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four variations: Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Melancholic, and Choleric. Although all of these ideas are obscure and relatively unknown they are widely used in tv shows and movies like: W.I.T.C.H., which even utilizes Quintessence by name in the story, and Thor: The Dark World, which uses the idea of Aether as a mysterious and powerful substance. Ideas the have been used for many centuries are hard for humans to…

and named it Easter Island. Inter-clan wars began a few decades later, and resulted in the destruction on many moai in 1864. In 1888 Chile annexed the island, which nowadays continues being a territory of the nation. In the 1950s the anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, suggested a connection between South America and Polynesia and went to Rapa Nui to study the moai. MOAIS AND RELIGION It is believed that moais were first created by Polynesian villagers. They are stone sculptures built…

role in the Norse society. Most of them are regularly mentioned throughout the Norse Mythology. The principal actors of the Norse mythology may be the ones constantly mentioned in the texts, namely Odin, Thor, Freya, and Loki. Here’s a list of the different Norse deities and their functions: -Thor: He is the hammer welding god and his main role is to protect humanity. He was a major god for most Germanic tribes, but became a prominent god for Scandinavians in the Middle Ages and is considered…

At the beginnings of comics, and still in most comics today, women have been portrayed as the ‘damsel in distress’. In the past, women have only been in comics as a love interest and as someone for the hero to save, but slowly over time, that has begun to change. This change has been seen mostly in the movies or television shows. As of today, we are starting to see more powerful superheroines, but they are still poorly portrayed in the comic industry. This paper will be talking about how women…

people know in his society that they are all being blinded by their government. The author describes Harrison being tired of the handicap that handicaps his good looks when, “He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder,” (Vonnegut 43). This proves that Harrison’s society is scared to tell people the truth and goes to great lengths to keep people in the dark about their true talents and only motivates Harrison even more to get people to see…

Violence and Diplomacy: The Success of an Empire As I am reading this book, I can see that very easily that violence and warfare had a major part in the overall rise of Islam. As per usual, back in the days in order to be wealthy, you had to own land, and to own land you either had to purchase it, or take it by force. Since money was no easy thing to come by, force was usually the easier option. There are three examples that stand out to me on this topic and the main one is that anyone who…

Casting Choice #1: Manu Benett as protagonist Guts After seeing Manu Benett as Crixus in Spartacus, it was obvious he would be cast as Guts. Both Manu and Guts share a similar facial structure, both with a chiselled, intimidating and hardened face. In addition both of them share a similar physique and build type, both extremely masculine, tall, big and intimidating. The personification of endurance and willpower, yet also of tragedy and hardships. Guts as a character is very complex, and to put…

As a society most of us like to view myths as a old way of telling a story, on how older civilizations used to teach their younglings, however we still use myths as a way to tell a story. Look at any marvel movies or comics, in fact Thor was based on norse mythology. Star Wars is no exception. Star Wars can be based on the arthurian legend of King Arthur . More in depth, one can compare the main character of the two, Luke Skywalker and Theseus. The story of King Arthur being just a no one.…

The definition of a hero is a person in the opinion of another who has heroic qualities and Is seen as a role model. My granny Frances McGinnis Wise had possessed the qualities of a hero by being courageous, compassionate, dedicated, loyal, honest, and determined. She showed courage by not being scared of what may come she had stage four colon and liver cancer and stayed strong till the end. I recall the day she found out that her cancer was stage four everyone was over at her house, she cooked…

In the review of “Skyfall”, Roger Ebert talks about the innovation that starts right from the first scene which is a typical 007 style. He later compares the old 007 movie style with this one and how in this movie we don’t see Bond operating any automatic devices, instead he is actually running and going manually. He is performing some real life stunts like running on the train and crushing the VW beetles. Though this is an expected stunt in bond’s movie but this is a total different style for a…