Bog

And, what he poetical describes as a soldier’s “long sleep” meets the the cruel reality by which his audience experienced the same mentioned events, that “in the mud of shell holes they are lying, knocked rotten, ripped in pieces, gone down into the bog (113).” The reaction of his soldier class appalls the principal. But his shock is not surprising, for why should he be able to fathom such struggles? The principal was maintaining a school, while these men were cutting their way through other…

The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko once wrote, “Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it most certainly not beautiful.” It should come as no surprise to any reader of this quotation that Mr. Yevtushenko has been married four times--in fact, he is known in the literary world for his numerous affairs. However, despite his own personal demons, Yevtushenko makes an interesting point: literal translation is never beautiful. In translating from one…

This essay will discuss Catherine and Heathcliff 's development as characters through the two key settings of the Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. Focusing on their characteristics of pride, anger, passion and resentment which are developed through the key factors of love and the Heights chaotic and dangerous nature. This will be contrasted to the civilised representation of culture in which the Grange exemplifies. Catherine relationship with the Grange began when she was mauled by a…

Millennials were a generation defined by technology. They experienced the uprise of the computer and the evolution from traditional arcade games to personal gaming consoles. The majority of them grew up playing classics such as Pac-man, Atari, Pokémon, and Zelda. To anyone who has referred to themselves as a gamer, a world absent of video games would be unfathomable. Luckily, those die hard gamers out there probably won’t have to say goodbye anytime soon; as of 2015 the American video gaming…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a convention as “A way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity” (“Definition of Convention in English”). Conventions appear in every aspect of life, in both the past and the present. Conventions can be simple, such as setting a horror film on a stormy day or portraying women in media as a damsel in distress. Conventions tend to be more complex, and therefore more overlooked by the general public, in works of art…

M/N Skyler Stone Modern World History Paper 2: Analysis on Nick Cullather Nick Cullather’s “Damming Afghanistan: Modernization in a Buffer State” discusses and analyzes the attempt of modernization of Afghanistan by the United States. During the beginning of the Cold War, “the United States made southern Afghanistan a showcase of nation building.” However, as time passed the attempt to keep the showcase eventually failed. After the overview of the American policies, such as the Helmand…

Tech Tuesday! In a week where drones have been a big feature in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to a collision at Heathrow and a rogue concert drone at a Muse gig, I 've decided to take the weekly Tech feature in a slightly different, more insightful direction, and give it a snappy new title in the process! So from this point onwards, Tuesdays at Creativepool (at least for me) are all going to be about Tech. So let 's dive right in. This beautiful lamp creates electricity from heat…

Once an animal becomes extinct there is no bringing it back, it is gone for good. That is why it is important that people do not delay and start to use proper care and help protect these species that are endangered in North Carolina. The ecosystem is a fragile system and the strain caused by a certain animal going extinct could possibly cause the entire ecosystem to collapse Which would be a tragic thing; it would not just affect the environment, but it could also affect humans and their daily…

There are three main ways that a body can be preserved in this way: through freezing, extreme drying, or via a peat bog. Unlike artificial mummification, these bodies are not prepared prior to burial, meaning they freeze in time in much more complicated poses, a consideration that can be difficult for their conservation. These mummies are some of the oldest in the world…

Global warming is arguably the largest threat facing humanity today, since 1880 the world 's average temperature has gone up by 0.8 degrees Celsius, and already the effects can be seen with an increase global of cyclones, forest fires, drought and floods. Within the United Kingdom, an increase of 1 degree has occurred since the 1970’s, (Naomi Hicks et al 2013). with this increase in average temperature, the main impact predicted to affect the UK is an increase in the amount of rain in the winter…