...Wordsworth’s ‘Spots of Time’ Wordsworth’s notion of ‘spots of time’ existing in personal and poetic experience is closely aligned to the spiritual or animistic perception of nature that underscores Romantic poetry. In The Prelude, Wordsworth uses the spots of time concept as an organizing element, structuring both individual passages and the poem as a whole, a pattern that resembles the arc of dramatic tension in classical tragedy. For Wordsworth, spots of time are instances of life experience where one’s common perception of Nature and people is suddenly wrenched into a disturbing new perception that ultimately gives a deeper insight into oneself and the universe. The recurrence of this pattern of expectation, disappointment, and understanding is a structural element of The Prelude that extends from subtle allusion to explicit description. Closely connected to the concept of the spot of time is Wordsworth’s conception of a “border creature” which is a personification of the initiation into a new, often troubling realization. The resonance of a spot of time is such that it cuts through past, present, and future and provides a foundation in memory for poetic expression and also for reading into the mystical aspect of the human psyche or soul. The most overt description of a spot of time that is present in The Prelude is found in Book Eleven in lines 278-89. Before describing the memory directly, Wordsworth states explicitly that the coming passage will be an example of a spot...
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...vulnerability of humans manifests into a defining flaw, allowing protagonists to either transcend their flaws through resilience and redemption or succumb to them. Beginning with the most timeless example of them all, Odysseus took his wealth, treasure, and glory for granted, costing him the life of his crew, but gaining a chance at redemption. After the destruction of his ship and his crew, Odysseus stayed “Sitting, still, weeping, his eyes never dry, his sweet life flowing away with the tears he wept for his foiled journey home” (Homer 157). Despite his heroic stature and cunning intellect, Odysseus is humbled by the harsh realities of his own mortality, shedding tears of remorse and anguish for the lives lost under his command. In this moment of profound...
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...The Supreme Court Ruling on Physician-Assisted Death By The Canadian Nurses Protective Society May 2015 The Carter decision presents a profound change to Canadian law. What does the decision mean for nurses? It is a crime in Canada to assist another person in ending his or her own life. However, the Supreme Court of Canada created an exception, after analyzing Canadian constitutional law in the case of Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), released at the beginning of February 2015. The Supreme Court declared that the prohibition in section 241(b) of the Criminal Code on assisting with suicide is unconstitutional to the extent that it prevents physician-assisted death for “a competent adult person who (1) clearly consents to the termination of life and (2) has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition.” In creating this exception, the Carter decision represents a profound change to Canadian law. Nurses may now expect to receive more questions from patients and their families related to end-of-life care. It is important for nurses to understand the law and professional nursing standards relating to end-of-life care as they currently exist and as they may develop. The Carter ruling will take effect on Feb. 6, 2016. The Supreme Court suspended the operation of its ruling to allow the federal government time to...
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...with a similar spirit, therefore a hunter prayed to the spirit of the animal before the hunt. only those animals that were absolutely needed were killed. After the hunt, one asked the animal for forgiveness. For agriculture Native Americans worshiped the soil, plants, trees. Plants, like animals are thought to have spirits and are treated as persons by many Native Americans. 3. The major taboos of native American society are, menstruating women , avoidance of the dead. 4. The purpose of the Sun Dance is, to show continuity between life and death a regeneration, to contact with spirit world, also sun dance was a way of achieving visions from the spirit world, also this practice was a right of passage. 5. In Native American thinking the primary cause of sickness, and the ways it should be cured were, sickness is caused by the invasion of the body by an foreign object, and healing comes about when the foreign body is removed. 6. The use of peyote in religious ceremonies peyote produced profound sensory and psychic experiences lasting twenty- four hours, a property that led the natives to value it and use it religiously after a certain amount of peyote has been ingested, mescaline produces hallucinations and visions. because of these colorful visions that peyote has been part of some religious ceremonies. Peyote is involved in the Christian communion ritual in the native American church by, using peyote as medicine and are convinced that it helps them to cope with, and...
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...people and such decisions. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. As quoted in the New York Times, p. 18 (May 31, 1993). The author of several books, including the classic Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs was describing an interaction with urban planners from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She never attended college.) Read more quotations about / on: future, people 2 Artists, whatever their medium, make selections from the abounding materials of life, and organize these selections into works that are under the control of the artist.... In relation to the inclusiveness and literally endless intricacy of life, art is arbitrary, symbolic and abstracted. That is its value and the source of its own kind of order and coherence. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ch. 19 (1961). Jacobs lived in the lively, diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan (New York City).) Read more quotations about / on: life 3 ... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of diversity. This is the point ... of it. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ch. 10 (1961). Jacobs lived in the lively, diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan (New York City).) Read more quotations about...
