficult time in America, around the 1890’s; and America was faced with a dilemma. The working class was poor and most Americans felt it was because of […]
Environmental factors play a major role in how a person grows and develops. These circumstances can either positively or negatively affect someone. Emily Grierson’s inability to change is a perfect example of what may happen if an individual is brought up in a toxic environment. In the story “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, […]
Dreams are an individual’s most powerful motivators. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “A Raisin in the Sun”, the dreams are the motivating forces that drive its main characters. Unfortunately, dreams always have the chance of failing. With this possibility an individual must possess the strength to accept the disappointment. In “A Raisin in the Sun”, the […]
The American dream, is the longest lasting goal in American history, but is this timeless ambition fulfilling? Throughout history, millions of immigrants flooded America with the dream of economic prosperity, with only a handful ever reaching that goal. A large amount of writers and poets each economically successful have written their experiences into their works […]
In the 1950’s, women were expected to get married as soon as possible and be perfect wives, cooks, maids, and mothers. If a woman was not living like that, it was considered out of the ordinary and eccentric, and she was expected to conform to fit the description. However, in the play A Roisin In […]
In the drama A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, there are many different argumentative themes present. One of the major themes in this literary work was that of fighting racial discrimination for the good of one’s self. This drama took place in the South Side of Chicago between the years 1945 and […]
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a short story of sadness concerning a woman, Emily, who faces a struggle of inability to adapt to the changes in her life and the surrounding thus she results to living in denial and fear within herself. The story is demarcated into five sections with each section […]
“Leave the past in the past,” my mother often told me. Whether I had just broken a vase, spilt some juice, or gotten a bad grade on a test, my mom never wanted me to dwell on my blunders. When it came to the mistakes I had made, her main objective was to help me […]
Just mercy is an extraordinary book, it’s a very powerful truthful story mostly about getting potential for mercy to redeem us and fix this broken system of justice. Bryan Stevenson is a fearless, strong, wise hero who stood for the right things even when some people did wrong and that’s what mainly stood out to […]
The nation’s shortage of nursing staff is something that touches the lives of virtually all of its citizens in one way or another. While the lack of working nurses does of course affect the activities of those nurses. Who are working, it most importantly detracts from the care that is provided for anyone. Who has […]
My issue is that with low nurse shortage patients can be in danger and can die from a treatable sickness. It’s important because nurses are responsible for the patient’s health, and if they don’t do their job right they can put their health in danger. An important word is shortage because there aren’t enough nurses, […]
There is a direct link between the nursing shortage and an increase of patient deaths according to an October 2002 study by the University of Pennsylvania. Who is to blame for the shortage of United States trained registered nurses to fill the thousands of nationwide positions in hundreds of specialty areas? Fingers have pointed to […]
