The story is about a scientist named Aylmer and his wife Georgiana. Georgiana has a small birthmark on her cheek in the shape of a hand. Aylmer becomes obsessed with removing the birthmark, which he sees as a symbol of Georgiana's mortality. He convinces Georgiana to let him experiment on removing the birthmark in his laboratory. They isolate themselves as Aylmer intensely studies how to perform the operation.
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Reading and Discussion Questions on Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
Answer 3 of the following sets of questions in your initial post (250 words).
Make sure to incorporate quotes from the text and a secondary source into your posts to support your opinions.
Read Hawthorne's “The Birthmark”
Group A: Aylmer’s assistant, Aminadab, laughs twice at the end of the story. The first time he laughs, he seems to be laughing with triumph that Georgiana’s birthmark is fading. But after Georgiana dies, he laughs again. So why is he laughing that second time?
Group B: Aylmer creates a plant that quickly grows, blooms into a flower, and then dies in the hands of Georgiana. What does this plant and its quick demise symbolize? Find three examples throughout the story that foreshadow Georgiana’s death. Cite them. Explain them.
Group C: Other than being a vain jerk who wants a “perfect” wife, why is Aylmer trying to rid Georgiana of the birthmark? If he succeeds, what will it mean to him? Again, Hawthorne tells you right in his story. Find it. Cite it. Explain it.
Group D: Analyze the following excerpt of what the birthmark symbolizes: “It was the fatal flaw of humanity which Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all her productions, either to imply that they are temporary and finite, or that their perfection must be wrought by toil and pain.” So what does this mean in simpler language? Find another excerpt or phrase in the story that suggests what the birthmark symbolizes. Cite it and explain it in your own words.
Group E: Analyze the last few lines of the story:
Thus ever does the gross fatality of earth exult in its invariable triumph over the immortal essence which, in this dim sphere of half development, demands the completeness of a higher state. Yet, had Aylmer reached a profounder wisdom, he need not thus have flung away the happiness which would have woven his mortal life of the selfsame texture with the celestial. The momentary circumstance was too strong for him; he failed to look beyond the shadowy scope of time, and, living once for all in eternity, to find the perfect future in the present.
What is the narrator saying in simpler language? What theme or commentary is the narrator making about Aylmer or about humankind in general?
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http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/125/
The Birthmark
In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusua.
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You should have already read the instructions for the essay that concludes this Unit. You also should have already chosen the short story you will write about. Now it is time to begin conducting research.
For this journal assignment you will create a brief annotated bibliography. What is an annotated bibliography you ask?
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. (Cornell Library Guides)
Locate at least four secondary sources (sources other than the story itself) that you intend to use in your upcoming essay, prepare an MLA citation for each and then annotate each entry by explaining how the source is relevant to your essay. Your research should be guided by the type of analysis you plan to conduct for the essay (i.e. biographical, historical, psychological, etc.). It would be a good idea to review “Finding and Evaluating Sources” from Unit 3 so that you know how to choose credible sources.
A sample MLA annotated bibliography can be found here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
Click the link above to submit the assignment.
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The Birthmark(1843)
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy. The higher intellect, the imagination, the spirit, and even the heart might all find their congenial aliment in pursuits which, as some of their ardent votaries believed, would ascend from one step of powerful intelligence to another, until the philosopher should lay his hand on the secret of creative force and perhaps make new worlds for himself. We know not whether Aylmer possessed this degree of faith in man's ultimate control over Nature. He had devoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weaned from them by any second passion. His love for his young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could only be by intertwining itself with his love of science, and uniting the.
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"The Story of an Hour"
Kate Chopin (1894)
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and.
The Story of An Hour Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mal.docxssusera34210
The Story of An Hour
Kate Chopin
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to
her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half
concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the
newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's
name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a
second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the
sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to
accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.
When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no
one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed
down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the
new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was
crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly,
and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing
here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing
her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a
sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to
sob in its dreams.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain
strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on
one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a
suspension of intelligent thought.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did
not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching
toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was
approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her
two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word
escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" The
vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stay ...
Reading and Discussion Questions on Kate Chopins The Story of an.docxsedgar5
Reading and Discussion Questions on Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
Answer 3 of the following sets of questions in your initial post (250 words).
Make sure to incorporate quotes from the text and a secondary source into your posts to support your opinions.
Read Hawthorne's “The Birthmark”
Group A: Aylmer’s assistant, Aminadab, laughs twice at the end of the story. The first time he laughs, he seems to be laughing with triumph that Georgiana’s birthmark is fading. But after Georgiana dies, he laughs again. So why is he laughing that second time?
Group B: Aylmer creates a plant that quickly grows, blooms into a flower, and then dies in the hands of Georgiana. What does this plant and its quick demise symbolize? Find three examples throughout the story that foreshadow Georgiana’s death. Cite them. Explain them.
Group C: Other than being a vain jerk who wants a “perfect” wife, why is Aylmer trying to rid Georgiana of the birthmark? If he succeeds, what will it mean to him? Again, Hawthorne tells you right in his story. Find it. Cite it. Explain it.
Group D: Analyze the following excerpt of what the birthmark symbolizes: “It was the fatal flaw of humanity which Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all her productions, either to imply that they are temporary and finite, or that their perfection must be wrought by toil and pain.” So what does this mean in simpler language? Find another excerpt or phrase in the story that suggests what the birthmark symbolizes. Cite it and explain it in your own words.
Group E: Analyze the last few lines of the story:
Thus ever does the gross fatality of earth exult in its invariable triumph over the immortal essence which, in this dim sphere of half development, demands the completeness of a higher state. Yet, had Aylmer reached a profounder wisdom, he need not thus have flung away the happiness which would have woven his mortal life of the selfsame texture with the celestial. The momentary circumstance was too strong for him; he failed to look beyond the shadowy scope of time, and, living once for all in eternity, to find the perfect future in the present.
What is the narrator saying in simpler language? What theme or commentary is the narrator making about Aylmer or about humankind in general?
1
http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/125/
The Birthmark
In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusua.
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Writer's Notebook 5.2
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
· Writer's Notebook 5.2
You should have already read the instructions for the essay that concludes this Unit. You also should have already chosen the short story you will write about. Now it is time to begin conducting research.
For this journal assignment you will create a brief annotated bibliography. What is an annotated bibliography you ask?
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. (Cornell Library Guides)
Locate at least four secondary sources (sources other than the story itself) that you intend to use in your upcoming essay, prepare an MLA citation for each and then annotate each entry by explaining how the source is relevant to your essay. Your research should be guided by the type of analysis you plan to conduct for the essay (i.e. biographical, historical, psychological, etc.). It would be a good idea to review “Finding and Evaluating Sources” from Unit 3 so that you know how to choose credible sources.
A sample MLA annotated bibliography can be found here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
Click the link above to submit the assignment.
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The Birthmark(1843)
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy, who not long before our story opens had made experience of a spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy. The higher intellect, the imagination, the spirit, and even the heart might all find their congenial aliment in pursuits which, as some of their ardent votaries believed, would ascend from one step of powerful intelligence to another, until the philosopher should lay his hand on the secret of creative force and perhaps make new worlds for himself. We know not whether Aylmer possessed this degree of faith in man's ultimate control over Nature. He had devoted himself, however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weaned from them by any second passion. His love for his young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could only be by intertwining itself with his love of science, and uniting the.
The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin (1894)Knowing that Mrs..docxsarah98765
"The Story of an Hour"
Kate Chopin (1894)
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and.
The Story of An Hour Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mal.docxssusera34210
The Story of An Hour
Kate Chopin
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to
her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half
concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the
newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's
name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a
second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the
sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to
accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.
When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no
one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed
down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the
new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was
crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly,
and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing
here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing
her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a
sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to
sob in its dreams.
She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain
strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on
one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a
suspension of intelligent thought.
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did
not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching
toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was
approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her
two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word
escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!" The
vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stay ...
This is a collection of creative short stories I wrote for personal enjoyment. I like to challenge myself and start with a random thought that usually snowballs into a larger, coherent story.
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Story of an Hour Assignment (due tonight 6/5 at 11:30pm est)
After reading the chapter titled "Fiction As Genre," in a 150-200 word response (200 words in total not per question), address the following questions. Make sure to support your points with a secondary source from the library databases.
1 . How is Mrs. Mallard ' s character developed? Do you see examples of exposition, where the narrator simply tells us information about the protagonist? In addition, does Chopin portray particular emotional responses, thoughts, and actions to reveal Mrs. Mallard ' s character? If so, how so? How does she employ point of view in this story?