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...though a vast majority of those discovered have been written by men. Documents written by women were incredibly rare, especially taking into account the time period and the role women were appointed for many centuries. One of the very few surviving texts written by women was from a martyr named Perpetua. She was a young women who documented her own struggles, as well as the struggles of another woman and acquaintance named Felicitas. She recorded their fight and strong efforts of living out their faith, expecting a child, as well as their days in prison that led up to her death. Perpetua's diary-like inscriptions of her personal life is now very important and useful in obtaining a glimpse into what it might have been like for women of this era, as well as what her goal was in trying to persuade her audience. The manner in which Perpetua documents the events that lead to her death ostensibly hint at what her purpose in documenting her time was in the first place. Perpetua's calm and collected nature of writing is meant to motivate other Christians at this time to proclaim and stand firm in their Christian beliefs. The Roman Empire, reigning for nearly five hundred years and through the life of Christ, played a significant role in the establishment of Christianity in the later years of the empire. Before Christianity was installed as the official religion, it was mocked and dismissed by many. The Roman Empire, for hundreds of years, never swayed in their religious beliefs. The...
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...Examine the main trends in births and deaths since 1900 24 Marks The birth rate and death rate over the years has had a general trend of decrease. The birth rate is defined as the number of live births per 1000 per population per year. The death rate is defined as the number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year. The decrease in these rates has been due to a number of factors. One reason for the fall in the birth rate is as a result of the declining infant mortality rate (IMR). This has meant as a factor that because there are less infant deaths before their first birthday, there are a number of fewer children needing to be born as replacements for those that the parents have lost. The IMR in 1900 was 154 whereas this has fallen to just 4.4 in 2014. This decline in the IMR has been due to better awareness of nutrition and a vast improvement in the NHS care of post-natal mothers by setting up support clinics. But sociologists have argued that the trend to smaller families first happened in urbanised areas where the IMR remained quite high. Another main reason for the fall in the birth rate is the changes that have happened since 1900 to give a better position to women in society. The changing position of women has contributed to more women now choosing to have a career before children and with an easier access to divorce and family diversity being acknowledged Liberal Feminists have argued that now women have an increased choice and are a step closer to being free...
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...David Eagleman, in his book Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlives, says: “There are three deaths. This first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.” In social psychology, terror management theory proposes a basic psychological conflict, believed to be unique to human beings, that results from having a desire to live but realizing that death is inevitable. This fear of mortality and annihilation creates such a profound, subconscious anxiety that affects humans’ behaviours and decisions throughout our lives. In order to manage this terror of death people turn to things which they feel will provide their life with meaning and...
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...worldview development: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This profound statement prior to the creation of earth God existed. The politically correct worldview has been the “heart to the backbone” of the bible from Genesis all the way through Revelation. PART II The question of origin (Genesis 1:27) (Genesis 1:28) The belief by Christians that the one and only God was the creator of mankind. The worldview (Christian) supports that in six days that God created the world and all of the beautiful creations within. During this time span two people were created: a man (Adam) and a woman (Eve.) This was the start of the origination of the world’s population. On the seventh day God rested. The question of Identity (Genesis 1:27) (Genesis 1:28-30) The Bible states that mankind was created in God’s image and similar likeness, to revive and surge the earth and have every living thing on earth in his control/power. Animals are unlike mankind because animals don’t have a spirit and body whereas we do; the lacking of that one value by animals is that they were not created in God’s image. The question of Meaning/Purpose (John 17:3) (Matthew 28:19-20) As in the evolutionary theory; the purpose of life is to live each day as if it were your last. The belief by Christians that mankind is to worship/glorify God, have obedience, and through our prayers Meaning and Purpose is proven and given by the sacrifice of Christ and...
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...management's responsibility to improve the systems so that workers (management and non-management) can do their jobs more effectively. Deming argued that higher quality leads to higher productivity, which, in turn, leads to long-term competitive strength. The theory is that improvements in quality lead to lower costs and higher productivity because they result in less rework, fewer mistakes, fewer delays, and better use of time and materials. With better quality and lower prices, a firm can achieve a greater market share and thus stay in business, providing more and more jobs. When he died in December 1993 at the age of ninety-three, Deming had taught quality and productivity improvement for more than fifty years. His Fourteen Points, System of Profound Knowledge, and teachings on statistical control and process variability are studied by people all over the world. His books include: Out of the Crisis (1986), The New Economics (1993), and Statistical Adjustment of Data (1943). In emphasizing management's responsibility, Deming noted that workers are responsible for 10 to 20 percent of the quality problems in a factory, and that the remaining 80 to 90 percent is under management's control. Workers are responsible for communicating to management the information they possess regarding the system. Deming's approach requires an organization-wide cultural transformation. Deming's philosophy is summarized in his famous fourteen points, and it serves as a framework for quality and productivity...
