A Silent Army and an Underground City One of the greatest archaeological discoveries‚ the life-size terracotta army was discovered by peasants who were digging a well in 1974. This treasure was located near the tomb of Shi Huangdi‚ China’s first emperor. The entire army consisted of soldiers‚ horses and chariots in the style of 221BCE. This epic tomb was one that had been planned since Shi Huangdi was only thirteen years old. His tomb was the biggest and the best ancient China had ever had‚ for
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such as murder with no motive whatsoever. Two of the United States most famous serial killers: Ted Bundy‚ and Jeffrey Dahmer are both prime examples. The effects of your childhood are known to have a profound effect on the rest of your life. From these two people you can see the twisted and distorted realities that these two‚ as children began to build within their minds. Ted Bundy is one of the worst serial killers in history. His Antisocial personality and psychotic character made him feared across
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b) Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21‚ 1960 – November 28‚ 1994) was an American rapist and serial killer; who during 1978 and 1991 raped‚ killed and dismembered 17 boys and young men. In his later murders‚ there was evidence of cannibalism‚ necrophilia and permanent preservation of body parts. He was found sane at his trial‚ and was sentenced with 15 terms of lifetime imprisonment at Columbia Correctional Institution. On 28th November‚ 1994‚ Dahmer was beaten to death by an inmate. [1] c) Jeffrey’s
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Jeffrey Dahmer was no ordinary criminal. He was the type of serial killer that most people fear. He was able to prolong his killing spree because he was calmed‚ very intelligent‚ and nice looking man. This got him out of the trouble he most desperately need when you’re a serial killer. He started his killing when he met and picked up a hitchhiker named Steven Hicks. He took Steven At this time Dahmer was living with his parents in the upscale community of Bath‚ Ohio. This is where Steven
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Defining the terms: Bent: the plural form of bend. To take something straight and force it into a curve Broken: having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or working order These terms are used throughout the entirety of Out of the Silent Planet to describe the characters Weston‚ Devine‚ and Ransom. Both Weston and Ransom are described to be bent while Devine is broken. When an object is bent one sees a future hope that it can be straightened back out and become straight again. With
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Silent Spring Rachel Carson Penguin Books in Association with Hamish Hami‚ 2000 1 336pp.‚ £9.99‚ ISBN-10: 0141184949 “The sedge is wither’d from the lake‚ and no birds sing.” I was pleasantly surprised when I firstly opened the title page of Silent Spring. This line of John Keats’s La Belle Dame sans Merci which is one of my favourite poetries seems to be a poetic description of the theme of the book. However‚ unlike the artistic conception of sadness created by the poet in that ballad‚ “no
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A Silent Villain Passion can lead to a wide variety of outcomes‚ such as success‚ failure‚ destruction‚ ore determination. In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the villainous character‚ Iago‚ shows a dynamic change in how he acts to get what he wants. From the beginning of the play‚ towards the end‚ Iago grows more and more melicious in his acts to complete his goals. He goes from slightly deceiving‚ to ruining relationships‚ reputations‚ and careers‚ finally turning to murder to assure he gets what
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Mule Killers-A Story Within “Mule Killers”‚ 2004 by Lydia Peele is the gripping story of love and the difficulties around it. It deals with issues such as fatherhood‚ friendship and marriage‚ including the conflicts surrounding these. Lydia Peele presents the story of a father telling his son‚ who is the narrator‚ an anecdote from his early life. The anecdote is an unhappy love story of the narrator’s father’s love life‚ and the relationship to the narrator’s grandfather. In a story with its roots
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Killer whales‚ also known as orcas‚ are considered one of the largest members of the dolphin family‚ as they inhabit the top predation of the ecosystem. They possess advantages‚ such as acute sense of sight and hearing‚ making them the most intelligent marine creatures. Their beauty has captivated d humans for decades‚ but for orcas humans have reduced their sense of freedom and enjoyment of life. Human advancements have forced orcas into captivity‚ evolved their eating habits and changed the population
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A new police chief investigates a series of macabre murders involving a sadistic killer called “Carma” who traps his victims in driverless horror cars. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Recent widow MS. ORSON (30’s) leaves the funeral of her elderly husband. Ms. Orson enters the funeral car when she receives a phone call from a Blackmailer wanting his money. Ms. Orson mocks the blackmailer. The car picks up her lover‚ BRENDAN (30’s). As the funeral car drives‚ Orson and Brendan engage in sex until they discover
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