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THEORY & CRITIQUE
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T&CTower-Figuringoutthepositiveaspectsofstress
Stressedout?Checkthisout!
DoctorFaustus
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ollege students are often pressured at
thatraisesthebloodpressure,heartrate,and
classicisabookreadmorethanonce.It
the beginning of each semester. They
generalmetabolism.Intheend,peopleoften
is a kind of natural perspective that
Performance
need to work on a new class schedule, get
become frustrated and depressed because
requiresafitangularizationandadjustmentof
OptimumStress
used to another routines, and worry about
thingsarenotgettingbetterinspiteoftheir
your eyes. To get familiar with the world of
their grades. Besides these, they also have
endlesseffortstoovercomestress.
classics,youneedtoreadactively,devouring
otherconcerns,suchasrelationshipsamong
Therefore,asoneofthebeneficialwaysto
and digesting. Active reading is a
family and friends. Thus, stress is always
reduce stress, keeping a stress diary is
hermeneutical dialogue with your text. So
recognized as a negative term. However, it
recommended. It’s an effective way of
readingisdesiring.
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can actually be related to different kinds of
finding out the causes and levels of one’s
Christopher Marlowe(1566-1594)’s Doctor
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emotions,pleasantornot.
stress. Cyro Masci, a psychiatrist and the
Faustus is a classical text par excellence
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authoroftheself-helpbookcalled“Turning
demonstrating that reading is desiring. Desire
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Whatisstress?
Point: Facing the Challenges of Life with
is incestuous like usury and brings forth
People have used the word “stress” quite
Balance and Serenity”, suggests some
numberlessissuesbycouplingwithitself,and
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often.Forinstance,thereisstresswhenone
preventive measures to decrease stress, and
thereby it is both a father and a son at once.
Anxiousness
Anxiousness
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Anxiousness
Boredom
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is worried about failing the exam, earning
he insists that stressed-out persons should
Doctor Faustus, the virtual embodiment of
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Unhappiness
enough money, and getting a job. To most
haveenoughtimetopause,torethinkabout
early modern possessive individualism, reads magic books to satisfy his soul-hunger of
people,stressisequaltopressure,tension,or
themselves, and to identify the sources of
godlyomnipotenceandinfiniteknowledge.Herenecromancystandsfortheearlyversion
worry. Any change in their moods is called
theirstress.
ofmodernscience.LikesuchoccultphilosophersoftheRenaissanceasBrunoandJohn
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stress,whetherit’sagoodchangeornot.For
Otherstressmanagementtechniquesareas
Dee,Faustusseekstodominateboththephysicalandmentalworldthroughmagic.
example, when somebody begins his or her
follows:gettingsufficientsleep,dealingwith
Faustusisapseudo-scientistwhotriestodisengagethephysicalworldfromthewhole
TheRelationshipBetweenStressandPerformance
schoolcareerasafreshman,allthechanges
emotions constructively, getting physical
universeofphysis(logos,reason,nature)anddisregardsmoralityinhissearchforworldly
Optimumlevelofthebestperformanceislocatedinthemiddle.
he or she confronts are stress. Likewise,
exercise, and finding the purpose and
power.HeisanIcarianoverreacherridingafiredragonthroughtheairandmakingahorse
Therefore,someamountofstressisneeded.
whenonereceivesapromotionatwork,the
meaning of one’s life. Each person
outofastraw.HedreamstobeaTamburlaine-likeworldconquerorbythevirtueofhis
personisactuallystressedeventhoughit’sa
experiences stress, since it is an
knowledge.Hiscuriosityintothenatureofthingsknowsnolimit.Heisacuriouschild
positivechange.
“eustress”,meaningexhilaratingandpositive
this, and it may go through four major
indispensable part of one’s life. Therefore,
questioningincessantlyabouttheoriginoftheuniverseandthenatureofheavenandhell.
experiences of success followed by higher
stages. During the first period, people face
we must simply learn to deal with it by
Quiteironicallyhewillfullyignoresthemoralimplicationsofhisquestions.Faustusquests
Stresswithoutdistress
expectation, and the other is “distress”
challengeswithlotsofenergy.Astimegoes
learninghowtocontrolouremotions,andby
forthescientificandobjectiveknowledgeattheexpenseofhisspirit.Mephostophilis,the
Dr.HansSelye,theforemostresearcheron
expressingone’sdisappointment,failure,and
by,onefeelsseriouslytiredandgetsillquite
havingamorepositiveoutlookinlife.
