Inferno

Poetry has changed greatly overtime throughout four major periods until the Romantic period. The first known period of poetry is the Ancient Greek period. In this period, it was the beginning of poetry. The Greeks took the oral tradition of storytelling and put it on paper in the form of epic poetry. These poems are more like storytellers than the actual structure of a poem we see today and the poems were quite lengthy. The Greeks used poetry in music and theatre and they were mainly about the…

“‘He held out a second girl in the same way and then let her drop,’ Shepherd wrote. ‘Then he held out a third girl. They didn’t resist.’ The fourth one was apparently his sweetheart. Amazed, the bystanders saw them embrace and kiss. ‘Then he held her out into space and dropped her. But, quick as a flash, he was on the windowsill himself. His coat flattened upward; the air filled his trouser legs; I could see that he wore tan shoes and hose. His hat remained on his head” (Von Drehle 158). The…

1. What was the Bessemer steel converter? How did this invention shape U.S. history? a. The Bessemer converter was a part of the first process that made mass quantities of steel. This allowed Carnegie to not only make more of his product, but it also allowed him to sell it for less. This process allowed American builders to create buildings that were extremely tall but yet supportive. 2. Why do you think so many everyday Americans contributed money to help build the Statue of Liberty? a.…

creatures and demons and vessels. The Garden of Earthly Delights painting was the beginning when God made Adam and Eve. Religion plays a big part in this art it had things in it about sins and lust. Hell is in the bottom of the painting as a dark inferno. For every sin, there was a different creature to punish you. The creations of the world and all the sin was painted in the painting. The painting was inspired from the bible that is the story he was telling with this painting.Bosch’s painting…

The novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding was the first book we looked at as a class. We talked about how the book was allegorical novel and discussed Golding’s interpretation of society through his characters and major conflict. This book was the most helpful to answering our essential questions about individuals and society. Society is made up of many individuals and each person has a role in it. Usually, a leader is put in charge to guide the other individuals of society. Ralph in Lord…

Book Banning is Misguided. Book banning refers to the restriction of access to a book through assertion of processes initiated by a ruling organization or individual. Targeted books mostly those in schools, libraries or book stores are challenged by individuals in any particular society due to kind of content illustrated in them. Generally, the content is normally categorized as immoral by the challengers who believe that the said content can pollute or adversely influence a young readers mind.…

War is hell, yet civil war remains the deepest pit of this inferno. For it is civil war where brothers break bonds and murder the ones that they so loved. American history has been plagued with a dark past of cultural divide. There have been a plethora of stories about the tragedy of the union north fighting against the confederate south. This time period was a catastrophic storm that broke the very foundation which our nation was founded upon. Many lives had been lost in an effort to determine…

The Good and Evil in Our Life People can identity the difference between good and evil based on their nature. According to Samuel Johnson, education gives us the power to discern or see the good from the bad, and to “prefer” the good. We can see that a good person would volunteer with nonprofit organizations, donate money to charity, stand up for others, and help people without expectations. While an evil person would murder people for their possessions, hurt people, tell lies, take…

In 2004, I stood in hellfire, attempting to fight a war as my characters sprawled lifelessly. In hopes to maintain my sanity, I continued to persevere, but my opponent was too powerful. She attacked my soul, corrupted my mind, and snatched my heart from its location and tossed it away. Left there to suffer, I asked myself: “Why am I fighting a battle I did not seek?" I could have withdrawn and submit to the brutality of my oppressor. Unfortunately, my adversary could not slay the intense…

The Beowulf poet often uses alliteration, and both Heaney and Raffel include numerous instances of it in their translations. Many examples of alliteration used by the translators show in the scene where Grendel kills and eats one of the sleeping men as Beowulf waits to attack. Heaney’s version of this moment reads: Mighty and canny, Hygelac’s kinsman was keenly watching for the first move the monster would make. Nor did the creature keep him waiting but struck suddenly and started in; he…