Mary J. Blige

Frankenstein’s Search for Knowledge Victor Frankenstein had a very promising life to look forward to. He was attending university and studying the basic principles of chemistry, biology, and philosophy. Frankenstein then had an intriguing idea of bringing things that were previously dead, back to life. In pursuit of this goal, he loses family members, including his wife, at the hands of the monster. Due to his relentless search for knowledge make a name for himself, he eventually dies because…

Duncan Ball Bio Duncan Ball was born in 1941 in Boston. He moved to Australia in 1974 and began working as a chemist. He published his first novel in 1984 and year later published his first Selby book (most popular work). Key Works Duncan Ball’s key works would be the Selby Series. The first being published in 1985. Today there are 16 Selby books published. In total there are 16 Selby books, starting from Selby’s Secret to Selby’s Santa. Within each book there are several mini stories that…

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the origins of masculinist conventions in science fiction. Mary Shelley was a nineteenth century woman writer, best known for her science-fiction novel Frankenstein. Being a female author was a rather rare occupation in a time where men were generally the dominant and active participants in society. Female authors such as Shelley were generally confined in their writing by the male conventions that existed in the society they lived in, which, with exceptions,…

Strict Product Liability The Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp. case is about a mother, Susan Calles, suing Tokai Corporation the designer of the Aim ‘n Flame lighting rod and Scripto-Tokai Corporation the company that sold the product. This lawsuit happened after Susan’s daughter, Jillian, died from smoke inhalation due to a house fire caused by her other five year old daughter, Jenna, lighting the Aim n’ Flame lighting rod. On the court listener is states that Susan Calles sued, “alleging that…

Explication of “The Tyger” by William Blake Published with other poems in Songs of Experience collection in 1794, “The Tyger” is one of the most famous if not the most widely read poems by William Blake. Including “The Tyger,” the poet wrote most of his poems using his radical tone. In most of his works, he often railed against oppressive institutions such as the monarchy or the church as well as the other cultural traditions like classist, racist or sexist, which stifled passion or imagination…

The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller, relatively fictionalized story surrounding The Salem witch trials that had took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692. The play revolves around a female teen named Abigail Williams who was insanely in love with a married man named John Proctor and turned to witchcraft to kill John’s wife. Abigail is also extremely controlling over the other girls who had been apart of the witch trials. In The Crucible, Arthur…

The case study is about “The killer Robot”. Randey Samuels as a programmer at the Silicon Techtronic's Inc. He wrote the faulty code was indicted for manslaughter. And, the silicon techchronics is Randy’s employer. The robot (Robbie CX30) has malfunctioned and crushed its operator to death while at work who is Bart Matthews as robot operator. The blood all over because of the decapitated head. Next, the num-lock key light not on and the key pad have a bloody. By the case happen, McMurdock…

The novel also carries gothic elements in it. Dorian lives enslaved to the terror of seeing his picture, because it showed the grotesque sins that Dorian had committed against others. On the "horror" side, there are the grotesque descriptions of the portrait, the terrible murder and consequent disappearance of Basil Hallward, and the general loathsome factor of the opium den and, of course, the dramatic ending of the novel with the death of protagonist. This means that his fate has been sealed:…

off of their album entitled Millennium. In that song the group explored what it truly meant to be lonely in a heart-felt song that yanked on the heart-strings of everyone in America and even made many Americans feel as if they were lonely. Although Mary Shelley wasn’t in a boy band nor did she create a catchy song, she did however create a novel that explored the life of a mad scientist that conducted experiments with zero boundaries and as a result had to suffer the greatest consequence of…

In this paper I am going to delve into the work of art known as The House of Mirth and examine the main character, Lily Bart. By explaining some of the literary allusions that are found in this book I hope to give others a deeper look into the story. The Gilded Age was known as a time of great breakthrough and discovery. However, despite its glorious appearance, the nation was struggling with corruption and greed. I believe this is the backbone of Edith Wharton's book, The House of Mirth.…