2. What is your impression of Brently Mallard? What elements of the story generate this impression?
3. How is setting (both the historical period and the physical atmosphere of the story) used to contribute to the story ' s meaning?
4 . What is Mrs. Mallard ' s social class? What clues lead you to this conclusion?
5. What is the story ' s central conflict? Does Mrs. Mallard change, as we might expect a protagonist to do?
6. What are the important themes of this story?
Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cri.
The Bible says that iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another.docxtodd541
The Bible says that iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another. This passage speaks to the design God has for relationships here on earth. Specifically, the journey to achieve a doctoral degree should not be conducted alone (Lehna, Hermanns, Monsivias, & Engebretson, 2016). Doctoral work stretches learning and experiences to their breaking point. The break is intended for the boxes and walls built in the current knowledge and beliefs one holds to give way to new ideas and expressions. These ideas and expressions aid in new solutions, or reframing established solutions for modern audiences to complex social problems. As such, the journey to dive deep into a field requiring command and application of the vast knowledge contained will need partnerships such as mentors (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017).
Finding a mentor and having a solid match
Empirical studies conclude mentor relationships improve a student’s ability to learn and retain knowledge and skill in many environments (Asgari & Carter, 2016). Mentor/mentee studies of minority scholars find increases in academic and career-related achievements for more than 97% of participants. These participants moved two letter grades and increased career positions over those without mentor relationships (Ooms, Werker, & Hopp, 2018; Witrrup, Hussain, Albright, Hurd, Varner, & Mattis, 2016).
The critical characteristic of successful mentor/mentee relationships is correlated to the compatibility of the pair or group (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017; Witrrup, Hussain, Albright, Hurd, Varner, & Mattis, 2016). The focus of study and career should be considered as a parallel point in a choice of mentor. Mentee's would lose time, trust, and loyalty to their mentor if they chose someone that does not have a specific strength in the field of focus. Nurses experience higher rates of job satisfaction based on matching higher skilled nurses with novice staff (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017).
It appears an application of iron sharpening iron can be applied from what the above empirical data shows. The Bible does not say that iron sharpens copper. As such, experienced and knowledgeable nurses will hone novice nurses. Leaders with more years and experiences will instill the organizational knowledge to mentees. Iron is compatible with iron. Strategic leader students should then find mentors that are established and knowledgeable leaders to learn from.
The right mentor
In social work practices, it is necessary to find a mentor that has an expanse of knowledge and experience. This need for relevant education and experience is especially real in child/adult protection leadership. It is ever changing and evolving. A mentor that has twenty to thirty years of experience is difficult to find in North Carolina. I am blessed to have a mentor with more than th.
The best evidence of the first deliberate human burial dates back al.docxtodd541
The best evidence of the first deliberate human burial dates back almost 100,000 years, and the idea of ancestor veneration has persisted for millennia. The way that a living community responds to death reveals much about their sense of identity and particularly the group’s religious and spiritual traditions. Choose a culture/region from the list below and include in your paper responses to both of the following questions:
Mesopotamians keeping ancestral skulls on display in the home
Indians burning the funeral pyre on the River Ganges
Asians modifying the bones of the dead during “secondary burials”
Romans arranging the deceased in visible underground catacombs
Medieval Eastern Europeans preventing vampires or other revenants
How do burial rituals build identity and strengthen the sense of community for the living?
What factors have shaped these customs and values—religious, political, geographical, etc.?
Fully develop your findings in a 2-3 page paper, and be sure to format your paper and cite your research sources as per APA guidelines.
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After reading the chapter titled "Fiction As Genre," in a 150-200 word response (200 words in total not per question), address the following questions. Make sure to support your points with a secondary source from the library databases.
1 . How is Mrs. Mallard ' s character developed? Do you see examples of exposition, where the narrator simply tells us information about the protagonist? In addition, does Chopin portray particular emotional responses, thoughts, and actions to reveal Mrs. Mallard ' s character? If so, how so? How does she employ point of view in this story?
2. What is your impression of Brently Mallard? What elements of the story generate this impression?
3. How is setting (both the historical period and the physical atmosphere of the story) used to contribute to the story ' s meaning?
4 . What is Mrs. Mallard ' s social class? What clues lead you to this conclusion?
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6. What are the important themes of this story?
Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cri.
The Bible says that iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another.docxtodd541
The Bible says that iron sharpens iron as one man sharpens another. This passage speaks to the design God has for relationships here on earth. Specifically, the journey to achieve a doctoral degree should not be conducted alone (Lehna, Hermanns, Monsivias, & Engebretson, 2016). Doctoral work stretches learning and experiences to their breaking point. The break is intended for the boxes and walls built in the current knowledge and beliefs one holds to give way to new ideas and expressions. These ideas and expressions aid in new solutions, or reframing established solutions for modern audiences to complex social problems. As such, the journey to dive deep into a field requiring command and application of the vast knowledge contained will need partnerships such as mentors (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017).
Finding a mentor and having a solid match
Empirical studies conclude mentor relationships improve a student’s ability to learn and retain knowledge and skill in many environments (Asgari & Carter, 2016). Mentor/mentee studies of minority scholars find increases in academic and career-related achievements for more than 97% of participants. These participants moved two letter grades and increased career positions over those without mentor relationships (Ooms, Werker, & Hopp, 2018; Witrrup, Hussain, Albright, Hurd, Varner, & Mattis, 2016).
The critical characteristic of successful mentor/mentee relationships is correlated to the compatibility of the pair or group (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017; Witrrup, Hussain, Albright, Hurd, Varner, & Mattis, 2016). The focus of study and career should be considered as a parallel point in a choice of mentor. Mentee's would lose time, trust, and loyalty to their mentor if they chose someone that does not have a specific strength in the field of focus. Nurses experience higher rates of job satisfaction based on matching higher skilled nurses with novice staff (Harbman, Bryant-Lukosious, Martin-Misner, Carter, Covell, Donald, & Valaitis, 2017).
It appears an application of iron sharpening iron can be applied from what the above empirical data shows. The Bible does not say that iron sharpens copper. As such, experienced and knowledgeable nurses will hone novice nurses. Leaders with more years and experiences will instill the organizational knowledge to mentees. Iron is compatible with iron. Strategic leader students should then find mentors that are established and knowledgeable leaders to learn from.
The right mentor
In social work practices, it is necessary to find a mentor that has an expanse of knowledge and experience. This need for relevant education and experience is especially real in child/adult protection leadership. It is ever changing and evolving. A mentor that has twenty to thirty years of experience is difficult to find in North Carolina. I am blessed to have a mentor with more than th.
The best evidence of the first deliberate human burial dates back al.docxtodd541
The best evidence of the first deliberate human burial dates back almost 100,000 years, and the idea of ancestor veneration has persisted for millennia. The way that a living community responds to death reveals much about their sense of identity and particularly the group’s religious and spiritual traditions. Choose a culture/region from the list below and include in your paper responses to both of the following questions:
Mesopotamians keeping ancestral skulls on display in the home
Indians burning the funeral pyre on the River Ganges
Asians modifying the bones of the dead during “secondary burials”
Romans arranging the deceased in visible underground catacombs
Medieval Eastern Europeans preventing vampires or other revenants
How do burial rituals build identity and strengthen the sense of community for the living?
What factors have shaped these customs and values—religious, political, geographical, etc.?
Fully develop your findings in a 2-3 page paper, and be sure to format your paper and cite your research sources as per APA guidelines.
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The Beyond Madness webring consists of many internet sites concernin.docxtodd541
The Beyond Madness webring consists of many internet sites concerning mental disorders. Go to http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=bmadness to look at a list of those sites. (Copy and paste the address).
Find a site in which a person gives a personal account of what it is like to have a mental disorder (choose one of the disorders described in the book) and go to that site. MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A NEW SITE, SOMETHING NO ONE HAS ALREADY CHOSEN. Read that person's description of his or her experience and answer the following questions:
1. Tell us what you know about the person and what disorder is portrayed. REMEMBER TO CHOOSE A NEW SITE, SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE HAS CHOSEN ALREADY. What difficulties does that person have to cope with that most people do not? What has it been like for that person to cope with mental disorder?
(3 points)
2. Does that person's self-description fit with the description provided in the textbook? Why or why not? Be specific, detailed and GIVE PAGE NUMBER REFERENCES.
