Potion Essays

  • The Administration of Potions:

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    administer a potion seems all too simple; however, there is nothing simplistic about it. Potions are risky and can have disastrous consequences if not thoroughly attended to or ingredients are not properly researched. One must be thoroughly skilled and of a calm and steady disposition. Especially, if the potion is being used to help a magical creature who is sick or injured. One of the most difficult aspects to treating a magical creature compared to a human is that we are unable to know if a potion will

  • The Search for True Love in The Chaser by John Collier

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    searching for a potion the will make someone Diana fall in love with him. He does not want just anyone to fall in love with him; he wants Diana. Unfortunately, he is pursing is a fake love and he will live a miserable life if……. Austen will realize living without love is better than forcing love. In John Collier's "The Chaser," Alan Austen feels desperate to make Diana love him and ignores warning signs, but will eventually regret his rash decision to seek out the old man's potions. Alan Austen locates

  • Religion Reaction Essay: “Body Ritual Among The Nacirmea”

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    wealthiest families have multiple shrines within their homes. The rituals conducted in the shrine are sacred secrets, and only discussed with children approaching the age of initiation into the ritualistic society. Miner then describes the charms and potions used within the sacred rituals, provided by the medicine men of the Nacirema people. Mine... ... middle of paper ... ...indicate the people as a culture are uncomfortable in their skin. Finally, the rituals and beliefs regarding the human mouth

  • Herbology Essay

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    different reasons to healing, potion making, breeding, and even helping recognizing the particular wand wood being used in a duel. This journal will examine each lesson and talk about each plant encountered through the year, how to take care of the plant, the uses, and dangers each one possesses. It is also good

  • Dream In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Have we not all fall in love once before? A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Williams Shakespeare is one of the most interesting plays I have ever read. Although, I have seen many people fall in love before, this play has such an unrealistic and beautiful way to describe love that I think everybody would want to find love. I enjoyed my time reading this play not only because it’s a comedy play, but also because it includes many life ordinary events that can happen to anybody

  • The Maidens Spell

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    There was once a beautiful, young maiden who possessed prodigious magical skill. Though the Maiden’s kinsfolk died before she was able to talk or walk, she lived a fulsome life with many servants and gold in surplus, and she was highly commended by the townspeople in the kingdom below her manor. As the Maiden grew from a bonny baby to a resplendent young woman she was worshiped by every man whose eyes beheld her, for she possessed flawless beauty, beyond that of most who walk the earth. Though the

  • What is Herbology?

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    different plants in the world that much is clear. Many of them are non-magical but many more are magical. They are used in potions for different things and the non-magical is just as important as the magical plants, however. Some examples of important plants used in potions is rose thorns, knotgrass, wolfsbane, and peppermint. There are four of the most basic plants used in any potion, these are Dittany, Gillyweed, Valareian root, and Knotgrass. Dittany is the most essential plant for healers and portioniers

  • Inês De Castro Essay

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    The story of Inês de Castro may not compare to that of the Petrichor potion or the Cure for Dragon Pox at a glance, but is none the less important in illustrating how potions can affect a large population in a short period of time. Spain in the 1300s AD was a roiling mess of war. The Muslims of Spain were being driven further south and out of the peninsula in the name of the Reconquista. Inês de Castro was raised in Galicia, as far from the war front as one could be in Spain, as a witch in a family

  • Wormwood, or Artemisia Maritima

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    the leaves. For my purposes, I would use wormwood as a medicinal potion for intermittent fevers and as a de-wormer for both the wizarding community and magical creatures. In potions, I would add brandy and use it as a stomachic infusion, emmenagoque and a stimulant. Long term use of this potion may help cure hysteric complaints and hypochondriasis. Even though I know that pure wormwood oil is extremely poisonous, wormwood potions are edible if one takes three to five milligram (mg) daily or as

  • Socialization of the Nacirema Tribe

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    living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Taraumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles” (Miner, 1956). During his expedition, Miner (1956) viewed many outwardly odd Nacirema practices such as “using magical potions and charms to defend against ailments, or drilling holes in their teeth, so they can insert supernatural substances that draw friends” (Miner 1956). In order to better understand a society’s culture, research methods such as the “life course approach”

