Samuel von Pufendorf

The sibyls were women that the ancient Greeks believed were oracles. There were many Sibyls, however the Sybil of Cumae is best known. Her cave, where she lived, was located near the town of Cumae, on the western coast of Italy. According to tradition the Sybil was the woman who sold the Sibylline books to the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus. The famous story is in the Roman Antiquities, by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. It starts when an old woman arrives in Rome in disguise. She brings with…

Slender Man One of the most interesting fictionalized horror legends of recent time is the story of Slender man. A tall, faceless, thin man, dressed in a black suit seen in the background of photographs. Slender man can elongate or retract his limbs and has extendable tentacles protruding from his back. It is believed that Slender man stalks and abducts children, but it is unknown what he does with them (Carrero, 2015, Aug. 10). The Slender man phenomenon originated with two photos entered…

How are celebrities brainwashed and mind controlled? Many investigators or news reporters and even fans have influenced many evidential that celebrities are being mind controlled. Illuminati and MK ultra are the resources used to investigate their response . Mk ultra is a mind controlled laboratory procedure where this group of people by the name illuminati bash celebrities into having more than one personality. These celebrities have mood changes at random times and start stuttering and…

communications, but they were either too slow or too complicated. Railroads were helping expand the country quickly, they were connecting cities to each other, but there needed to be some form of communication to pass messages throughout America. That is what Samuel Morse and his new system of telegraphy successfully achieved. In the early 1800’s, all of the required parts that were needed to build an electrical communication system had been discovered. The most important of these were the…

trials, torture, imprisonment, and executions. By the time the trials came to a halt, an astonishing 20 people were executed, while an additional 162 were accused of practicing witchcraft. All of this erupted on January 20, 1692, when the reverend Samuel Paris’ daughter, Betty, and niece Abigail Williams were labeled oddities. Some historians, such as Dr. Alan Woolf, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard…

Reputation is a theme throughout history and even modern day what the impact of how you are seen by others is a haunting thought. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller you see many important figures look to save their reputation. Parris in the beginning of the play is nervous that his reputation will become ruined due to Abigail's spark of witchcraft. John also tries to save his reputation through this action in Act 3 and 4 post affair with Abigail and now he is trying to regain his wife, even…

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in Massachusetts during the year of 1692. The Witch trials began due to Puritan people accusing people in society a witch. Although the Salem Witch Trials are a part of our nation’s history; people also study about the witch trials in American literature through the eyes of Cotton Mather, a Puritan minister (Cain 225). Nathaniel Hawthorne is another very popular author studied in American Literature that also reflects on the Salem witch trials, but in a…

Well, the Declaration of Independence influenced the constitution by setting out a guideline in which not to follow, as the Constitution then proceeded to create counteractions to prevent such governmental injustices from taking place. For example, the British had followed through on several problematic actions, such as quartering soldiers in the houses of the colonists. This was labeled in the Declaration and forbidden by the Constitution. This was done pretty much throughout the entirety of…

It was a dark and rainy night, the perfect weather for the Addams family’s annual family reunion. Cousin It, Uncle Fester and the twins, Flora and Fauna, were all present. Gomez and Morticia were dancing the tango while Wednesday and Pugsley practiced sword-fighting. All of a sudden, a swift wind blew through the Victorian mansion. The candles along the walls and on the tables were immediately extinguished, plunging the Addams family and their relatives into an unfathomable darkness. “Holy…

The witch trials of Salem occurred in Massachusetts between the years of 1692-1693, this is considered a dark time in American history. It first began because of a group of girls who became very ill after playing some sort of game. During this time period more than two-hundred people were accused of practicing witchcraft. A majority of the accused were women. If and when you were accused everybody would turn against you until you were able to prove them wrong which was hard to do. Women who had…