Ten Lost Tribes

In F.W. Murnau 's TABU on the south Pacific island of Bora-Bora a young couples love is threatened when the tribal warrior chief declares the girl a sacred virgin. The added beauty of this film, apart from the beautiful scenery of the South Pacific islands is the story of a struggle against fate. What we had was a tale of forbidden love, reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of the South Sea Island Bora-Bora. One interesting aspect of this film is the use of the word TABU and…

would seem that man is naturally drawn towards the topic of epistemology and obtaining knowledge, but during the 1700s it has given a negative While there is a rather negative view on human nature, which is exemplified through John Milton’s Paradise Lost,…

In works based on the Christian religion God is often portrayed as all-knowing and all-powerful. This is how God is portrayed throughout Paradise Lost, he is always able to stop Satan because he always has a plan. One plan by God that is seen in the text is the creation of humankind. He wants a new species, one with free will, not a creation that will follow God because they are programmed to, but because they believe it is the right thing to do. However, God seems upset at some of mankind’s…

Growing up as a child you think everyone in your life will never leave you and they will always be there for you. Last summer, I lost my great aunt to bone cancer. Losing my aunt was one of the hardest things I ever had to endure. My aunt was a positive role model in my life, if I needed anything she would provide it. She loved to help others, if a person was in need, she would give you her last, no questions asked. She would literally give you the clothes off her back. She was a women with so…

Everyone has a false face. Although we were born bare, our experiences, society and the prejudiced perspective that mankind has on itself have left us inevitability concealing our vulnerable flesh. It is forlorn, however, as life has the tendency to reveal us, leaving us scrutinizing for a new beginning. As it did to the Americans of the 1920s. Through the decline of American Society, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby demonstrates the revision of the American Dream. In the early 1920s, the…

Frankenstein In a lot of aspects society came up with the idea to view being different as something scary because it is not something that they are normally used to. In the story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly she gives out a story about a horrendous looking monster that deals with a variety of rejection among humankind even from his own creator due to his physical appearance and his creator then suffers horrible consequences while his monster lives and roams the Earth. In the story of…

paradise, or a paradise lost” (13-14). By writing, Jernigan wished to create something beautiful and when she did she adored her creation. So much so she was afraid to let it go. Upon entering the world, her beautiful creation has changed. It has grown through the eyes of readers but in the final lines of her poem Jernigan wonders if she really wants this. She had created what she believed to be a perfect paradise but now she wonders if perhaps her paradise is a “paradise lost” (14). This seems…

Book One of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost hones in on the story of one very familiar main character: Satan. After Milton’s brief explanation of how and for whom he is writing the poem, Satan appears with a distraught Beelzebub after they and several others were sent to “bottomless perdition” (47). Satan is remarkably calm in regards to what has occurred and aims to rise up against God, seeking to create as much evil as he can in the world in order to defy God and God’s goodness. Throughout…

Wilfred Owen was one of the most significant poets of the First World War. Owen encompassed the cruel conditions faced by soldiers and observed the true nature of the battlefield. He expressed his ideas through his compositions in a variety of poems such as ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth.’ Owen’s perspectives on human conflict were initially represented throughout his encounters amid ‘The Great War.’ Owen’s poetry moves from traditional formulaic forms to a more violent…

and how they speak and interact with one another so he can understand the daily routine and feelings of a human being. While in the woods the Creature finds a copy of Paradise Lost and begins to read this along with excerpts from Victor’s journal that he found. The most powerful message the Creature gets from Paradise Lost is stated when he says, “…I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…” (Shelley 100). The Creature realized who his creator really is and how…