EarthBound

Macbeth’s Downfall Irrational and hasty decisions can greatly affect the outcome of a person's life, determining whether the outcome will be victorious or catastrophic. It is easy for someone to be manipulated and tricked into believing something that may seem real when in reality it is not. In William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth is influenced by the three witches, pressure of Lady Macbeth and his own fate ultimately led to his tragic downfall. The Three Witches played a huge part in…

Hitching a Ride on a Light Beam Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences, undergirding astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, and—absent some paradigm-shattering revelation—human thought and action. Its analytical methods and machines have plumbed the unknown and the inaccessible, from the submicroscopic confines of the atomic nucleus to the billowing expanse of the observable universe. Physics has superseded our biochemically mediated perceptions of the world, replacing qualitative…

Metamorphosis and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in Prague, the largest city in the Czech Republic. He was part of a Jewish family that spoke German. The Kafka family was considered to be middle class and Kafka attended Law school and worked in insurance while writing in the evenings and late at night. People who worked with him liked him and thought well of him. He was a friendly person who worked hard and had a good sense of humor. Franz had two brothers who…

Fate and Free Will Life is like a game of cards. The hand one is dealt is determinism; the way one plays it is free will. In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Macbeth is told he will be king one day. He then has to decide if he has to make his own fate by killing the king, or let nature take its course. It is Macbeth’s own free will to kill the king, showing that fate could be permitted but it’s one’s free will on how it shall be reached. The problem of fate and free will is also seen in…

utilization of it). Without any exception, all three of these events have hugely shifted human’s view of the world -- from a conventional point of view that’s essentially derived from ourselves to an angle that’s outside of ourselves, even outside of the earthbound. More specifically, along with the discovery of America, the invention of maps made humans no longer see the world merely through our own eyes (with countless limitations); instead, with suddenly broadened horizons, we began to see…

A blood-filled pool, a desolate mansion, and thousands of owner-less shirts are the only carcass of Jay Gatsby’s dead dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless American classic The Great Gatsby recounts the tale of Mr. Gatsby and his esoteric wanting. Jay Gatsby, or James Gatz, as he is truly named, starts his life the son of a poor farming family in the Mid-West. Through a series of events, the young man finds his way into the service of yachtsman Dan Cody, where he gets a taste of wealth. This…

Depending on the materials used in the fiber optic cable, attenuation is very low, and interference is minimal. The major issue with fiber optics is distance and signal dispersion. In contrast, earthbound communication using the S-band frequency have electromagnetic interference and atmospheric interference coming from rain fading to effects of the ionosphere on the signal due to the many propagation mediums and affected parameters. The X-band signal…

When it emerged in the sixties among the crush of several other art movements (Pop Art, Minimalism, among others) Land Art came to be an anti-gallery artistic offshoot that straddled the domain between architecture and sculpture. It had no manifestos nor schools nor leaders and it was not quite a movement; the artists who were involved with it were also involved in other types of arts. Land art was labelled as modern ‘sculpture’ but its versatility and introduction of new concepts and visual…

1. Introduction to Tragedy in Manon “Why did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will?” Such a cry starts the novel Manon Lescaut. Kenneth Macmillan’s ballet Manon (1974) holds this same tragic element as its raison d’être (Haby); regardless of intention something always goes wrong. Set in the avaricious French Regency, the story of the eponymous courtesan and penniless Des Grieux details his faithful love despite her fascination with material riches. As opposed…

This mental corpse proves to be useless without a human mind to “read” it; therefore, it makes contact with a young, living human, thereby passing along its information. A second alternative to reincarnation states that the dead may produce an earthbound spirit that shares a mind with a living person. Therefore, the living person contains knowledge from that spirit along with their own knowledge. In Devi’s case, she knows her own parents as well as her parents from her past life. While…