Mary Baker Eddy

Knowledge has brought the human race to many of its brightest moments, as well as many of its darkest: the discovery of the atomic bomb and chemical warfare, among others. This begs the question, how far would you go in the pursuit of knowledge? Mary Shelley investigates the concept of ¨too far¨ in her novel, Frankenstein. She chronicles the path of a scientist, from his initial thirst for knowledge, to his creation of an artificial creature, to his eventual death because of the Creature.…

Standing up for what a person believes in is a matter of life or death. It can determine how strong or how weak an individual is. It can also determine how they will be remembered, or how their lives will carry on. In Arthur Miller’s drama The Crucible, this is exactly the case with a man named John Proctor. This story goes back to the time of the Salem witch trials, where telling the truth was rare, and accusing innocent people was at an all time high. John Proctor happened to get in the middle…

Mary Shelley was was born on August 30th, 1797 in Summertown, London, United Kingdom. Mary Shelley 's mother died shortly after Mary was born. Her father was then left to care for Mary and Mary’s siblings. Mary’s mother was a famed feminist while her father was a philosopher and a political writer. In the later years of Mary shelley’s life she had three children, two sons and one daughter. Her daughter 's name was Clara, her first son 's name was Percy and her other son 's name was William.…

In the 1690s Salem broke out in hysteria, innocent people were accused of being witches, neighbors turned their backs on each other, and families were torn apart. The person most to blame for the chaos is John Proctor, John took advantage of a young woman named Abigail Williams when his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was ill. John used Abigail as a distraction from his sick wife and when Elizabeth found out about the affair she fired Abigail. As a child, Abigail witnessed her parents being murdered…

Throughout the novel,the town of Maycomb lacks and understanding toward Boo because they gossip and create false rumors about him and he acts differently than the other citizens of Maycomb, so it’s harder for the town to understand him. The people of Maycomb can't see what Boo goes through, or even walk a day in his shoes. They judge him, make a mockery of him and make up crazy rumors about him. Understanding someone may seem like something that isn't very important, but in fact, it is, without…

“The world is made up of two classes -- the hunters and the hunted.” The previously mentioned hunter and the hunted is a common set of roles for characters in short stories, novels, plays, and films. The story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell is a classic example. Whenever a piece of literature, such as a short story or a novel, are adapted into a film or another medium, changes are common. These changes can be minor and have no effect on the story, such as renaming a character;…

Social Angst and Succumbing to Evil in Fritz Lang’s M In Fritz Lang’s film M, citizens of Berlin are horrified and on high alert due to a series of murders involving young girls. In the effort to locate and capture the killer, citizens from an array of backgrounds push the limits of morality and justice. Particularly, clear examples of social decay and human angst can be analyzed by exploring the actions of three key groups in the film: the police, the criminals, and the everyday people. An…

Life’s Cruel Practical Jokes I wish I knew my grandfather as people want me to know him. Everyone pictures my grandfather in his prime. People tell me that my grandfather became an accomplished professor and chemist. Time and time again, others said to me that he built his art creations using science. Pictures shoved in my face tell me of the years my grandfather and my grandmother traveled the world. “When I headed off to college, he built my shelves by hand! Everything he did, he did…

The Crucible: Test (Essay) The McCarthy trials of the 1950s were a troubling time for Americans. Trust had evaporated while paranoia flooded the population. Playwright Arthur Miller noticed a parallel between these trials and the Salem Witch Trials of pre colonial America. He authored a piece set in 1600s Salem, but the narrative’s purpose was to open people’s eyes to the atrocities being committed in present time. However, not only is the play itself an allegory for McCarthyism, but each…

In 1988 Paul Barber published Vampires, Burial and Death, which is probably the most extensive and influential of the new scholarship concerning vampires that came out of the late twentieth century. He sought to demystify the vampire all the while not completely discrediting the sources, just explaining what they saw scientifically. He makes the wonderful analogy of Copernicus’ epicycles, a logical and reasonable—albeit wrong- way of explaining a natural phenomenon. Barber goes to great length…