agentofFaustus’swishesandideas,comesatthelastmomenttosummonupFaustus’s
thephysiologyofstress,definesstressasthe
embarrassment.Inaddition,Dr.Selyenamed
frequently. Consequently, one might
Inordertodealwithproblemsconcerning
soul. Mephostophilis is the seamy side of human aspiration. When he tells that he can
“commonresultofanydemandonthebody,
the “stressors” or the causes of stress, and
experienceextremedepression,burnout,and
stress,theLaughterClinicrecentlyopenedin
never escape out of hell, he means that hell is a mental condition, not a geographically
whether the effect is mental or physical”.
categorized them into external and internal
breakdown.Peoplearelikelytogetdigestive
Britain. Its projects are “The Joy of Stress”
particularplace.Evilisaprivationofgood.AndFaustusconfoundshellwithheaveninhis
According to the Gee Publishing survey,
ones.Tobemorespecific,externalstressors
problems, asthma, and skin eruptions, from
and “Laughter, the Best Medicine”. The
wisefollyorlearnedignorance.
stressisnowthenumberonereasonbehind
include the physical environment, social
theintensefeelingsandlong-termtiredness.
clinicbelievesthat“Themostwasteddayis
FaustusturnsthePillarsofWisdomupsidedownanddestroystheHouseofSolomonby
sicknesses from work. This shows how
interactions with people, and daily hassles.
Moreover, reduced personal effectiveness
a day in which we have not laughed”. Dr.
borrowinghispowerofknowledgefromthedevils.Thedevilsleadhimintodebaucheries
many are suffering from stress, since it
On the other hand, lifestyle choices and
and change in appetite are possible and
LeeBerkofLomaLindaUniversitySchool
andtriflingdeceits.Faustus’swilltopowerandknowledgemakeshimratherapigmyof
affects the health of the majority today. On
negative thinking belong to internal
visible symptoms of stress. What we can
of Medicine proved that laughter and joy
menthanasupermanofhisdream.CenturieslaterGoethemadethetragicfateofapseudo
the contrary, Selye’s theory holds the
stressors. It is crucial to know that most of
learn from Selye’s stress theory is this:
affecttheimmunesystemandcreateT-cells
scientistintoapositiveheroofencyclopedicknowledge.Thisfactillustratesthegradual
positive effects of stress, which is quite
thestresswehaveisself-generated.
Without stress, our life would be
that are known as “happy cells”. Hence,
ruining down of spiritual strongholds between the intervening period in the West.
amazing.
Depending on the term, there are short-
monotonous.
laughter is a very effective way to reduce
Marlowedramatizestheironicalcaseofamanmadeaslavebytryingtobeamasterofhis
Today, stress is regarded as a serious
termstressandlong-termstress.Somegood
stress.
world.
socialproblemandhealthconcernbecauseit
examples of short-term stress are difficult
Stressmanagement
Tosumup,itiscrucialtoknowthatyou
TherepercussionoftheGospelquestionbehindtheplayiseverwithus,“whatshallit
affects relatively young people who are
sports and performances, and long-term
Dr. Selye pointed out that the body
are responsible for your own stress. By
profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Faustus’s self-
actively involved in national affairs. Selye
stress such as fatigue and exhaustion
converts some of its excess energy to
managing your stress effectively you can
isolationandfinaldeathinhisclaustrophobicstudydemonstratethatintelligencemeansin
commentedthatstressiseitherbadorgood.
increasestheadrenalinelevels.Asshownin
adjusting to an injury and called this the
improvethequalityofyourlife.
itsetymologicalsenseanallegiancetoandabondshipwithsomethingelse.Readingasa
In fact, everyone needs certain amount of
the graph, there’s a possibility of best
“generaladaptationsyndrome”.Itmeansthat
desireneedsanethicalorientation,asdoesthecaseofmodernscience.
stress, or our bones will demineralize and
performanceinthemiddle.
the nervous system must adjust itself to
our muscles will atrophy. He even released
However, one can easily get bored and
intrusions. The syndrome develops in these
the book “Stress Without Distress” to
lackconcentrationwherestressistoolow.If
following stages: alarm reaction, resistance,
ParkWoo-soo
emphasizethattherearesomebeneficialand
it is too high, one becomes unhappy and
and exhaustion. First, people get shocked
ByKimSo-won
ProfessoroftheSchoolofEnglish
necessary kinds of stress in our life.
anxious. However, the effect of long-term
when they perceive something bothersome.
ReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
Commonly,stressisdividedintotwo:oneis
stressonperformanceisquitedifferentfrom
Thisstimulatestheproductionofadrenaline
Viewing2002Midsummer’sStarFestivalatSogangUniversity
Interestinglectureshelppeopleunderstandastronomybetter
“
D
oyoulikestars?”Amotherasked
at Sogang University from 10th to 18th of
Seung-chul’s star photoes were also
sheadded.
Continuouseffortsmade
his five-year-old son while they
August and like the mother and the son
displayed in the hall. A student of Seoul
Many people came with their family
were listening to the lecture the black hole.
manypeopleenjoyedthefestival.
National University of Education said that
members and the festival was attractive
Hereallywaspayingattentionandthiswas
The best part of this festival was the
she was pleased to see Park’s 100
enoughtomakeeveryofthemtogetenjoyed.
whyhecouldnotanswerthequestion.“We
exhibition of star photographs. The
photographsbecausetheyareveryvaluable.
Koreancavehistory
certainly experienced a good event and I
organizers set the exhibition hall into
“I think the lectures were great. I thought
hope to be in this event next year as well,”
differentthemessothatvisitorscouldenjoy
that astronomy is boring and difficult but
ByLeeJoo-hyun
theladynoted.
theeachexhibitioninamoredetail.
now the festival gave me enough attraction
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
T
he first world-wide cave festival,
dam would seriously damage the nature.
2002Midsummer’sStarFestivalwasheld
In addition, a famous photographer, Park
soIammoreinterestedinstarsthanbefore,”
2002 Samcheok Cave Expo was
Many environmental specialists resisted
heldfromJuly10thtoAugust10th.This
damconstructionbutthegovernmentwas
expo actually called attention of ordinary
stilltoforcetheplan.
Searchingforcorpsicleinthemovie“A.I.”
people about caves and many
Sotheinstitutecarriedoutinvestgations
international academies approved that
on20cavesoutof69intotalwhichwere
Korean caves possess a very important
around the Dong River and the
Corpsiclesanticipatingtoawake
roleincavestudies.
investigators concluded that the caves
However,notmanypeopleknowthata
havemorevaluethantheythought.These
specialinstitute,“TheKoreanInstituteof
investigations proved the importance of
Caves”,hasexistedforalongtimeand,it
DongRiverareaevenmoreacademically.
T
did remarkable works in Korean cave
Last year, the members of the institute
he husband and wife preserving their
how quickly development will proceed is
studies and not surprisingly enough, it
carried out another big investigation at
son at low temperatures for more
difficulttopredict.
alsohelpedtheexpoacademically.
natural caves in Jeju island. With the
advanced medical treatment in the future
Then up to now, how much cryobiology
Thelonghistoryoftheinstitutestarted
interest of developing tourism industry,
theirsonwhocannolongerbekeptaliveby
which will play an integral role in cryonic
in1970withthenameof“TheAcademy
the natural caves of the island were not
today’smedicalcapabilities,appearsascene
became accomplishment? Preserving of
of Cave Exploration”. “The Korean
protectedwellandtheinstitutetriedvery
in the movie “A.I.”. This isn’t a strange
cryogenictemperaturesandoperationoflow
Inthemovie
Society of Caves” was in name only at
hard to preserve the caves in a better
subjectanylonger.
temperaturesisnowontheirway.Preserving
“A.I.”,
that time and the level of cave studies in
condition.
