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French chemists named Joseph L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thenard partially isolated Boron in 1808. Boron was extracted independently by Sir Humphry Davy in London in 1808 by heating borax with potassium metal. Boron was used as a flux for goldsmiths back in the day. The name is derived from the Arabic ‘buraq’ which was the name for borax. Boron is in the 13th column and second row of the periodic table. Boron had five protons and five electrons with an atomic weight of 10.81. Boron belongs to the boron

chose sparked by a particular moment from your youth? Or was it different incidents that have occurred throughout your life? These are a few of the questions I am left with after reading the novel Fifth Business written by Canadian author Robertson Davies. Originally published by Macmillan Canada in 1970, this book is approximately 273 pages in length and takes about a week to complete. The novel focuses on the story of the life of Dunstable Ramsay, a small town boy from Deptford, Ontario who evolves

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies explores the theme of Psychology through several characters. Each character has a certain archetype which will affect how they think, showing different psychological effects. Specifically, the archetypes mentioned are the introverted, the confidant, the egotist, and the saint. These four archetypes respectively correlate to being the side character, the secret keeper, the self-absorbed brat, or the painfully charitable woman. Davies attempts to explore the relation

Fifth Business Author: Robertson Davies Section of novel: chapter 1-3, pages 1-140 Role: Visual Illuminator What (Description): One of the main characters in the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies is Dunstan Ramsay. Throughout the first three chapters, Dunstan mentions that he often feels guilty for being part of the reason that Paul Dempster was born prematurely. Specifically, Dunstan states that “... I was alone with my guilt, and it tortured me” (Davies, 17). The image I chose is of a

Within the novel Fifth Business, author Robertson Davies uses the role of secondary characters to lead the main character in discovering their meaning in life. The protagonist, Dunstan Ramsay is desperately in search for self-identity, secondary characters, Diana Marfleet, Padre Blazon and Liesl help provide Dunny with a sense of self-knowledge. Diana initiates and guides Dunny in his discovery of himself by changing his name, and the time she spends with him allows him to realize what he desires

Fifth Business is a strange term. Part of the reason it can be so confusing is because as Robertson Davies admitted, he made it up. It is explained in the opening quotation of the novel, which Davies added in after being pressured by the publisher to define the term. The quotation explains that the role of Fifth Business is, “neither [that] of hero nor Heroine, Confidante nor Villain, but which [are] none the less essential to bring about the Recognition or the denouement”. In addition to Dunstan

Mexican novel, Pedro Paramo, and Robertson Davies' 1970 Canadian one, Fifth Business, are both largely affected by this pervasive religion. What is interesting, however, is that despite the vast differences in culture and time, a comparison can be made of the authors' treatment of Christianity and the church in the books, which both come to similar conclusions. The first major similarity in the books on this particular subject is that both Rulfo and Davies show Christianity and the church as being

Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth serves as a strict model of etiquette for high society in the Gilded Age. It teaches one the intricate art of keeping up appearances and assimilating into the fickle leisure class. At the same time, the novel’s underlying purpose is to subtly critique this social order. Lily Bart’s perpetual, although often reluctant quest for financial stability and mass approval is a vehicle for demonstrating the numerous absurdities and

	Robertson Davies’ novel, Fifth Business, revolves around guilt, competition, and two men who are foils of each other. Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other, they contrast in a great number of ways. Their awkward relationship plays a significant role in the number of elements which make Fifth Business such an interesting story. 	While Dunstan Ramsay had never been too interested in competing with Percy Boyd Staunton, Percy from a young age saw

Its symptoms are irrational behaviour, lying, anguish, lack of self-esteem, and in extreme cases, thoughts of suicide. It is guilt. In both novels The Fifth Business and The Manticore by Robertson Davies, guilt is a reoccurring theme throughout the novels and is a major force in one’s life. Davies demonstrates this by having both character feeling guilt. While both novels demonstrated themes of guilt, Guilt comes from terrible Childhood experiences is a topic that keeps running all through both