Essays Tagged: "episodic"

This is a very well written paper on the Greek Theme of loyalty.

the midst of a world of deceit and dishonor.The Odyssey, by Homer, is a Greek epic that is a long, episodic narrative in medias res, which shows the characteristics of the people and a hero who encom ...

(5 pages) 128 1 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Treatment of attention deficit hiperactivity medications vs. alternative therapy .

dication vs. Alternative TherapiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic, not episodic, illness occurring in 3-5% of the school- aged population. ADHD is characterized by inatten ...

(5 pages) 187 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Understanding Stress.

Generated Factors1. Self esteem2. Negative thinking3. Financial statusII. Types of StressA. AcuteB. Episodic AcuteC. ChronicIII. SymptomsA. PhysicalB. BehavioralIV. Managing techniquesA. Simple strate ... le credit can lead to mounting debt, which lead to stress.There are several types of stress--acute, episodic acute stress and chronic stress. Each has its own characteristics, symptoms, duration and t ...

(4 pages) 268 0 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Monty Python Holy grail -types of comedy used.

o parts the clouds to tell them to go after the Holy Grail. So they do.Along the way comes a lot of episodic comedy like the scene where a knight is trapped in a castle with lots of young girls, a run ...

(2 pages) 46 0 4.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

In what ways did melodrama as a cultural form speak to the concerns of American theatregoers during the nineteenth century?

vagant behaviour and emotions. Melodramas are usually no longer than five acts long and followed an episodic form; villain catches heroine, heroine gets away, good triumphs at end. They also rely heav ...

(11 pages) 59 0 4.1 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Being a Memory Play, 'The Glass Menagerie' Can be Presented With Unusual Freedom of Convention. How Does Williams Use Unconventional Structure and Staging To Explore His Themes?

icks up on these points Williams uses projected images and phrases on a screen on the set. Being an episodic play the visible set needs minimal changes. The music that is played helps the audience to ... hout the whole play and separated with see-through gauzes, transparent walls and lighting. Being an episodic play this is helpful because it means that characters can walk around, say from the fire es ...

(11 pages) 149 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

In 'Tissue' how does Louise Page present the political elements and what impact do they have on the audience

ent and she constructed the play in a way that informs both male and female viewers.Page uses short episodic scenes to help maintain the audiences attention and to help them remain focused on the fact ... s viewed by the 1980's community and how it affected her life and how people treated her. The short episodic structure aids Pages aim to get information to the audience efficiently and to get her view ...

(4 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Full - Drug report, Montelukast, Asthma Treatment. structure function, metabolism, excretion.

own to be particularly effective in treating children with both mild persistent asthma and frequent episodic asthma (Knorr et al, 2001; Nat. Asthma Council, 2002), and individuals with aspirin-sensiti ...

(5 pages) 97 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Romanticism as a Revolution

nticism' derives ultimately from the fictional romances written during the middle ages and involved episodic adventures of a single individual.These were notable for their use of magic and focus on pe ... nticism' derives ultimately from the fictional romances written during the middle ages and involved episodic adventures of a single individual .These were notable for their use of magic and focus on p ...

(22 pages) 138 0 4.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Stress, Race and Substance use in College

ts from a Midwestern state. Substance use is measured using three measures; illicit drug use, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol problems as measured by the RAPI. Principal method of analysis is mul ... with increases in alcohol problems for whites only.Traumatic experiences are associated with heavy episodic drinking for white women only.In this paper, the role of stress in the substance use behavi ...

(14 pages) 107 6 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

"Memento": A Critical Analysis

Memento is a mind-bending journey into a tainted struggle for existence in the absence of our 'episodic' memories (any previous events of the day). The premise of Memento follows the main charact ... information he learned before he forgets it; and it is lost forever. "Some researchers believe that episodic memories are refined into semantic memories over time. In this process, most of the episodi ...

(3 pages) 45 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Personal Opinion on "Binge Drinking" at colleges

of view as well as the blury vision point of view. I guess binge drinking is defined as the heavy, episodic use of alcohol. This is a type of drinking that everyone goes through at one point in their ...

(2 pages) 18 0 4.1 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

A Review of Conventional Medicine and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Migraine

Migraine is a chronic, episodic disorder causing persistent headaches, commonly characterized by throbbing pain on one side ...

(14 pages) 122 2 5.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams

Williams' reference to the play being "episodic" also refers to him describing "The Glass Menagerie" as a "memory play". When one recalls i ... oughout the play, and the screen images and phrases projected Williams is able to give his play an "episodic" style.One could argue that this style does add a sense of truth and reality to Tom's memor ... nd.William's also makes use of the projected images and phrases throughout the play to give it its "episodic" style and verisimilitude to Tom's memory as the structural device for accessing the pass. ...

(3 pages) 16 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Bipolar

hich some of the symptoms A person with bipolar disorder may experience are mania, which is usually episodic with an elevation of mood and increased energy and activity and severe depression. In child ... eased energy and activity and severe depression. In children, mania is commonly chronic rather than episodic, and usually is shown in mixed states with irritability, anxiety and depression. In adults ...

(4 pages) 58 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide