Something Wicked This Way Comes

Hobbits, wizards, goblins, and more all are creatures you get in the action-packed novel by J.R.R. Tolkien called, The Hobbit. This book took the world by storm, amassed hundreds of fans, and reshaped literatures standards. With amazing characters, beautiful descriptions of scenery, and helpful, detailed drawings, this book takes the ready on the journey of 15. Each character has different personality traits, and with some, the reader can distinctly tell who the novel’s heros and villans are.…

family moved often due to economic issues (Reid 1). Often when traveling, the first place Ray would look for when they stopped was the nearest library (Weller 198). Ray would hunt for science fiction books but often found that they were not there. This was largely due to the fact that many librarians of the time didn’t consider science fiction books to be literature and, therefore, didn’t stock them on their library shelves (198). Ray held a particular interest in libraries, in fact they…

put out their shoes the night before. In the morning, they would discover the gifts that St. Nicholas had left there for them. Dutch immigrants brought St. Nicholas, known to them as Sint Nikolaas or by his nickname Sinterklaas, and his gift-giving ways to America in the…

called Euripides. This author is considered “one of the most gifted Athenian playwrights of the fifth century BCE… was also well known for his poetry and only 19 plays of work have survived until today” (Emmons and Tschen). Euripides was such an influential writer during his time because of his approach on Literature was different amongst other playwrights. His plays conveyed a “darker side of existence, with plot elements of suffering, revenge and insanity” (Biography Editors). This tragedy…

Have humans evolved throughout time, changing their thoughts, beliefs and writing? Has it come to a point where we no longer have the same feelings and entertainment as our ancestors? Has our views on human ethics changed throughout time that now we believe that our ancestors did horrible things? In the early 1600’s there were groups of Europeans came to the North America’s looking for a new blank slate. A group called the Puritans came to America from England because they felt religious…

1. Did you have a “going to bed” routine? Can you describe it? Yes, I have a going to bed routine. I always want the light off when it’s time to sleep. Without the light off, I will be unable to sleep. I always want to hold something in my hand while the light was off. Sometimes, I will just be playing with a ball in the darkroom until I slept off. 2. Did you ever suffer from nightmares, night terrors, or enuresis? How did your parents help you cope? I remember a time while growing up; I…

explains to Oedipus that, “In time you will know the truth. Time alone unlocks the secrets of true justice. A wicked man is discovered in the passing light of a single day” (Sophocles, 30). This quote exposes how Oedipus is pushing away those who want to help him. This is just one example of Oedipus’s pride getting the way of making good choices- he would rather take reasonability for something that he has little knowledge on rather than let fate take its course. He presents the ideals of pride…

goes on inside an American prison, witnessing this image pressures the reader to want to research and become involved in the…

different elements. One of the most important elements is plot, which is the sequence of events in a story. A story’s plot can be divided into a 5 step structure that consists of the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution(1). This 5 step structure is driven by a problem that the characters in the story are trying to solve, known as the conflict. The conflict is what makes the story progress, through a process called plot development. Plot development not only allows…

common theme to Shakespeare’s tragedies is death to characters who die because of a misunderstanding, die in the cross-fire, or who commit suicide once they realize that the one they loved has died because of a misunderstanding. This happened in Romeo and Juliet and this happened in Othello. In Othello, the characters who died because of the previously mentioned reasons were Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello, in that same order. Desdemona’s death was crime of passion; she was killed because Othello…