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Biological Metaphors

In five pages this paper discusses biomining and bioreactors in this overview of metaphors in biology. Eight sources are cited in...

Illness in Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

from the plethora of emotionally-charged meanings that unnecessarily increase the suffering of those stricken with this disease. E...

The Organization as a Machine

The organization as a machine is one of the more common metaphors for organizations emerging in the early years of studying manage...

How the Storm Helps Readers Understand Ann’s Character in “The Painted Door”

it is in a few words: "The sun was risen above the frost mists now, so keen and hard a glitter on the snow that instead of warmth ...

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

This 4 page paper describes Toni Morrison's use of imagery and metaphor in her novel Tar Baby....

Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally,...

A Conceptual Metaphor for Life

considering the journey chronologically. Starting with childhood, the student can discuss what he remembers of his earliest year...

A Global Perspective on Biological Weapons

The writer considers the potential threat of biological weapons in the global community. The paper describes the effect of such we...

Genetic Predisposition as Reflected in The Moral Animal

This ten paper paper broaches the concept of biological determinism as it is perceived by Robert Wright. Evolutionary physiology ...

Biological Warfare and Anthrax

The biological warfare potential of Bacillus anthracis bacteria is examined in eleven pages and includes epidemiology, current res...

International Law and Biological Warfare

agreed - each believing they would win their cases - but it is rare that both nations will continue to uphold that agreement throu...

Public Health and Bioterrorism

In seven pages biological warfare is discussed in terms of availability, how the United States has become vulnerable to such attac...

Water and its Centrality to Life

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at water from a biological perspective. The biological uses of water are outlined, as w...

Metaphors in 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument presented is that metaphors especially bird metaphors are employed to represen...

Shakespeare/Sonnet 73

spring of renewal, for the person that has died. This fact is emphasized in the final metaphor, which is addressed in the next fou...

Transgenderism: A Psychological Disorder

Manual (DSM) III, transgenderism has long been described as a psychological problem due in great part to the manner by which child...

How Specific Macro Systems Affect The Course Of One's Life

still harbor similar traits that reflect the inescapable impact of genetic tendency. As Harris (2002) points out, genes are respo...

Esteban Echeverria/The Slaughter House

to its "underlying political statement" and purpose, which is to underscore the brutality of the Rosas political regime. One of ...

"The Kite Runner" - Significance And Importance Of Metaphor

When was the last time I had spoken his name? Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had...

Laura, In Williams’ Glass Menagerie

to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...

Motivation Case Study

R, the response. The stimulus includes variables like initial drive, habit strength, and incentives (Kearsley, 2008). Hull propose...

Differences in Communication Between the Genders in the University Setting

politeness in womens communications, for example, that is often lacking in mens communication. Holmes (2005), in fact, describes ...

Bioaccumulation/Population Control

in order to control for mosquitoes and algae and plankton absorbed the pesticide (Human...Toxicology 152). This was in turn absorb...

Are Criminals Made Or Born?

the head, cheekbones and jaws which were enlarged, lips that protruded and abnormal teeth along with dark skin (Jones, 2006; Willi...

Article Summary/Critique

realized their overall hypothesis by finding "women in marriages characterized by high levels of satisfaction showed a health adva...

Prevalence of Depression in Cardiac Surgery Patients

by Johansson, Dahlstrom and Brostrom (2006), they found 10 studies that examine4d the relationship between depression in HF patien...

The Psychological, Biological, and Social Science Obstacles in Understanding Bisexuality

was not the first theorist to draw this conclusion. His friend and mentor Wilhelm Fliess (1858-1928) developed the concept that b...

Biological And Humanistic Approaches Personality Assessment

follow in order to achieve the most productive and agreeable outcome. The very essence is to prepare the individual for a shared ...

The Biological, Psychological, and Social Obstacles to Understanding Transsexuality

the treatise Feminization of males and masculinization of females (Meyerowitz, 2002). Meyerowitz (2002) claims Steinachs research...

OCD: Biological Connection

Checking to make sure the light switch is turned off even though the light bulb is not illuminated, locking and unlocking doors se...