Enter the Dragon

The Thin-skinned Tyrant Hits Back—Really Hard The Antichrist is obsessed with persecuting the saints. There is some disagreement over whether or not these saints include believers in Christ that enter into the tribulation period or whether these saints are “new” believers in Christ that come to faith during the tribulation. It all depends on one’s interpretation on the timing of what’s called the rapture; an event where God removes believers from the earth by a super-natural snatching away of…

moments of dispossession in the text, prefigured by Ash’s Garden of Proserpina poem that begins the novel. The imagery of an Edenic garden with a treasure that is guarded by a fiery dragon is used throughout the text, and particularly during the grave robbery. Above the churchyard there is a weathervane in the shape of a dragon that “moved a little, this way, that way, creaking, desisting, catching a desultory air movement”, ominously warning of what is about to happen. The trees form teeth-like…

Ishtar Gate was built as an expansion of the city of Babylon, which is modern day Iraq, in 575 BCE (Ayerbe). On the gate, which was made of brick and covered in lapis lazuli, are the Babylonian gods of Marduk, the patron god of the city represented by dragons,…

to tea. The story unfolded with the couple falling in love but rather than the couple being divided by family, the key to their struggle was a Machiavellian character named Lady Slitherings. “Romeo, I dread discovery of our love will unleash the dragon in all her wrath. She blames me for her lost love. She will blacken our name and taint it with words of disdain and vulgarism. I cannot bear it. We will be shunned and not able to so much as walk in the village without revilement and…

When you hear the word space exploration you automatically think of what is really out there or do other forms of life exist. One of the biggest achievements in American history is when NASA’s Apollo 11 first touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969. As Neil Armstrong was the first American to ever step foot onto the moon, but now the space program may be in jeopardy due to significant budget cuts. What would this mean to fellow Americans if space exploration were cut down or completely gotten…

Zeniba’s humble dwelling, Sen learns that she has already succeeded in healing Haku through love, an emotion alien to the spirit world. Zeniba helps Sen’s new friends knit a special hairband for the girl and Sen returns to the bathhouse on Haku’s (in dragon form) back. During the flight, Sen deciphers Haku’s real name as the Kohaku river that she almost drowned in, freeing Haku from Yubaba’s control. Indeed, names are necessary to keep one’s identity in the the witch’s…

Throughout literature, every culture has created their own idea of the perfect man and hero. These cultures were trying to formulate a man who could fight in wars, slay dragons, and rule a country all at the same time. For the Anglo-Saxon people, this ideal hero meant a hero that housed superhuman abilities, the bravery of a lion, a royal background, and glory beyond belief. From the time the reader meets Beowulf; he exhibits the Anglo-Saxon qualities of an epic hero that include superhuman…

In the compound “slaughter/fall” (125) the second element can not only mean “a fall in battle” but also “feast” or “fill.” So there is sometimes doubt about accuracy in translating. In the Finnsburh Episode the Danes are fighting the Frisians, and the poet says: “So they offered terms [of peace]” (1085). The “they” (hig) is indefinete and could refer to either warring party – intentional ambiguity; there is debate among scholars as to the proper referent of “they.” In line 1149 a sea-journey is…

All living things began from primordial beginnings. As the earth began to transform with time, so did the organisms upon it, starting from simple, and building upon themselves, as time went on. Each change was the branch-off into another direction, and each branch grew on its own with the common goal of wanting to remain. The evolution of the the fairy tale followed a similar path. Jack Zipes' paper The Cultural Evolution of Storytelling and Fairy Tales: Human Communication and Memetics,…

the tournament and was not prepared for the uncertainty and danger it could bring. However, he pushed through his nerves and proved his courage through every task of the tournament, especially the first one. Right as Harry was about to enter the arena to fight a dragon and…