Edgar Allen-Poe (1809 – 1849) is widely acclaimed as one of the first and greatest gothic writers. His output mostly consisted of short stories and poems for various American magazines in the 1840s. Surprisingly‚ despite his fame and recognition within his own lifetime‚ he lived a life of squalor and poverty. Although best known for his gothic stories‚ he also wrote numerous detective and adventure stories. An alcoholic and an opium user‚ his stories often display a surreal‚ dark and dreamlike style
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Catch-22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller and published in 1961. The novel is set in Pianosa during World War II. The main character‚ Yossarian‚ finds himself caught in the war‚ which he cannot escape because the number of missions required for him to fly always increases when he arrives at the previous number. Throughout Catch-22‚ Heller manages to maintain a comical storyline while also attacking many different established normalcies within American society such as military ranks‚
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Bull. Likely the most famous of Theseus’s deeds was the slaying of the Minotaur. Athens was forced to pay an annual tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to King Minos of Crete to feed the Minotaur‚ half man‚ half bull‚ that inhabited the labyrinthine palace of Minos at Knossos. Theseus‚ determined to end Minoan dominance‚ volunteered to be one of the sacrifices. On Crete‚ Theseus seduced Minos’s daughter‚ Ariadne‚ who conspired to help him kill the Minotaur and escape by giving him a ball of
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the earthquake was a result of an eruption by the nearby volcano Thera. When J. Sakellarakis excavated the site in 1979‚ he found three bodies‚ along with many pots‚ pans‚ food items and jars. Most temples of that time in Crete were built with labyrinthine-like walls and doorways‚ whereas this temple is built with simple walls‚ floors and doorways. It is also a lot smaller than most buildings of its type‚ this has led to many questions‚ both by historians and archaeologists. Why was the temple built
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anyone in his way. Even celebrating by kicking the severed heads of those he has defeated through goalposts. In Doom‚ a very well-liked violent video game and a favorite of one of the Littleton‚ Colorado murderers‚ the character roams through a labyrinthine mix of rooms‚ corridors‚ and halls slaying everything that’s near. Endure and you’ll make it to the next level. Choosing between a pistol‚ shot gun‚ rocket launcher‚ and chainsaw provides destructive force. The aliens and monsters put up a tough
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Is Corruption-Free Society: A Distant Dream? Once chanakya had said that honey would be kept on your tongue and you would not be allowed to taste; it is impossible. Corruption is the misuse of public power for private profit. It involves those behaviours on the part of government officials‚ whether politicians or civil servants‚ where they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves or those close to them‚ by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them. Corruption in any where is threat to
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claim with a sufficient example‚ as a result lacking substantial evidence to advocate his opinion. However‚ fundamentally‚ this may be the consequence to the prevention and preclusion of spoilers in his review. He defines Chinatown with ‘a maze of labyrinthine’ plot turns‚ the use of tautology redundant and unnecessarily attempting to exude sophistication. The heart of Berardinelli’s interpretation lies disarray; Berardinelli when recounting the summary of plot describes ‘Cross and some others’ as the
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B_r_e_n_t_ _S_t_a_p_l_e_s_‚_ _“J_u_s_t_ _W_a_l_k_ _o_n_ _B_y_” _ My first victim was a woman—white‚ well dressed‚ probably in her early twenties. I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park‚ a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean‚ impoverished section of Chicago. As I swung onto the avenue behind her‚ there seemed to be a discreet‚ uninflammatory distance between us. Not so. She cast back a worried glance. To her‚ the youngish black man—a broad six feet two
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“Explore the theme of Transformations in “Northanger Abbey” In “Northanger Abbey” Austen crafts from start to finish a perfect paradigm of her own satirical wit and burlesqued humour‚ which go to all lengths imaginable to disguise and embed her novel’s transformations. These demonstrate her great skill as a satirist in making the reader dig for their own enjoyment. Her meaning is drenched in multiple interpretations causing even complete opposites like the transformed and unchanged to blur together
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One of the most popular Greek myths is the story of Theseus and the Minotaur‚ it centres around an early civilisation on the island of Crete‚ it is a myth told long before Athens became the ruling capital. It is the legend of the Minotaur. The legend of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth of Knossos in Crete has enthralled many historians‚ archaeologists over‚ anthropologists and so on over years‚ even centuries. However‚ one archaeologist was captivated by the entrancing and beauty of the myth of The
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