The Discovery of Heaven

destruction. Aristotle said “ a hero suffers more than he/she deserves”. He believed a very long time ago that to be a tragic hero, the character must meet five criterias. The character’s fate must be greater than deserved, excessive pride, the discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero’s own actions, a reversal of fortune brought about because of the hero’s error in judgement, and flaw or error of judgement. In the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, the…

Darwin’s theory of evolution is an example of discovery that is generally believed to be one of the most controversial of all, but it is forgotten that some of the earliest supporters of his theory were Christian clergymen Charles Kingsley and Frederick Temple (Brooke, That Modern Science has Secularized Western Culture 227). They suggested that a “God who could make things make themselves was more admirable than one who simply made things” (Brooke, That Modern Science has Secularized Western…

Katie Jacobi AP English 4th hr 10-4-15 The Fall of “God” With an unshakable belief, a wealth of knowledge, and a desire to conquer death, Victor Frankenstein meddled with the balance of Science and Nature. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who aspired to create a cure for death and conquer immortality. Though he succeeded in his endeavor to bring an inanimate creature to life, Victor finds that his creation strayed far from the anticipated outcome he…

Death Swallowed Up In Victory Everyone is familiar with the theme of death. “According to experience, death is the stopping of a behavior, the stopping of expressive movements and of physiological movements and processes…It is a departure, a decease, a negativity to the unknown…a departure without a return”(Levinas). Regardless of belief, death is the one equalizer common to man. There are countless stories attempting to illustrate or explain both the feeling and the nature of death…

The exploration of trade routes to Africa and Asia were revolutionizing decisions made by the Europeans. These explorations had led to the discovery of new lands, the chance to spread Christianity and to improve in wealth. However these were the consequences of external affairs of Europe. What were the consequences of internal affairs in Europe? How was Europe progressing in religion, politics, and economics that they had to spread their influence worldwide and ultimately shaped not just Europe…

Gilsinger 1 Amanda Gilsinger 10th Honors English Lit/Comp 11 August 2014 The Power of Knowledge, As Seen in Frankenstein Percolating under the surface of Mary Shelley’s book Frankenstein is the pursuit of knowledge and the negative effects that it can have on one’s life if gone awry. The quest by Victor Frankenstein for the “chemical of life” significantly affects his overall well-being, compelling him to abandon his family and secretly work on his project while attending college. His passion…

The Renaissance was a period of change in which values shifted throughout Europe, especially within the world of art, evident in the work of the Italian Renaissance painter Botticelli. During the fifteenth century, Florence was filled with artistic, technological, and scientific achievements. Founded on humanist beliefs and the rediscovery of the classical world, Renaissance culture focused on heroic ideals and promoted the study of the liberal arts, largely focusing on man’s intellectual…

The Zuni Indians are a very complex and interesting indigenous people. The Zuni tribe’s history began before 2500 B.C. along the Zuni River in the northwestern corner of New Mexico (Zuni Indians, 2016). The Zuni were the first of the Pueblo tribes met by the Spaniards in 1540 (Weiser, 2014). The arrival of these intruders disrupted their established culture, land, and trading, and infestation of disease and violence to a very peaceful people (Weiser, 2014). The Southwestern Indian culture…

Angeles and the evening was drawing to a close. The sun was sinking into a bank of grey clouds. It threw a single column of orange light onto the city and the reflection from shiny buildings embellished the light, giving rise to a luminous array of discoveries. A loud honk protested behind her and the driver in the car looked at her with hard eyes. She stared at him for a second then her face seemed to fall altogether. With a smooth turn of the wheel and a change of gears, she merged into the…

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on a journey, hoping to find riches and pride for himself and the royalty of Spain. Columbus was convinced that God had gifted him the skills and intellect to take on such a project, and that his journey was part of a larger prophecy written by God (Sivers et al. S16-2). When Columbus and his men arrived in what is now considered the Caribbean, they immediately recognized the potential in exploiting the land and its peoples. Although they seemed to act with…