James McAvoy

Do I think Frankenstein's monster was really a monster? No I don’t, honestly he was the most human. Victor was the monster. Although ‘Frank’ did kill Victor’s wife and a small boy, Victor cut off his owns wife’s head. If you're calling ‘Frank’ a monster because he killed two people then yeah maybe he is. “Regular” people do that and worse to other people daily. So considering this every person who has killed someone is a “monster”. Right? Or maybe, it’s the way he looks. The old man was not scared

Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization that helps members learn new skills that improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. Back in 1903, during Ralph C Smedly’s time at the YMCA in Bloomington, IL, he saw a need for social clubs that concentrated on public speaking and communications skills. This would help communities work together when conducting meetings or planning programs. Many people responded positively and he named the club “toastmasters” after

The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, were important for a number of reasons. The first being that all the individual states had some form of a citizens’ rights declaration thus there was a general consensus that the new Constitution should contain one as well (Foner, 2014, p. 267). In fact, the Constitution was ratified by many states under the assumption that the Bill of Rights would soon emerge from the newly developed Congress (Van Cleave). The Bill of Rights are,

Previously, we brought you part one of our list of 15 interesting facts about the Sex Pistols. Now, we bring you eight more facts about the iconic British punk band whose music and attitude sparked an entire movement in just a short amount of time. Number Eight: Vicious Played Drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees Before he joined the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious was the lead singer and saxophone player for The Flowers of Romance, a band that never released any music and only lasted one year. He is also

INTRODUCTION In this paper I intend to unravel the mysterious components of the monster created and fabricated by Mary Shelley to determine the concept of Gothicism and monstrosity through the combination of fiction, horror and terror throughout the Romantic age. The important gothic element is the presence of supernatural and mysticism. The invention of monster figure does not only evoke terror but at the same time becomes an instrument of mockery at the advances in science and technology. As the

With nothing but a demo and a relatively unknown five-year-old EP named [i]“Hallucination”[/i] under their bullet belts, In Reverence has erupted from the vast pool of upcoming death metal bands with vicious charisma and brimming with confidence alongside the release of their dystopian-themed debut album: [i]“The Selected Breed”[/i]. What is most impressive about In Reverence is how they exhibit the level of professionalism expected from seasoned bands such as Behemoth and Dimmu Borgir even though

Marshall Bruce awakened from his slumber harshly, by his alarm clock's obnoxious ringing as it pierced through the air. Seconds later, Marshall reaches for his alarm clock, knocking over numerous beers on the bedside table, however, somehow managing to hit the snooze button, just as he lays his head back down into his plush pillow. Just as Marshall starts to fall back asleep, he hears loud and heavy footsteps from the apartment upstairs, followed by the bathroom door crashing shut and the shower

A book where everything is backwards, where everything stirs away from reality and does not make a whole lot of sense when it comes to relativity. The main character Arthur Dent is being targeted by these unprepossessing aliens to demolish his house to make a intergalactic bypass, when moments later they are going to destroy the earth. All Arthur can worry about is his house when the earth is going to end. In reality a normal human would be worried about surviving. A smart computer built by Deep

When discussing the founding fathers, specifically the writers of the Constitution of the United States, one man has been grossly underappreciated: James Madison. In From Parchment to Power by Robert Goldwin, James Madison is noted as “a towering figure in the American founding, but it has been his fate to be less appreciated than he deserves” (9). The initial writing of the Constitution was not the only obstacle facing the delegates, but also the ratification as well as revisions of the Constitution

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a doom protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story. Studying in Ingolstadt. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist, a genius, and slightly mad. He has independent resources because he would have to work in privacy and secrecy. He is imaginative, individualistic, and daring. Victor Frankenstein was probably the prototype of the many mad scientists who have come after him, including Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and H. G. Wells's Dr. Moreau