“Antagonist: One who contends with another in an athletic contest‚ a battle‚ or struggle for the mastery; an opponent‚ an adversary” (Merriam Webster). While the definition of an antagonist is simple‚ identifying antagonists in literary works can often be a challenge. Sometimes the antagonist is obvious‚ such as Nils Krogstad from The Doll’s House. Other times the protagonist is the villain while the antagonist is the hero‚ as Macbeth and Macduff in Macbeth. Furthermore‚ sometimes the antagonist is
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Greene In the short story “The Destructors‚” by Graham Greene‚ takes place in London after the German bombings during War World II. This story show two types of violence: One is the gang of youths that expressed their anger and frustration against society by destroying the last remaining house on a street had been bombed. The other type of is society during War World II the town and the homes were destroyed by bombs. The gang of boys called themselves the Wormsley Common Gang after the area where
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The Antagonist Character of Death by Scrabble In the story Death by Scrable ‚ there are two main character which are husband and wife . Which one is the antagonist character ? I think the husband is the antagonist character . The reason why the husband is the antagonist character is beacause of his hatred ‚ dishonesty and emotional . The first reason why I choose the husband as the antagonist is because he hated his wife all the time . Firstly ‚ he hated his wife at the begining of the story
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Freedman et al. (2016) discussed that from a meta-analysis of five studies‚ the researcher concluded that a vitamin K antagonist such as warfarin can reduce stroke by up to 64% and mortality by 26% when compared with a placebo. To be able to prevent stroke related to a-fib the first step is to complete a stroke risk stratification using assessment tool such as the CHA2DS2-VASc. The chad score can help determine if anticoagulation therapy is recommended base of risk factors such has any congestive
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Throughout the early history of storytelling‚ the antagonist has existed as a plot device‚ to which Bulman defined as a character that ‘usually represents negative things‚ while the protagonist espouses positive values.’ (Bulman‚ 2006‚ 17). He goes on to expand on the device’s use of conflict and how it is a necessary building block of creative storytelling. This analysis will explore the state of existence of the female antagonist‚ who has long been argued to be held in a transgressive state of
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(IBS) which has chronic pain as a symptom. A receptor that has been seen to be present and upregulated in this disease are Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels‚ and in particular‚ Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) and Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin Type 1 (TRPA1)(15‚18). In this review‚ TRPV1 and other channels‚ such as TRPA1 induced pain are looked at. As possible drug targets‚ there have been studies with various antagonists‚ that have seen downregulation of expression
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Overview “muscarinic receptor agonists” cholinergic agonists are drugs that act on acetylcholine receptors‚ thus causing excitation of the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system there are 2 types of acetylcholine receptors 1) NICOTINIC RECEPTORS - are receptor-mediated ion channels - 3 types RECEPTOR TYPE MUSCLE TYPE GANGLION TYPE LOCATION - neuromuscular junction - sympathetic autonomic ganglia - parasympathetic autonomic ganglia - CNS CNS TYPE - agonists of nicotinic receptors are discussed
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that the amygdala does indeed play a major role in the expression of anxiety. Research has also indicated‚ through drug infusions to the amygdala‚ that benzodiazepines cause anxiolysis (by increasing GABA transmission)‚ and that benzodiazepine antagonists increase anxiety (by decreasing GABA transmission). Also discussed are some limitations and problems found with benzodiazepine use. On the Role of the Amygdala in Anxiety and How Treatment is Effective The functional anatomy of anxiety involves
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Throughout the short story “The Swimmer”‚ the author makes it sound as if the main character Neddy Merrill is swimming home through pools. But‚ these pools are metaphors for different chapters of his life. In the beginning Neddy is portrayed as youthful and energetic‚ he is able to dive into the pool and he can lift himself out of the pool effortlessly. As the story goes on as Neddy goes through more pools we see that he’s getting older‚ he uses the ladder to get out of the pool and he is cold
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Receptor-mediated endocytosis Receptor-mediated endocytosis is an important mechanism the body uses to remove cholesterol from the bloodstream. Persons with the inherited disease hypercholesterolemia lack normal LDL receptors and as a consequence‚ have dangerously high levels of circulating cholesterol. Their cells cannot remove circulating LDL particles‚ and so the load of cholesterol tends to accumulate on the walls of their arteries‚ which eventually blocks blood flow. Mammalian cells use receptor-mediated
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