To the Lighthouse

"one of the most remarkable men ever to walk the earth. He laid philosophical foundations for the scientific revolution. He was a visionary and a poet. Yet he walked the corridors of power and held the highest offices in the land" (The Summit Lighthouse). There are similarities in the style of Shakespeare's and Bacon's plays. They both contain historical and philosophical inaccuracies in both author's works. For example, they have identical misquotations from Aristotle. Bacon possessed…

Beowulf is an epic hero who has went through the hero’s journey. Amongst the warriors depicted in the poem, Beowulf emerges as the most heroic. He not only exudes the strength of a warrior, but also stands to fulfill his social obligations. An epic hero is someone who has superman qualities, who embodies the values of his society, and who is larger than life. During Beowulf’s journey he crosses a large lake and encounters a numerous amount of difficult challenges along the way. He is so…

2. Foreshadowing- In this beginning section of the novel, the story foreshadows that Clare will spend her whole life waiting just like she did in this first part of the novel. She would go through her life waiting until she saw him again. 3. Summary- Book one is Part One of the novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. In this beginning section of the book, Clare and Henry’s love story unfolds. We learn of the couples twisted relationship and different meetings throughout the…

Concept of home and abroad Robert Louis Stevenson was an important and renowned literary celebrity of his time. He was born in 1850 in Edinburgh and belonged to an upper middle class family. His father Thomas Stevenson was a well-known leading lighthouse engineer in the Victorian era while his mother was from a lawyers and clergymen family. In 1857 he with his parents moved to 17 Heriot Row a four story Georgian town house in Edinburgh’s new town. Stevenson had a prosperous life different from…

Monster Cinema: The Myth and History of the Spectacle In recent years, the monster genre has been dominated by zombies, vampires, werewolves, and supernatural creatures. Although these monsters terrify audiences, they don’t have the same impact as their larger, far more destructive counterparts. The kaiju, or giant monster, have been a neglected and misunderstood genre for a long time. It wasn’t until recently that these monsters started to make their way back on the silver screen. This paper…

In Dick Gregory’s “Shame,” Gregory states “Everybody’s got a Helene Tucker, a symbol of everything you want.” On September of 2012, I was first introduced to the Fallout franchise when my adopted brother bought the game and forced me to play it. The game has become a real inspiration to me and now is a symbol of my life, my career, and what I want. Fallout has become a symbol of my life because I have been studying and researching the game my entire life. I first had to learn all possible…

Cummins Incorporated is a worldwide well-known manufacturer of diesel engines. It supplies its products to North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, China, Korea, Japan, Latin America, India, Russia, Southeast Asia, South Pacific and Mexico. This publicly traded corporation employs around 55,000 people, who do not only create high-quality diesel and natural gas engines, but also design, distribute and sell engine-related products (1). On the top of that, Cummins provides service of its engines…

Emperor Nero Around 54 AD, the Roman empire was enjoying the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, a time when outside enemies were not a threat and the arts flourished. However, this peace did not last long when Emperor Nero came into the picture. Emperor Nero was the most destructive of the ancient Roman emperors of the Julian-Claudian dynasty. The Julian-Claudian dynasty was filled with exceptional and disastrous rulers, but Nero stood out in his lasting negative effects. Julius Caesar was the first…

The green light within the narrative acts as Gatsby’s lighthouse. It stands on Daisy’s dock, representing that wholesome American Dream that Gatsby is constantly striving for, “he stretched his arms towards the dark water in a curious way.” And, “Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except…

Because Aldous Huxley was concerned about the dangers of scientific progress, he wrote a novel predicting a future in which technology dominates mankind. In Huxley’s Brave New World, John perceives the New World society – which he had high hopes for – as wicked, disgusting, and foolish. John disagrees with many aspects of this morally corrupt society: open sexuality, hypnopaedia, use of a brainwashing drug, and lack of individualism. During his experience in the New World, John befriends Bernard…