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Borderline Personality Disorder: Definition, Causes, Symptoms, Treatments

Definition Borderline personality disorder is a mental condition where people have long-term patterns of unstable emotions (Ncbi). Borderline personality disorder, BPD for short, causes emotional instability that leads to a variety of other stressful mental and behavioral problems. With borderline personality disorder, severely distorted self-image and feelings of worthless, Anger, impulsiveness and frequent mood swings…

Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain: Characters & Dream Analysis

DRAMATIS PERSONAE  MAKAK- (MONKEY) POOR, UGLY, OLD CHARCOAL BURNER  CARPORAL LESTRADE- A MULATTO  FELLOW PRISONERS TIGRE(TIGER) SOURIS (RAT)  FRIEND OF MAKAK- MOUSTIQUE (MOSQUITO)  BASIL- A CARPENTER, COFFIN MAKER(A symbol of death ) A SINGER, A MALE CHORUS, TWO  DRUMMERS SOMETHING ABOUT DEREK WALCOTT A MULATTO FROM  METERNAL AS WELL AS PATERNAL SIDE BORN IN CASTRIES,…

The Onion’s MagnaSoles: Rhetorical Analysis

The Onion’s satirical article, “Revolutionary New Insoles Combine Five Forms Of Pseudoscience”, uses several rhetorical devices to campaign its innovative, revolutionary product: MagnaSoles shoe inserts. Using the fictional MagnaSoles as a model, the article humorously mocks the strategies used by companies to market products to attract its susceptible customers. Using an exaggerated or sarcastic tone…