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dogs and humans is thought. Dogs act without thought. They do not question the outcome of a situation. Humans ability to think is a liability for them in the Canadian Wilderness. There is no time to question if something is worth it or not for death lurks around every…

Excellence, which is defined by the current time period and culture, is embodied by heroes who are the subject of reverence from entire societies. Certain societies create their version of excellence based upon the needs of the people and what is seen as greatness which is the reason for a large variance of heroes, and the individuality of one hero from another. Two heroes who were known in their own civilizations as respected heroes were Beowulf, from the book Beowulf translated by Seamus…

manifests in Hamlet’s proclamations about Yorick. When Hamlet says, “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy,” he realizes the immediate nature of death (5.1.183-185). As he stands in the graveyard, death lurks around him, and as he looks toward his future, death looms ahead of him. He understands he cannot escape his own mortality; instead, he must face the future. Hamlet finds himself drawn to the idea of death. As he stands among the skulls…

We just finished watching the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea. I was inspired by watching people like Mikaela Shiffrin, Red Gerard, Sean White, and the United States Women’s Hockey Team represent our country and lead us to victory. I find it no small coincidence that we’ve been asked to examine Simon Kuper’s essay, where he asks the provocative question: “Why do we still watch the Olympics?” This article was published in the sports column of the Financial Times, and it was created for…

A Hideous, revolting, disfigured creature lurks in the shadows of the forest. What is it? Could it be a monster? To answer this question we must first ask the question: What makes a monster a monster? This controversial topic is explored in the gothic novels Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray written in the nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature and individuality influenced writer’s style. As shown…

Deliverance. The. The action of being rescued or set free. A word tailored to the events of August 2nd 1776. Five Americans gathered to represent 30 million people connected not through their beliefs, feelings, or ability but through shared oppression and a common goal. The American people arrived as British colonizers in the 1600s and shortly thereafter began to form the American colonies. From that point on, the Americans served only to drift further from their British roots. The wedge that…

Serious, and potentially permanent, ecological damage is possible where chronic spills or spills of national significance occur ("Oil spill preperation," 2010). Oil spill disasters can occur when the crew workers are making mistakes and being careless, when the equipment messes up, hurricanes, and illegal dumpers. Oil floats on salt water and usually floats on fresh water. Oil will usually spread out rapidly across the water surface to form a thin layer that is called an oil slick. As the oil…

Greed: a selfish desire to have more of something. Money is the root of all evil, but greed is the stem for such root. Such an evil plant will only yield a bitter fruit. Or the other way to name the fruit is repercussion. This ideology could be applied in the tale Midsummers night dream. Midsummers night dream is a tale of four lovers being subjected to physical, emotional, and judicial constraints. Amusingly true love can drive a person insane. It is insane enough to make tough decisions like…

Edgar Allan Poe is the most established Gothic writer of his time, he had the ability to bring the dark and gloomy environment of his tales to life like no other writer. “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Masque of Red Death,” the author has design an unknown world for a reader to enter. Poe had use the color, weather, nature, and the human emotion to bring structure to the dark tone to the setting of these stories. “The Masque of Red Death,” the setting has a figure known a “Red Death”…

Rishabh Vaidya The Perfect Anglo-Saxon Man Epic literature depicts various values of the Anglo-Saxon culture. Glory in battle, courage and honor had huge importance in Anglo-Saxon culture. . They were motivated by glory to do the most impossible tasks. The Anglo-Saxons also strongly believed in fate, destiny and God. They believed that the Almighty created the world as we know it and hence he controlled everything and everyone in it. The Anglo-Saxons believed that all of their accomplishments…