(3 points)
3. What is your reaction to that person's story? What do you think it is like to be that person?
(4 points)
Here are other answer for another students
I chose to discuss Justin Timberlake who in 2008 admitted that he had ocd and add. I am not a huge fan of his but I appreciate that he suffers from 2 illnesses. As I have depression and add it's interesting to me how they interact. In regards to Justin I located statements he had made on
www.disable-world.com
,
www.femalefirst.co.uk
and
www.anxietyguru.net
. I wanted to use more than one site to highlight how his symptoms affected him. When I went to the Beyond Madness site and looked at OCD I was surprised at how many people were suspected of having OCD like Charles Darwin and Ludwig Van Beethoven. When you think of the systematic way in which Darwin organized his notes for the
Origin of Species
one can see that the skills needed for such specific a book would require a person who would be able to give a systematic outline for what they were observing. What I knew about Justin Timberlake prior to this assignment was limited to his work as a performer. He says that his OCD affects many parts of his daily life. OCD is made up of compulsions and obsessions. Both need not be present for a diagnosis to be reached. A person can have obsessions without compulsions. His obsessions include that everything around him be lined up. He also can only have specific foods in his fridge and of course, they must be in a specific place. This did cause problems with his girlfriend Jessica Alba when she moved in and had to work with Justin on this issue. Justin cites that he loves to perform and that in spite of his OCD and ADD he is still able to perform. There is something very stimulating about being on stage so that stimulation may be the boost he needs.It's helpful for persons with ADD not to be distracted by details but rather able to concentrate on their own activities. Justin's description does mirror muc.
The authors assert that the use of mobile devices in our society.docxtodd541
The authors assert that the use of mobile devices in our society today has indeed become ubiquitous. Research indicates that mobile computing has vastly accelerated in popularity over the last decade due to several factors noted by the authors. Identify these factors, and discuss some of the security risks associated with mobile computing that would need to be considered in an information goverance program.
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The best practices for incident response in the cloud.Use .docxtodd541
The best practices for incident response in the cloud.
Use at least three sources. Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list. Cite your sources. Do not copy. Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format.
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The Beneficiary will be responsible for Primary responsibiliti.docxtodd541
The Beneficiary will be responsible for:
Primary responsibilities include Installation and configuration of multiple instances of
ITIM, Web Sphere, LDAP – IBM Directory Server and IDI.
Design, implement, and support various Identity and Access Management (IAM)
solutions.
Conduct in depth technical IAM research, assessments and performance analysis to
support and design technical automated IAM strategies.
Lead scalability and performance planning for future IAM needs.
Review and adjust existing IAM processes (provisioning, de-provisioning, re-
certifications, etc..) to ensure that they are aligned with industry best practices.
Provide guidance and support for management of non-human accounts.
Lead technical project execution to identify and close gaps between proposed and
implemented designs.
Worked on IBM Security Directory Integrator (ISDI).
Technical Requirement Gathering: was responsible for gathering the user provisioning
requirement for all the endpoints of ITIM Selection, installation and configuration of
Endpoint Agents for ITIM.
Integrate IBM WebSphere portal, IBM Directory Server, Tivoli access manager, Web
SEAL, IBM WebSphere.
Used Global Service Manager, which is a ticketing system to resolve several service
requests, Incidents and activities and provided 24/7 service to resolve the issues.
Developed a plan to install the IBM TAM components policy server, authorization
server, and user registry on the IBM xSeries servers.
Involved with IFIM team to implement federations via SAML, OAuth, and WS-FED
utilizing Federated Identity Manager
Worked on IBM Security Governance and Intelligence (ISIGI).
.
The benchmark assesses the following competency4.2 Communicate .docxtodd541
The benchmark assesses the following competency:
4.2 Communicate therapeutically with patients.
The RN to BSN program meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.
Note: The teaching plan proposal developed in this assignment will be used to develop your Community Teaching Plan: Community Presentation due in Topic 5. You are strongly encouraged to begin working on your presentation once you have received and submitted this proposal.
Select one of the following as the focus for the teaching plan:
Primary Prevention/Health Promotion
Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population
Bioterrorism/Disaster
Environmental Issues
Use the "Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal" resource to complete this assignment. This will help you organize your plan and create an outline for the written assignment.
After completing the teaching proposal, review the teaching plan proposal with a community health and public health provider in your local community.
Request feedback (strengths and opportunities for improvement) from the provider.
Complete the "Community Teaching Experience" form with the provider. You will submit this form in Topic 5.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not necessary.
Attachments
NRS-428VN-RS3-CommunityTeachingWorkPlanProposal.docx
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The benchmark assesses the following competency4.2 Communic.docxtodd541
The benchmark assesses the following competency:
4.2 Communicate therapeutically with patients.
The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.
Note: The teaching plan proposal developed in this assignment will be used to develop your Community Teaching Plan: Community Presentation due in Topic 5. You are strongly encouraged to begin working on your presentation once you have received and submitted this proposal.
Select one of the following as the focus for the teaching plan:
Primary Prevention/Health Promotion
Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population
Bioterrorism/Disaster
Environmental Issues
Use the "Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal" resource to complete this assignment. This will help you organize your plan and create an outline for the written assignment.
After completing the teaching proposal, review the teaching plan proposal with a community health and public health provider in your local community.
Request feedback (strengths and opportunities for improvement) from the provider.
Complete the "Community Teaching Experience" form with the provider. You will submit this form in Topic 5.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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The benchmark assesses the following competencies1.4 Partic.docxtodd541
The benchmark assesses the following competencies:
1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.
Research public health issues on the "Climate Change" or "Topics and Issues" pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.
Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.
Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:
Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
Create a problem statement.
Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.
Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
.
The Beneficiary will be responsible for Primary responsibilit.docxtodd541
The Beneficiary will be responsible for:
Primary responsibilities include Installation and configuration of multiple instances of
ITIM, Web Sphere, LDAP – IBM Directory Server and IDI.
Design, implement, and support various Identity and Access Management (IAM)
solutions.
Conduct in depth technical IAM research, assessments and performance analysis to
support and design technical automated IAM strategies.
Lead scalability and performance planning for future IAM needs.
Review and adjust existing IAM processes (provisioning, de-provisioning, re-
certifications, etc..) to ensure that they are aligned with industry best practices.
Provide guidance and support for management of non-human accounts.
Lead technical project execution to identify and close gaps between proposed and
implemented designs.
Worked on IBM Security Directory Integrator (ISDI).
Technical Requirement Gathering: was responsible for gathering the user provisioning
requirement for all the endpoints of ITIM Selection, installation and configuration of
Endpoint Agents for ITIM.
Integrate IBM WebSphere portal, IBM Directory Server, Tivoli access manager, Web
SEAL, IBM WebSphere.
Used Global Service Manager, which is a ticketing system to resolve several service
requests, Incidents and activities and provided 24/7 service to resolve the issues.
Developed a plan to install the IBM TAM components policy server, authorization
server, and user registry on the IBM xSeries servers.
Involved with IFIM team to implement federations via SAML, OAuth, and WS-FED
utilizing Federated Identity Manager
Worked on IBM Security Governance and Intelligence (ISIGI).
.
The Bennett Company uses standard costing. The company makes and sel.docxtodd541
The Bennett Company uses standard costing. The company makes and sells a single products called "The Hopper". The following data are for the month of October. Note: all materials purchased was used in production. There were no beginning or ending raw materials inventories.
Actual cost of direct labor $65,975
Labor rate variance 2,275 U
Total labor variance 7,175 U
Standard cost per direct labor hour $7
Standard cost per pound of material $6
Actual pounds of material used 11,200
Material price variance $2,800 F
Standard pounds of material per unit 2.5
Total materials variance $1,400 U
1.)
The total number of units of "The Hopper" produced during October was
A.)9,100
B.)4,480
C.)8,400
D.)4,200
2.)
The standard direct labor hours allowed to produce one unit of "The Hopper" was
A.)2 hours
B.)3 hours
C.)1.75 hours
D.)2.17 hours
3.)
The actual labor cost per hour was
A.)$7.00
B.)$7.85
C.)$7.25
D.)$8.00
4.)
The actual material cost per pound was
A.)$6.40
B.)$5.75
C.)$5.40
D.)$6.25
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The benchmark assesses the following competencies3.3 Provide in.docxtodd541
The benchmark assesses the following competencies:
3.3 Provide individualized education to diverse patient populations in a variety of health care settings.
The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.
Based on the feedback offered by the provider, identify the best approach for teaching. Prepare a presentation based on the Teaching Work Plan and present the information to your community.
Options for Delivery
Select one of the following options for delivery and prepare the applicable presentation:
PowerPoint presentation – no more than 30 minutes
Pamphlet presentation – 1 to 2 pages
Audio presentation
Poster presentation
Selection of Community Setting
These are considered appropriate community settings. Choose one of the following:
Public health clinic
Community health center
Long-term care facility
Transitional care facility
Home health center
University/School health center
Church community
Adult/Child care center
Community Teaching Experience Approval Form
Before presenting information to the community, seek approval from an agency administrator or representative using the "Community Teaching Experience Approval Form." Submit this form as directed in the Community Teaching Experience Approval assignment drop box.
