Pantheon

On November 07, 1867, Poland was divided and ruled under Prussia, Austria and the Russian Empire. This date is also known as the birth of Maria Sklodowska, who is commonly known as Marie Curie. She was the first woman to gain recognition in the science field. As well as, the first and only female to have won two Nobel Prize awards in different categories. Marie Curie was a towering scientific intellect during the Victorian era, where opportunities for women academically were extremely rare.…

“Iconic” refers to something or someone widely recognized and esteemed for its profound influence, significance, or representation within a particular culture or society. Iconic figures, events, or symbols often hold a timeless appeal and leave a lasting impact on subsequent generations. They serve as touchstones for collective memory, inspiring admiration, and sometimes controversy. In essence, an icon embodies the spirit, essence, or aspirations of a culture or era, resonating deeply with…

Catharsis, and the overall narrative of the art of Greek Tragedy, has always played an immense part in the storytelling of the horrific within the Disney filmography, ever since their first feature-length film venture in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). As a form of dramatic release, catharsis is best described as a form of tragedy that “…brings recognition of who and what we are.” (Rorty, 1992), and “…provides us with the appropriate objects towards which to feel pity or fear." (Lear,…

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well" was just one of François-Marie Arouet's many famous quotes (Brainy Quote). Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was philosopher "who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). François-Marie Arouet, also known by his pen name as Voltaire, was a famous French philosopher whom started at an early age with his studies that led…

The Roman Empire lasted for a very long time. It was the most “extensive political and social structure in western civilization” (Mark). The Roman Empire was at its height in c. 117CE and by 285 CE it had grown too large to be ruled by a central government. This is when it was divided into a Western and Eastern Empire. There were many rulers and many dynasties during this time. The Roman Empire influenced much of western civilization and left many and lasting contributions to western…

Hemione Granger and the Complex Feminist Icon They exist in almost every type of storytelling in the last century or so, the crucial three-person groups. Comics has DC’s holy trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; In children cartoons the Ash, Brock, and Misty dynamic was used so well that even though brock and misty haven’t been regular characters in the cartoon for a nearly a decade, they are still iconic; but, over the past 30 years, perhaps no fiction trio is as well-known and…

Authors have utilized literary devices in their works from the beginning of time. However, with the advent of the Neoclassical age in 1600’s Britain, the societal virtues of balance, harmony, order, and reason began to receive much more emphasis. The sentiment permeated every area of life, especially concerning literature. Mary Leapor, an English poet and maid working in the 1700’s, exemplifies this new focus and threads many of these elements in her poetry to elevate it to the levels of the…

If there is one thing in history that most people can agree on, it is the fact that Rome had one of the most successful empires ever. There are four main components to have a successful empire, they include, military strength, political organization and administrative presence, a vigorous cultural presence, and a viable economy. Two people that wrote about this were Polybius and Aelius. In addition to them, Simon Baker also wrote about it and had a more modern take on it. In their writings, it…

orders, these were precise mathematical ratios and rules to follow when building, after the Greeks, the Romans then adopted these orders and refined them (King 26). Brunelleschi appears to have been fascinated by Roman architecture—in particular the Pantheon—and studied the orders when trying to build a dome that nobody knew how to build (King 26). Notably, this helps demonstrate that technology can be spread by means of the technology and processes from past architecture; in this case the Greek…

Take the simple elegance of a Neapolitan pizza, Americanize it and jam it in a pan, then bury it under a pile of cheese and chunky tomato sauce and you have Chicago 's most famous contribution to the world pizza pantheon. Though short on sophistication, it 's a dish that 's long on pure joy… This is one of Chicago 's titans of deep dish, and the chain 's new restaurant at Uptown Plaza will be the 46th branch, but the first outside the greater Chicagoland area (1)…