Brianna Smith March 8‚ 2012 Honors English II Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic Literature is a genre that focuses on events occurring in the American South after the Civil War. It involves supernatural events‚ monsters‚ heroes‚ and must reveal social and cultural issues. Boo Radley‚ a character who lives in Maycomb‚ fits the supernatural role in Southern Gothic Literature. To fit this role‚ ironic and unusual events should occur involving that person. Boo does a lot of unusual things
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of schooling‚ I have always been fascinated by medieval knights. Even as a child‚ I remember enjoying the tales of the great quests the knights would embark on. Whether it be slaying a mighty foe or adventuring to a far off land‚ the stories of knights were always exciting to hear. Because of this fascination‚ I chose to tell my creative tale in the style of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales from the perspective of the knight. Knights during the time of medieval England were responsible for
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Dark Matter Astronomy Samuel Research Topic Topic: Dark Matter‚ Astronomy Saul Perl mutter‚ 2011 states “The Universe in made mostly of dark matter and dark energy‚ and we don’t know what either of them is.” The above statement by Saul Perl mutter suggests that astronomers at this age have found this unknown substance by the name of Dark Matter. We chose this topic on Dark Matter as it intrigues us what is beyond our atmosphere and what is it made off. We want to know how Scientists realized
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Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?: Chocolate is made from plants‚ which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids‚ which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals‚ which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide
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Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Maameegate Zheng Jun Cheston Tay Kai Ren ENG114 – Section 1006 University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas / Singapore Campus Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Introduction Dark tourism encourages people to reflect on mortality‚ bringing them closer to death (Stone‚ 2010). It is a multitude of history‚ heritage‚ tourism and tragedy which plays an important role in delivering information by bringing the past to present (Niemelä
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Albrecht Durer. The artwork piece is an engraved carving. It is called “Knight‚ Death and The Devil”. It was created in 1513. Objects I observed in this artwork consist of a dog‚ a knight on a horse‚ a horned goat‚ dead trees‚ a lizard‚ a castle‚ an hourglass and death. The only colors I see are dark charcoal color and white. The overall mood of the work is dark and dreary. The way the artist used the dark colors against the white made the carving stand out more in aspect of how
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Response: Intimations of Dark Tourism The study of dark tourism by Foley and Lennon displays a significant amount of research and examples. In pointing out the vast number of dark tourist sites‚ worldwide‚ the two authors validate the importance of dark tourism in anthropology. The manner in which a human views death depends completely on the way in which he or she was socialized from the time he or she was born. Although opinions‚ representations‚ and the ways in which humans cope with
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The Dark Ages – Defining the Darkness The Dark Ages as a term has undergone many evolutions; its definition depends on who is defining it. Indeed‚ modern historians no longer use the term because of its negative connotation. Generally‚ the Dark Ages referred to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This took place when the last Western emperor‚ Romulus Augustulus‚ was deposed by Odoacer‚ a barbarian. AD 476 was the time of this event. Initially‚ this era took on
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“Dark Girls” The 2012 documentary Dark girls‚ is a fascinating and controversial film by American filmmakers‚ Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It goes underneath the surface to explore the prejudice‚ dark-skinned women face throughout the world. It explores the roots of classism‚ racism and the lack of self-esteem within a segment of cultures. Dark girls shows the many struggles which women of darker skin face. It allows women of all ages to tell their stories of the damage done to their self-esteem
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Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. It focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. Gothic literature has left a deep impression to the people. Influenced by Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O’Connor wrote stories filled with grotesque characters‚ violence‚
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