Ghost by Henrick Ibsen Essay

King Leopold II developed his dream for colonization at an early age. Before he even took the throne he was on the lookout for unconquered land that could later be in his possession. The king wanted to become rich as a result of his new land through the process of trading. Once King Leopold II set his sights on the Congo, he would not give up until the land was his. He connived, manipulated and conned his way into the land. He did not care who got hurt; he just wanted his dream to be fulfilled.

During the Communist regime in the former Soviet Union, life was very difficult. The people who lived within the countries controlled by the Soviet government experienced levels of oppression akin to slavery. They could not express themselves through any means and had to conform both body and soul to the views of the Communist Party. People could be arrested, imprisoned, shipped off to exile or executed often without trial. Some twenty million people died while Joseph Stalin led the USSR and for many years after his death it was still dangerous to dare criticize his regime, although some scholars put that number closer to forty million people who died. Now that the Soviet Union has broken up and Russia is its own country there is more freedom, but the people still live under the yoke of an oppressive leader who does not tolerate political or social challenges. The people do nothing to stand up to this government because they have all been scarred by the decades they lived under Stalin.

Mainly, Johnson wrote this book to prove that one week in 1954 was one of the defining moments in what people today know as modern life. First, he proved that the first fateful week of September ultimately influenced the way cities organized themselves. Second, he proved that the events of the Broad Street Outbreak changed how disease was studied and viewed. Third, he proved that urban intelligence could come to understand a massive health crisis of which most people refused to see the truth.

In the novel Anil’s Ghost by Micheal Ondaatje, characters develop deep relationships and unveil dramatic secrets through a series of traumatic events. Anil’s Ghost is set in a time of political conflict in Sri Lanka, revealing unfolding mysteries, murders, and never-ending brutality. Each character uncovers the truth about one another, taking pieces of his or her own life, to reflect upon various hardships.

King Leopold's Ghost tells a story of the Belgian King Leopold II and his misrule of an African colony, named (at the time) the Congo Free State. It is a wild and unpleasant story of a man's capacity for evil and the peculiar manifestation of it.

However, Otto ran out of luck when Mrs. McReedy gets a letter saying that St. Sebastian orphanage will be closed because of a new kind childcare system. This is all made and done by the British Prime Minster, so Otto quickly takes it into his own hands to see that the Prime Minster is

Edna's attitude towards her children is complicated. Although her love for them was genuine, it came and went in a way described in chapter seven as “uneven” and “impulsive”. It states in that chapter, that “she would sometimes gather them passionately to her heart,” but just as often, “she would sometimes forget them“. The maternal instincts expected of a mother are underdeveloped in Edna, and she does not immediately prioritize her children.

While Mrs. Pontellier is having an affair with Arobin and moving into the pigeon house, her kids live with their grandparents and she goes months without seeing them, which is very unusual for the mother during that time period. After leaving Mr. Lebrun, Edna Pontellier goes to visit Madame Ratignolle during her difficult childbirth, where Ratignolle tells Mrs. Pontellier to “Think of the children. Remember them” which foreshadows Edna’s selfish death. Mrs. Pontellier knows that if she does obtain a divorce from Leonce Pontellier that she would still have to take care of her children and that she would not be completely free or independent. The choices that Edna Pontellier made and women's’ options during the 1800s and 1900s left her with little choices on how to continue her

1909, over one hundred years ago, was the death of King Leopold of Belgium the sole owner of the Congo. Even years after he has left this earth and is no longer in the reign, the long-lasting effects he has had on the people and the land has forever changed the Congo. The memories left behind from the atrocities that occurred and the diminished resources due to extreme exploitation has prompted the author Adam Hochschild to write the novel, King Leopold’s Ghost. Using an Afrocentric point of view Hochschild describes how the events that took place under Leopold’s orders were acts of true terror and inhumanity.

Dr. Gabor Mate, a Hungarian born Canadian physician, who is also a neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychologist, but who specializes in the study and treatment of addiction, reveals revolutionary evidence pertaining to addiction. In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Dr. Mate worked with patients suffering chronic drug addiction for 12 years. With 20 years of experience as a family practitioner, Dr. Mate is a renowned speaker and teacher throughout North America; sharing his extensive knowledge with diverse audiences including health care professionals and educators (Mate, About Dr. Mate, 2016). The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Dr. Mate’s most recent best-selling book, illuminates the origins and causes of addiction. As Co-founder of Compassion for Addiction (a non-profit organization), Dr. Gabor Mate encourages a greater understanding; “addiction is the attempt of affected human beings to escape a profound discomfort with themselves and their world” (Mate, Compassion4Addiction, 2015). Drawing on cutting-edge science, Dr. Mate presents the world with a shocking discovery: “The source of addiction is not to be found in genes, but in the early childhood environment.” Therefore, Dr. Mate simply “calls for a more compassionate approach toward the addict.” (Mate, 2016) As cutting-edge science concludes addiction to be a mental health issue, rather than criminal behavior, the American legal system demonstrates a devastating disservice to its own society.

Edna’s children are different from other children, if one of her boys fell “…he was not apt to rush crying to his mother’s arms for comfort; he would more likely pick himself up, wipe the water out of his eyes and the sand out of his mouth, and go on playing”. Edna is not a typical Creole “mother-woman” who “idolized her children (and) worshipped her husband” (8) and at times that results in her husband’s claims that she neglects her children. Edna’s children leave her attached to her husband, and even if she is somehow able to escape the relationship with her husband she will never be able to escape her children. She realizes this and whether consciously or not, doesn’t care for her children the way this is expected of a woman in her time period. When Adele Ratignolle reminds her to, “Think of the children!…Oh think of the children! Remember them!” Edna finally realizes her decisions affect her and her children. Instead of accepting her responsibility as a mother Edna decides to give up, and does so by committing suicide.

Edna’s father comes to visit while on a quest to buy a wedding present and a new suit. The father-daughter bond is not very strong, but they share a common interest in music and attended Madame Ratignolle’s evening musical. Edna does not feel “very warmly or deeply attached to him” (67) but decides to paint him in order to occupy her mind. Although her father is depicted as a brave colonel, she knows that his clothes are padded in order to give “a fictitious breadth and depth to his shoulders and chest” (68) and symbolically representing his reputation as a loving father. She does not seem to agree with her father on his views on the role of wives. Edna does not want to be told what to do by her husband and her father believes that the husband

Her hardships make her into an “immoveable” and sheer force of nature. Madame Defarge seeks revenge against Darnay for his relation to the odious Marquis Evrémonde and lives for the sole purpose to exterminate every trace of the Evrémonde family --- guilt by association. This means that she ascribes guilt to someone, not because of any evidence, but because of their association with an offender, in this case Darnay. The meeting between Lucie and Madame Defarge makes it clear that Madame Defarge has lost all ability to feel sympathy and the revolution has damaged her femininity. Lucie falls on her knees, begging for mercy on behalf of her child. Madame Defarge responds coldly to her entreaties and doesn’t even stop knitting. She casts a literal and

Ghosts, as with any other misunderstood group or people, have been preyed upon by others without understanding. The lack of knowledge about ghosts and haunting activity has led people astray as to what they really are. What Hollywood and television portrays is very inaccurate and cannot be relied upon as truthful. They show these spirits of the dead as being evil in nature, filled with malice and harmful intent. But that this is not the case. The field of paranormal activity is amazing. It has caught the imagination of people from every walk of life. It has always interested me and has influenced me to pick this as the topic for my research. Through this research I wish to uncover the truth about the existence of ghosts.

"It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you" (I.v.138). Hamlet's trust in the