Suffering

There is always a saying that 'First impression is the best impression'. When we meet a person for the first time, it is generally the person's manners which tend to impress us deeply. The manners which we learn in childhood are carried throughout our lives. Good manners are taught by our parents at home and by teachers at school. These manners tend to become a part and parcel of our personality. So it is very important that these manners are instilled in children when they are young so that they

EXTRACT n°4 Doris Lessing is a famous British writer. In 1988, she wrote the fifth child and in 2007 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel is about a couple, Harriet and David, having a happy life and lot of children. They buy a house, and spend Christmas and Easter holiday every year with their family. Everything is going well, until Christmas 1973 and Harriet’s fifth pregnancy. This new pregnancy makes her suffer, so she goes to see her usual doctor, who has been

Death is a delicate subject, people find it difficult to talk about, especially in France where euthanasia is still a controversial topic. The subject was brought once again last year when Chantal Sébire, a French woman suffering from an incurable disease, wrote a desperate letter to the President in which she asked him the right to kill herself, to die with some dignity. This reopen the debate about euthanasia. Indeed, this practice is allowed in some European countries, like Belgium or Switzerland

The suffering body in KING LEAR. The Greek word “pathos” means “suffering”, through this etymology and its relationship with the very genre of the play at stake, we understand the notion of suffering is central in the plot. Indeed, King Lear is a play in which the whole kingdom is soon turned upside-down by the political mistakes of the King who is supposed to be all-ruling and almighty but who fails to accomplish his mission properly and undergoes the ensuing consequences of his foolishness

healing, - asks to end his sufferings euthanasia should definitely be available. - frees the person from his unnatural sufferings, - gives some dignity to the patient and avoids medical abuses - would help the Health system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First, 1. Euthanasia free human beings from suffering Some may say that today, with

sick health when he was not in a state of meditation. Guided by the knowledge Siddattha came upon the Middle Path of thinking. While sitting under the Bodhi tree in deep meditation, he attained enlightenment and became buddha. Buddha realized suffering was due to selfishness and attachement to life and its material and non material pleasures. As buddha, Siddattha taught his philosophy until the age of 80, when he passed into Nirvana. Siddarttha thought his people to rely on themselves. Depending

control”. Increasing doses of morphine only granted short glimpses of lucidity followed by falling off into a blank, black and inhumane abyss. So she asked the family doctor to give her more morphine, decidedly, definitely more. Clinging to a life of suffering and pain and condemning her family to the same was not the option, not when the effects of the dangerous drug were starting to alter her mind. There was no arguing, no pleading, no forcing. On a quiet summer evening she fell asleep, and was gone

8. tragedy 1/the origins of tragedy classical tragedy mainly, it is dramatic. Suffering is the origin of tragedy, and more tragedies ask questions about the suffering but never answer. Emphasises the inexplicability of suffering. Cf quotation number 2 Lear gives his land to one of his 3 daughters. Cf quotation number 3 about suffering. A tragdy will not tell you anything about suffering but you might understand something through the play. Aristotle (Aristote) theories : rules

revolution, the victorian area is symbolised by huge socials and economics changes . Since 1876, she is imperess of India. Thanks to her, Great Britain is conquering lots of territories all around the world. Nevertheless , we saw that the population is suffering a lot due to bad living conditions cause of the ignorance of the Queen. That's why we want to show you the real life in London's streets and to proove everyone that there are very big problems today in our country ! Page 3: *Simon: Nowadays

not enough to quit the baby. She’s still suffering: “It was so bad that she would cry out in pain”. Harriet‘s pain is enormous. She thinks that her pregnancy is abnormal. However she didn’t have the support of Doctor Brett who thinks that everything’s all right with the baby. So she decided to make her own way / devices. That idea leads us to analyze the consequences of this pregnancy. A broken relationship Harriet still suffering. But ill at ease and afraid of asking to