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Essays 601 - 630

A Reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I heard a Fly buzz…'

"Heaves of Storms" in the last line of the first stanza is a metaphor that conjures the image of violent storms, but also suggests...

Prison Inmates and Ethics

its professionals values to be a "cut above" its own. In terms of the prison environment, we know that our current United State...

Poe's Obsession with Beautiful Young Women Dying and the Influence of His Wife's Premature Death

In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...

Suicide and Patients with AIDS and HIV

not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autono...

Dignified Dying Through Hospice Care

In four pages this paper examines the important assistance hospices offer in terms of the process of dying and specifically discus...

Dying and Death

1993). The issue of longevity and lifespan has long fascinated poets and perplexed gerontologists (scientists who study the c...

Western Traditions in Dealing with Death

This essay discusses various views and fears associated with death in Western societies. The author addresses funeral rituals as ...

Death and Dying Interview

In five pages a nursing services' director for a long term health care facility for senior citizens is interviewed regarding the p...

Dying and Death Essays

Short essays totalling ten pages consider dying and death or 'near death' in writings by Waechter and Moody and bereavement accord...

Discrimination in the American Military and Its End During World War II

Point would be the training site for the 51st and 52nd Defense Battalions. Ironically, these combat units never actually saw comba...

An Overview of the Americorps Program

This twelve page paper analyzes the Americorps program. The brainchild of Bill Clinton, this program entered its dying throes in ...

Karen Ann Quinlan 'Right to Die' Case

directives telling doctors how an individual wants to be treated when deemed incompetent or unable to communicate. Today, all...

Nancy Cruzan Case, the U.S. Constitution, Attorney General Edwin Meese, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan

In five pages this report considers the 1990 'right to die' case involving Nancy Cruzan in a comparative analysis of the views of ...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Actual Motives

In five pages this paper argues that the intent of Dr. Jack Kevorkian was to perform human experimentation and not to assist termi...

Dying, Death, and Bereavement Essays

In ten pages brief essays considering dying, death, and bereavement are presented in a consideration of terminal illness and child...

Death and Coping

In six pages the role of nurses in the patient process of dying is considered in two scenario types that also involves caring for ...

US and an Individual's 'Right to Die'

In seven pages this paper presents the argument that all individuals regardless of whether or not they are suffering from a deadly...

Real Life Reflected in Gus Van Sant's 1995 Film To Die For

the story that was adapted by Buck Henry from Joyce Maynard s 1992 novel. "To Die For" tells the story of would-be newscaster Suz...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

Reclusive Emily Dickinson

of struggling against it. For example, the "gentleman caller" in "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" -- who is clearly intended...

3 Operas Inspired by The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

the open air seems odd. And yet, the opera version gave Falstaff a swagger and an attitude that one suspects was close to the t...

The Dead Who Refuse to Die in The Hunter Gracchus by Franz Kafka and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...

Fictitious Description of the Black Plague

In five pages this paper presents a fictitious portrayal of a dying artisan during the Medieval Black Plague era. Four sources ar...

Moral Value and Women in the Works of William Faulkner

In five pages this paper examines the moral value and depiction of women in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, The Unvanquished, As I L...

Darl as a Tragic Hero in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

Family Relationships in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

have little respect for each other as people. This family, in the end, only gives a surface appearance of going beyond their indiv...

Opposing Critical Perspectives on As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...

Sex Roles and the Factors that Affect Them

different than hers. Smiley is evidently a down-to-earth woman, a woman for whom neither makeup or fancy clothes and shoes hold m...

Country Joe McDonald: “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag”

in Vietnam, but rather than get out of it, its going to call on young Americans to save the day. We see this today, where instead ...

Marvell/To His Coy Mistress

20). The lyricism and imagery in this opening section are romantic, seductive and certain to appeal to the ego of any woman. Howev...