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    second word of a pair. The punishment for not remembering the second word of a pair was for the teacher to administer a shock to him/her utilizing a shock generator, but each time the student answers incorrectly or refuses to respond the shock intensity would increase. The catch is that the teacher is the target of the experiment and the student is actually pretending to receive the shocks. Milgram argues people blindly obey authority because the sense of

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    artists Erich Mercker, Hans Müller, and Fritz Gärtner demonstrate the sublime by painting industrial scenes that are immense in size and contain bright orange molten metal which creates feelings of power and fear. The sublime describes the awe and shock that people experience when they see something that is enormous in size. David Rodgers summarizes the works of a man named Longinus, who is credited as the first person to define the sublime. Longinus defines it as “differing from beauty and evoking

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    call him Luke the Lunatic. Luke would always try to talk to Kelly whenever he had the chance. Today was one of those days. “I’m not kidding Kelly. They are going crazy!” “No Luke, I think you are,” she murmured under her breath. She felt a small shock and sighed. Part of being Good meant being kind to everyone. Kelly wasn’t bothered by the rule; she just wished it didn’t apply to certain people. “They shocked someone to death because she had a cold. They’re trying to prevent disease from spreading

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    incorrect answer the “student” gave they would give a shock to the “student”. Each shock would increase in voltage after every incorrect answer. The shocks would be painful but not life threatening, he explained. They were also told an experimenter would be in the room to oversee the results of the experiment. Milgrim lead his students to

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    Campus Unit Code: NSB 236 Due Date: 22nd September 2017 By 8:45 PM Lecturer’s/Tutor’s Name: Dr. Naomi Tutticci Tutorial Day/Time: Monday 11am-13pm Assessment No. 1 Assessment Title: The Deteriorating Patient: Case Studies (Hypovolemic Shock) Hypovolemic shock is an urgent condition of rapid reduction of circulatory volume in the body, which can be created due to blood or plasma or body fluids loss (Kettley & Marsh, 2016, p. 31; Perner & Backer, 2014, p. 613). Blood loss can be induced by internal

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    Word count: Question: How does Narayan explore the themes of life and death? R.K Narayan’s Novel “The English Teacher” set in 1946 in British colonial India. It is a story of Krishna and his life with his wife, Susila. R.K Narayan explores numerous themes, the two most vital themes are life and death. Throughout the novel, Narayan shows the reader that in life everyone has to have a purpose and death is never the end. In the beginning of the novel, R.K Narayan shows that Krishna life was in a daily

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    Analysis of The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour was first published in 1894 (The Story of An Hour). The main theme of this story is oppression and loss of freedom for people, especially when they are married. The oppression happens to both women and men. This theme is demonstrated many times throughout the story. Mrs. Mallard had a weak heart, but when she was told about her husband’s accidental death, she accepted it immediately. The passage in the story is, “She did not

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    Short Story Of Poinsettia

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    A long time ago, far far away was a little village called Icelandic. The little village was an excruciatingly hot town, ruled by the powerful Goddess Pavlof. The villagers would daily be in pain from the vibrant heat, they wouldn’t complain for their queen; for they knew what would punish the courageous soul.The villagers would try to leave, but always ended up back in their homes or find some reason to stay in the boiling town until death. One day, a villager tired of being scared, a young woman

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    Insert Title Sometimes I wonder what it’s like not to know. Not to know that you have something in common with only 15 million other people around the globe. Not to know that no matter what you do, you’re different. Not to know that people want to kill you for what you believe. Well, now I know what it’s like. What it’s like to be Jewish. My story begins a day before it happened. In hindsight, I remember that day vividly. The baby blue sky was filled with rolling mountains of white. Birds chirped

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    Back in the 1960s when this book was published, the shock and awe effect it had on people was unprecedented. No one has ever openly and confidently attacked the oh-so-casual racism and mistreatment to this level. But Harper Lee threw herself right into the fire and wrote a book that paraded in it’s own controversy

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