At the Mountains of Madness

within the society that threatens to tumble the whole idea. In The Lost Boys, a recently divorced family has moved to a new town looking for a new life, only to be taken advantage of by the temptations of a new place. In Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness, the Old Ones, fascinated by science, create the Shoggoths to help build their society, only to have them rebel against them. Throughout history mankind has not been satisfied with the current state of things, and has always wanted more. Cultural

Scott Fisher was an incredibly experienced climber and had a reputation for surviving even the most harrowing incidents. Due to this, Scott seemed to think of himself as an invincible being. Mountain Madness, the climbing company of Scott had many inexperienced climbers during the 1996 season. This did not seem dangerous to Scott, however and he even remarked that “it’s not the altitude that’s important, it’s your attitude” (70). Scott Fisher believed

rocks at you/But the Holy Ghost is settling down to sleep”. These lines are from Jennings’ “Just Another Poem” from the anthology The Mind has Mountains. “O the mind, the mind has mountains; cliffs of fall,” Hopkins had cried out a hundred years before Jennings found the voice to echo it. But Jennings’ view point is different from that of Hopkins. The Mountain has a different view. Each peak gets higher as one want to scale it and return to the normal condition of being cured. The title here is apt

are reminded that Dionysus is also the god of madness. One thing this play also reminds us is that he is a god and like all the other gods he cares little for the mortals and does whatever he wants to do to them no matter what happens to him. One way that he does this is by bringing out the unconscience desires that the Greeks would have feared. Tiresias, the seer, says “For you are sick, possessed by madness so perverse, no drug can cure, no madness can undo” (537-538). In this quote, Tiresias

literature, madness is used as a device to help move the plot along, whether it is in ancient writing, William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or Young Adult Novels such as Alice in Wonderland or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. There are many things that could drive a person to madness but if they try and stop the madness by seeking the help they can combat it rather than falling into a dark state of mind that is complete insanity. Most people choose to receive help to defeat their madness. Throughout

the conditions are. Whether errors in judgement or just simple mistakes, accidents on Mount Everest are caused by human error. During pushes up the mountain, it is easy for climbers to make subtle decisions that may have grave consequences later on the hike. The

of this small ring could eventually cause someone to lose their sanity and be driven into a world of madness and chaos. This ring not only symbolizes the outcome of conflict in the story, but also shows the turmoil and mayhem that came with

Bacchus, and they call for justice to be brought upon him. Another reason that the women from Thebes seem to be in a hazing or probationary period is because they are the ones that bring justice upon Pentheus. This part of the interlude shows the madness that controls the Maenads; they have become violent and bloodthirsty. The refrain commands Vengeance and Swordbearer to complete a gruesome murder by “[slicing] through his throat” (994). I believe the names refer back to the hounds that the Maenads

When comparing the “Thrymskvitha” text with the “Pentheus” text, one is able to take note of similarities in the circumstances of each passage, as well as similarities between the “characters” involved. If one is familiar with the “Thrymskvitha”, then they know that Loki, the god of mischief, steals Mjolnir, the hammer which belongs to the god of thunder, Thor, and gives it to Thrym, the Jotunn king. The giant king, in turn, wants Freyja, the goddess of love, to give him her hand in marriage. Freyja

supernatural theories plays into a main basis for his novels. (Wohleber) With the unknown lurking, Lovecraft incorporates horror through the use of psychological fear as a form of expression making it become crucial for many of his works. At the Mountains of Madness encompasses this thought by the expeditions before and after effects on the characters. The urge to be a success fills the scientists up with courage to embark on such a dangerous trip; however, after the trip the survivors, Danforth and Dyer