In the movie, it has been successfully
ofcryogenicismadetogivenormalchildren
Corpsiclein
Koreawasnothighenoughincomparison
“Members of “The Korean Institute of
applied to ova, spermatozoa and fertile
for people who have the possibilities of
theglasstube
withothercountries.Itwasironythatthe
Caves” did such important works for a
embryos. Also, currently(as of June) there
destroying progenitive cell owing to a test
isshownin
level was poor because Korea has got
long period of time. Investigating and
are 49 corpsicles in cryonic suspension at
thisscene.
tube baby operation or radiotherapy. Also,
good caves to be investigated but the
researchingcavesanddangersalwaysgo
Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is
operationoflowtemperaturesistechnology
society did not have enough money to
together.Thisshowsthathowmuchthey
the only cryonics organization offering
which is to make a low temperature to
carryoutresearches.
are in response to the royal summons,”
vitrification for human patients, using
patients artificially under the knife. This
Eventually, the condition gave birth to
said a member of Korean Federation for
medical personnel and technologies rather
method is capable of carrying out an
“The Korean Institute of Caves” and it
EnvironmentalMovement.(KFEM)
thanmortuarypractices.Withexceptionsof
operationwithoutbleeding.
stillleadsthecavestudiesfieldofKorea.
Nowadays,6universityclubsareacting
human embryos, no human has ever been
Cryonicsuspensionitselfcuresnothing.It
One of its great works is saving caves
actively and people seem to have more
thawed out and revived. In other words,
iscorpsiclemade?Firstly,morethan60%of
Itisaquestionofhowmuchamnesiathey
buys time for the patient, keeping the body
and natural environment around Dong
interestincavesthanbefore.Cavestudies
current technology cannot conclusively
waterinsidecellsarereplacedbyamixture
exhibit after they are awakened. This is
virtuallyunchangeduntilthefutureinwhich
River. The Korean government had a
wereoutofmanyexperts’attentionandit
prove a frozen person can be revived and
ofcryoprotectant(anti-freeze)compoundsso
because memories and intelligence are
asuspendedstatemaybeconsideredmerely
seriousplanofconstructinganewdamin
wasabigobstacleofdevelopingthefield
repaired.
that tissue dose not freeze during cooling
influenced by changes of freezing and
anextremelydeepcoma.Inaddition,cryonic
the river although it knew that buiding a
of cave studies in Korea. However, the
However, the future technologies will
stage as soon as possible after corpsicle
thawing, and even they might be lost if the
destroystheprovisionofnatureinwhichthe
condition of study is getting much better
eventually advance, so the limits of future
draws blood from the body. Upon
brain electrical activity stops. Fortunately,
oldgenerationtransfersspaceandresources
and the institute plans to do more works
resuscitation technology may be overcome.
completingtheexchangeofbodyfluids,the
nanotechnologywhichisthemanipulationof
fortherisinggeneration.However,aspeople
withinternationalinstitutes.
The reason for why people pay attention to
next procedure is immersion in liquid
individual atoms or molecules to build or
find out about the secret of freezing and
“Yes. our institute also had difficult
cryonicsisthatitisabletocureanincurable
nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius. Likewise,
repairvirtuallyanyphysicalobjectincluding
thawing and if people who are reluctant to
times,butIampleasedthatweareableto
diseasewhichishopelessinthepresentage,
theprocessofthawingjustitsreversal.After
humancellsandbiologicaltissue,willplaya
die have increased, they would grow them
carry out enough investigations and
thatis,iftechnologyadvancesinthefuture,
corpsicle is warmed in liquid nitrogen tank,
largeroleinthesuccessofacryonicrevival.
eager desire for corpsicles. Of course,
researchingwork,”addedtheheadofthe
the incurable disease would be cured. In
cryoprotectant compounds are replaced by
Advanced nanotechnology will include
nothing could be assured yet whether
KoreanInstitueofCaves.
addition,people’sdesiretocontinuelivingis
body fluids. The heart, through the next
feasibility for repairing and regenerating
corpsicles could resuscitate and maintain
anxious to lengthen their life until more
procedure, which is given electric shock to
tissues after almost arbitrary degrees of
memories as before and cope with cultural
advancedtechnologyismadeavailable.
thepatients,isabletoresuscitate.Ofcourse,
injuryprovidedthatcertainbasicinformation
shockornot.
Thenwhatiscryonics?Cryonicsistheuse
no human being in cryonic suspension has
remains intact. In other words,
ByLeeJoo-hyun
The institute worked to investigate
of cryogenic temperatures to preserve
been revived so far. However, death in the
nanotechnology would be required to
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
ByHeoJae-sung
Gwan-eumcave.
recentlydeceasedhumanbeingswithhopes
future medicine would not be a question of
manufacture the microscopic devices
ReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
theymayberevivedatsomelaterdate.How
whetherapatientcanbeawakenedornot.
capable of performing repairs. However,

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