General Requirements
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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The below needs to be in 500 word limit in APA format with reference.docxtodd541
The below needs to be in 500 word limit in APA format with references and citations
Using the following link as your reference, select TWO and explain the differences
(viruses, worms, trojans, and bots).
What Is the Difference: Viruses, Worms, Trojans, and Bots?
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The Belmont Report (1979) and the Declaration of Helsinki (196.docxtodd541
The
Belmont Report (1979)
and the
Declaration of Helsinki (1964)
serve to reinforce a view that such ethical codes are all that are necessary to protect vulnerable research participants. However, these codes also require thoughtful moral interpretation. In the context of time (1932) and place (Macon County, Alabama), do you believe that moral interpretation of the ethical principles of both of these documents would have influenced Nurse Rivers’ role in the Tuskegee
Syphilis
study? How? Why? In the context of present day (2020), apply
your
interpretation of the ethical principles from these documents to research involving human subjects anywhere. What might
account
for the differences in the role of Nurse Rivers then and the role of the nurse involved in research today?
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THE BENEDICTINESBenedictine order introA) The B.docxtodd541
THE BENEDICTINES
Benedictine order: intro
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
About 70 years after the fall of Rome, one finds Benedict of Nursia .
He was born around 480 ce and died about 547.
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
You know that the Desert Fathers and Mothers have been around since the 200’s…
… so the idea of Christian men and women living in prayer and solitude is already centuries old
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
A monk named Pachomius is credited with the idea of those Desert Hermits…
…forming into groups and living in community.
So by the time of St Benedict, the idea was a familiar one.
Benedict really made it work, though. He had a lot of common sense, so his ideas about how to live in communities lasted!
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
His first abbey was founded in Italy in 529.
By 708, there were also Benedictine monasteries in France!
The following slide shows the monastery of Mont Saint Michel.
Mont Saint Michel; Wikipedia; 5 July 2011; Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0
Mont Saint Michel; 20 11 2005 Wikipedia
Mont Saint Michel 15 09 2011 Ввласенко Wikipedia
Cloister inside Mont Saint Michel 9 9 2008 Wikipedia
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
One of the main “purposes” or “gifts” or “charisms” of the Benedictine Monastery was HOSPITALITY.
Sometimes Benedictine monasteries even served as hospitals or medical centers (“such as they were”) in medieval times.
Imagine wandering on foot, cold and hungry, and exhausted, with no Motels in existence…and then seeing ahead of you..
…all lit up of course with candles and fire-places, instead of gas….
Mont Saint Michel at night from land bridge; 20 09 2006 Benh LIEU SONG Wikipedia
What a comfort that would be!
They would take you in…and you could spend the night (HOSPITALITY) and feed you…
..and they had herbs and salves to give you, if you were feeling ill or had blisters.
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
In the 900’’s, another French abbey, at Cluny, was founded.
In the 1100’s, it was consecrated by the Pope and had become very powerful.
(the next slide shows where Cluny is located)
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472A6BF0DCAE757E31D01EF93C1603457BE41771&thid=
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%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2018%2f01%2fWhere-is-Cluny-Abbey-on-map-France
.jpg&exph=570&expw=686&q=cluny+monasteries+map&simid=608003072965085976&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0
In the following slide, you can see how all the IMPORTANT MEN OF POWER were gathered around the consecration (“blessing”) of this monastic complex.
Again: the Church is involved with culture, money, and power.
Consecration of Cluny by Urban II in 1100’s (Bibliotheque Nationale) Wikipedia
A) The Benedictines: INTRO
The original Church from the 1100’s was destroyed. Additional parts were built up over centuries.
Here is a model of how the whole thing looked in medieval times.
A.
The below need to be critiquedThe Southeast Planning Group (S.docxtodd541
The below need to be critiqued:
The Southeast Planning Group (SPG) is an organization that was created in 2000 to facilitate the Office of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care planning process (Laufer, 2011). The change that took place was Stakeholders were split in their views of the changes—some agreed that they were necessary in order to advance the goals of the organization, while others felt the new leadership was “taking over” with a hidden agenda to promote its own self-interest (Laufer, 2011). It seemed at first the Southeast Planning group was effective at the beginning. What lacked was the lack of confidence in growing the organization. A strategy that might improve the organizational climate return the organization to optimal functioning is for the director to have more confidence in the program. In addition having a leadership style that is more open to change and be able to communicate without feeling afraid of what is to come next. A leader must also pay attention to recruiting and retaining employees (Northouse,2021).
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THE BELMONT REPORT Office of the Secretary Ethical Princip.docxtodd541
THE BELMONT REPORT
Office of the Secretary
Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human
Subjects of Research
The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of
Biomedical and Behavioral Research
April 18, 1979
AGENCY: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
ACTION: Notice of Report for Public Comment.
SUMMARY: On July 12, 1974, the National Research Act (Pub. L. 93-348) was signed into law, there-by creating the
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. One of the
charges to the Commission was to identify the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical
and behavioral research involving human subjects and to develop guidelines which should be followed to assure that
such research is conducted in accordance with those principles. In carrying out the above, the Commission was
directed to consider: (i) the boundaries between biomedical and behavioral research and the accepted and routine
practice of medicine, (ii) the role of assessment of risk-benefit criteria in the determination of the appropriateness of
research involving human subjects, (iii) appropriate guidelines for the selection of human subjects for participation in
such research and (iv) the nature and definition of informed consent in various research settings.
The Belmont Report attempts to summarize the basic ethical principles identified by the Commission in the course of
its deliberations. It is the outgrowth of an intensive four-day period of discussions that were held in February 1976 at
the Smithsonian Institution's Belmont Conference Center supplemented by the monthly deliberations of the
Commission that were held over a period of nearly four years. It is a statement of basic ethical principles and
guidelines that should assist in resolving the ethical problems that surround the conduct of research with human
subjects. By publishing the Report in the Federal Register, and providing reprints upon request, the Secretary intends
that it may be made readily available to scientists, members of Institutional Review Boards, and Federal employees.
The two-volume Appendix, containing the lengthy reports of experts and specialists who assisted the Commission in
fulfilling this part of its charge, is available as DHEW Publication No. (OS) 78-0013 and No. (OS) 78-0014, for sale by
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Unlike most other reports of the Commission, the Belmont Report does not make specific recommendations for
administrative action by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Rather, the Commission recommended that
the Belmont Report be adopted in its entirety, as a statement of the Department's policy. The Department requests
public comment on this recommendation.
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of
Biomedical and Behavioral Resea.
The Benefits and Risks of Using Skype at Darcy’s .docxtodd541
The Benefits and Risks of
Using Skype at Darcy’s:
A Short Report
September 20, 2013
Prepared for:
Darcy’s Department Store
Prepared by:
Student Name
BUS105
2
Background
The East Coast buyers for Darcy’s Department Store are looking for an economical and
efficient way to share information about the deals buyers are getting from various
suppliers and use real-time transmission of that information between one another to
help save money.
There are a number of tools to do this, but Skype has been mentioned as a leading
contender. Skype claims to be an easy to use, online tool that allows users to connect
with any other Skype user around the world for free. A user can make video and voice
calls to other Skype users at no charge. Users can even share files among themselves,
which provides a great asset during a business meeting. However, when there are group
video calls, then Skype begins to charge a fee.
Also, for buyers throughout the East Coast, this tool can be useful if they need to talk
with one another. However, for meetings that require more than two attendees, Skype
is not a useful tool and is not intended to work that way for business.
Benefits
Among the most attractive benefits of Skype is that it is free and you can see the person
you are talking with. To purchase a software license for 20 buyers that is compatible to
what Skype can do will cost Darcy’s roughly $1,500 per month. There are no hidden
charges with Skype. According to Skype’s web page, users get video and voice calls to
other Skype users and “instant messaging and file sharing” all at no charge.
The video sharing feature of Skype will allow the buyers to see products in real time.
For example, if two buyers are looking at similar merchandise from two different
suppliers who are offering different pricing, then they can quickly Skype one another
and compare the product to see if it is the same and to then get the best pricing for it.
Two business writers for the Auburn Citizen in NY, state that there are business users
“who can save time and money in scheduling and holding conferences or training
sessions, demonstrate products or services for potential customers, and extend
customer service by showing customers how to get the most from your product” (Leon
and Leon).
