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Who’s The Noblest of the Main Characters in Julius Caesar?   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  When attempting to get a read on all the characters of the play Julius Caesar and which one has the smallest flaws you need to look at each character and evaluate them individually. You have to consider if Aristotle would consider them noble or not. You have to decipher if the characters are being noble for the right reasons. You have to also look at which characters exhibit positive virtues and which ones don’t. Aristotle says, â€Å"virtue or excellence is a characteristic involving choice, and that it consists in observing the mean relative to us, a mean which is defined by a rationale principal, such as a man of practical wisdom would use to determine it. It is the mean by reference to the two vices: the once of excess and the other of deficiency. It is, moreover, a mean because some vices exceed and fall short of what is required in emotion and in action, whereas virtue finds and chooses a median. Hence in respect of it’s essence and definition of its essential nature virtue is a mean, but in regard to goodness and excellence it is an extreme†(Aristotle 1107a, 1-8). None of the main characters are truly noble or virtuous but no one really is. Of all the main characters I find that Brutus has the least amount of flaws. But he too is not deficient of flaws. In order to prove my point I will give reasons why some of the other characters cannot be considered the noblest of them all.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The almighty, egotistical and borderline arrogant Julius Caesar had his flaws. Caesar proved to be deficient in fear while also exhibiting excessive courage. In attempting to prove how courageous he was, Caesar wanted to prove a point to Cassuis by jumping into the flooded Tiber river. Caesar said to Cassuis, â€Å"Dar’st thou, Cassuis, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point(Shakespeare, 1.2-102-104)? After they jumped into the water a dismayed Cassius describes what happens next, â€Å"Upon the word, Accout’red as I was, I plunged in And bode him follow: so indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it with lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy. But eve we could arrive the. point proposed, Caesar cried â€Å"Help me Cassuis or I sink(Shakespeare 1.2, 104-111)! Cassius then saved his life. Caesars whole point of jumping into the raging flood was to prove how courageous he was, but he was nearly killed for his reckless behavior.

How Does Steinbeck Make Lennie’s Death Seem Inevitable in Of Mice and Men Essay

Of Mice and Men, published by John Steinbeck in 1937, is set in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression. The novels two main characters, George and Lennie, embody the American struggle to survive the Depression, but the novel is timeless because it captures the personal isolation and suffering present in the land of opportunity. During the last scene George tells Lennie to take off his hat and look across the river while he describes their farm. He tells Lennie about the rabbits, and promises that nobody will ever be mean to him again. Le’s do it now,† Lennie says. â€Å"Le’s get that place now. † George agrees. He raises Carlson’s gun, which he has removed from his jacket, and shoots Lennie in the back of the head. As Lennie falls to the ground and becomes still, George tosses the gun away and sits down on the riverbank, this is one of the times when it proves the main point Steinbeck is trying to percieve: loneliness and isolation. The Title ‘Of Mice and Men’ originated from the poem by the Scottish Robert Burns in 1765 , called ‘To a Mouse’. A major point to note is that Burns is saying that the mouse does not think and lives in the present rather than being able to look over life and its past, which is comparable to Lennie (in ways) because he has the mentality of a child he does not mull over past thoughts. However he is also saying that man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union, because as mankind we do worse. The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray- ‘The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft agley And leave us nought but grief and pain For promised joy! ‘ This ties in to the mice in the story, but more broadly refers to the tragedy of causing pain with good intentions. There are many ways to look at this verse and how it adds to the inevitability: the mice refer to weak people, such as Lennie, Crooks, and Candy, and men refer to strong people, like George and Slim, the book is a story of weak and strong people. Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men at a time when he was becoming involved in California’s social and economic problems. John Steinbeck lived during the Great Depression years, a time in which many people were at or below the poverty line. Many of those people became non-trustful of any individual new to town, or those that threaten their community social standards. People, in many cases, imagined threats that did not exist. Also, many people became extremely possessive of what little they had. During the late 1930s, California was struggling not only with the economic problems of the Great Depression, but also with severe labor strife. By the late 1930s there were an estimaled 200,000 to 350,000 migrants: underpaid, underfed, and underemployed. However, California’s agricultural system could not exist without the migrant