Enter the Dragon

does not recognition for her courageous acts or care whether people see her as noble. She would never risk her life for her legacy. Conversely, Beowulf constantly risks his life through his constant pursuit of fame. He enters the mere despite “The swimming forms of strange sea-dragons, Dim serpent shapes in the watery depths” and other creatures lurking beneath the dark water. On the exterior he appears to be an incredibly loyal warrior for king Hrothgar, but in reality when fighting…

Who knew, that our stars string together to form the most unique, odd, and compelling shapes and figures. You, probably have heard of the Big dipper, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, and Orion. These are the most well known and popular constellations and asterisms. An asterism is a group of stars that is not a constellation, but is well known by many astronomers. The history of how constellations came to be is amazing. Things including people, the discovery, why they were used, and how…

The name Kris Kringle and Santa Claus are often interchanged during the Christmas season. Are they the same, is Kris Kringle the real Santa? Let’s take a trip back in time to answer not only this question but others like, how the reindeer fly? Why does Santa wear a red suit, and why does it look as we see it today? And, how can Santa carry a bag of hundreds of toys over his shoulder? Why does he live at the North Pole where it is always cold and dark for almost half the year, and how do they…

Ambition is a good thing, but it can be dangerous. Having strong goals, and big ambition can get you to where you hope to be in life. When abused, the ambition can be abused. If you have strong will and goals, that ambition can easily lead you in the wrong direction. Or, it can lead you to success. Beowulf had good ambition, ambition to keep his people safe, and ambition to kill monsters. Unlike him, Macbeth also had ambition. His ambition was to gain and keep power no matter what the costs.…

On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the world had experienced a catastrophic event that had changed the course of history. The Bombing of Pearl Harbor happened in the midst of December where it was presumably a calm and quiet morning when suddenly, Japanese planes soared over the island, reigning bombs among the American military. The plan coordinated by Commander Minoru Genda, Rear Admiral Takejiro Onishi and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had consisted of delivering a surprise attack and dealing…

first appeared at the call to adventure. Time to reflect on the treacherous road ahead may be needed. This brief respite helps the audience to understand the significance of the coming ordeal. 8. Ordeal At this midpoint of the story, the protagonist enters a central area in the New and Special World and confronts either death or their biggest fear. From this moment of near death comes new life. The Huge Ordeal may be a treacherous physical task or a deep inner crisis that the protagonist must…

Christianity in Beowulf The devout followers of the Christian religion have a long-standing reputation for adapting and manipulating antecedent and subsequent “unholy,” outright pagan symbols, practices, and traditions to have their righteous agenda subsumed into popular culture, such as Christmas or December 25th - which, to Christians, is the birth of Jesus Christ, but historically was the celebrated day of the birth of the pagan god, Mithra, the Greek god, Dionysus, and the Phrygo-Roman god,…

In the last years there have been several TV series that have succeeded in the media and that have produced a fan phenomenon and one of them is Game of Thrones. Since its launching in 2011, this drama has caught the attention of the public and has become part of the history of television, breaking records in audience, illegal downloads and sells all over the world. The question here is why this simple and vane fiction has attracted such an amount of audience that are willing to see what is going…

Symbolic Interpretations of “The Fall of the House of Usher” Edgar Allan Poe is well known for his cryptic, gothic tale of “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The narrator arrives at the ghastly house of the Usher family, where his old friends Rodrick, is suffering from a chronic illness. As the story progresses, the narrator as well begins to lose his mind as a result of the cryptic events that occur in the house. The book is filled deeper symbolic meanings. Everything from the house to the…

the mayor asks them to travel to the city of North Window—Viktor's hometown—to investigate disturbances that have been occurring there. After discovering that the vampire, Neclord, is alive and causing the disturbances, the party obtain the Star Dragon Sword and drive Neclord from the castle. As the party begin to leave North Window, the rest of the survivors from Muse arrive and tell that South Window has fallen to the Highland…