Downsides
Despite the benefits mentioned above, there are clear downsides to this product. I
tested Skype over a one-week period by calling various Skype users throughout the East
Coast and tried to simulate a conversation that a buyer might have.
First, using Skype takes getting used to. During my five-day test, I never mastered the
connection stage. This is when one Skype user “calls” another Skype user. Skype makes
3
a distinctive sound that lets the user know it is making a call. However, once you
connect to whom you are calling, the picture shows, but it takes abo.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
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The Birthmark(1843)By Nathaniel Hawthorne In the latter part o.docx
1. The Birthmark(1843)
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science,
an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy,
who not long before our story opens had made experience of a
spiritual affinity more attractive than any chemical one. He had
left his laboratory to the care of an assistant, cleared his fine
countenance from the furnace smoke, washed the stain of acids
from his fingers, and persuaded a beautiful woman to become
his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent discovery
of electricity and other kindred mysteries of Nature seemed to
open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the
love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and
absorbing energy. The higher intellect, the imagination, the
spirit, and even the heart might all find their congenial aliment
in pursuits which, as some of their ardent votaries believed,
would ascend from one step of powerful intelligence to another,
until the philosopher should lay his hand on the secret of
creative force and perhaps make new worlds for himself. We
know not whether Aylmer possessed this degree of faith in
man's ultimate control over Nature. He had devoted himself,
however, too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be
weaned from them by any second passion. His love for his
young wife might prove the stronger of the two; but it could
only be by intertwining itself with his love of science, and
uniting the strength of the latter to his own.
Such a union accordingly took place, and was attended with
truly remarkable consequences and a deeply impressive moral.
One day, very soon after their marriage, Aylmer sat gazing at
his wife with a trouble in his countenance that grew stronger
until he spoke.
"Georgiana," said he, "has it never occurred to you that the
2. mark upon your cheek might be removed?"
"No, indeed," said she, smiling; but perceiving the seriousness
of his manner, she blushed deeply. "To tell you the truth it has
been so often called a charm that I was simple enough to
imagine it might be so."
"Ah, upon another face perhaps it might," replied her husband;
"but never on yours. No, dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly
perfect from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible
defect, which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty,
shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection."
"Shocks you, my husband!" cried Georgiana, deeply hurt; at
first reddening with momentary anger, but then bursting into
tears. "Then why did you take me from my mother's side? You
cannot love what shocks you!"
To explain this conversation it must be mentioned that in the
centre of Georgiana's left cheek there was a singular mark,
deeply interwoven, as it were, with the texture and substance of
her face. In the usual state of her complexion--a healthy though
delicate bloom--the mark wore a tint of deeper crimson, which
imperfectly defined its shape amid the surrounding rosiness.
When she blushed it gradually became more indistinct, and
finally vanished amid the triumphant rush of blood that bathed
the whole cheek with its brilliant glow. But if any shifting
motion caused her to turn pale there was the mark again, a
crimson stain upon the snow, in what Aylmer sometimes
deemed an almost fearful distinctness. Its shape bore not a little
similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy
size. Georgiana's lovers were wont to say that some fairy at her
birth hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant's cheek, and
left this impress there in token of the magic endowments that
were to give her such sway over all hearts. Many a desperate
swain would have risked life for the privilege of pressing his
3. lips to the mysterious hand. It must not be concealed, however,
that the impression wrought by this fairy sign manual varied
exceedingly, according to the difference of temperament in the
beholders. Some fastidious persons--but they were exclusively
of her own sex--affirmed that the bloody hand, as they chose to
call it, quite destroyed the effect of Georgiana's beauty, and
rendered her countenance even hideous. But it would be as
reasonable to say that one of those small blue stains which
sometimes occur in the purest statuary marble would convert the
Eve of Powers to a monster. Masculine observers, if the
birthmark did not heighten their admiration, contented
themselves with wishing it away, that the world might possess
one living specimen of ideal loveliness without the semblance
of a flaw. After his marriage,--for he thought little or nothing of
the matter before,--Aylmer discovered that this was the case
with himself.
Had she been less beautiful,--if Envy's self could have found
aught else to sneer at,--he might have felt his affection
heightened by the prettiness of this mimic hand, now vaguely
portrayed, now lost, now stealing forth again and glimmering to
and fro with every pulse of emotion that throbbed within her
heart; but seeing her otherwise so perfect, he found this one
defect grow more and more intolerable with every moment of
their united lives. It was the fatal flaw of humanity which
Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all her
productions, either to imply that they are temporary and finite,
or that their perfection must be wrought by toil and pain. The
crimson hand expressed the ineludible gripe in which mortality
clutches the highest and purest of earthly mould, degrading
them into kindred with the lowest, and even with the very
brutes, like whom their visible frames return to dust. In this
manner, selecting it as the symbol of his wife's liability to sin,
sorrow, decay, and death, Aylmer's sombre imagination was not
long in rendering the birthmark a frightful object, causing him
more trouble and horror than ever Georgiana's beauty, whether
4. of soul or sense, had given him delight.
At all the seasons which should have been their happiest, he
invariably and without intending it, nay, in spite of a purpose to
the contrary, reverted to this one disastrous topic. Trifling as it
at first appeared, it so connected itself with innumerable trains
of thought and modes of feeling that it became the central point
of all. With the morning twilight Aylmer opened his eyes upon
his wife's face and recognized the symbol of imperfection; and
when they sat together at the evening hearth his eyes wandered
stealthily to her cheek, and beheld, flickering with the blaze of
the wood fire, the spectral hand that wrote mortality where he
would fain have worshipped. Georgiana soon learned to shudder
at his gaze. It needed but a glance with the peculiar expression
that his face often wore to change the roses of her cheek into a
deathlike paleness, amid which the crimson hand was brought
strongly out, like a bass-relief of ruby on the whitest marble.
Late one night when the lights were growing dim, so as hardly
to betray the stain on the poor wife's cheek, she herself, for the
first time, voluntarily took up the subject.
"Do you remember, my dear Aylmer," said she, with a feeble
attempt at a smile, "have you any recollection of a dream last
night about this odious hand?"
"None! none whatever!" replied Aylmer, starting; but then he
added, in a dry, cold tone, affected for the sake of concealing
the real depth of his emotion, "I might well dream of it; for
before I fell asleep it had taken a pretty firm hold of my fancy."
"And you did dream of it?" continued Georgiana, hastily; for
she dreaded lest a gush of tears should interrupt what she had to
say. "A terrible dream! I wonder that you can forget it. Is it
possible to forget this one expression?--'It is in her heart now;
we must have it out!' Reflect, my husband; for by all means I
5. would have you recall that dream."
The mind is in a sad state when Sleep, the all-involving, cannot
confine her spectres within the dim region of her sway, but
suffers them to break forth, affrighting this actual life with
secrets that perchance belong to a deeper one. Aylmer now
remembered his dream. He had fancied himself with his servant
Aminadab, attempting an operation for the removal of the
birthmark; but the deeper went the knife, the deeper sank the
hand, until at length its tiny grasp appeared to have caught hold
of Georgiana's heart; whence, however, her husband was
inexorably resolved to cut or wrench it away.
When the dream had shaped itself perfectly in his memory,
Aylmer sat in his wife's presence with a guilty feeling. Truth
often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep,
and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters in
regard to which we practise an unconscious self-deception
during our waking moments. Until now he had not been aware
of the tyrannizing influence acquired by one idea over his mind,
and of the lengths which he might find in his heart to go for the
sake of giving himself peace.
"Aylmer," resumed Georgiana, solemnly, "I know not what may
be the cost to both of us to rid me of this fatal birthmark.
Perhaps its removal may cause cureless deformity; or it may be
the stain goes as deep as life itself. Again: do we know that
there is a possibility, on any terms, of unclasping the firm gripe
of this little hand which was laid upon me before I came into
the world?"
"Dearest Georgiana, I have spent much thought upon the
subject," hastily interrupted Aylmer. "I am convinced of the
perfect practicability of its removal."
"If there be the remotest possibility of it," continued Georgiana,
6. "let the attempt be made at whatever risk. Danger is nothing to
me; for life, while this hateful mark makes me the object of
your horror and disgust,--life is a burden which I would fling
down with joy. Either remove this dreadful hand, or take my
wretched life! You have deep science. All the world bears
witness of it. You have achieved great wonders. Cannot you
remove this little, little mark, which I cover with the tips of two
small fingers? Is this beyond your power, for the sake of your
own peace, and to save your poor wife from madness?"
