Alchemy

Powerful women don’t fare well in histories when looked at through the lens of a patriarchal society. It speaks volumes that Visenya Targaryen is still respected by the Maesters as both a Warrior and a Queen and not dismissed because she’s “on her moonblood.” The Conquest was not a solo project, yet her brother got the credit in the stories while his sisters got hills in Kings Landing named after them. She was a founding mother that helped set the stage for everyone that followed her. She is…

Diamond, Coal, Anthracite Plot: The queens fight Kass Setting: Hogwarts college- magic known universe- year 4712 ACT 1 Scene 1 Setting: Principal's Office Time: 10:23 Monday morning. Characters In Scene (CIS): Kass Keets, Venus Salazar, Honey Lao, Jem Knight KASS: Those three creatures are trying to ruin my life! I demand that they be expelled from this school immediately! Midna rubs her temples. - MIDNA: You want me to expel these three brilliant students because you don’t like them? That’s…

The Cairo Genizah or “Sacred Trash” is the collection of 300,000 manuscript of Jewish literary collected from the storeroom of Ben Eza Synagogue in old Cairo, Egypt. Genizah in Hebrew means hide away or keeping aside, like Janaza (means burial) in Arabic is derived from Persian word ganj denotes a treasure. These manuscripts dated from 870 CE to 19th century, contain approximately 1000 years of information about the Jewish communities of Cairo (Schechter). Genizah contains the largest…

Parker Bain Mrs. Schroder English IV 28 November 2016 Gothic Themes in Frankenstein Known as one of the most popular gothic novels of its time, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has various types of eerie vibes. There are many different examples of the gothic theme in this story. “Gothic is known as an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries, characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting.” (Dictionary). In the book, there are…

Frankenstein: The mother of gothic Horror was published in 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley´s for gothic fiction, science fiction, and all the horror novels that followed it.weaving the gothic elements of romantic values of nature and individualism, the author delivers a tale about unchecked ambition and the consequences of disturbing the order of nature, physiologist, artist, feminist, generation of scientists and ethicists have been inspired by the author dark story. The novel begins with…

The invention of gunpowder was drastic and life altering discovery. Gunpowder was discovered in Ancient China in the 9th Century during the Han dynasty, by an alchemist named Wei Boyang (A&E). Boyang was one of the many alchemists hired by the government to create an exlir that would satisfy the emperor’s search for immortality. Through his research he accidentally came across gunpowder. The alchemists “experimented with the Sulphur, common charcoal, and saltpeter heating the substances in order…

Maryssa Smith Professor Nancy Cassano English 1302 March 11, 2015 Frankenstein: Man or Monster When reading “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, one is inevitably placed in a position of judgement. The two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Monster seem to be in direct opposition at first glance. But the further you read the more blurred the lines of character separation become, until ultimately, the roles are…

In the book, The Alchemy of Race and Rights by Patricia J. Williams describes the usage of of words as floating signifiers in legal language as, “a model of inductive empiricism, borrowed from-and parodying-systems analysis, in order to enliven thought about a complex social…

opening acts. He has lost all of his confidence and arrogance, but he accepts the end to his life in a very calm manner. “Casca: O, he sits high in all the people's hearts, And that which would appear offense in us, His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness” (Act I, Scene iii). On these few lines, Casca is talking about Brutus and how good of a person and leader that he is. Shakespeare increases sympathy for Brutus by emphasizing his many positive qualities…

In this atmosphere of heavy moralizing, whether political or personal, can a young person find true, meaningful, relevant articulation of personal relationships and its intimate journey in the world. The film does more than raise questions about the police censorship and attack on the freedom of choice of young individuals in love, whose actions do not breach public decency in any way. Morality TV is also a powerful indictment on the media’s approach to news bytes that are more titillating and…