  • The Ethics of Potions

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    The Ethics of Potions: Potions, like most things in life have pros and cons, what are these and how do they affect the average 1st year potions student? I will organize this essay by beginning with a basic history of the connotations of potions, then branching in to their dangers, their necessity and finding the balance when using potions. Potions under correct, good and honest use can be of great help and perhaps save many a life. Yet we must be careful and vigilant to ensure that students understand

  • Ancient Greek Potions

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    use potions for healing and a wide variety of other reasons Herbs were used widely across the world but were especially used in greece. Many things from the greeks we can still find in our daily lives today. Ancient greek potions were one of the most important items in greek culture because they had an interesting mix of ingredients, were used for different reasons, and are the baseline of many of the medications we have today. In ancient Greek culture there were different ways that potions were

  • A Comparison Of Covergirl And Revlon's Lash Potion

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    Two respected companies in the industry are Covergirl and Revlon. In recent years the two companies have had great success in marketing their mascara products. Two of the accomplished lash products are Covergirl’s The Super Sizer and Revlon’s Lash Potion mascaras. In their commercials, the two brands have a few similarities as well as differences. Both commercials have similar target audiences, promise glamorous lash results, and have attractive female endorsers. On the opposing side, the commercials

  • Love Potion In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    creature that it sees,” said William Shakespeare. This quote explains why the love potion is used, which is an important part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (AMSND) a play by Shakespeare. The play begins when Oberon and Titania, two fairies in a relationship, fighting over an Indian boy. Puck, Oberon’s fairy helper, decided to bring Oberon a flower that’ll make anyone fall in love. Puck and Oberon used the flower’s potion on Titania to force her into giving up the Indian boy and also on the four lovers

  • Compare And Contrast The Love Potion In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    Shakespeare and the author of Tristan and Iseult display a vastly different role of love potions in relation to the concept of love in their works. When a love potion is added to the plot of the two writings one can see how it inherently displays the irrational state of love that can come as a side effect of sudden infatuation. In a Midnight Summers Dream, Shakespeare writes the love potion into his plot in a relatively humorous way, while the author of Tristan and Iseult, reflects the conception

  • Irony In The Chaser

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    types of potions. The first type of potion isn’t really a potion it’s more of a poison. “Here is a liquid as colorless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible, in coffee, wine or any other beverage. One might call it a life-cleaner” (Collier). The old man later goes on to tell Alan that the life-cleaner’s price is five thousand dollars, not a penny less. Then the old man talks about the love potion as he says, “This is just a dollar” (Collier). The ironic part about the two potions is the

  • Joseph Bedier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseult and Jean Cocteau’s Eternal Return

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    agonizing cancer that overpowers the lovers after they consume the love potion. But the differences of how and when the love potion is administered, and the lovers’ feelings for each other before the potion is drunk, reveal different depictions of the love potion between the novel and the film. The first difference between the film and the novel is when the two lovers drink the love potion. In the book, they drink the love potion when they are still on the boat and have “dropped anchor by an island”

  • John Collier's Short Story 'The Chaser'

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    ​In John Collier short story, “The Chaser”, is about a young man, Alan Austen who wants his soul mate, Diana, to fall passionately in love with him​. ​Alan is told about a love potion that would make Diana head over heels in love. He goes sees the old man who sells this potions, the old

  • Examples Of Unrequited Love In A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    of lovers in the play. The pairs of lovers: Lysander and Hermia , Demetrius and Helena, and Oberon and Titania experience struggles with their love lives because of their challenges with love potion, a changeling, unrequited love, and the Athenian law. Lysander and Hermia encounter the struggles of love potion and the Athenian law through their love life. Hermia father Eguese was strict with the Athenian law and wanted Hermia to Marry Demetrius.

  • How To Drink In Romeo And Juliet

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    To Drink or Not to Drink (the drug that is) (An analysis of whether Juliet’s decision to drink the potion was brave or foolish, and how she has changed so far through the play) Juliet is given a vial, filled with a drug to fake her death, so she is told. Is it wise to drink it? In Act IV of Romeo and Juliet, the friar tells Juliet his plan for her to escape to be with Romeo. She will fake her death, then Romeo will come from Mantua and they will elope. After things have settled down, the friar