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Gathering natural resources. iv. People loved the idea of sea adventures and new discoveries. 4. Seaman in the Royal Navy 5. Photographer, Mathematician, Seaman, Cartographer, Astronomer 6. Captain Cook's ship is Endeavour. 7. Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820)[1] was a British naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural

the plot. The moor establishes the reader to feel in the mood that the moor haunts. “We hurried through the dark shubbery, amid the dull moaning of the autumn wind… night air was heavy with the smell of damp and decay .” (Page 95). Watson and the baronet were starting their expedition in search for Selden. The hound from the beginning is peculiar, and the moor is as well. At this time, Watson was hustling out of the moor, because of murkiness and rain that always fulfills the moor. This again gave

Classic Essay Assessment In the classic novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has a protagonist. In this story the main character, Victor Frankenstein, is the protagonist. Victor is a scientist who has a messed up life, he ends up creating a monster known as frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein is known to be the protagonist of this classic novel because throughout the story we see how he thinks and how he grows in the story. Character Traits he shows are ambitious, intelligent, and a hard worker. Throughout

In late eighteenth and early nineteenth century England there was a sort of moral ‘code’ of behavior and standards that are to be maintained by the middle and upper classes of society. Austen realistically mirrors this ‘code’ through the characters and plots of her novels while showing that social flexibility was narrow and class boundaries were strict. The topics of class stringency and social mobility are important areas in Jane Austen’s literature. We begin to see that Austen is not a revolutionary

Pierce Butler was one of the most aristocratic delegates at the Constitutional Convention. He was born in in County Carlow, Ireland in the year 1744. His father was Sir Richard Butler, who was a member of Parliament and a baronet. He pursued a military career and became a major in “His Majesty 29th Regiment and during the colonial unrest was posted to Boston in 1768 to quell disturbance there” (A Biography of Pierce Butler 1744-1822). Later on he married the daughter of a wealthy South Carolinian;

American author with an eye for the supernatural. She was compared to Jane Austen, however, Edith replied she will rather be author Mary Shelley (author of “Frankenstein”), “who died a widow.” Edith falls for charming, if slightly frayed, British baronet Thomas Sharpe (Hiddleston) at the same time that her widowed

A story is never complete without a setting. These locations often influences the way people act, and how people feel towards a place. In some of these stories the setting is very important, as seen in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion. In her novel, each character portraits different emotions concerning each location. Austen also emphasizes differences between Kellynch and Uppercross, and between Lyme and Bath. Another aspect of the story that Austen accentuates is the usefulness of Anne Elliot; depending

Knights and Dragons Identifying characters in novels as either a virtuous hero or a malicious villain can appear to be a simple task, yet it is far more complex than many readers realize. The champion of a story must be just and his opposition purely evil. The gallant knight must be saving the princess from the wicked dragon. The knight in this classic tale is rather obviously deemed the protagonist of the story and the dragon the antagonist. Yet, they never stop to consider who the knight is, or

Why the Monster Should Not be Destroyed Victor Frankenstein’s monster killed many people and caused lots of irreversible disturbances, however the monster should not be murdered. Many people argue that because the monster killed, and caused many people to die that he himself should be destroyed. Many things happened that made the monster’s actions justified. Without the actions of Victor, the monster would not have murdered people and caused lots of chaos. Despite the fact that many people, including

Hound of the Baskerville have very similar main ideas there are smaller details that are different but still have an effect on the mood and plot. For example, Selden, in the book, has a beard, “‘A beard! A beard! The man has a beard!...It’s not the baronet-- it is---why, it is my neighbour, the convict’”(Doyle 193). While in the film, they discover the convict Selden is dead by a tattoo on his hand. A small detail but important for the plot. The book and the movie have many similarities and differences