"Noblest, dearest, tenderest wife," cried Aylmer, rapturously,
"doubt not my power. I have already given this matter the
deepest thought--thought which might almost have enlightened
me to create a being less perfect than yourself. Georgiana, you
have led me deeper than ever into the heart of science. I feel
myself fully competent to render this dear cheek as faultless as
its fellow; and then, most beloved, what will be my triumph
when I shall have corrected what Nature left imperfect in her
fairest work! Even Pygmalion, when his sculptured woman
assumed life, felt not greater ecstasy than mine will be."
"It is resolved, then," said Georgiana, faintly smiling. "And,
Aylmer, spare me not, though you should find the birthmark
take refuge in my heart at last."
Her husband tenderly kissed her cheek--her right cheek--not
that which bore the impress of the crimson hand.
The next day Aylmer apprised his wife of a plan that he had
formed whereby he might have opportunity for the intense
thought and constant watchfulness which the proposed operation
would require; while Georgiana, likewise, would enjoy the
perfect repose essential to its success. They were to seclude
themselves in the extensive apartments occupied by Aylmer as a
laboratory, and where, during his toilsome youth, he had made
discoveries in the elemental powers of Nature that had roused
7. the admiration of all the learned societies in Europe. Seated
calmly in this laboratory, the pale philosopher had investigated
the secrets of the highest cloud region and of the profoundest
mines; he had satisfied himself of the causes that kindled and
kept alive the fires of the volcano; and had explained the
mystery of fountains, and how it is that they gush forth, some so
bright and pure, and others with such rich medicinal virtues,
from the dark bosom of the earth. Here, too, at an earlier period,
he had studied the wonders of the human frame, and attempted
to fathom the very process by which Nature assimilates all her
precious influences from earth and air, and from the spiritual
world, to create and foster man, her masterpiece. The latter
pursuit, however, Aylmer had long laid aside in unwilling
recognition of the truth--against which all seekers sooner or
later stumble--that our great creative Mother, while she amuses
us with apparently working in the broadest sunshine, is yet
severely careful to keep her own secrets, and, in spite of her
pretended openness, shows us nothing but results. She permits
us, indeed, to mar, but seldom to mend, and, like a jealous
patentee, on no account to make. Now, however, Aylmer
resumed these half-forgotten investigations; not, of course, with
such hopes or wishes as first suggested them; but because they
involved much physiological truth and lay in the path of his
proposed scheme for the treatment of Georgiana.
As he led her over the threshold of the laboratory, Georgiana
was cold and tremulous. Aylmer looked cheerfully into her face,
with intent to reassure her, but was so startled with the intense
glow of the birthmark upon the whiteness of her cheek that he
could not restrain a strong convulsive shudder. His wife fainted.
"Aminadab! Aminadab!" shouted Aylmer, stamping violently on
the floor.
Forthwith there issued from an inner apartment a man of low
stature, but bulky frame, with shaggy hair hanging about his
8. visage, which was grimed with the vapors of the furnace. This
personage had been Aylmer's underworker during his whole
scientific career, and was admirably fitted for that office by his
great mechanical readiness, and the skill with which, while
incapable of comprehending a single principle, he executed all
the details of his master's experiments. With his vast strength,
his shaggy hair, his smoky aspect, and the indescribable
earthiness that incrusted him, he seemed to represent man's
physical nature; while Aylmer's slender figure, and pale,
intellectual face, were no less apt a type of the spiritual
element.
"Throw open the door of the boudoir, Aminadab," said Aylmer,
"and burn a pastil."
"Yes, master," answered Aminadab, looking intently at the
lifeless form of Georgiana; and then he muttered to himself, "If
she were my wife, I'd never part with that birthmark."
When Georgiana recovered consciousness she found herself
breathing an atmosphere of penetrating fragrance, the gentle
potency of which had recalled her from her deathlike faintness.
The scene around her looked like enchantment. Aylmer had
converted those smoky, dingy, sombre rooms, where he had
spent his brightest years in recondite pursuits, into a series of
beautiful apartments not unfit to be the secluded abode of a
lovely woman. The walls were hung with gorgeous curtains,
which imparted the combination of grandeur and grace that no
other species of adornment can achieve; and as they fell from
the ceiling to the floor, their rich and ponderous folds,
concealing all angles and straight lines, appeared to shut in the
scene from infinite space. For aught Georgiana knew, it might
be a pavilion among the clouds. And Aylmer, excluding the
sunshine, which would have interfered with his chemical
processes, had supplied its place with perfumed lamps, emitting
flames of various hue, but all uniting in a soft, impurpled
9. radiance. He now knelt by his wife's side, watching her
earnestly, but without alarm; for he was confident in his
science, and felt that he could draw a magic circle round her
within which no evil might intrude.
"Where am I? Ah, I remember," said Georgiana, faintly; and she
placed her hand over her cheek to hide the terrible mark from
her husband's eyes.
"Fear not, dearest!" exclaimed he. "Do not shrink from me!
Believe me, Georgiana, I even rejoice in this single
imperfection, since it will be such a rapture to remove it."
"Oh, spare me!" sadly replied his wife. "Pray do not look at it
again. I never can forget that convulsive shudder."
In order to soothe Georgiana, and, as it were, to release her
mind from the burden of actual things, Aylmer now put in
practice some of the light and playful secrets which science had
taught him among its profounder lore. Airy figures, absolutely
bodiless ideas, and forms of unsubstantial beauty came and
danced before her, imprinting their momentary footsteps on
beams of light. Though she had some indistinct idea of the
method of these optical phenomena, still the illusion was almost
perfect enough to warrant the belief that her husband possessed
sway over the spiritual world. Then again, when she felt a wish
to look forth from her seclusion, immediately, as if her thoughts
were answered, the procession of external existence flitted
across a screen. The scenery and the figures of actual life were
perfectly represented, but with that bewitching, yet
indescribable difference which always makes a picture, an
image, or a shadow so much more attractive than the original.
When wearied of this, Aylmer bade her cast her eyes upon a
vessel containing a quantity of earth. She did so, with little
interest at first; but was soon startled to perceive the germ of a
plant shooting upward from the soil. Then came the slender
10. stalk; the leaves gradually unfolded themselves; and amid them
was a perfect and lovely flower.
"It is magical!" cried Georgiana. "I dare not touch it."
"Nay, pluck it," answered Aylmer,--"pluck it, and inhale its
brief perfume while you may. The flower will wither in a few
moments and leave nothing save its brown seed vessels; but
thence may be perpetuated a race as ephemeral as itself."
But Georgiana had no sooner touched the flower than the whole
plant suffered a blight, its leaves turning coal-black as if by the
agency of fire.
"There was too powerful a stimulus," said Aylmer, thoughtfully.
To make up for this abortive experiment, he proposed to take
her portrait by a scientific process of his own invention. It was
to be effected by rays of light striking upon a polished plate of
metal. Georgiana assented; but, on looking at the result, was
affrighted to find the features of the portrait blurred and
indefinable; while the minute figure of a hand appeared where
the cheek should have been. Aylmer snatched the metallic plate
and threw it into a jar of corrosive acid.
Soon, however, he forgot these mortifying failures. In the
intervals of study and chemical experiment he came to her
flushed and exhausted, but seemed invigorated by her presence,
and spoke in glowing language of the resources of his art. He
gave a history of the long dynasty of the alchemists, who spent
so many ages in quest of the universal solvent by which the
golden principle might be elicited from all things vile and base.
Aylmer appeared to believe that, by the plainest scientific logic,
it was altogether within the limits of possibility to discover this
long-sought medium; "but," he added, "a philosopher who
should go deep enough to acquire the power would attain too
11. lofty a wisdom to stoop to the exercise of it." Not less singular
were his opinions in regard to the elixir vitae. He more than
intimated that it was at his option to concoct a liquid that
should prolong life for years, perhaps interminably; but that it
would produce a discord in Nature which all the world, and
chiefly the quaffer of the immortal nostrum, would find cause to
curse.
"Aylmer, are you in earnest?" asked Georgiana, looking at him
with amazement and fear. "It is terrible to possess such power,
or even to dream of possessing it."
"Oh, do not tremble, my love," said her husband. "I would not
wrong either you or myself by working such inharmonious
effects upon our lives; but I would have you consider how
trifling, in comparison, is the skill requisite to remove this little
hand."
At the mention of the birthmark, Georgiana, as usual, shrank as
if a redhot iron had touched her cheek.
