In this article, Brendan Smith analyzes the effects of using physical discipline and how it may correlate to future long term problems within a child. According to Smith, for a short period of time spanking can prevent children from engaging in problematic behaviors. However others disagree and believe physical discipline does not work at all […]
One of the many conversations that I have with my black and brown friends a few times during the year is how and when our parents beat us. Although it was never a contest to see who got the most, worst, funniest beatings, somehow the conversation always went in that direction. I tell my story […]
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Get startedThere are many critical issues in education psychology that are important to education. These critical issues are barriers that are elements in the way of better opportunities for students. In this paper, I will talk about spanking and aggression as a method of correcting children’s behavior. This critical issue I am concerned about should not […]
Spanking is a common practice among parents of young children in the United States. “Individuals with higher educational attainment are less likely to agree that spanking children is an acceptable form of discipline” (Child Trends 1). In the United States, corporal punishment is legal in the child’s home; on the other hand, it is illegal […]
Classical School The classical school of criminal theory is very different, from its counterpart the school known as the positivist school of criminal theory. Classical school of criminal theory was formed around the earlier 1700’s and there were not any laws to follow what so ever, so whatever crime that were committed they decided your […]
Based on the various hypothesis, theories, and strategies supplied by the likes of Shaw & McKay (1931), Sampson & Groves (1989), C. Ray Jeffrey (1971), Jane Jacobs(1961), Oscar Newman (1972), Cohen and Felson (1979) , and Paul and Patricia Brantingham (1981), it seems that environmental criminology focuses not only on the criminal event itself, but […]
Definition of a child The term child may seemed to suggest a person who is below the age of majority (18 years). The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child refers to a child as a person below the age of 18. But here in Barbados, according to the Juvenile Delinquency Act (1932) […]
Sociology is a big part of criminology, as we know sociology is the study of social groups, race, class etc, well those same concepts apply to criminology within those who get caught, prosecuted and incarcerated, as well as what happens to them after they serve their sentence in prison. Edwin Sutherland played a huge role […]
In earlier years the American dream is what everyone lived for. So many get rich schemes to come out on top was the plan. Like the music industry with Joe Jackson, his American dream was his kids and the music industry. He fought so hard and worked even harder for his children to come out […]
Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Arthur Miller alludes to the ‘American Dream’ in “Death of a Salesmen,” which has the effect of capitalism and consumerism, through the depiction of two protagonists: Willy and Biff […]
In life, we go through life changing events. Some of these events can change relationships between a parent and their child for better, sometimes even worse. In the play Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller portrays the possessiveness of the everyday struggles we face as humans through the eyes of Willy Loman and how these […]
The complexities of social interaction within one’s familial unit have been the focus of artistic works and philosophical contemplation for millennia. The conflicts, resolutions, and compromises that make day to day life possible also determine the overall nature of the group’s relationship. In the works of Fences by August Wilson and Death of a Salesman […]
Mr Kimera was a famous hunter who used to stay in Rabuka forest adjacent to a flowing river with his family. He was a famous person due to his hunting and the conflict resolution skills. He stayed happily with his wife and five children. He never lacked anything since his wife used to do basketry […]
In Bram Stroker’s notorious Gothic novel, Dracula, he attempts to clarify the life of the undead, at that point he keeps on disclosing how to murder these creatures of the night. There is a thin line between life and death of the characters in Dracula. The undead creatures are humans before becoming vampires and they […]
Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula came out in the year 1897 and is considered one of the most popular and finest pieces of literature in the study of the late nineteenth century British culture, also known as the fin de siècle. According to Browsers Bookshop, “Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, […]
Dracula is seen to some as been able to manipulate people into doing his wishes and trying to wreak vengeance for having a god that has forgotten him. He is a strong but lustful character that nobody can face without being able to spook the person. He is able to lure Jonathan Harker into looking […]
he first character introduced in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker is Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer who traveled to Transylvania to speak with Count Dracula about a real estate settlement. Suspicions and skepticism earlier on in the novel were disregarded by Harker, such as the whispers of town civilians as he embarked on his […]
Historically, the idea of vampires dates, back as early as the 1400s. Vlad the Impaler was a human that was the first affiliated with the creation of Vampires. Bram Stoker’s Dracula was then evolved and as everyone knew of the vampires that hate garlic and fear objects and blessed wafers, as well as crucifixes, came […]
Imagine a dark, isolated room, where there is barely a connection with the outside world. In the shadows, a despicable master is taunting and controlling a mind without the person knowing. In all the craziness in the world, madness often starts from being alone, too alone. Madness is found within a person’s thoughts, it could […]
Today, the gothic genre continues to provide a lucrative way of connecting the historical romance or fantasy as well as monsters or aliens’ cultures that depict a real meaning in the present life through a combination of various cultural reactions. Indeed, the hallmark of such gothic narratives is based on deliberate archaism. For instance, Sheridan […]
In the article “His Hour Upon the Stage,” David J. Skal characterized Bram Stoker as a manipulator because he utilized the typical Victorian biography and distorted it into a theatrical entity. Skal claimed that the novel Dracula would have never been adapted if Bram had not acquired a personal connection with the theatre and that […]
Orientalism was first described 1978 by Edward Said when he published his book, Orientalism. He discussed the term “orientalism” as the western world’s fabricated view that ‘The East’(the societies and people who inhabit Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East) were undeveloped and inferior to their western counterparts. During the Victorian era, England was on […]
We are all familiar with the typical portrayals of vampires as blood sucking, gorgeous, and seductive thanks to pop culture; especially to Edward Cullen. However, we often forget the real, original dark vampire of the night, our beloved Count Dracula. In the famous pioneering vampire literature gothic, horror novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker, an educated author, […]
Timeless tales such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Sandman are defining works for the Gothic genre. Their compelling narratives, horrifying monsters, and iconic tropes have surpassed the barrier of time and have permeated into modern culture. One trope that the stories commonly share is the simplistic and unfortunate view of women in their writings. Females […]
Carmilla was an interesting novella, on in which I had not yet read. I agree with Maureen and liked her observation of the difference between this work and Strokers. It was interesting to see how Mina Harker awoke from Count Dracula’s embrace, and then asks the men around her, “What have I done to deserve […]
Throughout Gothic literature, the portrayal of the female identity has a profound impact on the interpretation of a story. Many Gothic novelists illustrate women in a certain light, highlighting the stereotypical role of women and the contrasting concept of the “New Women” in the Victorian era. Amidst the unearthly buildings and grotesque sceneries of the […]
Driving under the influence has affected many people’s lives and families in many horrible ways. In this paper I am going to be talking about the problems of drinking and driving and it should concern people on the road. Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself in or […]
What was President Lincoln’s state of mind liberation of slaves previously and amid the beginning of the Civil War? Lincoln that appeared as though it was a progressive thought on the potential treatment and liberating of blacks, however, the Emancipation Proclamation was only a politically roused scam. It didn’t offer an opportunity to slaves or […]
More than 2 years after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a previously devoted Union soldier, Christian Fleetwood, left the service. Fleetwood was disappointed in the injustices the military had inflicted on African-American soldiers. In a letter of resignation from the army, Fleetwood recounts his African-American regiment’s spotless record; however, he explains that “no member of […]
Did you know that slavery took control of the lives of many innocent people? Slavery was brutal for the slaves, who were forced to work for other people. America has values for freedom and liberty, but didn’t for everyone at the start. Slaves were still kept in the early days of America until Abraham Lincoln […]
