The Dark Tower

Cosmos episode 13, “Unafraid of the dark”, begins by talking about the vast amount of scrolls and information that was kept in the library of Alexandria. Many of the books and scrolls were lost when the mob attacked and destroyed the library. This is shocking because of all the history of Ancient times that he's been lost due to the destruction of these books. Although we lost many discoveries, we as humans continue to learn new information about the universe. This begins the discovery of…

Through the use of motifs, character development, and archetypes, the creators of the movie Batman Begins convey the idea that everyone fears, but only those who have the courage to overcome it will thrive. The character development throughout the story relies in a big change in consequence of Rachel’s words. Bruce Wayne gives the impression of being an unmotivated slacker with an attitude problem. He even comments that Alfred hasn't "given up" on him yet. Rachel not only rebukes him for trying…

final monologue of the film The Dark Knight brings out a number of themes in the story to a logical conclusion. Some of the themes in the film are principles, defeat, rules and order, identity and justice and judgment. Bruce Wayne has powers that can fight crime but they are limited. As a man, he can be killed, corrupted or even defeated. As a symbol, he can be so much more. Towards the end of the movie, Bruce Wayne becomes an uncontainable force to the society. The Dark Knight focuses on the…

a hero following his own rules in order to do good around him requires an individual with a strong set of morals, an issue that is primary in many stories of the Batman, and particularly in Christopher Nolan’s second opus of his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight (2008). In the movie, ethics are a recurring theme, focusing mainly on how the masked hero deals with ethical issues and the decision he makes to reach his goal, but also observes the regular people’s choices. These ethical issues…

Space is a huge sea of unknown. We are simply specks of dust, trying to figure out the behaviors of giants. Thus it is apparent that the specks can not know much. For now. One of the biggest mysteries is the expansion of the universe; in the 1990s, we knew that theoretically, our ever-expanding universe was slowing down due to gravity, and that it would eventually collapse or keep expanding, just slower as time went on. However, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that to be dead…

The Medieval Times are commonly known as the time of dungeons, dragons, knights and magic. However, it is so much more than that. The people of the Medieval Times weren’t cleanest, therefore they got sick very easily. Also, there was major religious conflict resulting in many deaths. Lastly, like many other places in history, women did not have equal rights. Which all supports the fact that this was a terrible time to live in. As stated before, the Medieval Times are commonly known as the time…

Medieval ages, also referred to as the dark ages, started from the 5th century and ended in the 15th century. During this period, in regards to literature, there were many stories with a “dark” background; hence the idea of the Dark Ages. Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” written in the 13th century and Giovanni Boccaccio’s “Decameron,” written in the 14th century both contribute to this idea. Both stories were written in what is called Macaronic language, a language made up of slang words given Latin…

things truly do fall apart. Okonkwo did not understand his roots at a proper time, and all hell breaks loose. Through interaction with characters like Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith, and the Direct Commissioner, readers are able to understand more about the dark secrets that stories like Heart of Darkness tried to hide. Achebe tries to express the similarities and differences between Okonkwo and these characters. The biggest finding in this book is that although these characters are different, culturally;…

located in various parts of our body, some which can be felt underneath the skin, and “they hold special cells that destroy bacteria and viruses that get into our body.” An infected lymph node may swell up to the size of an apple or an egg, and discharge dark purple blood (Ceffrey). The Black Death arose when rodents, more commonly black rats, become infected. The black rats like to live close to humans because of how much food and shelter they get from humans, the only quality which make them…

The ferry scene in the movie, The Dark Knight, also presented another ethical problem: the Prisoner Dilemma (Mlawski 1). To sum it all up, two boats are in the water and each boat has until midnight to detonate the other ships ordinance or both ferries will be destroyed. There are civilians in one boat and prisoners in the other boat. Each boat has to make a choice – kill or be killed – confess or stay quiet. Not to mention that the clock is ticking. Of course, neither the civilian boat nor the…