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Conclusion Does watering plants with caffeine affect its growth? This experiment will be tested by watering nine basil plants separately, 3 with two caffeine tablets mixed with 100 milliliters of water, 3 with medium roast instant coffee mixed with 100 milliliters of water and 3 with 100 milliliters of water. Water the plants every 3 days and graph the plant growth each day. The hypothesis, caffeine will have a positive effect on the growth of plants on average, was incorrect in this…

Gray depicts the life of Dorian a young impressionable aristocrat who captures Basil’s artistic imagination and soon becomes a friend to basil. Along with becoming Basil’s friend and muse Dorian meets the famous Lord Henry at one of the painting sessions. Lord Henry is a witty man who enjoys celebrating youth, beauty, and the selfish pursuit of pleasure. Basil reluctantly introduces Dorian to Lord Henry, who soons influences the young Dorian. This paper of The Picture of Dorian Gray will discuss…

A Hideous, revolting, disfigured creature lurks in the shadows of the forest. What is it? Could it be a monster? To answer this question we must first ask the question: What makes a monster a monster? This controversial topic is explored in the gothic novels Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray written in the nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature and individuality influenced writer’s style. As shown…

While today’s acceptance levels of the LGBT+ community are at the highest levels in modern history, for a long time the level of acceptance was a negative one. During the 1800s and some parts of the world today, being homosexual is thought to be a disease and/or crime. Writers who were apart of the LGBT+ community in the 1800s were marked by their sexuality. Their pieces of work, if even read, were ridiculed. Anything they did was placed below writings of their straight counterparts, no matter…

Jerusha McCormack discusses in her critical essay ‘Wilde’s fiction(s)’ the different ways in which Oscar Wilde’s life was influenced by his literal works, as well as how his works have had an impact in his life, especially the trials about his sexuality which led to his imprisonment. The essay is separated into seven parts. Each of these parts show themes of Dandyism and Wilde’s homosexuality. There is also an ongoing theme of duality throughout the essay, in Wilde’s mixed origin of being…

-Repetition of language and words: the words ‘burden’, ‘flame’ and ‘shadow’ are frequently used and they often occur where something significant is happening or being described. In the passage where Dorian Gray and Basil Hallward are going up the stairs to Dorian’s schoolroom where he will murder Basil. In the stairs, “the lamp cast fantastic shadows” (Wilde 154). Later on, Dorian visits some opium dens to try to forget what he has done and become. He sees mainly dark windows, “but now and then…

One is companion growing. Near the corn was cucumbers, the flowers of cucumber can deter come bug that can harm corn crops. With the tomatoes there was basil. Basil repels flies and mosquitoes, improves growth and flavor of the vegetables. When planting, most of the vegetables are planted using the square foot planting method and the farm uses organic planting methods. Another cool aspect of the farm is the…

August Wilson was a talented writer and when he was kicked out of his last school for supposed “plagiarism”, his teacher stating that a black boy could never write that well, he would spend all of his time at the Carnegie Library educating himself (Basil, 4). As an avid reader from a young age, Wilson would soon find a new love, and appreciation for the written word. During this time,…

charismatic turns to a life full of sin and self-indulgence after being influenced by Lord Henry. From the moment that the two had met Lord Henry changed Dorian immensely, and not for the better. Over time we see the portrait, that Dorian’s good friend Basil paints of him, turn old, putrid, and disfigured every time Dorian sins. This happens because Dorian sold his soul in order to switch places with the painting so he never ages, but the painting does. In Addition to this, Dorian only commits…

and is, thus, fully unaware of his exceptional beauty and ability to manipulate others. His innocence and naivete pave way for his influenced deformation as he is readily impressionable and manipulated by the contrasting influences of Lord Henry and Basil. Paul Sheehan’s reading of Wilde’s TPDG attempts to pinpoint to instigating force in Dorian’s struggle to come to grips with his identity. He holds that ‘life is at best an energy” which mobilizes when the protagonist discovers expression…