The Beautiful and Damned

old, burnt-out theater down on Verdugo. A band of raiders were on the prowl, and they helped each other out. Charlie offered to take her back to his home. Of course he could see, in spite of the shape of her now sunken cheeks, that she had been beautiful. But his interest weren’t merely carnal, per se. He lacked the companionship he’d enjoyed, albeit egotistically, ever since the separation and then subsequent disintegration of civilization. They partnered up- for survival, and for sanity’s…

fruit, when Giovanni was constantly told to stay away from her, she is Eve throughout the story when she speaks to Giovanni, making that connection. Beatrice is the “embodiment of the central Christian paradox”, she is “angelic but corrupt, beautiful but damned” (Male…

properly. She should be fashionable but her clothing should be modest and not show off too much skin, which is nearly contradictory today. Views on royal women can be very conflicting. She should not show off her body, but she is still expected to be a beautiful woman with some sex appeal. She is not to talk about sex or act in anyway lustful, as she is seen as too proper for such a dirty deed, yet she is expected to produce an heir for the throne. It is necessary to keep the throne in the…

Betrayal is a common theme across fiction literature and media. Showing moments of a person turning his back on his boss, leader, and superior power to become independent. Or gather their own people and fight back, become rival of their former boss. Betrayal would be like, putting your loyalty in someone, and them turning their back on yours. It is something that can happen to anybody in the real life and Paradise Lost by John Milton, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the hit TV series…

and aggressive. Iago expresses his anger towards Othello for choosing Cassio, which does not have the experience that Iago has, thus, making Iago further qualified for the position of Lieutenant: One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damned in a fair wife, that never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of battle knows, More spinister unless the bookish theorick, wherein the tongued consuls can propose, as masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice is all his…

The Summary of The Great Gatsby The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan all the while being narrated by Nick Carraway. Gatsby is the main character along with Daisy. Nick moved to New York to become a sales person after World War one to take a job as a bond salesman. Nick was convinced to move into a house At West Egg, Long Island, where he would soon meet Jay Gatsby. Last minute Nick was bailed on and moved in by himself,…

The prominent figure of American century writers was that of the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald who was born in 1896 he rose to fame as a speaker of the jazz age. He was, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald had the good fortune and the misfortune of being a writer who gathered up an era to greatness all by himself. Fitzgerald grew up spoiled with wealth, privilege and of his family’s prohibiting of the social setting. He was named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the…

For the first time in your life, you haven't ate something this good in a while. You were munching the food away with bliss, making everyone at the dining table laugh. Especially the ebony haired girl. 'Ahh, so even someone like her can laugh, so beautiful...' you thought. "Say... what's your name?" The dark chestnut haired woman asked you. "It's _. What's yours?" "I'm Carla. This is my son Eren, and my daughter Mikasa, and my husband Grisha." Carla grinned. Eren sneakily gave a carrot piece…

God's Elect. The Elect were people chosen by God for salvation. According to Puritans, a merciful God had sent His son, Jesus Christ, to earth to die for the sins of man, but only a few would be saved. The rest, known as the "unregenerate," would be damned eternally. The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay Colony believed that all mankind was depraved and sinful because of Adam and Eve's fall in the Garden of Eden. Because Adam and Eve were willful and disobedient to God, they brought upon…

until you dry up like an old piece of leather. But I won’t stop there. I’ll have a reaper escort your soul straight to Lulerain where you will suffer for all eternity.” The demon had a smug look on his face. “You can’t touch me unless you’ve proof I committed a crime. Treaty rules say so.” He referred to the Thalox treaty that had been drawn up long ago, protecting demons from malicious slaughter. Seemed the world needed a balance of good and evil. Eli snarled. “I make my own rules, and they…