An Unseen Enemy

The secret Bilbo harbors in his pocket, the One Ring, assists Bilbo in sneaking past Smaug unseen. Bilbo executed his role as burglar exquisitely and managed to steal the Arkenstone from Smaug because of the invisibility gifted to Bilbo by the Ring. Smaug was able to decipher where Bilbo was hiding inside his lair because of his scent, not sight, for Bilbo trumpeted, “‘I am he walks unseen!’” The Dwarves knew not of Bilbo’s secret Ring, nor of his discovery and liberate of the treasured…

she is quoted as saying “the psalm laments insist on the embrace of this life and a push to justice” (Hopkins 91). Continuing on in the same chapter Hopkins expresses “we cultivate numbness, and so we are outraged by the intensity of pain in the enemy language of the psalms. The psalm[est] laments do no bid us to share the sufferer's hate, but rather, the sufferer's pain by allowing that pain to be expressed” (Hopkins 93). This to me is a legitimate way to express anger healthy and thus a…

rules of the game are similar, and the characters overcame and won their game. To start off with, the main characters in both The Most Dangerous Game and The Hunger games use their minds to come up with strategies to outsmart the game and their enemies. In The Most Dangerous Game it states, “You've done well, Rainsford… Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs. Again you score” (page 13). Rainsford,…

The creation of light and mobile field artillery had given the United States Army a potent weapon. By employing the use of light and mobile artillery, it has changed today’s battlefield by how we use Artillery to fully decimate or counter fire an enemy. Horse drawn cannons have paved the way for the modern day M109A6, medium, self propelled howitzers. Maj. Ringgold did not know how effective the tactics he used in the Mexican-American War would become and change the course of artillery on the…

swallowed by your own father, and controlling a kingdom where the dead go. That happen to Hades, the god of the underworld. Hades’ background, strengths, weakness, enemies, and stores make up what we call Greek Mythology. It’s not like the stories that you head when you were little. It’s much bigger, and complex. Hades the unseen god, now has been seen for the first time like no other.  Hades’ Background Born from two Titans, Cronos and Rhea witch ruled the world. Hades the brother to…

Themes: Euripides’ Medea is undoubtedly the most famous and widely produced in modern times. One of the reasons for this modern popularity is a sense that the emotions of this story, though emphasized to the levels of Greek tragedy, are extremely modern and relatable. People move on more than they used to, and can tolerate abandoning their own families and homelands to be with their beloved, to start a family in a new land and hope for it to thrive.To achieve the influence today, any production…

at an almost infinite limit which can be attributed to the Romans empowerment of its citizens and the inherent duty the average man felt he had to fulfill in serving his country. When fighting on the battle field the Roman army would advance on an enemy position in silence, they would then unleash a barrage of javelins disabling and killing their adversaries, smaller elements of 60 to 100 legionnaires would then attack portions of the enemy’s first rank to either create or identify weak points.…

Drone Wars: The Ethical Tug of War Unseen, unmanned, just as, if not more, lethal as any other weapon of war. Although there are benefits to using unmanned vehicles, also known as drones, to make assaults on enemies, there are plenty of ethical and moral dilemmas that come along with them. Although drones save soldiers lives, they also put more civilian lives in danger, and in turn, cause more civilian casualties than if foot soldiers were used. Along with civilian casualties being a major…

Seemingly without end, the war on terror relentlessly continues, but has taken on a new form. No longer is the United States military committing ground forces on enemy territories, risking American lives. Instead they are utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, remotely controlled from a safe location for precision attacks against terrorists. While it is clear that the use of drones have proved advantageous for military strategists, does an increase reliance on employing…

he says “All save the assassination; and if thou Hadst not been blind, I had been sworn to boot That thou alone didst do the bloody deed (Shakespeare 345-350)”. The prophecy stated that the great victory would be won if Oedipus advanced on his enemy. However, the oracle didn’t specify whom the victory would go to. Oedipus took action without forethought, therefore, determining fate and justice. Thirdly, Oedipus impetuously kills his attacker, which turns out to be his father. …