Elysium

Parable of the Sower When talking about a dystopia you think of a place in distress somewhere where the future is no longer a place to work for but a place people fear because they have no clue if they will safely make it there. In the book, Parable of the Sower Lauren is a young girl growing up in a chaotic America. This dystopian America has fallen into chaos and now the people are trying to survive the madness any way possible. Some people have resorted to drugs and stealing to deal with…

Life is a Tragedy “Life is a tragedy full of happiness.” Romantic comedies are usually light and funny throughout the whole story, but Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night has a great deal of hurt in this play. Reading ‘Twelfth Night’ would make that believable. Twelfth Night is about twins who are separated in a shipwreck. The female twin, Viola, dresses up as a eunuch trying to woo, Olivia a countess, for the Duke, Orsino; who Viola fell in love with. Then when the twins find each other again they…

for those who had committed sins against the gods, so they would have received eternal torment for their crimes. Asphodel, was where most spirits ended up, it was a large field covered in flowers where the dead lived aimlessly. The third place was Elysium, which was used for heroes and those for those the gods…

Comparison between Rome and Egypt To some looking at ancient civilizations they may all seem very similar to each other. At first glance some of the art work may seem the same, a Roman and Greek vase may look very similar at first but with a keener eye the differences are vividly striking. The ancient cultures of Rome and Egypt are known for their greatness and power, but that is about all they have in common. How they evolved, worshiped and eventually organized and ran their societies…

abbreviation of SPQR. SPQR was translated from Latin into English meaning Roman Senate and People. Another carving located on the waist of the sculpture is the 2 horses with wings, which in Roman mythology is called the Pegasus. According to the Elysium Gates, “Pegasus is a symbol of knowledge, glory, and inspiration” it is also is a display of “bravery and courage such as the hero’s spirit.” The society that created the art piece valued honor and bravery, which…

The ancient Romans were a social people, who rather than dining alone with their families, would attend decadent dinner parties at their friends houses. These dinner parties were a ritualistic affair that often lasted for hours at a time. They focused on culture and always had entertainment of some sort, from performers to the guests themselves who contributed by singing, dancing, reciting, and even making up short poems on the spot. This traditional Roman method of dining has been adopted and…

As ancient Greek culture was afraid of the unknown, of what could happen after death, they feared a monster that could lure you in with promises of hope and then drag you into the great unknown. The idea that something so beautiful could end so horribly could horrify people of any century. I hope that these facts of Sirens throughout history will be both horrifying, as they were interesting as they were for me. In many stories Sirens were once beautiful women, and while their parentage can be…

The movie “Elysium” about the future showed a medical pod that is diagnosed the patient, created an electronic record and instantly cured with the report. These ideas seem fantastic, but some of them have already presented in the medicine but at an early stage of development. The medicine evolved with the implementation of technologies during the industrial revolution and now in the time of the information society. Mavericks in medicine have always used new inventions for modifications and…

Purpose: to get people interested in the desert, to inform readers about the dangers of the desert –educational appeal, to make people laugh. You should come and visit the desert but take care of it. Invites you as a recruit to come and protect what’s left of American wilderness. Pg. 17 “Nevertheless all is not lost; much remains, and I welcome the prospect of an army of lug-soled hiker’s boots on the desert trails.” Intended Audience: People new to the desert – first-timers or those who…

“The Importance of History in Literature” Two English poets, John Donne and Margaret Cavendish, wrote during the periods known as the Renaissance and the Restoration respectively. “The Sun Rising” by Donne details a scene in which the speaker berates the sun for rising and disturbing him and his lover. “A World in an Earring” by Cavendish discusses the idea that on the inside of an earring there is a smaller version of our world. In the Donne poem, the speaker utilizes personification such…