Doom

with the ring in the first place, however; he didn’t turn back until his mission was fully completed. Frodo Baggins tenacity showed numerous times throughout his entire journey from the second he left the Shire, to the moment he stepped out of Mt. Doom. Although the ring was a burden to him, Frodo fought its power and made it into the dark depths of Mordor. Nothing--a gigantic spider, thousands of orks, or even Sauron 's eye--could inhibit Frodo from diminishing the ring. Because of his…

Many people have speculated the cause behind school shootings is mainly violent video games. No one ever thinks about other causes. The real problem may be much deeper than that. There are several ingredients that go into the cocktail of violence ,that is so prevalent in our society. When tragedy hits and horrific happenings occur, we scramble for a quick answer and a quick fix. The senseless tragedies that happen are unnecessary. It proves that catastrophes can strike anywhere and anytime. Our…

When everyone is asked to give an example of Shakespeare, they will usual talk about Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, or even one of the films. One major part of Shakespeare’s work that is frequently undervalued is the sonnets. 5 Months ago I was one of the people mentioned above. When coming into the course, I had minimal information about the sonnets and assumed it was another piece of literature that teachers went on and on about but had no true meaning or value behind it. Once I started reading and…

Subtly and dexterously, Rosenberg plays around with words and employs their symbolic association to communicate how terrible an effect the war has on the world. As the flames of the war burst forth, nature is dressed in a winter’s gown and embellished with its impressions, “ice and frost and snow,” which cover the “Summer land” of South Africa, where Rosenberg is when the drums of the war are sounded in Europe, almost as if it is the winter of the whole world. Such a conceptualization…

“Documentary Reaction Paper 2” The documentary offers a distressing view of the consequences of our addiction to fashion. According to this documentary, “fast fashion” is cheap, trendy, and a huge problem. Fast fashion has not only affected the fashion world but also human rights, the environment, the global economy, and the individual psychology. The documentary is effective in wanting to make you change your ways but not so effective in the way it delvers its cold hard facts. The film…

therefore, when an opportunity comes to have an influence in the community, these women take it and go all out. One example of this is Abigail Williams’, whose response to nearly being caught for toiling with witchcraft saves her from her potential doom. As some of the most prominent people in Salem gather around Betty and speculate about witchcraft, Abby struggles to maintain her secret as these powerful figures try to figure out if the dancing she did in the woods with Betty and the other…

The Christus Victor theory of atonement holds that Christ is a conqueror, and has defeated the powers of evil, thus redeeming mankind from its grasp. It is the ultimate battle of Light versus Dark, in which the light prevails gloriously. The Lord of the Rings is prime example of redemption theory in film through its parallels to the Christus Victor theory of atonement. Throughout the films, we can find the embodiment of this theory in the characters of Gandalf, Aragorn, and Frodo. The first,…

Several girls doom many women to save themselves when these accusations fly “I saw Alice Barrow with the devil.” “I saw Goody Hawkins with the devil” “I saw Goody Bibber with the devil” (Miller, 1394-1404). All of this is before the trials start and this is when everything…

back to his homeland to his wife and his son that he had never seen before. That is the reason why Odysseus kept sailing on and on. Frodo has the ring and is traveling through the wilderness, trying to get through Mordor and eventually reach Mount Doom where he is going to drop it into the lava and destroy Sauron once and for all. This shows that both Frodo and Odysseus both are trying to accomplish thing throughout the entire story which is their ultimate goal. Odysseus and Frodo during their…

connoisseurship in wine.” (Poe 14). Montresor uses Fortunato’s weakness for wine more specifically Amontillado in order to lure him in as well as to help him to deceive Fortunato so that he would lower his guard and allow Montresor to lead him to his doom. After the devil lies for his own benefit just like the traveler lie to Young Goodman Brown in order to lower make him trust him as well as for Young Goodman brown to lower his guard like Montresor did to Fortunato by not only continuing to…