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Dune by Frank HerbertFeb. 22/97This book all started with the family Atreides landing on plant Arrakis, commonly known as Dune. The planet Dune was the centre of the universe due to its immense amounts of spice. This spice is greatly needed for all planets as fuel and for raw materials. The family Atreides were asked…

Throughout history, mankind has looked back to the past, to seek the truth about morals, religion, and how they both impact and define civilization. Stories and myths from ancient Greece show overbearing resemblance to our own Bible as both shun the many temptations of our soul either by teaching the value of a characteristic or…

In medieval times, knight-errants roamed the countryside of Europe, rescuing damsels and vanquishing evil lords and enchanters. This may sound absurd to many people in this time, but what if a person read so many books about these so-called knight-errants that he could not determine the real from that which was read’such is the case…

The Crucible The Salem witch-trials, are an historic event that occurred duringthe Puritan era. It was the witch-trials that decided the fate of so many of theaccused. Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible uses the Salem episode as aparallel to an event in the 1950s known as the “Red Scare”. Heassociates many incidents of…

Faust: The Dichotomy of Gretchen: In the play “Faust” byJohann Goethe, Gretchen’s character envelops extreme aspects of Virgin Mary andof Eve. Mary acts as the symbol of the mother of mankind, the pure woman whomakes men’s salvation possible. She has no evil in her at all. In contrast, Eveis the archetypal figure of the fallen…

Cervantes’ greatest work, Don Quixote, is a unique book of multiple dimensions. From the moment of its appearance, it has amused readers or caused them to think, and its influence has extended in literature not only to works of secondary value but also to those which have universal importance. Don Quixote is a country gentleman,…

Brian and his hatchet are always together. In the beginning Brian didnt realize how much his hatchet could help him. Towards the end he realizes that his hatchet meant everything to him. Every time Brian is somewhere thats where his hatchet would be. When Brian got out of the plane, he was worried didnt know…

The day is over, you are driving home. You tune in your radio. You hear a little blurb about a little village in India where some villagers have died suddenly, strangely, of a flu that has never been seen before. It’s not influenza, but three or four people are dead, and it’s kind of interesting,…

The Arden production of The Arabian Nights should have included a story or two about a Demon like those included in the novel by Husain Haddawy. By including these types of stories they could incorporate magic and demons into the play. There are many interesting ways that they adapter could portray magic and the appearance…

In the novel, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Catherine Ames is introduced to the reader as a monster and as time goes on, she possesses both animal like and monster qualities. As Catherine she gets older and wiser, she gets more evil and displays her monster and animal like characteristics. She knows she is…