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Loneliness of the Heart Have you ever felt so at loss for happiness that all you can think about is your unhappiness? Well, then this is the poem for you. Everyone goes through hardships, such as grief for losing someone, like how our narrator is at a loss of words because he has recently been released of his love Lenore. He is overcome with desolation that he is up “upon a midnight” (1) while feeling “weak and weary” (1). Then there is someone (or rather something) at the door. The raven comes…

of New York. Given that Lester del Rey was the editor of this particular magazine, one may speculate that this was one of the reasons Asimov chose to ignore John Campbell’s advice to his writers: “Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man.” Or perhaps he was merely experimenting with something different. The story was intended to be read by a younger audience, and thus has a seemingly simple plot: two youngsters…

How do mythological allusions in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves establish the novel’s setting of the house on Ash Tree Lane? Introduction Literature has, since its conception, maintained a close relationship with religion and mythology – not only through religious texts and mythical canon. Much prose and poetry embrace the use of allusions: textual references to other works or bodies, and these references serve to better elaborate a part of the text and/or connect the reader to the text…

In modern ages, a hero could have the slightest bit of reason pertaining their cause for fighting and risking their lives for the greater good of society. However, in Anglo-Saxon poetry, a hero’s actions result from their own selfless generosity or from their loyalty to a person or God. Nearing the end of the Anglo-Saxon period dating the late 1400s AD, Christianity had nearly replaced Paganism in morality and law. Hence, an incredibly possible reason for a hero such as Beowulf to fight for…

reactions will result in an extremely negative outcome or an overtly positive outcome depending on the origins of pride. In the legendary Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, the reader…

Alexander was driven to discover and conquer as much land as he can. It was important that back then in order for an empire to be strong it must be in control with as much land as possible. On his journey in the middle east he stumbled upon modern day Jordan where the Jewish people inhabited that land. According to one book, “the greater part of the area belonged to the kingdom of Jordan – is the broken table-land round Jerusalem, roughly corresponding with the territory known in Roman times as…

Tourism and entertainment are indispensable to the Dutch economy. The tourism business has a yearly turnover of €37 billion. It additionally represents 400,000 occupations – 4.5% of the national aggregate. The administration needs to support tourism by pulling in more guests from abroad. It likewise plans to scrap superfluous regulations for tourism organization. NBTC anticipates that inbound tourism will keep developing in the nearing years taking into account its reckonings. Part of the way…

Starbucks and Déjà vu: Megalomaniacs Assemble! Macbeth, Satan, and Victor Frankenstein walk into a bar…well, a Starbucks. It may sound like the beginning of an odd joke, but this situation is actually the window into some interesting insight of the views of power by individuals whose very stories are woven around the concept. In a way, each of these characters can be viewed in a negative light because of their involvement with power: killing for it, losing it, manipulating for it, or abusing it.…

I. Newsflash’s use of Schwarzenegger’s image and likeness will be protected under the fair use provision in California’s Right of Publicity because it does pass the transformative test for works of comment and criticism, but not under works of artistic expression. The main legislation pertinent to this case is the California Civil Code § 3344 (a) and (d), which states: (a) Any person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, in any manner, on or in products,…

Globalization has changed and shaped how we perceive the world for the past centuries. With the emerging trends of technological advancement, humans nowadays live in much more convenient lives as a results of benefitting from it. From the ability to order foods online, call an Uber through smartphones to communication face-to-face from the other side of the world, everything is within reach and thus implement our digital-active lifestyle. However, with great power comes great responsibilities,…