Foul

not to himself, to many others for it must deter him from such foul misconduct as I [Wickham] have suffered by.” (226) Pride, according to Wickham, can be of service to others and if it's not, it's a nuisance to society. Austen’s syntax in this quote is of average length, implying once again the corrupt values of an aristocratic society being about appearances through her diction of ‘service,’ meaning to be used by others, and ‘foul,’ like the synonym of…

“Oh God! It gets worse!” Bilbo croaked, “The smell? Yes, dragon smells absolutely foul." Bilbo's nostrils flared. "Worse than troll?" "Though troll is foul, I am afraid there is simply no contest between the two." The small jest distracted from Bilbo's impending fate. But the merriment was short-lived. Here was the brink. Beyond the treasury and a monstrous drake sleeping on a bed of gold. Any bravery you had perhaps had fled into your belly and hid there. “This is as far as I can go,…

endospores of Clostridium, the wound will be infected with the disease known as gas gangrene. Gas gangrene is typically caused by improper cleaning of the wound, crushed tissue and deep lacerations. Common symptoms are swelling, redness, pain, blisters with foul-smelling drainage, dark red or black skin around injury and yellowing of the skin or jaundice (Pietrangelo, 2012). The amount of incidences reported of gas gangrene is about 3000 cases occur annually (Ho,…

The Weird Sisters, or better known as the witches, prophecy drives Macbeth’s thirst for power and enable Lady Macbeth to pursue her true ambitions. Historically, witches were denounced during Shakespearean time. Through placing Macbeth in the mindset of “he can have whatever he wants”, they effectively guide him on the path of his own destruction. This follows the pattern of temptation attributed to the Devil, who is believed to be in a person's mind, which he or she might either indludge or…

The Bible was written in three different languages on five different continents and the most copied book written of all time. The Bible contains 66 books written by 40 authors about both groups of people and individuals. Some individuals were notorious for being evil, wicked people and some were acknowledged for having hearts out for God. One man who was evil and wicked actually turned his heart to God and became one of the most prominent evangelists of all time. This man’s name was Paul. Paul…

Aladdin is one of many popular disney classics. A young boy living in a poor area who gets into trouble quite often and eventually falls in love with a beautiful princess. Ed, the main character of I am The Messenger, is first introduced with being a hostage at a bank robbery. Ed eventually becomes the city hero by shooting and catching the robber. Ed is in love with his best friend, Audrey, but never takes any chances. In this journal, I will be predicting, questioning, and evaluating the…

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air.” (Macbeth I.i.12-13.) Throughout The Tragedy of Macbeth, key events occurred as a result of the disruptions in the Chain of Being, acting as a catalyst to set certain events in motion. Introduced formally by Neoplatonist Plotinus, the idea of the “Great Chain of Being” outlines three concepts of plenitude, continuity, and graduation in the universe. Shakespeare wrote in Elizabethan England where the general belief was that…

A person's character can never truly be categorized, for every person is different in their own way and can not be compared to another's heart and soul. However, the characters in the tragedy Macbeth have extremely prominent qualities that allow them to be placed with others similar to them, not necessary exactly like them. An effective mean of categorizing literary characters would be to place them in separate groups, that value the same attributes, such as the well know Harry Potter sorting…

Catcher in the Rye: Where’s the innocence? What really is innocence and where is it found in its purest form? In the book Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, the main character, Holden, feels the need to preserve the innocence of childhood. To Holden, a person who is innocent is someone who is free from moral wrong and a person who is pure and harmless. He views innocence as an important aspect of a child’s life which should and must be preserved and separated from the corruption of…

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth effectively persuades her husband to carry out the detestable murder of King Duncan. In Act 1, Scene 7 of the play, Lady Macbeth challenges few of his weak points: manhood, bravery, and acting similar to a coward in performing the murder. Lady Macbeth’s reference to the outside world, her effective choice of persuasive diction, and connecting them to the flaws of her husband, easily he lps her persuade her husband to perpetrate King Duncan’s murder.…