Assumption of Mary

From deals with the devil, corrupt churches, and the decaying body of a lifeless baby, Matthew Lewis’s The Monk is the paradigm of the gothic novel. The main setting of the novel is the church, a place of barbaric and inhumane practices. Deep in the dungeons are prison cells for deviating nuns who are starved and tormented by the head nuns. The Monk, title role of the novel, belongs to the main character who is perhaps the most malevolent and cruel. The novel is the ideal example of a gothic…

Okay, so storming out on Giles and Spike probably hadn't been the best idea. Deep breaths weren't working, Buffy felt cornered and trapped, and betrayed. Slayers slay and Watchers...sabotage? Lie? Poison you? Make you feel delusional, like you got all the bad parts of destiny, and none of the good? Giles had been stammering after her; Buffy could still hear the swing of the library doors over Giles' repeated calls of her name, and all his English pleading. It made her feel sick to think…

In "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, demonstrates the challenges and dangers of gaining too much knowledge. The misuse of knowledge can bring negative effects since it would interfere with nature, have failures on the use of the knowledge, and bring tragedies to people or society. In addition, the consequences of going out of the ordinary can be permanent or have bad effects. For instance, in "Frankenstein" it explains how Victor Frankenstein played God and created a monster that later on in…

inovation of science can kead to a social destruction against man kind. Going against humanity and letting the power of science interfere with society with what us considered "normal" is frightining and morbid. In the classic novel, Frankeinstein by Mary Shelley, a life was created by Victor Frankenstein using the power of science and knowledge. Although Frankeinstein proved to himself that using the correct tools and with dedication you can create and make anything happen it also caused…

At the end of Chapter 12 in John Gardner’s novel Grendel, Grendel exclaims his final, dying words, “Poor Grendel’s had an accident… So may you all”. These words are meant to be a curse to all of the animals that are watching him die. In the book, Grendel describes these animals as “enemies of old” (Gardner 173) and also describes how “[the animals] watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying [his] destruction” (Gardner 174) which demonstrates his hatred towards these animals for watching him die…

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail Williams’s flaws – Lust, Vengefulness, and Arrogance – that led her to be the most responsible for the tragedies of the Witch Hunt in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail is a lustful and arrogant who wants her way and that’s it, she doesn’t care who she hurts. During the play Abigail lied, accused, and hurt very many people but one person she did not want to hurt was John Proctor. Her and John Proctor had an affair…

The Calling of John Procter The character of John Proctor changes from selfish to loyal. The crucible happened in Salem village that was being run by a bunch of teenagers accusing people of witchcraft. Where teenage girls determined who died and who lived. John Proctor was a selfish man how later thought of his family before him. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams but chose his wife over her. Abigail is now out to get John back but has to get rid of Elizabeth Johns wife out of…

Imagine this. You’re paralyzed, unable to do anything the way you want; unable to achieve new goals, to try new things, or to simply live your life the way you want to because you are restricted. Many times we have a similar reaction to fear. Fear can motivate us to an extent, if used correctly and in small amounts. But more often than not we let fear take over and control us, stopping us from doing what we actually want to achieve. When fear completely takes over we either retreat and back down…

There has always been methods to get what one wants from other person, theres hundreds of torture methods along history. We know some from the Bible, like cutting fingers, from Greece, like the Brazen Bull (a devise that is worth reading about), and people are still using torture as a mean to get what they want. Being a confession o causing pain as a punishment. But as we will see, in the Middle Ages people became really experts and used all their creativity to invent the worst methods of…

In literature such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, monsters are used as metaphors for scientific advances, through which the authors can provide their own social commentary about science. These monsters can serve as metaphorical warnings for what can happen when you let pride and greed control you and what can happen when scientific advances upset the natural order of things. Not only is what the monsters in these…