Prometheus

her younger years. Such as her mothers’ death, being abandoned by her first care-taker, Louisa Jones, and being resented by her step-that a troubled life can have on an innocent being. This understanding is much of why “Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus” has become a great tale which entails of many trials, dark story lines, and a deep underlying massage toward how an innocent being can be quickly turned into a…

As early as the 1790s, then, Ann Radcliffe firmly set the Gothic in one of the ways it would go ever after: a novel in which the central figure is young woman who is simultaneously persecuted victim and courageous heroine. But what are we to make the next major turning of the Gothic tradition that a women brought about a generation later? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in 1818, made over the Gothic novel into what today we call science fiction. Frankenstein brought a new sophistication to literary…

Adolf Hitler’s name is one remembered for all of the pain he has caused. The German Furur openly announced his desire to exterminate all races he considered contamination, and many have tragically perished by his name. Hitler’s blind hatred was shared by his followers, the Nazis, whom he gained the loyalty of through propaganda. Hitler blamed all of Germany’s problems on the Jewish people, and attempted to remind his followers that the German race must stay pure. Hitler felt that the atrocities…

Scylla, Kratos, Bia, Zelus, Nike, Lacus, and Fontes. Kratos was the personification of power and strength. three of his other siblings - Zelus, Bia, and Nike - were enforcers of Zeus, along with Hephaestus. Kratos managed to capture Prometheus and Imprison him at the top of the Caucasus in order to punish him for his actions against Zeus. Scylla lived in a small channel right next to Charybdis. The channel was very small, so it was impossible to avoid both of them, you either had to deal…

War has been in the history of humans as long as we have known. When looking through certain views, war is everything, war is the essence of life. In the succession of war, if we take out war, something else will take its place, it will still have the same function as war, but will be known by another name, yet still be war. In everything going on, war is going on. From the battles fought by cells to the ones against giant corporations. It seems that anything, even humans, have no intentions to…

Greek myth The ancient Greeks used myths to explain the world they lived in. They are great stories to read today but should we read them as stories or as history? Are they complete fantasy or do they actually contain some truths? I’m going to talk about a specific Greek myth. It is one of the most tragic and fascinating myths of the Greek Mythology. Can anyone guess which one I mean? - Who knows the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur? How can you describe the minotaur? Theseus, a Greek hero,…

he conquer his fear of what is soon to come? This is how. So there Zeus was, overcome with fear, wondering what to do; he immediately thought to swallow his fear, literally, he swallowed Metis to avoid having his throne overtaken. Sadly however, Prometheus and Hephaeotus smote the head of Zeus, not necessarily saving the child but possibly taking vengeance. the big thing was that Zeus faced his fear and did something about it to overcome it; which is where i feel we…

Leaders of a society in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, are unfairly rude, giving Equality a change of mind to think for himself. Leaders are also defined as a council whom are very strict on rules and laws. Consequences end to lashings to the back, to the end of the book Equality is lashed for not telling the council of his where abouts. Anthem is based on the future events which got that society where they are at now. Children grow up without a parent figure, never having a bond with a adult…

opportunities and discoveries. The whole story moves around Victor Frankenstein a scientist who learns about modern science and has become fascinated with the “secret of life” and is successful in creating a huge monster. Victor Frankenstein is a modern Prometheus. He tries to take over…

Ever wonder how Hitler came to power? Well, keep reading and you might learn a thing or two. In this essay I talk about the effects of media on humans. Disclaimer: there are many more effects than I put in this essay these are just a few. In this essay I argue that modern America as a society is full of conformist because of how easy it is to brainwash people, social media influence, and finally magazine influence. First we should talk about one of the main methods of influence that people…