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3 Web Sites and the 'Myths' About Gun Control Dispelled

number of guns used in crimes have been stolen from either registered owners or gun store robberies, which goes to show that if a ...

Christians and Cancer

In a paper consisting of five pages the Christian faith is considered with regards to cancer and the prospect of a prolonged death...

Jefferson & Contradictions

and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...

Grief Counseling in High Schools

influenced by a variety of factors, such as family and cultural background, life experiences and environmental influences. Noppe a...

Cultural Variatioins on Death and Dying

death. For some families extreme suffering is something to be avoided even if it means that they resort to extreme measures such ...

Various Cultures and Views on Spirituality and Death

that deny death and try to defy it. In the United States for example a great deal of money is spent on prolonging life. Every minu...

Arguing Against Nurses Participating in the Death of Patients and the Christine Busalacchi Case

Rural Nurses, represented by registered nurse and practicing attorney Jacqulyn Hall, filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) ...

Jewish Burial And Mourning Customs

This also explains why autopsies of Jewish people are not allowed (Chabad.org, 2005). Besides the fact that this type of procedure...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Life and Death Concepts of the Mesopotamians and the Epic of Gilgamesh

In five pages this paper examines how the concepts of life and death as regarded by the ancient Mesopotamian peoples are reflected...

Theme of Death in Colette's The Retreat From Love and Andre Gide's The Immoralist

In six pages these works are considered in terms of the narrative function of death regarding the passing of spouses at the conclu...

Civilization's Costs According to Sigmund Freud

In five pages Freud's views regarding civilization's costs as described in Civilization and Its Discontents are examined with topi...

'Master and Man' Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

Theories Regarding Teen Misbehavior Regarding Sex and Substance Abuse

In twelve pages this paper examines teenage deviant behavior in a consideration of various social factors and how they can escalat...

Purnel's Model of Cultural Competence and Eskimo Death Rituals

Orr (2000), peoples closely related to Alaskan Eskimos occupy the vast expanse of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and to the we...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

Truth Seekers Ophelia and Hamlet

Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister" (1.3.33). (Is "it" the "truth" of men, or the "truth that is not your own?") We need to know th...

Arguing in Favor of Euthanasia for Terminally Ill Individuals

In five pages the issues and practices of active and passive euthanasia are considered and argues that death should be regarded no...

Age and Differing Attitudes

This paper presents different attitudes regarding age as reflected in Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield, The Sandbox by Edward Alb...

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...

United Colors of Benetton Ethic Uses of Death Row Criminals

very harmful and offensive to many people. It is essentially very inappropriate and is best left to a different forum. The value c...

Evidence in P. Winter's Paranormal Phenomena

In ten pages this paper discusses the essays featured in this text constructed in such a way that readers must make their own deci...

Murder Aftermath Scene Act II, Scenes ii and iii Analysis in Macbeth

In a paper consisting of five pages the revelations contained in the scenes after King Duncan's death regarding character relation...

Are You Anxious About Dying

One of the proverbs or sayings that has been passed down from generation to generation is: “In this world nothing can be said to b...

Poe and The Masque of the Red Death

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

Poe/Masque of the Red Death

The seventh and most western of the apartments was "closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries" and it was only in this room that...

Counseling Grieving Elementary Students

the typical approach, in that it addresses the depths of emotion, guilt, shame, anger and all other pertinent emotions associated ...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

Updike and Thomas - Perspectives on Death

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at the works of John Updike and Dylan Thomas. Themes of death are contrasted between "...