Deus ex machina

The passage of time is responsible for many paradigm shifts, and most apparent is the one affecting the perception of beauty. Today, beauty is not solely the exterior, but rather a nexus of internal characteristics. This is not a new concept, as William Shakespeare hints in his Sonnet 130. In the sonnet, Shakespeare uses contrast and volta to craft satire that ridicules society’s obsession with physical beauty, adequately demonstrating the necessity of disassociating feminine value with external

Courtly Love: • “You slay me with your two eyes, Emily” (709) • “That gentle Palamon, your own true knight, who serves you well with will and heart and might” (2219-2221) • “To love my lady, whom I love and serve, and shall while life my heart's blood may preserve.” (285-286) Uncertainties of Fortune’s Wheel: • “No jealously, nor other such distress thus ends now Palamon and Emily” (2249-2250) • “But from a substance perfect, stable aye, and so continuing till changed away” (2151-2152) • "My daughter

One imminent problem that I don’t believe gets enough attention is the rise of antimicrobial resistance, or in other words, the formation of superbugs. For the purposes of this oh-so exceptional prompt, I’ll imagine there’s an epidemic sweeping across the United States, and to make things even worse, it has a 100% mortality rate. I, along with several other distinguished diagnosticians have been recruited by the Center for Disease Control. Nobody seems to know what this disease is or where it originates

As a child, I was an avid reader, adopting the perspective of any character stronger, braver, more determined, more anything than myself: I was a pirate, I was a graveyard boy, I was one of James’ insect friends and fellow peach inhabitants. At the age of six, I got my first pair of glasses. These were supposed to bring a sense of clarity into my life which I’m still looking for. They also designated me for the role I would assume for my entire elementary education: the book nerd. Instead of playing

I am here to inform you of something, that “something” is the similarities and 1 difference between Avatar and the Age of Imperialism. The similarities or differences may include the motives, the attitudes, their actions, and the outcomes. Their motives could be the same in both topics. The same might be for their attitudes and actions, as well. They have more or less the same outcome. Which brings me to my first similarity: motives. Their motives are more or less the same. They both wanted resources

In Molière’s play Tartuffe, act V scene I, Orgon and Cléante get into an argument with each other and Cléante points out Orgon’s flaws with great acuity. Cléante berates Orgon for his widely varying stances toward holy men, explaining that he cannot accept that he was merely fooled by Tartuffe, and as a result he now discounts all who claim to be devoted to Christianity. By illuminating Orgon’s hubris, Molière demonstrates how many people, to some extent, refuse to recognize their shortcomings and

as natural phenomenon or the acts of God. It seems as though everything lines up in the plot. Donnie has the power to act like God yet he is unaware of this power. As the movie unfolds Donnie begins to figure out what he is destine to do. "Deus ex machina" (Donnie Darko.)

perfect and impeccable embodiment of all the qualities that were at those times expected to be found in a hero. From the moment he is introduced in the poem, it becomes quite apparent how much Beowulf is idealized. We meet him as some sort of deus ex machina, the god-like character accompanied by flattering adjectives

J. R. R. Tolkien once said, “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.” We can try to escape any sorts of adventure by clinging to our routine and repetitious lives, yet it often arrives unexpectedly. For Bilbo Baggins, the prudent protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, adventure simply arrives on his doorstep. Bilbo had always led a simple life as a hobbit in the town of Hobbiton, but one day a wizard named Gandalf and thirteen dwarves

Reflective Statement In this Interactive Oral Presentation (IOP) we discussed the cultural and contextual considerations of Tartuffe, by Moliere. We discussed this in the context of Politics and the King. The King at the time was Louis XIV and the major political power was the Catholic church. In discussing this IOP we learned that although the King and the church agreed on many things, such as the role of women in that century, they also disagreed on many others. When Tartuffe was written it had