Again Aylmer applied himself to his labors. She could hear his
voice in the distant furnace room giving directions to
Aminadab, whose harsh, uncouth, misshapen tones were audible
in response, more like the grunt or growl of a brute than human
speech. After hours of absence, Aylmer reappeared and
proposed that she should now examine his cabinet of chemical
products and natural treasures of the earth. Among the former
he showed her a small vial, in which, he remarked, was
contained a gentle yet most powerful fragrance, capable of
impregnating all the breezes that blow across a kingdom. They
were of inestimable value, the contents of that little vial; and,
as he said so, he threw some of the perfume into the air and
filled the room with piercing and invigorating delight.
"And what is this?" asked Georgiana, pointing to a small crystal
12. globe containing a gold-colored liquid. "It is so beautiful to the
eye that I could imagine it the elixir of life."
"In one sense it is," replied Aylmer; "or, rather, the elixir of
immortality. It is the most precious poison that ever was
concocted in this world. By its aid I could apportion the lifetime
of any mortal at whom you might point your finger. The
strength of the dose would determine whether he were to linger
out years, or drop dead in the midst of a breath. No king on his
guarded throne could keep his life if I, in my private station,
should deem that the welfare of millions justified me in
depriving him of it."
"Why do you keep such a terrific drug?" inquired Georgiana in
horror.
"Do not mistrust me, dearest," said her husband, smiling; "its
virtuous potency is yet greater than its harmful one. But see!
here is a powerful cosmetic. With a few drops of this in a vase
of water, freckles may be washed away as easily as the hands
are cleansed. A stronger infusion would take the blood out of
the cheek, and leave the rosiest beauty a pale ghost."
"Is it with this lotion that you intend to bathe my cheek?" asked
Georgiana, anxiously.
"Oh, no," hastily replied her husband; "this is merely
superficial. Your case demands a remedy that shall go deeper."
In his interviews with Georgiana, Aylmer generally made
minute inquiries as to her sensations and whether the
confinement of the rooms and the temperature of the atmosphere
agreed with her. These questions had such a particular drift that
Georgiana began to conjecture that she was already subjected to
certain physical influences, either breathed in with the fragrant
air or taken with her food. She fancied likewise, but it might be
13. altogether fancy, that there was a stirring up of her system--a
strange, indefinite sensation creeping through her veins, and
tingling, half painfully, half pleasurably, at her heart. Still,
whenever she dared to look into the mirror, there she beheld
herself pale as a white rose and with the crimson birthmark
stamped upon her cheek. Not even Aylmer now hated it so much
as she.
To dispel the tedium of the hours which her husband found it
necessary to devote to the processes of combination and
analysis, Georgiana turned over the volumes of his scientific
library. In many dark old tomes she met with chapters full of
romance and poetry. They were the works of philosophers of the
middle ages, such as Albertus Magnus, Cornelius Agrippa,
Paracelsus, and the famous friar who created the prophetic
Brazen Head. All these antique naturalists stood in advance of
their centuries, yet were imbued with some of their credulity,
and therefore were believed, and perhaps imagined themselves
to have acquired from the investigation of Nature a power above
Nature, and from physics a sway over the spiritual world.
Hardly less curious and imaginative were the early volumes of
the Transactions of the Royal Society, in which the members,
knowing little of the limits of natural possibility, were
continually recording wonders or proposing methods whereby
wonders might be wrought.
But to Georgiana the most engrossing volume was a large folio
from her husband's own hand, in which he had recorded every
experiment of his scientific career, its original aim, the methods
adopted for its development, and its final success or failure,
with the circumstances to which either event was attributable.
The book, in truth, was both the history and emblem of his
ardent, ambitious, imaginative, yet practical and laborious life.
He handled physical details as if there were nothing beyond
them; yet spiritualized them all, and redeemed himself from
materialism by his strong and eager aspiration towards the
14. infinite. In his grasp the veriest clod of earth assumed a soul.
Georgiana, as she read, reverenced Aylmer and loved him more
profoundly than ever, but with a less entire dependence on his
judgment than heretofore. Much as he had accomplished, she
could not but observe that his most splendid successes were
almost invariably failures, if compared with the ideal at which
he aimed. His brightest diamonds were the merest pebbles, and
felt to be so by himself, in comparison with the inestimable
gems which lay hidden beyond his reach. The volume, rich with
achievements that had won renown for its author, was yet as
melancholy a record as ever mortal hand had penned. It was the
sad confession and continual exemplification of the
shortcomings of the composite man, the spirit burdened with
clay and working in matter, and of the despair that assails the
higher nature at finding itself so miserably thwarted by the
earthly part. Perhaps every man of genius in whatever sphere
might recognize the image of his own experience in Aylmer's
journal.
So deeply did these reflections affect Georgiana that she laid
her face upon the open volume and burst into tears. In this
situation she was found by her husband.
"It is dangerous to read in a sorcerer's books," said he with a
smile, though his countenance was uneasy and displeased.
"Georgiana, there are pages in that volume which I can scarcely
glance over and keep my senses. Take heed lest it prove as
detrimental to you."
"It has made me worship you more than ever," said she.
"Ah, wait for this one success," rejoined he, "then worship me if
you will. I shall deem myself hardly unworthy of it. But come, I
have sought you for the luxury of your voice. Sing to me,
dearest."
15. So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the
thirst of his spirit. He then took his leave with a boyish
exuberance of gayety, assuring her that her seclusion would
endure but a little longer, and that the result was already
certain. Scarcely had he departed when Georgiana felt
irresistibly impelled to follow him. She had forgotten to inform
Aylmer of a symptom which for two or three hours past had
begun to excite her attention. It was a sensation in the fatal
birthmark, not painful, but which induced a restlessness
throughout her system. Hastening after her husband, she
intruded for the first time into the laboratory.
The first thing that struck her eye was the furnace, that hot and
feverish worker, with the intense glow of its fire, which by the
quantities of soot clustered above it seemed to have been
burning for ages. There was a distilling apparatus in full
operation. Around the room were retorts, tubes, cylinders,
crucibles, and other apparatus of chemical research. An
electrical machine stood ready for immediate use. The
atmosphere felt oppressively close, and was tainted with
gaseous odors which had been tormented forth by the processes
of science. The severe and homely simplicity of the apartment,
with its naked walls and brick pavement, looked strange,
accustomed as Georgiana had become to the fantastic elegance
of her boudoir. But what chiefly, indeed almost solely, drew her
attention, was the aspect of Aylmer himself.
He was pale as death, anxious and absorbed, and hung over the
furnace as if it depended upon his utmost watchfulness whether
the liquid which it was distilling should be the draught of
immortal happiness or misery. How different from the sanguine
and joyous mien that he had assumed for Georgiana's
encouragement!
"Carefully now, Aminadab; carefully, thou human machine;
carefully, thou man of clay!" muttered Aylmer, more to himself
16. than his assistant. "Now, if there be a thought too much or too
little, it is all over."
"Ho! ho!" mumbled Aminadab. "Look, master! look!"
Aylmer raised his eyes hastily, and at first reddened, then grew
paler than ever, on beholding Georgiana. He rushed towards her
and seized her arm with a gripe that left the print of his fingers
upon it.
"Why do you come hither? Have you no trust in your husband?"
cried he, impetuously. "Would you throw the blight of that fatal
birthmark over my labors? It is not well done. Go, prying
woman, go!"
"Nay, Aylmer," said Georgiana with the firmness of which she
possessed no stinted endowment, "it is not you that have a right
to complain. You mistrust your wife; you have concealed the
anxiety with which you watch the development of this
experiment. Think not so unworthily of me, my husband. Tell
me all the risk we run, and fear not that I shall shrink; for my
share in it is far less than your own."
"No, no, Georgiana!" said Aylmer, impatiently; "it must not
be."
"I submit," replied she calmly. "And, Aylmer, I shall quaff
whatever draught you bring me; but it will be on the same
principle that would induce me to take a dose of poison if
offered by your hand."
"My noble wife," said Aylmer, deeply moved, "I knew not the
height and depth of your nature until now. Nothing shall be
concealed. Know, then, that this crimson hand, superficial as it
seems, has clutched its grasp into your being with a strength of
which I had no previous conception. I have already administered
17. agents powerful enough to do aught except to change your
entire physical system. Only one thing remains to be tried. If
that fail us we are ruined."
"Why did you hesitate to tell me this?" asked she.
"Because, Georgiana," said Aylmer, in a low voice, "there is
danger."
"Danger? There is but one danger--that this horrible stigma
shall be left upon my cheek!" cried Georgiana. "Remove it,
remove it, whatever be the cost, or we shall both go mad!"
"Heaven knows your words are too true," said Aylmer, sadly.
"And now, dearest, return to your boudoir. In a little while all
will be tested."
