Bram Stoker did not invent the vampyre or the vampyres supernatural powers‚ they were both brought to you in part by superstition. Superstition influenced the abilities‚ limitations‚ and characteristics‚ Stoker gave Dracula by giving an explanation for un-scientific happenings. For example: ’The ancients believed that a mans shadow and his reflection in some measure represented his soul.’[Ashley 3] Could this be why Dracula cast no shadow and showed no reflection in mirrors? ’Superstition links
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The Tyndall effect‚ also known as Tyndall scattering‚ is light scattering by particles in a colloid or particles in a fine suspension. It is named after the 19th-century physicist John Tyndall. It is similar to Rayleigh scattering‚ in that the intensity of the scattered light depends on the fourth power of the frequency‚ so blue light is scattered much more strongly than red light. An example in everyday life is the blue colour sometimes seen in the smoke emitted by motorcycles‚ in particular two-stroke machines
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was the biggest child of the party. And we all grew up together in this atmosphere of freedom. The vigour and joy of children‚ their chats and songs filled the air with a spirit of delight‚ which I drank every day I was there. In the evening‚ at sunset‚ I often used to sit alone‚ watching the trees of the shadowing avenue and in the silence of the afternoon‚ I could hear distinctly voices of children in the air‚ and it seemed to me that these shouts and songs and glad voices were like those trees
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Enderson Velasquez ENC 1102 Prof. Layfield Compare and Contrast essay. The biggest fear of a human being is death. Almost everybody is afraid of death; however‚ people have different views on their perceptions of death or the idea of dying. The poems “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas‚ and “Because I Couldn’t Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson have a main theme in common which is death. However Dickinson presents the idea of the acceptance of death‚ and Thomas presents the
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An ode to my sunglasses There is something about my golden aviator sunglasses that is more than sun protection‚ more than anybody else can ever imagine. Every time I put them on I instantly become happier. A lot of women around the world have the same pair‚ as they were mass-produced by the brand Guess‚ and so mine isn’t unique at all in that sense. Neither is my happiness triggered by a materialistic satisfaction by wearing a “brand”. I received them from a special person‚ when I
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instances of beauty if this world‚ the physical world. He believed that we only arrive at the conclusion of beauty by observing particular instances of it‚ for example a sunset‚ or a beautiful woman. Deriving from this theory he deduced that beauty has no existence beyond the concept we build from these instances‚ from the sunset or the woman‚ and that without these exemplars beauty has no existence. This accentuates the concept of particulars coming before universals and forms‚ with particular insistence
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had deep creases that pulled his eyebrows towards the center of his face‚ as if he were glaring. He lit up a cigarette and as he inhaled‚ the glow from the other end of it matched the sunset before him. Though autumn was not his favorite season‚ he had to admit there was something extraordinary about the autumn sunsets that nature had to show. Considering the way things were going on in his life‚ this inspirational fire in the sky soothed his sanity which threatened to slip away from him with every
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rain clouds can reduce visibility to only 10 meters ahead when driving‚ consequently resulting in a fairly precarious 1-hour journey to its peak on the curvy roads. The mornings are best for experiencing sunrise amidst the fresh air‚ evenings for the sunset and nighttime for the
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and reality‚ the harsh fact we have to face. Seahaven 60’s america dream society ever->like a doll house ->beautiful sunshine city->suburb routine and regular life clean and tiny + green (grass/trees) white houses and wide road scenery-> sunset and midnight-> extreme big moon and orange sun-> 漸變color and way: location_Seaside‚ Florida‚ in Florida Panhandle master-planned community‚constructing a setting in a studio space 1960s postcards were used as inspiration for the film’s design‚
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made a valuable acquisition. But I had lost something‚ too. I had lost something which could never be restored to me while I lived. All the grace‚ the beauty‚ the poetry‚ had gone out of the majestic river! I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steamboating was new to me. A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold‚ through which a solitary log came floating‚ black and conspicuous; in one place a long‚ slanting
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