Pallas

the striped pattern typically found on their shells. Other possible patterns include white shell with brown edges as well as brown shells with white highlights. They were first described and recorded by a german zoologist by the name of Peter Simon Pallas in the year 1769 (USGS. 2015). Zebra mussels can still be found in Russian rivers but have also been accidentally introduced to lakes and rivers throughout the world by boats traveling internationally (NOAA, n.d). They were first discovered in…

Edgar Allan Poe. Do I even have to say anymore? Like onions, his stories have many layers. They also produce gasses that make you tear up. Not really, though. The outer layer of these stories( like “The Raven”, “A Tell-Tale Heart”,and “The Cask of Amontillado”) are just the things that they say. But peel back more layers and they will seem a lot different but have a hint of what they originally were. Most of his stories follow a similar trope. There is a narrator of no known name who tells of…

Control, to the people of ancient Greece, meant having the supremacy to decide the fate of every being. In Homer’s Iliad, the control obtained by the gods played a large part in the lives of many Greeks, and the events that occurred in the book. Homer’s Iliad shows the Greek ideology that the gods had complete control over life and death, humans’ actions, and the outcome of war. First and foremost, the Iliad shows that Greeks believed the gods had the power to decide life and death…

Aeneas is the son of a mortal man, Anchises, and the goddess Aphrodite. One day Aeneas has a dream in which he is told that his destiny is to sail to the Western Country of Italy. During the travel he and his crew encounter Harpies and when they are unable to defeat them they are left no other option except to try and escape. After a successful escape Aeneas and his crew meet his cousin Hector’s widow, Andromache, who has been captured by Achilles’ son during the war. After Achilles’ son dies…

the offspring she is expected to bear. An important message of this painting was to show that procreation was the purpose of sex and marriage. The orange tree is actually represents a major aspect of the Medici family. The oranges, Mala Medica or Palla Medicee, were accepted as a symbol of the Medici family. This was because of an orange grove that the Medici believed was a sign of their family’s fate. Botticelli uses juxtaposition with Flora and the orange tree to show the importance of…

The Odyssey: the roles of the gods and goddesses Through the entirety of the novel, The Odyssey, both gods and goddesses have played major roles in the outcomes of many of the journeys. Not only have the gods and goddesses helped the characters, but some have plotted against them. They have influenced many of the adventures of both Telemachus as he tries to find both himself and his father, and Odysseus on his journey home back to Ithaca. Some of the gods and goddesses that have impacted this…

Edgar A. Poe influenced fictional writers after his time period by revolutionizing the entire horror genre. Poe was not only a fictional writer, but he was also a fictional writer who was obsessed with the American Goth aspect of writing. In which, he portrayed a lot of Goth in his writings such as “The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and also “The Pit and the Pendulum.” Poe did not only write horror, but also he progressed the horror genre to a whole entire dimension that people of his time were…

In Sophocles’ tragic play, Ajax, there are several diverse characters who bring varying character traits to the plot. Amongst all of these characters, Ajax, the hero of the play, emerges as a significantly strong character representing greatness, despite his flaws. The plot is centered around Ajax’s demise and the way this is dealt with by these characters in the play. While there are numerous factors that cause Ajax to commit suicide by impaling himself on Hector’s sword, perhaps the goddess…

Joseph Gerling Mrs. King ELA 7th Hour 18 January 2017 The Battle of Flamborough head In 1779, the American War of Independence was at its height and Spain and France had joined forces with the Americans against Britain starting the Battle of Flamborough Head. Spain and France's assistance at sea was beneficial because America's navy was very small and weak compared to the British. This naval battle has many causes, some leaders, events and results. There are many causes for the Battle of…

Often times, the smallest things can set someone off. In Poe’s poem, “The Raven,” there are many occasions where it seems that the speaker is being haunted by a supernatural being. There are many pieces of evidence to support the idea that the speaker is insane, as a result of the haunting. Given this information, it is possible to believe that the speaker was driven insane by a supernatural being, in this case, the Raven. The combination of the speaker’s sorrow and desperation for his lost love…