“Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head,” wisely said by, Carol
Burnett, people often misconstrued the act of birth versus the outcome. In consideration to the quote, I hate the act of birth. The body is in excruciating pain with crazy hormones and emotions running wild.
You are in an unsanitary state so unimaginable you feel the need to drink bleach. Having the vagina destroyed so badly it needs to be repaired with stiches. The uterus should be considered one of the most robust organs due to the fact it travels through hell, I personally hate it.
Birth is a painful experience that no one will forget. It is unbearable, contractions fell as if your gut mangles so tightly that the intestines will fall out the mouth. During my childbirth I had 18 hours of repeated squeezing it hurt like hell. Being in a state of torture I had to yell for my drugs because the nurses kept beating around the bush about it. The nurses are hostile and at times uncompassionate; I had my nurse pull my cervix down by her finger tips it was the worst pain I ever felt. In my cir...
Oedipus, ruler of Thebes, murdered his father and married his mother. Such acts are almost always deemed unnatural and criminal; they are not tolerated within traditional society. A person who has committed these acts of murder and incest would be considered an outcast, yet Sophocles’s character, Oedipus, is not guilty of either. Prior to the birth of Oedipus, a prophecy was spoken over Laius and his wife Jocasta. They were told that their son would one day be his father’s killer and would then
D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” is considered to be one of the most paramount films of all time. This film set a new standard for editing techniques, while elaborating the production quality, and accommodating the narrative with music. “The Birth of Nation” is central to the development of narrative film, however, it also serves as an extreme and enduring legacy of racism in film. This paper argues that “The Birth of a Nation” can be interpreted as having a mythical component of the American
King is prophecy verse truth. Time and time again Sophocles illustrates that truth whether prophesied or not; only becomes truth by acceptance. Laius and Jocasta were given a prophecy, or a truth revealed, by an oracle when they first married. When the child Oedipus was conceived, albeit accidentally, it was the start of their truth revelation. They were told that any child born of their union would kill his father, and marry his mother. Not certain that it was spoken truth but also not willing to
the Phaedo. The theory of recollection (ToR) accepts the following premises: 1. We come into being with knowledge. 2. We must’ve learned this knowledge before birth. 3. Therefore, the soul is immortal (Phaedo 73a). In the forthcoming paragraphs, I’ll clarify exactly what we recollect and what constitutes as a cognitive act as being an act of recollection. Additionally, I’ll present two different interpretations, K and D, on the theory of recollection and argue for D while offering an error theory
The Birth of Jesus 2. Why did Mary go"with haste"to visit Elizabeth? At that time I believe that Mary had just been engaged but not married to Joseph yet. The time frame was really close to the appearance of the angel to Mary and Joseph. Mary was already pregnant at the time. Probably Mary went to see Elizabeth to talk about her situation. But in a deeper sense the meeting with Elizabeth was to encourage Mary's faith, she was given the sign that her kinswoman, Elizabeth, was also the object
traditions in Christianity are Baptism and communion. In addition, Islam follows the five pillars of Islam which correspond the ways they should live their life. The four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Paths in Buddhism teaches us that life has suffering. Hinduism, on the other hand, shows the explanation to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth and how it relates to people as individuals. There are about 4,200 religions throughout the world and these five beliefs are the most major and significant
Oedipus is a man of unflagging determination and perseverance, but one who must learn through the working out of a terrible prophecy that there are forces beyond any man’s conceptualization or control. Oedipus’ actions were determined before his birth, yet Oedipus’ actions are entirely determined by the Gods who control him completely. In the beginning of this tragedy, Oedipus took many actions leading to his own downfall. He tried to escape Corinth when he learned of the prophecies that were supposed
In modern society, a phenomenon called the herd mentality is increasingly more prevalent on the likes of social media and acts as a subtle means of regulating a group of people through self-surveillance. Social media, particularly platforms such as Twitter and Snapchat, is a practice that has been moulded into the collective mindset through confessions to regulate society. Foucault’s theories of power and discipline lay provide a foundation for social media to create an imitation of a prison like
Whoever said the truth will set you free must not have read the works of Nathaniel Hawthorn and Kate Chopin. It is in Hawthorn’s story “Young Goodman Brown” and Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” that learning the truth is not liberating but leads to isolation and bitterness because the truth is too much to comprehend. In “Young Goodman Brown” Brown’s experience of the satanic group in the woods causes him to discover part of his community’s identity with evil and this causes his withdrawal of himself from
danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined. This line suggests that people are afraid of the truth, which inevitably is the consequence of every lie. Even though this quote was written by a 19th century author it can still relate to texts that were made centuries prior. Both Sophocles and Shakespeare’s plays support Dostoevky because both plays deal with the act of lying and its consequences as a major motif. Oedipus the King is a very famous Greek tragedy written by Sophocles
Korean sex ratio • In 2007, Korean announce to restore equal birth total for boy and girl. • Monica Das Gupta was sent to Korean for research about Korean balance sex ratio. o In 2009, she reports that it’s because the economic development and new gender-sensitive policies is what weaken sexist value. o The increase in urbanization and education o Asian giant country such as China and India have more progressive gender policies in place than Korean. Because of this Korean’s policy can be changed
Partial-Birth Abortion: The Logical and Illogical Arguments In 1992, a new abortion procedure was introduced to the United States public. It was first performed by Dr. James McMahon and explained by Dr. Martin Haskell (Scully). It was used during the second and third trimesters (around twenty to twenty-four weeks along) and involved partially delivering the fetus so the doctors could remove the baby’s brain with suction (Wagner). The term “D&X”, which stands for “intact dilation and extraction
made further after being acknowledged of the prophecy. Oedipus didn’t have to set out for Delphi, that was a decision. He didn’t have to abandon cornith, kill several guys on his way to Thebes, get married, become king of Thebes, search for the truth of his birth, nor gouge his eyes out. Oedipus made all these decision. A prophecy is a prediction, prophecies are ironclad, and will come to pass no matter what you do. If prophecies are so ironclad then why was Zeus in Greek Mythology able to escape the
The Four Noble Truths The four sights that Siddhartha was hidden from all his life are what compelled him to find the Four Noble Truths. When Siddhartha set out to see the outside world he saw the sights of old age, sickness, death, and the wandering monk. Siddhartha’s ultimate goal was to end all the suffering he had experienced as well as what he had seen others experience. His discovery of the solution began with the recognition that life is suffering. The First Noble Truth is that the suffering
destiny, his excessive pride pushes him to reveal the truth of the murder of King Laius. Had Oedipus not acted upon that pride, he would have never realized that he had achieved his dreadful prophecy. Oedipus ignores the dangerous warnings of his companions, and instead increases the urgency of the hunt for the murderer. “Listen to you? No more. I must know it all, / must see the truth at last” (1168-1169). Oedipus chooses to pursue the truth about King Laius’ murderer, not knowing he was the culprit