Titles of Mary

• In a theocratic society like Salem, where public and private ethics are parallel, reputation plays an important role within this atmosphere of paranoia. Focused on maintaining public reputation, the citizens of Salem in the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, fear that their own sins and the ones of their friends will soil their good names. Taking place during the Salem Witch Trials, which was the result of the Puritans’ bent moral system, the idea of interference in others’ affairs as…

In “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” Jeffery Cohen explains the concept that he calls “monster culture”. Cohen introduces his topic with concepts of monsters being something not affected by time, and that there has been a tendency for hybrid monsters due to generational behavior. In the article Cohen uses his seven theses to convey his thoughts, each pertaining to a different aspect of his “monster culture.” Thesis one is used to portray his outlook on cultural influence on the monster. Cohen…

You’re in low atmosphere, you don’t have much energy left, your opponent only seems to be getting stronger, and the fate of the world and the entire universe rests in your hands. It’s pretty intense, but sometimes situations can be like this or worse, ok maybe not as severe, but it feels that way at the time. Well this is about one of those severe situations. This is about the time I had to save the universe from an evil creature called Majin Buu. This particular battle was not easy for me even…

was a literary movement that swept through virtually every country of Europe, the United States, and Latin America that lasted from about 1750 to 1870. Many of the main ideas behind the literary movement of Romanticism can be seen in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and in the “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Shelly and Coleridge both created the idea that one should be punished if s/he decides to go against the natural laws of nature. The punishment was that of no…

Merry Warren tell that she had lied when she said that she saw the spirits of her neighbors and that the other girls were lying as well, but Merry then said “You're the devil's man!”, and “He come to me by night and every day to sign, to sign, to-” (Mary.3.1108-1117) and the court turned on John and in the end hung him as a…

Marie Lu’s futuristic dystopian novel, Legend takes place on the west coast of the United States. Except it isn’t the United States anymore. The Republic is in the west and the Colonies are in the east. In all of the poor sectors in the Republic they seem to be getting the plague. If you had the plague your skin would be cracked and you would be bleeding everywhere. Day is the most wanted criminal in all of the Republic. The thing is, they have wanted signs all over. Yet they don’t even know…

Scream Factory is once again dipping into the Empire Pictures / Charles Band line of films, this time with a double feature of The Dungeonmaster and Eliminators. Two films that looked like they would be a drag to get through, but ended up being a hoot and a half instead. I know, I was as suprirsed as you are right now. Anyway, let's hop in our mobile unit (you need to read on to see what the heck I'm talking about) and get on with this review of both movies... PRODUCT INFORMATION PLOT SUMMARY…

attitudes. Example: “I shuddered to think that the future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price perhaps of the existence of the whole human race,” (Shelley 198) Function: In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor has commit adultery with a seventeen year old girl named Abigail. John confessed his sin to his wife and for seven months tried to gain her trust and forget Abigail. Abigail, on the other side, only dreams of being with John again, and he has given her signs that he wants her back too even though he is a married man. Even Elizabeth, John’s wife, is suspicious about them committing adultery again. Abigail is not in any way delusional about rekindling…

Throughout the novella “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson, Robert Neville incorporates the role of an anti-hero. For example, on page 38, he states that “he wouldn't put Virginia there. Not if they killed him for it." In this quote, Robert states his opinion on taking his dead wife to a pit where the deceased are burned alive. He refuses, which clearly goes against the regime that has been put into place by society in order to stop the contamination. Another example of Robert’s anti-hero-like…