A Serious Man

An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term

to die there. He had lived in Brooklyn when he was a little boy (before the age of three), but doesn’t remember anything. He rents an apartment near Prospect Park. He wants nothing but being alone and quiet. He has sold his house after his divorce, and so has no problem with money. He was an insurance agent, but doesn’t know what to do now. His daughter Rachel (a researcher in bio-chemistry) comes to visit him and suggests he should “invent a project”. He feels irritated and says he will probably

the middle of the very bloody First World War as Britain’s distraction in a European war seemed an ideal opportunity to strike for freedom according to the nationalists militants: “England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity” as the Republican slogan said. The Easter Rising and the War of Independence that followed transformed the political landscape of Ireland. The rebels surprised the British on Easter Monday with a thousand men and women against 400 soldiers. We will see in this following

meanings, thoughts and semantic direction. The autobiographical strand functions as a marker of personal identity since Naipaul has been in quest of "self" since the beginning. In the same manner, the philosophic strand has been essential in the development of a Naipaulian discourse. The philosophic strand is associated closely with the existential ideas of nothingness and dissolution, which in turn are closely connected to a state of pessimism and nihilism. This aura or existential sense is thus the idea

King Hamlet, Claudius hastily marries King Hamlet's widow, Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. In the background is Denmark's long-standing feud with neighbouring Norway, and an invasion led by the Norwegian prince, Fortinbras, is expected. The play opens on a cold night at Elsinore, the Danish royal castle. The sentinels try to persuade Hamlet's friend Horatio that they have seen King Hamlet's ghost, when it appears again. After hearing from Horatio of the Ghost's appearance, Hamlet resolves to see the Ghost

knows as Hanna), a stranger from a nearby neighborhood. When he recovers, he visits her with flowers to thank her for assisting him. He is fascinated by her even though she happens to be more than twice his age, and on their third encounter they begin having an affair. Michael is swept up by his infatuation with Hanna, but can’t help noticing certain oddities in her behavior. She is unable to open up emotionally, has fits of temper, and also fits of insecurity. She also makes a point that she will

Master “What happened in the High Court today, Master?’ asked Selvi. “It’s all over, Selvi. She came in a matter of fact manner and never even looked at me. The judge asked us the history of our marriage. Of course, the lawyers had prepared us for the questions and had even given us the answers. The divorce judgment had an air of inevitability about it,” Dinesh said and ended his reply with a yawn. “Was that fellow there?” Selvi asked. “You mean her lover? He was also there. They were talking

Hats off to you for your willingness to tackle a complex subject, and for the graciousness to include others. I wish you the best. A couple of quick thoughts, for whatever they’re worth – • A factor not to be underestimated: Apple’s network of retail stores, with its enthusiastic and knowledgeable employees and the periodic hysteria-inducing product launches for each new iteration of the iPad. The opportunity for curiosity seekers to interact with the iPad inside the friendly confines of an Apple

The awakening Chapters 1-3 A green and yellow parrot sings in the background in French and a little Spanish, giving the Lebrun cottages outside New Orleans in the small community of Grande Isle a relaxing atmosphere. Mr. Pontellier looks over the old newspaper with frustration at his present rural, non-business environment. "Mr. Pontellier wore eye-glasses. He was a man of forty, of medium height and rather slender build; he stooped a little. His hair was brown and straight, parted on one

communities and their social exclusion and she has published a lot in this area. Her article, Class and Catholic Irish Masculinity in Antebellum America: Young Men on the Make in Chicago, presents us the difficulty for young Catholic Irish men to find their place in the middle-class of the decades before the Civil War. By focusing on two young man, James A. Mulligan, “an extraordinary individual who enjoyed many advantages” and William J. Onahan, “a driven and reasonably talented person”, she shows us