He conducted her back and took leave of her with a solemn
tenderness which spoke far more than his words how much was
now at stake. After his departure Georgiana became rapt in
musings. She considered the character of Aylmer, and did it
completer justice than at any previous moment. Her heart
exulted, while it trembled, at his honorable love--so pure and
lofty that it would accept nothing less than perfection nor
miserably make itself contented with an earthlier nature than he
had dreamed of. She felt how much more precious was such a
sentiment than that meaner kind which would have borne with
the imperfection for her sake, and have been guilty of treason to
holy love by degrading its perfect idea to the level of the actual;
and with her whole spirit she prayed that, for a single moment,
she might satisfy his highest and deepest conception. Longer
than one moment she well knew it could not be; for his spirit
was ever on the march, ever ascending, and each instant
required something that was beyond the scope of the instant
before.
18. The sound of her husband's footsteps aroused her. He bore a
crystal goblet containing a liquor colorless as water, but bright
enough to be the draught of immortality. Aylmer was pale; but
it seemed rather the consequence of a highly-wrought state of
mind and tension of spirit than of fear or doubt.
"The concoction of the draught has been perfect," said he, in
answer to Georgiana's look. "Unless all my science have
deceived me, it cannot fail."
"Save on your account, my dearest Aylmer," observed his wife,
"I might wish to put off this birthmark of mortality by
relinquishing mortality itself in preference to any other mode.
Life is but a sad possession to those who have attained precisely
the degree of moral advancement at which I stand. Were I
weaker and blinder it might be happiness. Were I stronger, it
might be endured hopefully. But, being what I find myself,
methinks I am of all mortals the most fit to die."
"You are fit for heaven without tasting death!" replied her
husband "But why do we speak of dying? The draught cannot
fail. Behold its effect upon this plant."
On the window seat there stood a geranium diseased with
yellow blotches, which had overspread all its leaves. Aylmer
poured a small quantity of the liquid upon the soil in which it
grew. In a little time, when the roots of the plant had taken up
the moisture, the unsightly blotches began to be extinguished in
a living verdure.
"There needed no proof," said Georgiana, quietly. "Give me the
goblet I joyfully stake all upon your word."
"Drink, then, thou lofty creature!" exclaimed Aylmer, with
fervid admiration. "There is no taint of imperfection on thy
spirit. Thy sensible frame, too, shall soon be all perfect."
19. She quaffed the liquid and returned the goblet to his hand.
"It is grateful," said she with a placid smile. "Methinks it is like
water from a heavenly fountain; for it contains I know not what
of unobtrusive fragrance and deliciousness. It allays a feverish
thirst that had parched me for many days. Now, dearest, let me
sleep. My earthly senses are closing over my spirit like the
leaves around the heart of a rose at sunset."
She spoke the last words with a gentle reluctance, as if it
required almost more energy than she could command to
pronounce the faint and lingering syllables. Scarcely had they
loitered through her lips ere she was lost in slumber. Aylmer sat
by her side, watching her aspect with the emotions proper to a
man the whole value of whose existence was involved in the
process now to be tested. Mingled with this mood, however, was
the philosophic investigation characteristic of the man of
science. Not the minutest symptom escaped him. A heightened
flush of the cheek, a slight irregularity of breath, a quiver of the
eyelid, a hardly perceptible tremor through the frame,--such
were the details which, as the moments passed, he wrote down
in his folio volume. Intense thought had set its stamp upon
every previous page of that volume, but the thoughts of years
were all concentrated upon the last.
While thus employed, he failed not to gaze often at the fatal
hand, and not without a shudder. Yet once, by a strange and
unaccountable impulse he pressed it with his lips. His spirit
recoiled, however, in the very act, and Georgiana, out of the
midst of her deep sleep, moved uneasily and murmured as if in
remonstrance. Again Aylmer resumed his watch. Nor was it
without avail. The crimson hand, which at first had been
strongly visible upon the marble paleness of Georgiana's cheek,
now grew more faintly outlined. She remained not less pale than
ever; but the birthmark with every breath that came and went,
20. lost somewhat of its former distinctness. Its presence had been
awful; its departure was more awful still. Watch the stain of the
rainbow fading out the sky, and you will know how that
mysterious symbol passed away.
"By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!" said Aylmer to himself, in
almost irrepressible ecstasy. "I can scarcely trace it now.
Success! success! And now it is like the faintest rose color. The
lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it. But
she is so pale!"
He drew aside the window curtain and suffered the light of
natural day to fall into the room and rest upon her cheek. At the
same time he heard a gross, hoarse chuckle, which he had long
known as his servant Aminadab's expression of delight.
"Ah, clod! ah, earthly mass!" cried Aylmer, laughing in a sort
of frenzy, "you have served me well! Matter and spirit--earth
and heaven --have both done their part in this! Laugh, thing of
the senses! You have earned the right to laugh."
These exclamations broke Georgiana's sleep. She slowly
unclosed her eyes and gazed into the mirror which her husband
had arranged for that purpose. A faint smile flitted over her lips
when she recognized how barely perceptible was now that
crimson hand which had once blazed forth with such disastrous
brilliancy as to scare away all their happiness. But then her eyes
sought Aylmer's face with a trouble and anxiety that he could by
no means account for.
"My poor Aylmer!" murmured she.
"Poor? Nay, richest, happiest, most favored!" exclaimed he.
"My peerless bride, it is successful! You are perfect!"
"My poor Aylmer," she repeated, with a more than human
21. tenderness, "you have aimed loftily; you have done nobly. Do
not repent that with so high and pure a feeling, you have
rejected the best the earth could offer. Aylmer, dearest Aylmer,
I am dying!"
Alas! it was too true! The fatal hand had grappled with the
mystery of life, and was the bond by which an angelic spirit
kept itself in union with a mortal frame. As the last crimson tint
of the birthmark--that sole token of human imperfection--faded
from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman
passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, lingering a moment
near her husband, took its heavenward flight. Then a hoarse,
chuckling laugh was heard again! Thus ever does the gross
fatality of earth exult in its invariable triumph over the
immortal essence which, in this dim sphere of half development,
demands the completeness of a higher state. Yet, had Alymer
reached a profounder wisdom, he need not thus have flung away
the happiness which would have woven his mortal life of the
selfsame texture with the celestial. The momentary
circumstance was too strong for him; he failed to look beyond
the shadowy scope of time, and, living once for all in eternity,
to find the perfect future in the present.
Discussion Assignment:
Scientific notation is a common way of writing very large
numbers. In everyday life we see this when dealing with cell
phone storage. If a phone has 10 gigabytes of hard drive space
that means that it has 10×109 bytes of space. A megabyte is
1×106 bytes.
1. If our phone with 10 gigabytes of free storage downloads a
game that takes of 76 megabytes, how much free storage is left?
2. Describe the process of subtracting numbers in scientific
notation and give the solution.
3. Discuss other place we frequently see scientific notation in
real life?
22. And- Part 2
Discussion Assignment:
The quadratic equations are common in many times of
applications. The quadratic equation gives us a powerful tool to
use to solve them. If one throws a ball down from a high cliff,
the distance it travels can be modeled by the equation:
�=−9.8�2−15�+100 where t is the time in seconds and d is the
distance in meters.
1. At what time will the ball hit the ground?
2. You will get two answers because this is a quadratic
equation. Do both make sense? (Explain in detail Why or Why
not).
Literary Analysis
In this essay you should combine your practice responding and
analyzing short stories with support derived from research. So
far, in the discussion boards, we have practiced primarily
formal analysis. Now I want you to practice "joining the
conversation." In this essay you will write a literary analysis
that incorporates the ideas of others. The trick is to accurately
present ideas and interpretations gathered from your research
while adding to the conversation by presenting your own ideas
and analysis.
You will be evaluated, in part, on how well you use external
sources. I want to see that you can quote, paraphrase and
summarize without plagiarizing. Remember, any unique idea
must be credited, even if you put it in your own words.
Choose one of the approaches explained in the "Approaches to
Literary Analysis" located at the bottom of this document. Each
23. approach will require research, and that research should provide
the context in which you present your own ideas and support
your thesis. Be sure to properly document your
research. Review the links in the "Writing about Literature" tab
as these will help guide you.
While I am asking you to conduct outside research, do not lose
sight of the primary text to which you are responding---the
story! Your research should support your interpretations of the
story. Be sure that your thesis is relevant to the story and that
you quote generously from the story.
Purpose: critical analysis, writing from sources
Length: 5 pages, approx 1500 words
Documentation: Minimum of 5 sources required. Documented
in MLA format. (Note: review the material in "finding and
evaluating sources" to help you choose relevant and trustworthy
sources.)