Atlantis

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet, do they sound familiar? Most people have heard of these plays and know them to be part of the greatest body of literature in the English language. The name William Shakespeare graces these imaginative pieces of art yet there is still dispute over the authorship . According to CSI’s Joe Nickell, “anti stratfordians [are] mostly non-academics and…‘pseudo-scholars’”(Nickel 1). With passing trends and fads, it’s clear who the real shakespeare is. Although there…

be a substantial failure. NASA management believed otherwise, insisting that there was nothing that could be done as it was already in orbit. An attempt at a rescue mission or a quick fix from the help of an already planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis could have been completed but the decision was too risky and in too short of a time frame. Thus while entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the heat resistant tiles on the damaged wing were missing, allowing for wind and heat to enter the wing and…

Direction: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent. 131. Carpe Diem is an exhortation to value the moment over the uncertainties of future plans. It can be understood as a statement that encourages one to enjoy hedonistic pleasures, rather than investing one’s efforts towards attaining an ideal or preparing…

Each of these philosophers had their own ideal of what a “utopian” society would look like in their time. Furthermore, many utopian fictions have been produced after More’s work such as, Campanella’s Civitas Solis (1623), Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis (1627), James Harrington’s Oceana (1656), Samuels Butler’s Erewhon (1872), Bellamy’s Looking Backwards (1888), William Morris’s News from Nowhere (1891) and H.G. Wells’s A Modern Utopia (1905). However, no society is credited with achieving utopia…

exhibitions, written pieces, music, and plays. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Mark Doty was among many of the different types of artists who expressed his advocacy for the AIDS epidemic. This is seen in his series of poems entitled Atlantis, documenting instances of his partner fighting a battle with AIDS. Their…

The Age of Enlightenment, or otherwise known as, simply, The Enlightenment, is a period in 18th century western culture in which reason was advocated as a primary source of truth and knowledge. Born in the wake of the religious reformation, the voyages of European discovery, and the emergence to dominance of capital, the enlightenment spirit was oriented broadly to the liberation of human beings from its various forms of bondage (Kapferer 2007). As the church was becoming increasingly…

“Over one year the Sun appears to us on Earth to follow a route through twelve-star constellations we call the Zodiac. If there is this dark star—or whatever it is because at this stage we don't know—coming in, then the evidence points to its current location at the feet of Virgo.” Karl paused to check his supervisor's reaction. “That's where we would see it if we could. It might be a brown dwarf.” Michael raised his eyebrows and frowned. The table gave a threatening creak as he shifted his…

I woke up at around 5:00am, my mom and sisters were in the bathroom getting ready for the big day. I had already packed my bag the night before. I got up and put on my clothes. I waited for about twenty minutes and when they were done getting ready we grabbed our bags and headed out. We pulled into Columba airport and got out of the car and grabbed our bags and headed in. We got our tickets and they took our bags. Then we headed to security, we had to take off our shoes and walk through a metal…

The Cancellation of Exploration: Bring Back the Funding for Domestic Space Exploration Space, the final frontier. For years, mankind gazed up at the stars, and dreamed of stepping onto the moon. On July 20, 1969, this dream became a reality (NASA, 2014). Neil Armstrong stepping foot on the moon was a bonding experience for most everyone in the country, or even the world. There are some events, like the crash of the challenger, or 9/11, where people know exactly where they were when that…

exploration. Many people explore for a living and others only for personal interest such as scuba diving. There have been many theories about objects getting lost in the ocean and many people go deep in the ocean to find them. For example, the lost land of Atlantis is said to have silver and gold (Drye). Based on Plato’s writings, philosophers say that as punishment to the half-god-half-human culture, the gods sent fire and earthquakes to sink the land (Drye). Hundreds of people are in search…