That Hideous Strength

In Tracy Kidder’s book, Strength In What Remains, a refugee named Deogratias Niyizonkiza flees from the mass murders present in his home country, Burundi, and its neighboring country, Rwanda. When he was young, Deo witnessed the death of his friend, Clovis, from a treatable disease commonly known as Malaria. Ever since the tragic event, Deo wanted to improve his country’s healthcare system by building health clinics. Prior to accomplishing his goal, a civil war erupted, killing an estimated eight

Trang Truong 10/23/16 Philosophy 1030 Professor Teall Ethics in action In the movie, “On The WaterFront”, I would apply the theory of virtue ethics to the problem that Terry faced in corrupt union. According to virtue ethics, “we know what is morally correct because it is what the virtuous person or one who has good characters would do” (module 7). Virtue ethics is different than the theory of utilitarianism and deontologism. The action isn’t judged by its outcome or rule but by a person who acts

beggar who offered the insensitive prince a rose for shelter. The loud thunderclap and the way the chandelier lights were blown off by the wind intensified the scene. When he refuses, the beggar transformed into an enchantress and changed him into a hideous beast and his servants into housewares. The camera angle which showed the shadow figure of the prince turning to a beast was amazingly done. She casts a spell on the rose and it would only be broken if he could learn to love another and earn their

How does Conan Doyle create a sense of anticipation and suspense in the Adventure of the Speckled Band? The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a classic mystery novel. It is so in the way that it uses several writing techniques to create a sense of ambiguity and vagueness. Conan Doyle makes sure to leave the reader with as little information as possible and to make it hard to foresee what will happen next. This is all to have them anticipate the ending and the solving of the mystery, to keep

kill on sight, so they must be killed. Even her more anthropomorphic figures, such as Lilith, who makes an appearance later in the series. She had given Clary’s father some of her blood as part of his experiments to make Shadowhunters with the same strength and magical abilities as the Downworlders, all of whom draw their power in some way from a demonic source. He infuses it into Clary’s older brother, at the time an infant, but finds

an accurate representation for all of Rome’s views, it can provide insight into the perspective of an aristocratic Roman or a Senator of the time. By making changes and showing disregard for mos maiorum, Caesar weakened the political structure and strength of the senate (Lewis and Reinhold. 1990:306). The Optimate party feared that with his increasing power the senate would be disregarded and a monarchy would soon be

Boromir fails to harm the orc, "Suddenly, and to his own surprise, Frodo felt a hot wrath blaze up in his heart. ̒ The Shire! ̓ he cried, and springing beside Boromir, he stooped , and stabbed with Sting at the hideous foot" (364). Consequently, Frodo's courage overpowers Boromir's brute strength. Furthermore, Frodo's attack on an individual orc causes his courage to grow strong enough to fight against a hoard of orcs. After Frodo and the Fellowship kill thirteen orcs, the rest of the orcs temporarily

The Deeper Meanings of Young Goodman Brown "Young Goodman Brown," a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, should be interpreted on a psychoanalytical level rather than a religious one. It is my observation that "Young Goodman Brown" may very well be the first published work alluding to divisions of the mind and personality theory. Although religion is a direct theme throughout the story, "Young Goodman Brown" appears to be an allegory with deeper meanings. To explore properly my position

As Hester Prynne was introduced in the chapter, “The Market Place”, my initial response was that even though the woman is referred to a “malefactress”, Hester appears to be showing no embarrassment or regret to the crime she committed. When Hester was escorted by a guard to a curious crowd, she “repelled him, by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air, as if by her own free-will” (45). After reading her reaction to being revealed as a malefactress

The New Hero of Aeneas Can myopia afflict an individual with so severe a malady to the extreme of proclaiming, "If you take from Vergilius his diction and metre, what do you leave him"? Unless we take this statement as a neophyte joke, we may not be able to continue. The objective of this essay is to clean the bifocals of those whom I presumed after reading the Aeneid as a botched-up replica of the Iliad and the Odyssey conclude that it is indeed so and go about perpetuating such calumny