Catacombs

In my own attempt to solidify what it is I personally believe “black sexuality” to be I must admit I was afraid. Coming from a home where sex itself was a taboo subject I didn’t quite know if I had it in me to dig deep into my personal catacombs where I too placed black sex and sexuality, in order to fine some acceptable attempt at cracking the code. But…there is no code there just seems to be ambivalence regarding the black body and what pleases it. But why so? In his article “Black Sexuality”…

hunger and struggling of the people in the districts while the Capitols dictates and enjoy. The games area known as areana also becomes a historical sites after games for the Capitol residents to visit for vacation to “rewatch the games, tour the catacombs and visit the sites where the deaths took place” (Collins,…

found on carved statues of him - especially his heart and the soles of his feet. It is rumored that the swastika consumes Buddha’s mind. Some experts have connected the swastika as the token of a deity during the Iron Age. “On the walls of Christian catacombs, the symbol of the swastika appears next to the words ‘zotiko zotiko’ which means ‘life of life’.” (John Black on www.ancientorigins.net) Swastikas were also widely used among Indians in North and South America. Oriental &…

The Fall of the House of Usher is a story written by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe as many of us know was a famous author because all his stories and poems were written in a sense of terror or mystery and that's what caught the attention of many people. As many of us know Edgar Allan Poe wrote his stories in a sense of terror and mystery and "The Fall of the House of Usher" was not an exception. This story also contains romanticism due to the age it was written, at first…

until he is being sealed in tomb of bricks and mortar? Fortunato was lured to his death because he felt comfortable with his killer due to Montresor’s acts of kindness. When Montresor had shown concern over how he would react to the nitre in the catacombs that he was leading him through, Fortunato gave Montresor his trust. Since he trusted Montresor he was sure that nothing would happen to him by his hand, so he lowered his guard. He voluntarily walked down to where he would later be trapped and…

the frontlines. This experience was influential on his film making career. Most of his films contain dark and psychological themes. Lang exposes the viewer to a wide range of emotion throughout the film, fright when Maria is being hunted in the catacombs, excitement when evil Maria preformsat the Yoshiwara club, and reconciliation when the film reaches its happy ending. Lang had personal experience during the war and transcended into his film work and inspired his use of emotions. The…

justified when he states “I must not only punish but punish with impunity” (549). Montresor must have justice, he could no longer allow Fortunato to insult him. During this time of year, the carnival is in town and this leads us to the adventure to the catacomb, Fortunato’s final resting place. “Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm” (550) Fortunato marches eagerly to the promises of…

Manipulating the Situation When an individual meets others, he or she likes to be in control of how they perceive him or her, as most times people like to have control in order to obtain a specific outcome from a particular situation. For sociologist Erving Goffman, “when an individual appears before others, he [or she] will have many motives for trying to control the impression they receive of the situation” (199). This is due to his or her intentions to have a positive effect on the…

The Cask of Amontillado Analysis How could an insult drive you to kill? How could someone have so much apathy? This is what people contemplate as they read through “The Cask of Amontillado”. In this short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, Montresor, a main character, is not the most affable protagonist. In fact, he is very apathetic. In this story Montresor is manipulative and tenacious and Cajoles people in his favor. However, Montresor hides these traits very well, he actually makes it seem…

his spirit roaming the grounds. While the Westminster Presbyterian Church (now Westminster Hall) was built over much of the cemetery, part of the old portion is still accessible above ground. Most of it can only be reached underground in the old catacombs where many spirits are said to…