The Battle of the Labyrinth

Countless stories have been written on flight, one of the most famous ones being of Daedalus and his son, Icarus1. In this story, Daedalus and his son have completed the Labyrinth for King Minos, which was involved in the story of Theseus. Daedalus and Icarus were locked up in a tower with no way down on the completion of the Labyrinth, because King Minos wanted no man to know how to get in or out. Daedalus had to collect the feathers of birds to make artificial wings for himself and his son. In…

for the country village where it's perpetually bright and sunny. The signfancy choice of the setting of this particular story because London is not jolly tea-drinking paradise some people might think. In fact the city is repeatedly described as a labyrinth or a maze—once you get into it, it’s hard to get back out. The city itself serves as a kind of prison. It’s filthy, foggy, and crime-ridden, and things aren’t always what they seem. So since the author chose this area to show…

palace of the great king of Crete. When placed under a spell, the Cretan queen had fallen in love with a majestic bull and they conceived the Minotaur. The king of Crete trapped the creature, which was half bull and half man, in the center of the labyrinth, never to see the outside world…

Predecessor to the 80’s cult classic, The Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal was legendary puppeteer Jim Henson’s first attempt at creating a fantasy motion picture filmed entirely with intricate animatronics and puppets. The film is complete with heroes, villains and the other main elements of fantastical narratives as described by Russian scholar and folklorist Vladimir Propp in his breakthrough work, Morphology of the Folktale, which states that there is a sequence of 31 functions — certain actions…

The Colosseum was used for nothing more then just a battle field to the death for gladiators. The building was extremely impressive, especially the dimensions. It was 156 meters wide, and 189 meters long, with the area of 6 acres. The height of the wall is 48 meters tall. The oval shaped arena is 287ft long…

The Good, the Bad, and Beowulf Although no confirmation can be made regarding Beowulf’s author, an indisputable aspect of the great epic poem is its Anglo-Saxon origin. In fact, this Old English influence plays a significant role in the work, and ultimately governs the behaviors and conduct demonstrated in the poem. These heroic code behaviors exemplified typically include: a courtly demeanor, unparalleled strength, and valor. However, perhaps the most prominent value evidenced in Beowulf, is…

In Brent Staples “Black Men and Public Space” a firsthand insight is offered on life as an average, educated black man, and the common misconception that he is dangerous. Staples realizes his power to alter public space and subsequently adjusts his behavior to relieve anticipated tension; in the face situations reflecting societal expectations and discrimination based on physical appearance. Though he rationalizes attempts to ease tension is for others benefit and his physical safety, with each…

The soldiers of the Eighth Battalion slept soundly on the uneventful night at Guard-Raugh’s Prison. Their beds, though hard as rocks, were more comfortable than the ground they slept on during the Forever War. Though they were thankful they had been relieved from the frontlines, they longed to return home to their worried wives and sick children, but tolerated the boredom they faced guarding the most secure prison in all of Asyra. The unlucky few walking the night shift fell asleep at their…

Awake. I was always awake. As if it were not already hard enough to sleep before with all the people I had lost going through my head, it seemed, whenever I shut my eyes, they would be there. Alex, dad, Gray, Suzie and now, far too fresh in my mind for any rest at all, Toshiko and Owen. It was only right that I did something productive rather than dwell on the past. Nothing could bring them back and I certainly could not join them. I stood and pulled on clothes hurriedly, it was never usually…

Located in northeastern Africa, Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean on one side, a desert on another, and mountains on a third. This geography let the Egyptians live in relative peace around the River Nile. The Nile is over 4000 miles long and its annual floods fertilized the surrounding valley. The Egyptians gradually learned how to manage and store the water in canals and basins for irrigation, and they used measuring devices called a nilometers to measure the water levels. By implementing…