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...Why Choose to Go On Living? Even in the most terrible conditions imaginable, suffering is not meaningless, and one can choose to endure circumstance through discovering purpose. The idea that anyone could have survived the brutal conditions endured within the concentration camps during the holocaust is somewhat inconceivable, and yet, we have first-hand accounts from survivors of what took place within these prisons. Throughout the writings and memoirs of these individuals we discover the nuances and underpinnings of what camp life was like. In the book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Psychologist Victor Frankl describes his experiences in the Nazi death camps and implies that his wife symbolizes love and purpose. This essay will give four instances...
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... Together, they reminisce about Floyd’s short life and discover the desires and underlying spirit that live within each of them. Floyd is the central character of the Seven Guitars. Floyd dreams of becoming a famous and wealthy blues singer. However, due to his bad attitude, criminal record, and selfishness his life is cut short. Floyd is killed by Hedley. Hedley means well, but he is a very unstable person. Throughout the play, Hedley successfully portrayed his character. Through the universal qualities of energy, purpose, and control, Hedley presented an outstanding character. Hedley hopes to become a “big man.” He wants to be a great leader. However, he does not realize that is not possible because of the time period. Racism plays a role in Hedley’s failures, directly and indirectly. Hedley stated, “I am going to buy me a big plantation. The white man not going to tell me what to do.” In this scene, Hedley is very head strong. His stage presence was profound. The audience could feel that Hedley was determined to be a powerful black man. The simple facial expression he gave told the story of his endeavors. In addition, Hedley was an older guy. He was sort of slumped over, but when he wanted to get his point across, his movements were stern and attentive. Even though Hedley lived in his own reality, he was a disciplined actor. He had the ability to recite lines without stumbling and hit every mark. For example, in one scene, he acted as if he was intoxicated. Playing drunk...
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...Jesus and Mohammed The two faiths of Christianity and Islam share many similar religious beliefs. The Christian religion worships Jesus, which is the son of God (Messiah). Meanwhile, the Islam religion worships Mohammed who is considered a prophet of God. Both Jesus and Mohammed lived an enhanced spiritual relationship with God throughout their lives. Although, Jesus and Mohammed were born in completely separate eras when Judaism was a prominent religion they had the same effect on the lives of people. Furthermore, they shared valuable lessons and powerful spiritual messages of enlightenment that continue to be carried out throughout the world today. Most historians believe that Jesus was born a few years before the first year of the Common Era in Bethlehem (Fisher, 2005). Jesus’s mother Mary was a virgin when she conceived him by the Holy Spirit. Mary’s husband was Joseph, a carpenter from Bethlehem. Jesus first sense of his mission on earth was encountered when he was approximately twelve years old traveling with his parents to Jerusalem for Passover. He wondered off and was discovered by his parents in the Temple conversing with the Torah with the rabbis. His parents and rabbis were fascinated by his knowledge of the Jewish tradition and the personal connection between Jesus and God. The prophecy of the coming Kingdom of God was clear upon the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the River of Jordan River (Fisher, 2005). It is believed that the gates heaven opened and...
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...CONFLICT: In the 1960’s and early 70’s, conflict erupted between the ROTC and the pro-independence groups over the military presence on campus. The main source of the conflict was the fight against US colonialism, militarism, and the Vietnam War. The Federacion Universitaria Pro Independencia or FUPI’s main goal was to remove the military presence from the university, as well as to gain a voice in university matters. On the opposite side, stood the ROTC, whose official purpose was to train cadets into well educated, quality officers. Student opposition to military presence on campus increased and turned violent during the 60’s, mirroring the nationwide protests against the Vietnam War and the draft. Many pro-independence groups in Puerto Rico identified with the Vietnamese struggle because of their similar plight for the right to be free from American influence. The conflict was triggered in September 1969 with the arrest of Edwin Feliciano Grafals, who was taken into custody for refusing to join the military after being drafted. As a result, protests escalated, leading to the partial burning of the ROTC...
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...Gestational Age in Neonatal Deaths Attributable to Congenital Heart Defects” was published(Chen, 2010). The purpose of the study was to determine the racial differences in mortality and morbidity rates in infants born with congenital heart defects. This study used a quantitative methodology. The investigators collected data from death and birth records from the United States. The records were public documents and are available to anyone seeking the information. The investigators then compared the data collected from birth and death records to hospital records to determine any racial differences (Chen, 2010). This study is based on the death rates of infants of different races who are affected by congenital heart defects. The process the investigators collected the data was appropriate for this study and added to the information attained at participating hospitals. The subjects in the study were protected by not disclosing any names. Most of the information collected by the investigators are public documents. However, the information obtained from hospitals is privileged information (Chen, 2010). The data collection tool was used to back up the information obtained at hospitals, families, and death records. All the information supported each other only validating the results that much more. Data Analysis and Procedures The analysis of data in a study is important to inspect data to highlight an important aspect of the data. In this study the data from the death records were analyzed...
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