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Exeter Book Before we get into the poems that consist in the Exeter book, let’s discuss about what the Exeter book is. To start off, it is an anthology. An anthology is a collection of different writings by different authors, like our literature book (hymnal as Mr. McGee calls it). This is the Anglo-Saxon Anthology of poetry. There are three poems in this Exeter book, consisting of The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife’s Lament. These poems are dramatic monologues, which means there is…

responsible for performing important functions such as making proteins that aid in blood clots and oxygen transport. As it does so, the liver is responsible for producing a substance known as bile. It is secreted by the cells of the liver and stored in the gull bladder. Bile is a substance that helps break down fat particles into…

Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, explores the effects of deception and trickery. Shakespeare’s characters are unaware the world they see is an illusion. Shakespeare sets the stage for a comedic adventure through Illyria starring conspiracy and intrigue. Niccolò Machiavelli, on the other hand, is attempting to shed light on how politics works in the world through The Prince. Machiavelli presents disturbing truths about the behavior of humanity, thus earning himself sinister notoriety.…

him and no one around to care. He describes the loud crashing waves that hit the rocks with the bones of seamen and sea lions that calm once the day comes to light. He sees the cruelty in nature as he walks through the beach alone; noticing the sea gull who he says will starve to death or be eaten by dogs as Eiseley states. He sees a wounded duck who goes with the waves and slowly disappears after a wave puts it under. He wonders if the man who shot the duck will die was well. He walks around…

Introduction Beach morphology is a key factor in helping determine the sediment interaction between not only the ocean but the surrounding environment as well. On September 23rd, 2016 at 1500-1645 hours’ group 3 of MSCI 112 collected local data of the morphology of Myrtle Beach State Park, SC, US. With the help of the data collected on site as well as the data collected in the lab our main objective is to able to learn more about the impact on the beach as well as the interactions it has with…

During the mid 1990s, scientist had numerous discoveries about endocrine disruption, and that common occurring impurities can inhibit with the natural hormonal signals controlling foetal development. The term endocrine disruptor was created at the wingspread conference center in Wisconsin in 1991. Several articles had a key impact on such a creation. One paper in 1993 by Theo Colborn. Through this paper she stated that the “environmental chemicals distribute the development of the endocrine…

Andrew St. Martin finished his jog by sprinting down the slip at Gibson Bight Marina. His breathing was measured, and the salt breeze cooled him as it swept over his sweaty skin. Mathieu was waiting for him at the transom of Reel Hope, his thirty-six foot sport fisher. Pancho, the Australian Cattle Dog that served as ship mascot, was leaping around on the main deck, excitement resounding in his bark. “Welcome back, my friend.” Mathieu’s easy smile beamed down. Andrew grabbed the rail and leapt…

Written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby traces the upward social mobility of Jay Gatsby and his desire to regain Daisy’s love during the Roaring Twenties. After World War I, more than half of the American population lived in urban areas, and the culture of the cities depended on popular habits of mass consumption that increasingly undermined the rigid moral codes of rural America, especially of the Midwest. As part of the Lost Generation, Fitzgerald reveals his disillusionment…

Written almost 100 years apart, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Airman by Eoin Colfer share a great deal in common. With their strange settings of an African jungle and an alternate universe you wouldn’t have thought these two could be anything close to comparable. Surprisingly, our characters Tarzan and Conor Broekhart are one in the same. Both have to go through a troubling culture shock of either leaving civilization behind or being introduced to it for the first time. All good…

acknowledgment and acceptance of Christ. This shows that Phlebas is separated from the decay of Christ and is not affected by the sins of society because he has baptized himself. It also states that he no longer hears and has forgotten “the cry of gulls, and the deep-sea swell/ and the profit and the loss” (IV, 313-314, Eliot). This is because he is no longer a part of the corrupted world. In addition, the protagonist then tells the reader that we all require the “Living Water”. This shows is…