Saving Face

What is Batman’s single most guilty pleasure? Hey baby, come back to my place and I’ll show you ____? What has been making life difficult at the nudist colony? Seemingly weird questions with not so obvious answers! No? Well, Cards Against Humanity may have the answer! We all have to have conversations. And sometimes indulge in outrageous ones – ranging from funny to outrightly dirty! We are horrifically imperfect people and the problems are so big and seemingly insurmountable that when placed…

Imagination the Underrated Power Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson is considered to be one of the first detective pieces of literature. The book is written in the first person and takes us through the view of Mr. Utterson, an upstanding lawyer, which is well respected in the London community. He is extremely peculiar in detail, and with great acumen, describes many of the strange events concerning Dr. Jekyll. However, this fact also means that Utterson is biased against…

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde As one walks down the street, passerbyers often decide whether one is good or evil just by someone’s physical appearance or how they present themselves. This isn't just a concept in today's society, it’s been this way for centuries. In Robert Louis Stevenson's mystery novella, “Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the author illustrates good and evil through the characters of Mr. Hyde and Dr Jekyll. The use of physical and personality descriptions in Stevenson's work is said to…

Throughout history, men have attempted to play God in their attempts to pass human limitation placed upon them. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein are two horrific British tales of science gone horrendously wrong. Shelley’s novel eloquently tells the story of a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who constructs a living monster out of decomposing body parts. While in contrast, Stevenson’s novel describes the account of one, Henry Jekyll, who fabricates a potion to…

Did you ever notice that people have more than one personality? Well, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, even the main characters Jekyll and Hyde represent duality in humans. The novel was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886 and was published on December 5, 1886 by Longmans, Green & co. in England. It is about this man, Dr.Jekyll, who has evil desires he cannot fulfill, instead he wants to remove the evil part of him completely, he thinks he finally developed a formula that…

Batman is a comic book hero that fights crime to avenge his parent’s murder. A skilled fighter in hand-to-hand combat, he uses a variety of gadgets to protect the citizens of Gotham City. Batman does not fight crime to gain success or fame, unlike some arrogant epic heroes. Batman’s true identity in his normal everyday life is Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire business man that runs a company called Wayne Enterprises. Batman can be compared to James Vane, Dorian Grey, Perseus, Beowulf,…

In Batwoman Elegy, by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams, Kate Kane is aware that there is a set of rules she has to follow in taking up the bat moniker, however, she also uses her military experience, paternal mentor, and cunning to alter the rules to her advantage. Batwoman is, in essence, a part of the bat family and therefore must fit into the Bat-mythology. Kate Kane adheres to many aspects of Batman's code, she does not kill, seeks for the triumph of good over evil, and will go to nearly any end…

Lady Gaga shocked the nation when she presented herself at the MTV Music Awards wearing a dress made out of flank steak. The dress has a popular label “the meat dress.” The meat dress took people by storm many outraged, and interpretations were farfetched from what Gaga intended. I will be exploring a relationship between Gaga’s iconic meat dress photograph and a larger public culture. By emphasizing on the iconic aspects of this photo, significance, purpose, and various impacts it had to the…

Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness affects 2% of the world’s population, which means 150 million people suffer with this on a daily basis. This disorder inhibits people from recognizing the faces of those around them including family members. Prosopagnosia wasn’t really discovered or heavily studied until 1947, by Joachim Bodamer. There are two main types of prosopagnosia, acquired and developmental. Though often not heard of prosopagnosia has been the struggle of protagonists in…

The Dark Knight was the second of a trilogy of the Batman movie series directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie promise to be one to be remember and as others might say an iconic movie for what superheroes and/or future Batman movies should be. The Dark Knight movie was released in July 2008, and for the comic book/superheroes fans that have not seen it I can only tell you one thing: go see it. It was produced by the well-known Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. who are known for producing movies…