Thomas de Quincey

Sumerians around 4,000 BC to relieve pain and help induce sleep (Perrine, 1996). Thomas De Quincey, author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, was an admitted abuser of laudanum, to the point where he took about 20.8 grams a day. De Quincey felt that opium enhanced his mental powers, and felt that it was much better than alcohol in many regards (Perrine, 1996). This abuse in the long run, however, took its toll on De Quincey. After enough constant abuse of laudanum, opium in it's freebased form, he

Use of Nature and Supernatural in Macbeth       The aura of darkness, deception, and horror present in William Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth, envelopes the entire play and is created mainly by the sense of violence and foreboding that is evoked by the imagery.  The dominant images of nature and the supernatural contribute to the atmosphere of this tragedy.  The predictions of the weird sisters, along with natural forces and supernatural images, have lead to chaos in Scotland due to their impact

Until October 2014, it was illegal to dispose of opioids except to flush them down the toilet or transport them to a law enforcement agency. The DEA now allows disposal of unused or expired controlled substances at pharmacies and hospitals with special containers for safely storing the drugs. You can find these locations at http://www.DisposeMyMeds.org. Also, the DEA sponsors the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In 2014, some 780,000 pounds of controlled medications were collected

The previous section it has been argued long and hard about Sherlock Holmes' figure and its characteristics from a heroic point of view. It could be seen that many of that typical traits fit accurately, as for instance superhuman “powers” of deduction. Despite all, for the great majority of the people this immortal detective has never been a true model of heroism. Is it on account of possible flaws such as doing drugs or lack of empathy towards victims? These issues bring up to the question of whether

Experts widely regard Samuel Taylor Coleridge as one of the few major leaders of British Romanticism. His poems, both individual works and collaborations with another Romantic leader, William Wordsworth, are proof of this. His works incorporated ideas that are often found in Romantic poetry, such as a reverence for nature, emphasis on emotion and imagination over reason and logic, and other themes that contradicted thinkers of the Age of Reason. Coleridge assisted in the change from Enlightenment

that even in Renaissance Europe, marriage was a highly contested issue” (There were secret). “Often two women would secretly marry in France, and create a stable home by one cross-dressing and taking on the role of the man” (There were secret). Michel de Montaigne, in July of 1578 (on a sunday afternoon) celebrated a wedding with another man. The guests were mostly friends of his, and all had a normal celebration, till the police came and arrested eleven of them. They argued that since the guests of

trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work

Dynamic Relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth   An important factor in Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth is the changing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth throughout the play. At the beginning of the play, Lady Macbeth is the dominant character in the relationship. As the play progresses the roles seem to reverse and Macbeth becomes the more dominant of the two. We can gain insight into the changing relationship by looking at the interaction of the couple. The first time

What is Establishment? Establishment is a term used commonly any very often by Pakistani analysts, mainly in negative context. Analysts, politicians and T.V. anchor persons echoed this term after every major incidents and policy shifts in the government and state. Questions arises what, where and who is the "Establishment". I am here giving a definition as given by seasoned politician andjournalist;MushHussain Syed: "This Establishment comprises anywhere from 500 to 1000 individuals, some