Plane crashes, terrorist attacks, tornados and some other natural disasters are examples of a cataclysmic event that could happen. ... But when stressors are always present your body will constantly feel under attack and your blood pressure, heart rate, and hormones will increase and stay at that level. ... One major condition related to stress is heart disease. Heart disease affects the hearts muscle, valves and rhythm and can lead to a stroke or heart attack which both can cause death. ... Depression can also lead to a heart attack or stroke. ...

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As the shark approaches his prey the music picks up speed and builds an intense, heart pounding feeling that something bad is about to happen. This music is usually followed by the inevitable shark attack or "almost" shark attack. ...

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THE BROKEN HEART Donne uses violent and fierce imagery to represent his viewpoint on the nature of love. The images created in The Broken Heart all share a sadistic characteristic. ... Donne does not only think being "attacked" by love is harmful, but once love has chosen its victim it will destroy its heart like glass. ... By using imagery to show the heart a shattered glass shows that Donne has an ice-like heart and has a cold outlook towards love. ...

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Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death" (Baym,425). ... Mallard's friend has to break her husband's death to her gently because of her heart problem. ... Mallard dies of a heart attack. ... Her heart ailment symbolizes the trouble she feels that her marriage puts on her life when it comes to making her own decisions and living the way she wants to and also the guilt she feels because of that. ... Mallard that her husband is dead because of her heart condition. ...

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This sort of things seemed to happen often because when they break free, their attacks are described as a "must"; which I interpret as revenge against their human captors. When he recounted the details of the elephant's attack, it only went after human property, it went after a bamboo house, livestock, and when a man jumped out of a van, it went and viciously attacked that too. It then went on to attack a human, whose corpse George Orwell had just found. ... In the end he did attempt to kill the elephant, by firing all the shots he had into its heart but it wasn't enough to...

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Mallard [is] afflicted with a heart trouble, great care [is] taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death" (Chopin 54). Because of her weakened heart her husband's friend, Richards, wants to be there when she receives the news to make sure she does not hear it from "any less careful, less tender friend" (Chopin 54). ... Because of her weakened heart, Josephine is worries that Mrs. ... The arrival of her husband proves to be too much for the weakened heart of Mrs. ... Mallard has a heart attack and dies. ...

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In Raffel's Beowulf Grendel is once again, portrayed as an emotionless monster that does not want anything but to destroy people.Grendel could not hold in the pain and heart ache any more, leading him to the killing state of mind,"Intended to tear the life from those bodies by morning; the monster's mind was hot with the thought of food and the feasting his belly would soon know. ... This excerpt is when Beowulf and his warriors are waiting in the mead hall for Grendel to come and attempt to kill more people and get away, like he has done in the past.But this time they are going...

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The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. "Chopin returns to the issue of marriage and selfhood in her portrayal of Mrs. Mallard, a woman who learns that her husband has died in a train accident." (Katherine 3) Mrs. Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the ...

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The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. "Chopin returns to the issue of marriage and selfhood in her portrayal of Mrs. Mallard, a woman who learns that her husband has died in a train accident." (Katherine 3) Mrs. Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the ...

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The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. "Chopin returns to the issue of marriage and selfhood in her portrayal of Mrs. Mallard, a woman who learns that her husband has died in a train accident." (Katherine 3) Mrs. Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the ...

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The Story of an Hour was written by Kate Chopin. "Chopin returns to the issue of marriage and selfhood in her portrayal of Mrs. Mallard, a woman who learns that her husband has died in a train accident." (Katherine 3) Mrs. Louise Mallard's emotional state goes from one end of the spectrum to the ...

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Dunstan hears and has a heart attack when Liesl says "He was killed by the usual cabal: by himself, first of all; by the woman he did not know; by the woman who granted his inmost wish; and by the inevitable fifth, who was keeper of his conscience and keeper of the stone"(Davies 272). ...

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His enemy had led away his heart." ... Once he has given up his heart to her, Yvain is discribed as completely conquered. ... He has "left his heart behind...she who remained at home held and joined herself so closely to that heart that he did not have the strength to draw it away." This entire first section of the story would have the reader believe that the love of a knight for his lady leaves him powerless to control his own heart, and that she is the dominating force in his life. ... His journey brings him to an attacked lion, whom he saves and makes a friend of. ...

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Oskar's feeling also persuades readers to feel empathy for him, since he lost his father in the terrorist attacks. ... Females knew to always be aware while walking, to hold your keys out as a possible weapon against an attack. ... If someone tries to abduct you, scream loudly and try to attack them because a rapist tries to pick women who are easy targets. ... Part of them wants to cry their heart out and the other part wants to hit something with the anger that raging inside them. ...

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The story "All Quiet on the Western Front" centers on a young man named Paul Baumer narrates the story. Paul is of the age of nineteen, when he is convinced to enlist in the German army in the World War I. Paul and several of his friends are encouraged to join the army by their teacher Kantorek, ...

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This conflict between his brain and heart is what's causing him to hesitate. ... Hamlet curses this cowardice often with the same fervor that he attacks Claudius with. ... He was torn between his heart and his head, and it wasn't until it was almost too late that he ralized what a grave mistake he had done by putting it off. ...

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Most would argue that, if possible, one should veer from drugs and find a more suitable and natural way to attack psychological problems. ... The immune system in a human is an astounding myriad of responses to different external attacks on the body. ... She was a widow who's husband had died of a heart attack. ...

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Rivers turns out to be the only person in the hospital to which Sassoon could open up his heart and express his feelings, fears and emotions. ... But Rivers filled up that emptiness, as he was kind, open-minded, soft-hearted and had a deep sympathy for the suffering of his patients. ... Prior's encounter with his parents caused him an asthma attack. ...

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Diphtheria is an acute bacterial disease that usually affects the tonsils, throat, nose and/or skin. It is passed from person to person, usually by breathing in bacteria after a person has coughed, sneezed or laughed. It can also be spread by touching used tissues or by drinking from a glass that a...

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Instead of solving the problem in a peaceful manner both clashed together in the fight to win the heart of the public. ... Months before the attack a security personnel begged authorities to fix their machines because he noticed a very poor level of security where people could easily smuggle things in. ...

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