workers. Quotes that reprsent the Great Depression: â€Å"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. † Chapter 1. This signifies how they are migrant workers during the Great Depression, two guys continuously looking for work and trying to survive. â€Å"I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Everybody wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head. † Chapter 4. Again it signifies the migrant workers of the time, searching for work and never losing hope and always having the american dream in mind. The thought that keeps them going is that one day they’ll make enough money and have land of their own, but the Great Depression was really tough and that just didn’t happen to everyone who wished for it. The American Dream is a dream of a land in which life should be better, richer, fuller and with opportunity for each. It is a dream of social order in which each man and woman should be able to achieve the fullest stature of which they are capable of, and be recognized for what they are, regardless of the circumstances of birth or position. George and Lennie’s main ambition is to â€Å"get the jack together† purchase a few acres of land they can call their own, â€Å"an’ live off the fatta the lan’. This is their dream and their dream, however, cannot exist without friendship. The constant repetition of the way things will be is what keeps the dream alive in Lennie. George needs Lennie just as much as Lennie needs him, which is apparent at the end of the novel. When George kills Lennie, he also kills the friendship, which results in the death of the dream within him. All the characters wish to change their lives in some fashion, but none are capable of doing so; they all have dreams, and it is only the dream that varies from person to person. The farm George and Lennie hope to own is a symbol of the American Dream. Steinbeck uses animal images in his story. Most often applied to Lennie, imagery is particularly apparent in his physical description. His hands are called â€Å"paws† and indicate trouble when he uses them. He lumbers along like a bear in Steinbeck’s earliest descriptions of him. Lennie is also associated with rabbits, which are part of his dream (he will get to tend them on the farm) and because they are soft things he likes to pet. Rabbits also symbolize his realization that he is in trouble; if Lennie does â€Å"a bad thing,† George will not let him tend the rabbits. In the last scene, when Lennie is at the pool, waiting for George, a rabbit appears to him, berating him and telling him that George will not let him care for the rabbits. In addition, Lennie’s loyalty to George is frequently described like that of a dog, especially a terrier. Steinbeck chose these images because they connote particular traits: unleashed power, conscience, and loyalty. In this way, it helps the reader understand Lennie and why he often acts instinctively. Lennie ‘snorted into the water like a horse†¦ ’animal imagery –implies carelessness –ominous – he is simple -it will be the reason they get into trouble later in novel â€Å"Lennie dabbled his big paw† – animal imagery – referred to as a bear, suggests his size, his movements, unrefined, simplicity of thoughts, clumsy, adorable yet aggressive, foreshadowing later danger – also like the bear hunting for fish. ’ Like a terrier who doesn’ t want to bring a ball to his master’ ’ simile to compare Lennie to a terrier and George to a master. At the end of the novel, George kills Lennie in much the same way as Carlson kills Candy’s dog. The dog is seen as useless and smelly, therefore it was see n as more of a nuisance to Carlson and the others in the bunk house. The men argue that the dog is miserable and in pain, which convinces Candy to let Carlson shoot the dog. After the dog is killed, however, Candy tells George of his regret for letting someone else shoot his dog. The dog was Candy’s responsibility, and Candy feels he let the dog down by not taking its life himself. â€Å"You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs. † (Page 60) This is basically Candy realizing that he’s weak and not really important to anyone on the farm; he has no more power than his dog, who was shot, had. â€Å"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog. (Page 61) This was one of the most important quotes that Candy made. It foreshadowed the end of the story, which was that George would shoot Lennie instead of letting a â€Å"stranger† (the other ranch hands, namely Curley) do it. This quote foreshadows this due to the parallelism that is drawn b etween the relationship of Candy with his dog and the relationship of George with Lennie. George is determined not to let this happen to him. George knows that Lennie will be killed by Curley and the other men if and when they find him, and George wants to protect Lennie from the others. George sees Lennie as his responsibility, and George feels that he must take action to look after Lennie, even if this action leads to Lennie’s death. Lennie’s death also reflects the killing of Candy’s dog in the actual manner of the shooting. George shoots Lennie in the back of the head, just where Carlson told Candy he would shoot the dog, promising that the dog would die instantly and would feel no pain. George wants this â€Å"pain-free† death for his friend. In conclusion, Steinbeck is able to highlight the loneliness of the unsettled migrant/workers, and the sharing of their dream. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck has made the ending of the novel (in which Lennie’s death occurs) inevitable by emphasising the loneliness of most of the characters such as- Curley’s wife, Curley, Candy (after his Dog’s Death, Crooks and George (after Lennies Death) at one point they all make a speech about their dreams and loneliness. Steinbeck also manages to emphasize Lennie’s stength and that because he has the mentality of a child, this is not the best combination as he most always ends up doing wrong. Steinbeck explores all of the forementioned points through references to animals because

