Alchemy

Roger Chillingworth: A Man Who Lusts for Revenge Readers often skim past the intricacies of the characters in a novel in order to get to the main part of the novel; however, the reader must obtain a close relationship with the characters throughout the novel to observe the fluctuation in the character’s characteristics and motivations. When the reader can get a better understanding of a character's individual change, the reader's becomes familiar with the author’s intentions and their…

The plot of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is structured similarly to a Russian nesting doll. The book begins by telling the story of a sailor named Walton who is writing letters to his sister. These letters describe the beginning stages of Walton’s journey to the North Pole with his crew. During this journey, Walton sees a hulking creature moving across the icebergs. This creature plays a large role in the overarching narrative of Frankenstein. The story then jumps from these letters into…

Steam power, from boiling water in a simple kettle to massive boilers towering a hundred feet into the air are most certainly impressive. One Japanese animated feature film captures the grandeur of steam power in Katsuhiro Otomo’s “Steamboy” released in 2004. “Steamboy” is about a young 13-year-old inventor James Ray Steam who lives in Manchester, England in 1866 who is caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary steam powered device created by his father and grandfather.…

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragic story of how one man’s decision destroyed the unity and peace of a great city. In the play, Brutus is concerned about Caesar’s rise to power in Rome. He has to decide between his love for Caesar and his love for the people of Rome. Brutus is a tragic hero who is noble and worthy of admiration, and who falls to his tragic flaw which he discovered just before his death. A tragic hero will always have a tragic flaw that leads them to their downfall,…

The word occultism derives from the Greek word occultus meaning hidden. Occultism is the study of the arts or occult practices like magic, alchemy, astrology, spiritualism and clairvoyance, among others. The interpretation of the occult and concepts can be found in the belief structures of certain philosophies and religions such as Gnosticism, Hermeticism, theosophy, Wicca, Thelma, neo-paganism or Satanism religions. The meaning of occultism is the secret knowledge and practices dealing with the…

– equation (2 gives info on location of electron in terms of probability density - wave functions are called orbitals – [pic], where E is energy, e2 is electric potential, r is orbital radius and h is Planck’s constant 1925 Wolfgang Pauli – each orbital has only 2 electrons is now explained due to direction of spin of electrons. Spinning electrons create magnetic field. Only 2 electrons of opposite spin in an orbital referred to as Pauli exclusion principle Hund’s rule – half fill…

Science has revolutionized our world with unimaginable advancements in technology. From the brilliant minds of William Whewell (who coined the English word “science”) to the modern day scientist like Stephen William Hawking (who contributed to the vast amount of today’s knowledge on cosmology and quantum gravity). Furthermore, science has become so advanced in this day-in-age that it has been split apart into different sections that each cover a broad range of technological information,…

Matt Merritt Mrs. Martin English Frankenstein Frankenstein was a gothic romance novel written in 1818 by Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley creates many characters with great details using themes and symbols. she associates three themes with her novel. The theme of loneliness, knowledge, and monstrous. the theme monstrous for Frankenstein has been pondered in many minds of who the real monster is, Victor Frankenstein or the real monster himself. Victor Frankenstein is driven by knowledge and his…

When the Scientific Revolution first emerged in the mid 1500’s, it marked a historical change in the way people would perceive the universe and how it worked for the next 200 years. Starting with Copernicus and ending with Newton, a new type of evolution was occurring: the evolution of thought and knowledge. The major thinkers involved in the revolution also included Galileo, Bacon and Descartes. For the purpose of this essay, I will be discussing the similarities and differences in thought…

Since the beginning of the human race there has always been social problems and cultural conflicts. Parts of these social and cultural problems changes within the following generation. However the one concepts that doesn’t change is racism. This is shown in social media such as play and in speeches as well. Two examples are Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello and the speech made by Frederick Douglass which was called “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July. These are shown brilliantly for…