Legend: Complete: at this point these heroes retain largely the same skills they do today‚ with of course tweaking on how the skills work. Mostly Complete: at this point these heroes have had one/two of their abilities replaced between then and now. Signature: at this point these heroes only had their ’signature’ skill that makes them what they are‚ such as Rikimaru’s Permanent Invisibility. This is a subjective measure. Remade: these heroes were completely remade by Icefrog. Their old selves
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------------------------------------------------- The Black Cat Analytical Essay The Black Cat‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe is considered Gothic literature because it reflects the elements of a Gothic story‚ in the setting‚ theme‚ characters‚ and plot. Filled with mystery‚ death‚ and the possibility of the supernatural‚ this short story is a work of Gothic literature. Gothic literature usually contains a villain‚ who is the epitome of evil‚ either by his own fall from grace‚ or by some implicit
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In Opposition to the “American Dream” Throughout the history of the United States‚ the definition of the iconic tenet‚ the American dream‚ has remained a relative constant: that with hard work and determination‚ any American citizen‚ regardless of background or disadvantage‚ can achieve anything they truly desire. However‚ the outrageously exalted philosophy has been‚ and always will be‚ a tragically falsified and laughably chimerical image. With the passage of time‚ the American dream has become
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Chapter 1 Eliot begins chapter one with an overview of the society in which her story takes place. She describes the hermit-like lifestyle of those like Silas Marner‚ who she jokes‚ "looked like remnants of a disinherited race." Eliot also addresses the suspicion surrounding these solitary weavers and collectors of herbs‚ saying‚ "all cleverness...was in itself suspicious." Silas‚ too‚ a linen-weaver who had emigrated to Raveloe fifteen years ago‚ is similarly thought to possess quasi-demonic powers
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Gatsby has begun to dissolve. John W. Bicknell said that ‘the American Dream was‚ after all‚ little more than a thinly veiled nightmare’. This description of the American dream is similar to Gatsby’s thinly veiled persona – both are covering the true phantasm
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jean Jean Baudrillard Introduction Jean Baudrillard has been referred to as "the high priest of postmodernism." Baudrillard’s key ideas include two that are often used in discussing postmodernism in the arts: "simulation" and "the hyperreal." The hyperreal is "more real than real": something fake and artificial comes to be more definitive of the real than reality itself. Examples include high fashion (which is more beautiful than beauty)‚ the news ("sound bites" determine outcomes of political
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Literature is a way for writers to express their views to the world‚ to reflect society and help people realize their faults‚ and to change how society views the world. Writers use their voice to express their ideas to people using their own creative and personal style. Writers reflect the darkness and sin in society through their influential writings. Writers change how people see the world and open their eyes to a new way of life. Dark Romanticism brought a way for writers to write about mystical
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which suggests that the square shape of a room and its limited circuit brings contentment and comfort to the persona. In the fourth and fifth stanza‚ the idea that the prison and the key are an illusion is acknowledged when Emily uses the word ‘Phantasm’ proving to the audience that in actuality Dickinson has created this way of life and is satisfied with the privacy it provides. In the final stanza‚ Dickinson implys that freedom can only be redeemed after life when she
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Effects of Reaching For the Intangible Authors Goethe of Faust and Shelley of Frankenstein depict the inevitable downfalls of the seemingly omnipotent protagonists who in the end‚ only reach an undying thirst for more than they can handle. However‚ with each going to the extent of isolating himself to challenge and seek the universal unknowns through his studies‚ both Faust and Frankenstein face lonesome defeat in their desperation for answers. Faust seeks to attain the supernatural in a natural
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In the novel Orlando: A Biography‚ Virginia Woolf utilizes the story of a person who switches genders to illustrate how gender identities are not inherent‚ but molded by society. This story reiterates how gender is socially constructed and supports the conviction that all human beings are androgynous organisms by nature. Throughout the novel‚ the main character‚ Orlando‚ displays mental characteristics that are neither unequivocally masculine nor feminine; Orlando’s gender traits remain primarily
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