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Question: Research each of the following diseases for the Pathophysiology Risk factor Sign symptoms Physical assessment findings Nursing interventions Diagnostic test Teaching Patient information Answer: Pathophysiology Research 1.Pathophysiology Hypertension is the persistent elevation of the Blood Pressure (HP), which at the end causes damage to organs leading to morbidity and mortality. HP is the creation of a regular vascular resistance and cardiac output. In this case, individuals with hypertension can have an increase in vascular resistance, increase in cardiac output or both (Savoia Touyz, 2017). Risk factor The risk factor of hypertension include Family history Being obese or overweight Age Consuming too much sodium Using tobacco Excessive alcohol consumption Sign symptoms Confusion or fatigue Chest pain Irregular heartbeat Difficult breathing Severe headache Vision problems Physical assessment findings The physical assessment for hypertension include taking of blood pressure readings, measurement of the patients waist, height and weight, the check of the retina, heart examination, assessment of the legs for edema and pulse, and the assessment of the abdomen using stethoscope to check for abnormal sounds (abdominal bruits) (Spiegelman, Forman Missmer, 2017). Nursing interventions The first intervention is to monitor and assess BP. It is important to know the level of the BP in order to determine the mode of treatment. Second, cardiac assessment, this is important to detect any abnormalities like murmurs, which can be presented without the patient exhibiting any symptoms. The third intervention is to promote rest, this is important to avoid blood pressure from rising. Diagnostic test HP is measured using a sphygmomanometer. The sphygmomanometer has two readings, which are taken in (mmHg) . The first, which is the upper number measures the pressure of blood in the arteries when the heart beats and the second reading, which is the lower reading measures the pressure in the arteries amid the beats. Teaching Change of lifestyle can help contain and prevent HP. This means that, despite taking HP medication it is important to eat healthy and exercising more. Patient information Patients should keep a healthy weight or lose weight as it can help control high blood pressure. Cellulitis Pathophysiology Cellulitis is a breach on the skin like a cut, fissure, insect bite, or wound. Also, the breach can be due to bacteria, which invade the skin and gain entry to the dermis where they multiply causing cellutis. The major cases of this condition is by Streptococcus pyogenes (Holy, Kovar, Fundova Astl, 2016). Risk factor Injury Condition of skin Obesity Weak immune system Sign symptoms Tenderness and pain in affected area Inflammation and redness of skin Fever Physical assessment findings The physical assessment focuses on the affected area. The assessment involves the physician checking for warmth, swelling, pain, and erythema. In addition, the physician will conduct wound culture to identify the pathogens and sternness of the infection before determining the nature of treatment (Oppegaard, Kittang, Langeland Skrede, 2016). Nursing interventions The treatment of this condition depends on the antibiotic routine. In this case, the nurse will clean the wound, dress the wound, and design a care plan to prevent further complications. Diagnostic test The color of the skin will be used by the healthcare provider to come up with a diagnosis. in other cases, the healthcare provider can conduct a wound culture or blood tests to determine the cause of the infection Teaching Patients should control their weight, ensure proper control of glycaemia, and avoid any form of injury to the skin. Patient Information All cases of Cellulitis require immediate medical attention and after beginning treatment, it is important for the patient to come back to the hospital if the condition worsens or the antibiotics fail. Pneumonia Pathophysiology Pneumonia is developed when pathogens get their way to the alveoli. This happens when the host defense are beset by microorganisms. The microorganisms are sinusitis, nasal carriers, and tracheal or gastric colonization (Warren, Shioda, Krm Weinberger, 2017). Risk Factor Smoking cigarettes Viral respiratory infections Lung disease Cerebral palsy Weak immune system. Signs and Symptoms Cough Fever Chills Shortness of breath Chest pain Headache Physical assessment findings The physical examination involves the doctor checking the heart rate, the body temperature, breathing, chest pains, and the oxygen levels, this checks are very important for the assessment of suspected pneumonia cases. Nursing interventions First, it is important to provide the patient with soft foods rich in proteins and high calories. Second, the patients ABG levels should be monitored if they are hypoxic. Finally, the patients should be provided with proper medication to ease the symptoms. Diagnostic test Pneumonia is diagnosed through