Alchemy

Marcus Brutus lived his life in constant debt to Caesar, but one day he realized Caesar might be doing more harm than good. Shakespeare depicts Brutus as a completely noble Roman in the play Julius Caesar, and this is true on some level. Brutus was very honest and dutiful concerning large-scale affairs, such as the fate of Rome. However, he was also very stubborn and spent a lot of time focused on petty matters (The Gale Group). Shakespeare chose to ignore this dark side of Brutus and only…

Famous scientist, helped society begin to understand physics. He believed in Alchemy. This demonstrates that a great scientist is capable of subscribing to falsehoods. Likewise, consider Mahatma Gandhi. Often he is referred to as a moral leader. There is evidence that he was a pedophile. Furthermore, consider Martin Luther King Jr…

by Mary Shelley in 1818, is one of the first scientific novels ever written. The novel centers around a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who at a young age desires sciences and attempts to create life through the studies of anatomy and alchemy. After creating life however, Frankenstein is horrified at his creation and rejects it, casting it out into the world on its own to learn bad from good. Yet, when people see the monster, they are horrified and either run away or attempt to…

especially for Chinese, Indian, and Mayan cultures. These ancient traditions developed extremely elaborate systems for predicting terrestrial events from celestial observations. During Mesopotamian history astrology was an accepted study along with alchemy before the scientific revolution. But after the turning of the seventeenth century, astrology was called into question and cast away.This is when the scientific community labeled astrology as a pseudoscience. After this the study lost all…

The Greek philosopher Plato, known for being one the most influential figures in western philosophy, wrote a dialogue called The Republic in which is found a very insightful philosophical story describing the nature of reality. This story is widely known, by anyone who has studied philosophy, as The Allegory of the Cave. Plato and his philosophy keep influencing people in the modern era, therefore is not surprising to find books or movies with similar approaches to the nature of reality to the…

As humans have grown throughout history, new questions have continued to be asked. A few examples being: How can food be more efficiently produced to prevent starvation? How could a shelter be built stronger so that they can withstand long winters? What is the shape of the earth? What are our bodies made out of? However, it was not till recent history that the study the brain and psychological concepts has become a large part of modern science. Many great people that contributed to the…

scientific advancement stems from the drive to make new breakthroughs. In Frankenstein, the tone of Victor’s narrative illustrates his drive to create new life, which conveys the danger of scientific advancement. The tone of his narrative about studying alchemy and other scientists was very…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man, who through his love of science and alchemy, gives birth to a monstrous and forever unnamed creature. During the span of the novel, the monster goes either unnoticed by society or shunned, while Frankenstein lives his life in fear of coming upon the Creature or he is hunting him down. All the creature wants is what he notices the rest of society having; friends, family, community. At the very least, the Creature wanted a companion like himself, who…

had been making man, stuffing him full of such hopping greeds and passions that he has to blow himself to pieces as often as he conveniently can manage it – would it also have occurred to you to make him burst himself with such a phenomenon as cachinnation? That same laughter, madam, is as irrelevancy which almost amounts to relevation (p.54).” In this quote Thomas is explaining that men can be fed false hopes and dreams and when crushed can lead them to insanity, especially laughing because…

A Foley Artist creates audio effects for a film by using physical props. As a Foley Artist, you are responsible for very specific sounds although you do not create audio for standard special effects, such as explosions or background noises from cars—that is the domain of audio engineers. Instead you deal with recreating the finer details that require a high degree of precision: The clop of someone's shoes as they walk across the floor or the rustle of their jacket as they sit in a chair. Your…