The Magical Number Seven

Cinderella who lived with two horrible stepsisters and one evil stepmother who found her way to her true love and happiness with one fairy godmother and one glass slipper and lived happily ever after. However, many people, rather than getting the magical ending like Cinderella, do not get the happily ever after they desire. Into the Woods is the story of a couple, the baker and his wife, who seeks a child by ending a revengeful witch’s curse with a four fairy tales crossovers, which are the…

takes matters into her own hands, if men won’t stand up for what's right then the women should and wage war until every last one that is daring to speak to the chief in this matter go down. Henceforth, in comparison to the other documents, document seven is about shedding blood as well. In this document Samuel Maherero a leader of the Herero people is exhausted with the Germans having no remorse for killing his people, they do what they feel like when they feel like doing it. Samuel wants all…

to make the night ours and make history for our beloved school. After triumphing in our sectional championship game against Cicero-North Syracuse (CNS) by a score of three-to-one, we found ourselves seventh seed coming up against New York State’s number one seeded team, Bethlehem. We knew we were up for a tough battle and a wild night. The night was a frigid, bone-chilling one. The noise heard across the stadium from all the fans added on to the rough conditions of the night, but we all…

fleeting either with echoic or iconic memory. Our short term memory only works if the working memory meaningfully encodes or rehearses information. Also, short term memory is limited in capacity and duration and we only remember seven bits of information such as the Magical Number Seven, plus or minus two. Short term memory can only help me remember four information chunks of what I am reading for AP Psych. That’s why I’m going to do my best to make sure the information I retain for AP Psych…

underworld. Putting aside their grief, the other demigods follow Percy’s instructions to find the mortal face of the doors of death. Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades if they can fight their way past the Gaea’s forces. When that happens the seven will be able to close and seal the doors from both ends and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. However, Leo is worried, and wonders, with the doors closed and sealed, how will Annabeth and Percy be able to escape? But there is no…

even though they see each other every day. As the Social Pressures in Informal Groups: A Study of Human Factors in Housing by Festinger says, “The small face-to-face social groups which formed were to a large extent, determined by the fact that a number of people lived in the same apartment building or in the same court. Certainly other factors operated. If two people did not like each other they would not become friends even if they lived right next door to each other.” (Festinger, 11) Because…

Psychological Insights of an I nsect What is psychology? Psychology is the fascinating science of the human mind and behavior and is commonly used to deepen insight into the thoughts and behaviors of the characters. A psychological approach enlarges the number of interpretive strategies we use while reading, which is immensely important when gaining knowledge about human behavior. The conceptual events that occur within The Metamorphosis can be analyzed further through a psychological…

The Ineffable Role of Greek Theater The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Life is like a play at the theater: it does not matter how long it lasts, but how well it was played.” This is true in several ways; the majority of society will put on a mask to show others instead of their true emotions. The belief that we shield ourselves from society most likely goes back to the ancient Greeks. which raises the question: why were plays an important part of Greek culture? Theater enforced morals and…

Thomas Rymer and Queen of Elfland relates the abduction of a human by an elf as well, but this time it is an Elf Queen going after a human man. The story is based on the medieval romance Thomas of Erceldoune (Nelson 138), who, according to Child's introduction, was a historical figure believed to be a prophet (63,64). This gift was supposedly given to him by the queen of elves (64), but the connection can be ignore in an examination of the ballad, as no such gift is mentioned. Both versions…

reader enticed. The one question I kept asking myself, is this story a comedy or tragedy? Comedy or tragedy? That is the question. William Shakespeare has written many plays. According to Shakespeare online, the general consensus stands at thirty seven plays,…