an X- ray, which is done to check k any changes or abnormalities in the lungs . at times, X- rays do not show the infection. However, they are done to identify the organism causing pneumonia (fungal, viral, or bacteria). Teaching If you present the above mentioned symptoms, it is good to visit the hospital for examination as pneumonia can be life threatening. If diagnosed with pneumonia, it is advisable to start taking the medication to clear the infection (Lee, Husain Strek, 2017). Patient Information In cases where the infection is not severe, treatment can be done from home but in extreme cases, hospitalization is necessary. In addition, it is important to take paracetamol to reduce the fever. If the symptoms persist after three days, visit the doctor to check you again. COPD Pathophysiology COPD is an intricate syndrome which comprises of the mucociliary dysfunction, airway inflammation, and changes in the structure of the airway. This condition is cause by an exposure to irritants like tobacco smoke (Apps, Mukherjee, Ateli, 2016). Risk factor Smoking Air pollution Inhaling of Chemicals and dust Genetics Age Sign symptoms Chest tightness Whistling or wheezing when breathing Ongoing cough Cold and many other infections like influenza Physical assessment findings The doctor will conduct a spirometric test to check inappropriateness in breathing, unusual cough, unusual or frequent sputum production, relapse of bronchitis. These physical assessments are important in the diagnostic accuracy. Nursing interventions The first nursing intervention is to provide the patient with medications, which include mucolytic agents, broncodilators, and antibiotics. Antibiotics should be administered on identifying the initial signs like excessive sputum production. Also, the patient should be provide with vaccines to prevent pneumonia and influenza (Pierce, Warner, Croghan, Hoth, 2016) Diagnostic test In diagnosing COPD, the doctor will assess the symptoms, discuss the patients medical and family history, and inquire on any exposure to lung irritant like cigarette smoke. Further, the doctor will conduct tests like X-rays and CT scan to further assess the condition. Teaching One of the primary way to prevent COPD is to avoid exposure to substances that irritate the lungs like tobacco smoke, air pollution, and perfumes. For smokers, it is important to join a support program to help quit smoking. Patient information The first vital step is to stop smoking in order to prevent further complications and progression of the condition. In addition, it is important to follow medication as prescribed by the doctor. CHF Pathophysiology CHF is a syndrome caused by a number of abnormalities like volume and pressure load, muscle disease, loss of muscle or excessive demands like high output failure. In the case of heart failure, the heart muscles reduce contractility leading to a significant reduction on cardiac output (Norhammar, Johansson, Thrainsdottir Rydn, 2017) Risk Factor Hypertension Diabetes Coronary artery disease Obesity Severe emphysema Hyperthyroidism Valvular heart disease Sign symptoms Dyspnea Weakness and fatigue Edema Irregular or rapid heartbeat Persistent cough Sudden gain in weight Nausea and lack of appetite Chest pain Shortness of breath Physical assessment findings Patients who have mild CHF do not exhibit any symptoms of distress but get dyspneic immediately after an activity. Those who have a LV failure experience dyspneic when lying down while those with severe CHF are anxious and show signs of hunger . Nursing interventions The doctor should administer morphine to reduce pain, preload, venous return, and anxiety Diagnostic test The doctor uses the stethoscope to determine unusual or abnormal sounds as the heart beats, which will indicate a narrowed or leaky valve and to check on whether there are any fluids accumulated in the lungs. Teaching In case of any emergency, it is important for the family to call for emergency medical attention in case the patient is at home. Patient information Patient should be educated to identify the signs and symptoms that require immediate medical attention like shortness of breath (Patel, Brown, Ives Stein, 2017) Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 Pathophysiology Diabetes is a metabolic disorder linked to an increased in macrovascular and microvascular illnesses. The disorder is caused when the immune system destroys the insulin beta cells of th pancreas (Talton, Divers, Davis Lawrence, 2016). Risk Factor Genetics Age Family history Lifestyle Signs and symptoms Tiredness and fatigue Blurred vision Thirst Yeast infection Increased urination Physical assessment findings The doctor will check the eyes (the response of the pupil to light), thyroid gland, and blood pressure. Nursing interventions First, the doctor will administer insulin as prescribed. Second, the doctor will treat hypoglycemic reactions, and finally, assist the patient come up with coping strategies. Diagnostic test Diagnosis of diabetes involves blood tests to determine the blood sugar levels. They measure the pct of blood sugar attached to the protein carrying oxygen. Teaching The patients should be given the reasons to the symptoms including the causes of diabetes. Patient Information The patients should be educated on the signs and symptoms of diabetes and how to deal with them. They should also be advised not to omit insulin (Hempler, Mauricio Bruckner, 2016) References Apps, M., Mukherjee,... Ateli, L. 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