Swamp

The story of Beowulf follows the Geatish hero through his various adventures, elaborating about each event and battle. Beowulf, the great epic hero of the story, fits the mold of the typical hero in most epic poems. Just like the hero’s in other tales, Beowulf has several of the qualities it takes to become a great hero such as strength and honor, but also possesses a tragic flaw that ultimately leads to his death. Beowulf, along with Odysseus, Achilles, and Gilgamesh, are all epic heroes and…

stream, pond, or lake. They often flood and if the surrounding area gets too dry, they feed the water from the flood back to stream, pond, or lake. A marsh is a type of wetland, an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time. Unlike swamps, which are dominated by trees, marshes are usually treeless and dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants. Herbaceous plants have no woody stem above ground, and they grow and die back on a regular cycle. Herbaceous plants can be…

While Shrek was trying to eat his very ogary meal when he notticed some noises and came along three blind mice, snow white and her dwafs along with the big bad wolf in his bed. He was confused on what was going on and walked ouside just to see his swamp filled with fairy tale animals and characters. He asked them why they were there and they said King Forquad sent them there. Shrek decided he was going to settle this one with the kiing himself and him and DOnkey were off to see the King. On…

Have you ever been chased by a crazy person and dogs that are trying to kill you or been on a date with a girl 3 years older than you? In the stories, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant by W. D. Wetherell, both of the main characters are risk takers because they both knew that something bad might happen but they still did it. In The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford is a risk taker. He risked his life by jumping into the water to get away from…

In the article ‘Borneo’s Moment of Truth’ author Mel White explains the impact of modern society on the island of Borneo. The island of Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is shared by three countries Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. The island was considered one of the most diverse habitats on the planet yet now faces the deforestation and pollution of many of the areas, which sustained that diversity. White looks at the displacement of both native peoples and species by the…

The clouded leopard is one of the best climbers in the cat family. It lives in forests across Southeast Asia and the Himalayas in a variety of climates. The clouded leopard has spots that resemble clouds on its coat and has a strong adapted body built for climbing. Clouded leopards are carnivores and eat a variety of animals depending on the location they inhabit. In short, clouded leopards inhabit forests and marshes across Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, they have a cloud-like, spotted…

many complex issues of psychology such as personality disorders and many downfalls in society. One of the main problems within the movie is discrimination towards the ogres and other fairy tale creatures. Right off the bat a mob comes to Shrek’s swamp looking to kill him. They personally seek him out in his place of residency just because of the fact he is an ogre. All of the townspeople see ogres as awful monsters that kill. In the next scene fairy tale creatures are being relocated out of the…

inattention to command. Lieutenant Cross has many burdens to carry, the least of which was the physical necessities of war, “To carry something was to hump it, as when Lieutenant Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and through the swamps” (152). Tim O’Brien shows the reader in “The Things They Carried”, that although the physical necessities of war are heavy to carry, the physiological burdens such as thus carried by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross are the heavier…

Next is Florida Keys, a strand of tropical islands off the coast of Florida and span about 100 miles out all together. Third is The Everglades, a big swamp off the coast of Florida, spanning about 1.5 million acres, mostly being a swamp by big lizard nopes and other things that no one would want to run into at any time of day. Finally there is South Beach, located in Miami, this beach is the beach that people talk about all of the time, saying…

There are now dolls that are superstitious to some especially when appearing in the midst of the day floating through rough stagnant waters. Bear Creek swamp was introduced to mass amounts of dolls that weren’t just dolls, they were possessed dolls (Reilly). Many visitors have visited the area and found out that there are plenty of trash and left behinds, yet when one person went they found roughly 21…