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Deaths of Long Island Lobsters

to make the public think twice about spraying again. Lobsters began dying in great numbers. Lobstermen in Connecticut first began ...

Life and Death of The Doors' Jim Morrison

beach-goers mixed amiably with antiquated Jewish pensioners, who gathered in front of the synagogues while mingling with the psych...

Women and Stereotypes

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

Legal Infiltration, Education, and the Issue of Assisted Suicide

In eight pages the rights of an individual to die are considered in terms of choices rather than law. Five sources are cited in t...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

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...

Things Fall Apart and the Death of a Hero

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

Faulkner's Comedy

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

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...

Granny's Last Days in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...

Human Spirit, the Holocaust, and Racism

In ten pages the Holocaust is examined in a discussion of racism and the human spirit's perseverance as depicted in Elie Wiesel's ...

Voluntary and Involuntary Euthanasia

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

Devastation Associated with 'The Great Dying'

such mortality, postulating that death - in all its ominous forms - is truly nothing to ones existence but a component of rebirth....

Terminally Ill Children and Counseling

In seven pages the issues related to counseling a dying child patient and family members are examined. Twelve sources are cited i...

Nancy Cruzan Case

In five pages the right to die U.S. Supreme Court case involving Nancy Cruzan is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

'Before the Birth of One of Her Children' by Anne Bradshaw

a considerable bond of love between Bradstreet and her husband. It is because of this bond that when she mentions the possibility...

Workplace Culture and the Film Die Hard

a fairly ordinary guy, even if he is a cop. The movie offers numerous and viciously cynical commentary on the media, the FBI, and ...

William Faulkner's Writings and Fire Symbolism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the fire symbolism featured in William Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, ...

Hearsay Rule and Declarations of the Dying

In twenty pages dying exceptions to the hearsay rule are discussed with definitions and conditions of admissibility considered. E...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

John Harding's Article 'Is There A Duty To Die?'

In 5 pages this paper discusses the right to die within the context of the medical community. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

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...

Patient's 'Right to Die' and the Legality of Nursing Responsibility

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

'Right to Die' Issue as it Pertains to Texas

In ten pages Texas laws are examined as they pertain to issues involving the 'right to die' with medical consent, living wills, an...

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...

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 ...

'Right to Die' Case of Nancy Cruzan and the U.S. Government

In a report consisting of five pages former Attorney General and Edwin Meese and late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan a...

Astrocytes and Depression

each passing year the average age of sufferers continues to drop. "...Depression in young people is on the rise" (Anonymous, no d...