The Beautiful and Damned

Our story starts with a woman just about mid-twenties, Miss Elisabeth Finki. Miss Finki wore a bright yellow linen dress with blue lines wrapping around the dress she also wore a smile that most beautiful smile anyone has ever seen. Growing up Miss Finki had always been treated well, she had the perfect family, a mom, a dad, and two brothers, she had been given a life that so many people wished they had I guess the rich are always viewed as a perfect family. The town she had grown up in, a…

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a great American novel that was published on April 10,1925. It was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald). It falls under the fiction genre, however, the book is written very realistically and reflects many of the events that occurred in Fitzgerald’s own life as well as many of his opinions and characteristics. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan…

In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s idea of the American Dream was iconic. The lust for money and the endless pursuit of all things beautiful was a mentality that is now recognized as shaping the actions of many, including Fitzgerald. As he and his wife, Zelda, struggled with alcoholism, their lives quickly declined into depression and anxiety, yet they were under the impression of living a happy life. As literary executor John Callahan said, “In its American guise, the dream Fitzgerald sought…

Medea is determined to seek revenge no matter the cost. It is the only way she will become content with herself. She is geared up to see a blood bath because death will be her greatest satisfaction. Juno is a woman with an immense self-respect. She does not let anyone make her look bad. She is extremely spiteful and insists whoever is disloyal and opposes her acquires punishment. “Jove’s wife alone refrained from passing judgement, rejoicing as she did when some misfortune fell upon one of…

” Taking down the buffalo, an African animal that is large and angry, gives Macomber his manliness and prowess. Even Wilson is impressed by Macomber’s new bravery, thinking, “probably meant the end of cuckoldry too.Well, that would be a damned good thing. Damned good thing. Beggar had probably been afraid all his life (33).” Wilson facilitates Macomb’s new confidence with the buffalo shooting and is pleased to see another man “come of age” in the…

Who is Serena Altschul? Beautiful Serena Altschul is a news reporter and a correspondent. Furthermore, she is also an actress. She is active in this field since 1990’s. Presently, she is a prominent figure among the media as the correspondent for CBS. She is involved in the show, CBS Sunday Morning since 2013. Additionally, she is also popular for working with the MTV. She served as the anchor and reporter for MTV News. Serena Altschul: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood Serena was born in New…

The Score I feel so ashamed, so, so damned ashamed. How can my body betray me? Pleasure in the midst of an assault? How is this shit even possible? Salty tears rolls down my face. I wrap my legs around his waist and dig my nails into his back holding on for dear life. My core tighten, contracts, threatens to snap his monstrous appendage. I see stars bright beautiful magnificent stars. I quake, brain turns to mush. I die a thousand little deaths.I experience what has to be the most earth…

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde theme. Professor Kelp, a nerdy and clumsy weakling, wanted to get muscles, after having been bullied by one of his students. Meeting Purdy who is a beautiful blonde student was what spurred him to become stronger. After failing miserably do so in the gym, Kelp seems to realize that he is an inept cartoon character and he despairingly wants to change from his thin, short, shy, nerdy, bespectacled and weird…

that Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 live in, it is truly a sin to ever think about yourself before others. In the novel, we read the journal of Equality who is “cursed” with curiosity. By being a transgressor and having an ego, Equality was not damned, but rather saved. In our society we so often see people clinging to their amendments. It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without those rights. In the society that Equality lived in, he was taught that he only exists to strive…

for the spiritually clean and to his left side are the punishments for the unclean. This symbolizes a clear separation of the righteous and unrighteous in Christian doctrine. The hell scene shows Satan and his demons consuming and tearing apart the damned (Florence Art Museum). One could argue that this scene symbolizes the engulfing of the spirit/mind (human realm) in the unfavorable material world as a result of succumbing to earthly desires. This idea is associated with the negative…