The 13th Warrior‚ a movie by Michael Crichton‚ along with John McTiernan. From the author of Jurassic Park together with the director of Die Hard‚ the majority expected this movie to be a smash at the box office. Consequently‚ it became one of the worst flops in history with nearly all critics calling it an exceptionally expensive forfeiture of $94‚150‚551. But why did it plunge with such an accomplished author and director involved? A film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times‚ Roger Ebert‚ wrote “this
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The plague/Black Death first popped up the the 13th century. A ship had arrived in Europe with many people that had the Black Death. They had symptoms that included fever‚ unable to eat‚ pain that was so bad they became crazy. One of the weirdest symptoms is having black boils on their skin. Boils are infected places of the skin that become full of pus and become swollen. The Black Death is caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. The bacteria is most common in animals. It got passed to humans
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political‚ and theoretical foundations of our current criminal justice system. Many articles we read‚ and the documentary we saw includes the impact of slavery‚ segregation‚ and the war on drugs and I do agree with what Angela Davis states in the film 13th‚ “historically when one looks at efforts to create reforms‚ they inevitably lead to more repression.” It sheds light on the fact that our criminal justice system is far from perfect.
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The movie and the myth of the story of Hercules were in a plethora of ways different. From the very beginning the two were extremely different. Even within the first 10 minutes of the movie‚ there were already clear differences that were shown more and more as the time went on. The movie version of Hercules had little to nothing in similarity to the myth. The only real comparison that could be made is the use of the names in both and the fact that Hercules had incredible strength. From even the
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The documentary 13th‚ was an eye opening experience. It was a film in which it displayed issues of violence‚ crime‚ and race. In particular‚ I found it very interesting how the documentary stigmatized black men as violent individuals. How did they come up with this stigmatization? Was it based off of past historical events such as slavery and segregation? Anyone can be considered violent. Someone’s race doesn’t define whether or not they are violent; it is an individual’s actions that determines
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Hercules: A Self-made Hero From birth‚ it was easy to see that Hercules was a very unique person. Even at a young age‚ it was clear that he was unlike any other child because he had superhuman strength. Hercules was the child of the god Zeus and mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus’ wife‚ Hera‚ did not like Hercules one bit and one day decided to make him very upset anyway that she could. To do this‚ she sent him into a fit and went crazy. According to mythweb‚ "In a frenzy‚ he killed his own children [and
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John P. Pedersen October 17‚ 2011 Hercules Comparative Essay Disney’s version of the “Hercules” and the story in Mythology by Edith Hamilton have many differences and similarities. While trying to make it children friendly‚ Disney lacks in telling the full and rather brutal tale of Hercules. Hercules was brawny‚ not brainy in the real story. He is also stubborn and opinionated. He kills people for no reason at all and does stupid things to punish himself. In the Disney version‚ he is heroic (not
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For more than a century now the right of the African Americans have been taken away. Slavery in the Unites States dates back to the year 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia January 11‚ 1864‚ the 13th amendment was proposed by Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri if passed it would abolish all slavery in the United States. By April 8‚ 1864‚ the thirteenth amendment is approved on a vote of 38 to 6 where it was sent to be ratified. The thirteenth amendment was passed abolishing slavery. After 245 years of
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Marble Statue of a youthful Hercules The piece of artwork I have chosen to best represent Bloomberg’s ban on oversized sugary drinks is the “Marble statue of a youthful Hercules”‚ which is on display in Gallery 162 in the Metropolitan Museum. The “Marble statue of a youthful Hercules” is a Roman stone sculpture that dates from around 69-96 A.D. during the Early imperial‚ Flavian period. “Restorations made during the early 17th century: head and neck‚ right arm below the shoulder‚ left arm
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Hercules Mulligan Hercules Mulligan was born in Co. Antrim‚ Ireland in 1740 to Hugh and Sarah Mulligan. At that time the Irish people were victims of the Penal Laws that restricted their right to education‚ to hold office‚ to vote‚ to possess arms and to own property of any monetary value. This was the Ireland that the Mulligan family left in1746 to come to the American colonies in search of a better life. They settled in New York City where the family prospered and went on to own and operate
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