Elysium

Religion is an idea. The idea of religion is a construct of ideas, that form the basis of morals, and brings a community together. Religion has always been a way to explain what humanity hasn’t been able to explain through logical reasoning. The modern definition in Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as, “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” (Merriam-Webster, 2015) But, is that what religion really stands for? One of the most common…

be with the gods. After their deaths, they would be taken to the underworld where it was ruled by Pluto, a Roman god. Instead of staying there forever, they would get judged on their actions. If one did great deeds then they went to the Fields of Elysium. If a person was just ordinary then they went to the Plain of Asphodel, but if a person committed a crime they were tortured by Tartarus. To help their family members have a good life in the underworld, there would have to a proper burial so…

Hazel Levesque, who is a daughter of Pluto, was born with the power of wealth. All of her life, her power has been a curse. She had been selected to be one of the seven in the Great Prophecy. Now, the seven are half way through their quest and we follow Hazel’s perspective throughout the book. This essay will discuss her character’s development throughout the story. The story begins with Hazel feeling homesick and unsafe. Before Percy Jackson had plummeted to the pits of Tartarus, he had…

The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, telling the story of a Trojan hero, Aeneas, the roman’s ancestor. The Aeneid is divided into twelve books. The first half of the books tells the story of Aeneas’s voyage from Troy to Italy after the Great Trojan War. The second half of the books tell us the Trojan encounter with Latin opposition in order to establish themselves in Italy, where Aeneas’s descendants, the Romans, are destined to live. How does…

Two of the oldest known civilizations in history are that of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. Ancient Egyptian civilization is thought to have commenced around 3150 BC and persisted until the end of the Pharaoh rule in 31 BC. The ancient Greek civilization is assumed to have existed from 1100 BC till about 146 BC. The variances between them are plenty but there are several resemblances existing between these two civilizations in culture, religion, architecture, and other life foundations. The…

Many Emperors during the Roman Empire ruled with power. They used the military force to keep their subjects under control by instilling fear in the people. However, not every Roman Emperor ruled through power. Trajan, the emperor from 98-117, ruled through a combination of benevolent acts and decisive action. He used the power of the military to expand the borders of the empire and fix inflation, but he designed and promoted policies to improve the living conditions and job opportunities of the…

What 's transhumanism, and what can it do for us? Throughout history, aging has been something we would like to prevent. Transhumanism might offer the answer most yawn for. Transhumanism “is a politically and emotionally charged word scientists refer to as the augmentation of the human condition through technology, to improve human intellect, physical, and psychological capabilities” (Jiang, 2015). Technology plays an ever-increasing role these days, more so now than any other time in history.…

Timothy Findley’s, Famous Last is a metafictional view of the events leading up to and during the Second World War. In the novel Timothy Findley represents the lower, middle, and upper class through the characters Quinn, Freyberg, and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley respectively. Society’s lower class is represented in the novel through a soldier named Quinn by his forgetfulness and the constant abuse he receives from his commanding officer captain Freyberg; Quinn personifies the lower class by providing…