Poison

In Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers, there is a multitude of detectives. There is our main character, the amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey, and with him there are the people that work for and with him. Miss Climpson, Bunter and Miss Murchison, these people are the ones that help him solve the cases. The women that are helping Detective Wimsey are spinsters, who are equipped with a quick mind and who have no problem sticking their noses where they have no business being. After World War I there

Atropa belladonna has proven itself to be the most culturally important poison by infiltrating ancient, ritualistic practices and popular media across time. In an age where poisoning was deemed romantic and was rather commonplace, Belladonna found a place amongst the dark corners of history and literature; From witches looking to help their sinister plots or transcend godly communication to bored and abused wives looking to escape a dire situation. It continues to be one of the most commonly referenced

On April 1915, The first poison gas attack began when the German forces shocked the Allied forces along the Western Front by firing more than 150 tonnes of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium (History.com Staff, 2010). Poison gas was the most feared of all weapons in World War One. Poison gas was used in the trenches even when there was no attack going on. If a Soldiers got trapped with poison gas, it would mean that soldiers have to put a crude gas mask (Figure

Furthermore, Hamlet’s madness within the play can be interpreted as a subsequent result of metaphorical poison in the mind. At the beginning of the play when Hamlet gets to know of his father’s death and his uncle re-marrying his mother, immediately it is seen that Hamlet shows traits of a poisoned conscience. He says: Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes, She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity

say what he means."(104). From Larry, it spreads to all the other characters, like Ginny and Ty: "We had spent our life together practicing courtesy, putting the best face on things, harboring secrets."(260) In the end, nobody can be trusted, the poison influences everbody. Pete's death is a tragic enactment of this metaphor. He was always silently angry, trying to find some way to rebel against Larry, but "losing himself more and more bitterly in contemplating the target." (306) It is only by

James Baldwin’s Critique of the Social Condition James Baldwin was an African American writer who, through his own personal experiences and life, addressed issues such as race, sexuality, and the American identity. “Notes of a Native Son” is one of many essays that Baldwin wrote during his lifetime. Within this essay, Baldwin talks about when his father died and the events that revolved around it. His father’s death occurs in the early 1940s, where oppression and racism were still

“Rappaccini’s Daughter,” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a short story about how beauty is within and not just physical. When Hawthorne was four years old his father was in an accident and died on the scene, leaving his mother to raise him and his siblings alone. Thus, leading him to have respect for all women, and it is reflected in the story. For instance, the main character Beatrice is this aesthetic, sweet, and a naïve woman and Giovanni is just focused more on her beauty rather than anything

Toxicology is the study of poisons and their affects on different organisms, and the different effects each toxin has on different organisms. Toxicology is a branch of biochemistry, as well as a branch of medicine, and as such one or more degrees in biochemistry, medicine, or toxicology are required for a career in toxicology. The study of toxicology is a study in which one inspects poisons in either the body or on their own, and use it for experimental purposes; one of these purposes likely being

written by Frederic Brown is about a man named Sangstrom. Sangstrom was at a prescription pharmacy secretly talking to the Druggist about buying an undetectable poison to kill his wife. The Druggist asks to follow him into the back room and puts some coffee into the boiler. The Druggist informs Sangstrom that he feels that he deserves the poison for free but must pay for the antidote. This is when Sangstrom realizes that the Druggist had poisoned his coffee. Sangstrom panics and pulls out his gun and

The Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 1947 pesticide control law was passed in accords protecting consumers from misleading labeling and defective products. Pesticides are poisonous, made to kill, but does a good service. Insecticides another poison eradicated typhoid and malaria and both the herbicides and insecticides are acknowledge for America’s bountiful production in agricultural. Knowing the potential effects and what is killed by the chemicals caused the historians Cristopher J. Bosso