Legendary creature

Have you ever had a mermaid sighting? Do you believe in mermaids? What’s your evidence? This essay will explore about the urban legend of mermaids. A mermaid is a legendary creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. “Mermaid mythology is quite varied, with mermaids talking on different appearances, origins, and personalities” (Fairclough 1). To begin with, mermaids are just characters in a story, but sometimes people think they see them in real life. So…

In life, people want to be known and play a role in society. However, the speaker of the poem in Im nobody! Who are you? fears the idea of becoming recognized in society. Throughout Emily Dickinson’s life, she lived as nobody, never leaving her house and stayed hidden. As a result, this poem accurately represents the fears living inside Dickinson’s mind. Dickinson uses tone and simile in an almost comical way that grabs the reader’s attention in this concise poem. Dickinson’s tone at the…

INTRODUCTION: PUTTING THE ANCIENT ART OF GREEK INTO MODERN LIMELIGHT, This paper seeks to analyse the ancient art of Greek art and consequently interpret the same for modern day scholars. STYLISTIC ANALYSIS HYDRA WATER JAR The body of this elegant vessel was made of hammered bronze, it is unsual for its thin walls to have survived the intact over a period of 2500 years.Typically only the heavy cast bronze handles and foot survives. Hydra were a three handled vessel used to carry water. Bronze…

Throughout history, there have been a manifold of variations on the mythical Siren. Traditionally told through Greek Mythology, they are mermaid-like creatures who sing beautiful songs that lure nearby sailors to their death by shipwreck. Two variations on this classic character are found in Homer’s Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”. In both of these pieces of literature, we find very different tone usage, contrasting points of view, and various techniques of conveying the Siren's to…

A bit of imagination, music, movies, novels and live entertainment can all have the same topic: marine creatures. In fact, when you hear some relaxation music themed around whale songs, that you read a novel titled Moby Dick, which is a legendary white sperm whale or even some facts about the blue whale, being the largest mammal on Earth, it is easy to think of whales. The confusion comes when the term whale is part of a sea creature's name. You see, when people talk about sharks, their mind is…

Transylvania and children’s text’s like Monster Trouble have contributed to the rapidly growing genre of children’s horror. From the 1960s to present day, monsters have become a demanded topic in children’s media as they have transformed from frightening creatures to misunderstood, cuddly beings (Palmer). In Ethan Long’s Fright Club, a picturebook detailing a club for famous monsters that practices the art of scaring, the traditional vampire character is transformed into Vladimir the Vampire.…

Rings does just that. It uses creative settings, tells an enchanting story, and uses interesting characters that captures readers. J.R.R Tolkien learned languages and literature at the request of his mother. (Corday) J.R.R. Tolkien has become a legendary author. His stories have amazed and entertained thousands of readers around the world. Critics still disapprove of his novels, but the effect Tolkien has had on the literature world is nearly profound. He proves this by showing us the control…

Tracking the Chupacabra by Benjamin Radford still intrigues the typical mindset of our society today. His two chapters, "A brief History of Vampires" and "Chupacabra in Pop Culture", establish the foundation of Puerto Rico and other Spanish peaking countries superstitions and while indefinitely, inscribing the significant background of its vampiric roots and the impact it has in our culture. Radford's work is extremely fascinating, to not only describe the encounters of the Chupacabra in its…

For this assignment, we read and discussed four different stories including Stephen King’s, Why We Crave Horror Movies; Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s, Why Vampires Never Die; Jorge Luis Borges’, The Origins of Half-Human, Half-Animal Creatures; and Frank Miller’s, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. While reviewing these stories it was apparent that there could be connections made between Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the other three stories we read previously. It appears that Batman’s…

hunting trip to locate a legendary, invincible bear but, in the end, turns out to be much more. Ike McCaslin will not only face the struggle of growing up but also navigating his own morals. In “The Bear” Ike McCaslin masters his “kindergarten” learns of the bear in college, and graduates to understand the alma mater. In the beginning of the excerpt, Ike is ten years old, and has an understanding of the significance of “The Bear.” Ike is familiar with the large, willful creature and the…