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These native creatures are unlike any others found in Europe. The Selkie is a fairy that lives it life at sea as a seal and when it comes on land it sheds its skin and becomes a human. They originated on the Orkney and Shetland Islands. A story says that a fisherman one day found a beautiful female selkie on the beach . He stole her skin and forced her to marry him and bear his children. Many years later she found her skin and ran away. The Kelpie or the water…

11 Ways to Make Your Educational School Trip More Successful Study trips with fellow students are often the pinnacles of our school lives. We don’t remember every nugget of information taught to us, but we will always remember the times we spent with friends and colleagues, travelling and learning on study tours UK and worldwide. But we’re now living in the technological age. With students constantly absorbed by their phones and the latest gadget, getting them interested in an educational trip…

countermanded by his lack of prowess on the battlefield. In 1038, Ealdred (the earl of Northumbria) attacked southern Scotland, but the effort was repelled and Duncan's chiefs encouraged him to lead a counterattack. Duncan also wanted to invade the Orkneys Islands to the north. Over the objections of all of his advisers, he chose to do both. His armies were routed after having opened up on two fronts. Thorfinn, accompanied by Macbeth, drove Duncan and Moddan (Duncan’s nephew who was leading an…

Romanticism is a literary movement which is marked by several key components, many of which are observable in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. One element of Romanticism is the belief that imagination is able to lead to a a new and more perfect vision of the world and those who live in it. In this novel, Victor Frankenstein is the idealist who wants to create life from nothing; that is the ultimate ideal, marking victor as a Romantic. In another sense, Victor's actions demonstrate the Romantic…

Over the Garden Wall. The fear of the unknown strikes unease into the two protagonists who are warped into the “unknown.” Along the way, they encounter derelict structures that represent past decline. The same theme is seen when Victor visits the Orkney Islands to finish his task of creating a mate for the beast. “…their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean.” (Shelly 142). Nature is often personified, “inanimate matter possesses a life and…

"All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you my created detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bond by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us." The monster explained to Frankenstein that he has no friends and was lonely and his quest in life was companionship and understanding. He said, "It is my loneliness that made me savage." Frankenstein heard his voice and it scared him; he saw his reflection and…

Tucker Aldridge Kathryn Schroder English IV Honors 8 December 2016 Gothic Elements in Frankenstein Since its arrival in mainstream literature in the late 18th century, the genre of gothic literature maintains its place as one of the most captivating and intriguing writing styles. Attributing to this popularity is the dark approach to romantic era works, resulting in novels full of death, mystery, and suspense ("The Gothic: Overview"). One of the earliest and most influential examples of gothic…

Set in the 1940s, The Bluest Eye, explores the psychological impact of an eleven-year-old African-American, Pecola Breedlove, in the predominantly Caucasian society of Lorain, Ohio, whilst Sea Hearts, a fantasy based on the Selkie legend from the Orkney Islands of Scotland and Ireland depicts/reveals Misskaella Prout’s discovery of her differences in nature and appearance. Both protagonists, misfits in their respective contexts, experience the negative impact of stereotyped perceptions of beauty…

built a solid foundation for him to further excel in his life quests based on the lessons he learned from the past, and eventually earned an honor as a true knight, which gave him a much deserving title as a hero. Sir Gawain’s, the son of King Lot of Orkney and the nephew of King Arthur, status quo is well depicted on the day of King Arthur’s wedding. On King Arthur’s wedding day,…

Who were the Vikings? The true meaning of a Viking is the following “one that belongs to the pirate crews and teams from whom were the Northmen, who raided the coastlines of Europe in the 8th, 9th, and even the 10th centuries.” Some of the historical explanations have offered an image of the Vikings as being extremely brutal, savage, unsympathetic warriors who robbed and burned with reckless abandons. In fact this is not the complete story. While the Vikings were amazingly great warriors and…