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    different ways did it. One of the main differences is that the Greek story had many gods as where the genesis story has one god doing all of the work. The Greek as a polytheistic culture, the name of the gods (main gods) in the story are Kronos, Zeus, Prometheus, and Epimetheus. In the genesis the god…

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    It is no question that deities have existed since the beginning of mankind. Greeks were no exception to this. It is ancient Greece that is credited for establishing what is now referred to as Western civilization. Today, most social and political personalities refer to America’s founding as based on Judeo-Christian beliefs. Similarly, the Grecian society was influenced greatly if not totally by their belief in pagan gods and goddesses. Their mythological interpretations of gods and goddesses…

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    explores the arrogant minds of humans and how they alienate certain individuals based on appearance. Mary Shelley, an English novelist of the 19th century, highlights the dangers of science expressed in her well-known novel, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. SOCIAL MILIEU ROMANTICISM Romanticism is a literary style originating in Europe during the 18th century…

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    THE ART OF A DYSTOPIAN COMPARISON The world is in ruins. People are stripped of all identity, forced to be like their brothers and sisters. There seems to be no hope in the Until one hero arises, challenging everything that had happened, yearning to learn more, to gather information and destroy the source. That probably brought up quite a few different titles to your head, Teens all over the world love his type of writing. In Anthem and The Hunger Games both appeal to young teens because of the…

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    Monster Misconceptions Mary Shelley suggests in her novel Frankenstein, A Modern Prometheus that it is sometimes difficult to pick out the real monsters much like in today’s society. The idea of what people think that a monster should look and sound like points to the creature being a monster. The qualities of a monster go much deeper than appearance. Victor’s creature was classified as a monster but when personality and actions are taken into account, Victor is clearly the real monster.…

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    Anthem In Anthem nobody has their own individuality and nobody has a name there names are id codes .Equality 7-2521 is the main character of the novel. Equality 7-2521 must find something to live for in a gloomy world by finding him self. Equality 7-2521 soon creates a lightbulb and that assists him to find his inner light within.after making the lightbulb Equality 7-2521 was amazed by his wonderful creation. he had finally done something without anyone he actually did something buy himself…

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    When Stephen Amell admits that his character is better without super powers, he means it. And Arrow season 5 episode 1 premieres with some startling discoveries. Because his Oliver Queen and the rest of the gang tries to move on. Even if it’s not the life they once had. Arrow season 5 episode 1 starts of with an electric jolt. Just a recap, Laurel Lance is six feet under, John Diggles is back in the army, Thea Queen is Oliver’s press secretary and Lance sticks to alcohol to cure his mind again.…

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    First and foremost, Romanticism was an art movement in the nineteenth century in response to industrialism and the Neoclassical era. They rebelled against the sciences, reason and conformities of society and embraced qualities such as individualism, imagination, intuition, eccentricity, and emotion. A major component of Romanticism is nature. Romantics tend to incorporate nature in many of their works whether it be a painting or a poem. One could say that they were very raw artists. Inspiration…

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    was compared to Lucifer numerous times in this novel. With the DeLacey family, he wanted to show compassion, but ended up a hateful beast wanting man’s destruction("Frankenstein/Creation to God/Lucifer."). On the other hand, Victor was compared to Prometheus in a way that he was obsessed with the power of lightning and is trapped by his inner torture…

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    Despite the temporal and contextual disparities between Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), both didactic texts analyse man’s hubristic pursuit of knowledge and power at the expense of humanity. The catastrophic outcome of usurping the natural order underscores the composers’ emphasis on retribution as the means to create equilibrium in an unnatural world. Shelley scrutinises the morally chaotic pursuits of the…

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