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    of suspense and tension in mind, both stories are tied with a common theme of insanity. One of the ways that the two writers create suspense is by utilising the description of the setting and the themes. Dickens reiterates the words “gloomy” and “dark” as well as mentioning that “so little sunlight ever found its way to this spot,” These statements signify the calignosity of the post and that it is in absence of warmth, inducing fear in the reader as the lack of warmth and light is often…

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    William Herschel was not an astronomer when he discovered Uranus. He was actually a musician and teacher. He looked at the stars as a hobby. However, he used a method different than most star gazers of the time. He mapped out the stars in relation to each other, instead of the traditional grid method used at the time (Smith 2013). He started out by studying the Society papers on natural history and matter theory, after he joined the Bath Philosophical Society in 1780. He also reached out to the…

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    In the movie Dark knight directed by Christopher Nolan, it is evident that various techniques in the film add to batman being morally ambiguous while portrayed as a vigilante. Costume, design and lighting also contribute to the moral ambiguity as well as blurring the lines of a common stereotype to be real. Christopher Nolan breaks the stereotype of a superhero in the way that batman’s costume is designed. Batman’s body suite is black which has an evil connotation. Whereas the conventional…

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    Is Batman A State Actor?

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    Firstly, I would like to use the source of “War on Terror” to point out batman “gadgets” and how he is one of the most powerful men of his world. I would like to bring in the idea that batman has all the financial spending power that other people do not have. I will connect this to the notion of the power that others such as villains wish for, but they cannot have. As a result, batman creates a huge advantage among his competitors or villains. Secondly, I wish to discuss and analyze batman…

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    Bringing the fiction characters to real-life is the power that every book, novel, comic fans definitely want to have. If I have that such kind of power, the character I want to bring to real-life is Batman, because he is the symbol of justice, a very smart person and dare to break the law and fight the bad guy even they are the government. Every comic and superhero movie fans in general and DC fans, in particular, know that Batman is the symbol of justice. He fights the bad guy who commits…

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    Transcendentalism Transcendentalism, “began as a movement of ideals that altered society’s traditional beliefs on religion and spirituality” (Characteristics of the Literary Time Period). The characteristics of transcendentalism was that society believed that every single thing in the entire world, was, “a reflection on the Divine Soul” (American Literature Timeline). Other characteristic of transcendentalism is that transcendentalist believed in non-conformity, simplicity, self-reliance,…

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    Batman #49 moves us closer to the inevitable return of Bruce Wayne as the Caped Crusader. Scott Snyder continues to carry us through this journey with the assistance of james Tynion IV. The narrative gets a bit heavy-handed within the pages of issue #49. Yanick Paquette gives readers something to gawk at even if the story here leaves us asking what the point is amongst all the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo. It is time in Batman #49. Bruce Wayne has reclaimed his true past as Batman. Now he must…

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    Batman's Villain

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    A characteristics of a villain is 1. Villain. 2. A trouble maker.3. Finally an enemy. What makes the story better is a person who does good or bad. A man that steals something and keeps doing it. My villain is batman he is cool looking. Batman he has ABS which I had. He is a good and a bad, he is a protector a city of gosum. He is good at his job. He tries to keep it protected, but he has to deal with joker, iceman, penguin,the man that has half of his face burned, and Dr.kalohand. He couldn’t…

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    Researches have located a truly colossal black hole at the heart of the recently discovered galaxy known as SAGE0536AGN. The oddly enormous supermassive black hole is approximately thirty times larger than it should be and astronomers cannot seem to figure out why. Researchers from U.K.’s Keele University and the University of Central Lancashire have recently discovered a new black hole that defies all logic. The galaxy, which houses this supermassive black hole, was discovered using NASA’s…

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    Does Dark Matter Exist

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    Nevertheless, the existence of dark matter has been widely accepted henceforth, and research into it is ongoing. Astronomers have recently discovered a galaxy without the existence of dark matter(Shelton). Dark matter cannot actually be seen or detected itself, but, as Zwicky found, it causes immense levels of gravity. This newly discovered galaxy has only the normal amount of gravity you would expect to find due to its stars, planets, and general cosmic junk, unlike every other galaxy we’ve…

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