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The Diamondback Rattlesnake is a creature of beauty and power. It has magnificently placed diamonds on its back and powerful fangs that can strike at any time. Even though their beautiful, they are feared as overly dangerous because of their venom. Diamondbacks are family of the viperidae, more commonly known as the snake family. The eastern Diamondbacks can exceed the ten feet length while it’s relative, western Diamondbacks, can only reach seven feet, and unlike the black tail and rock…

Stories are just stories, right? They have no relations between other stories? Wrong. There are many similarities and of course, differences between stories. You just have to look deeper than the surface to find them. There are two main differences between the Lorax and Jabberwocky. These would be the themes and the characters. There is also a similarity, which is the setting. One difference between the Lorax and the Jabberwocky is their themes. The theme of the Lorax is that the consequences of…

Othello is a play by William Shakespeare that deals with the themes of appearance versus reality, deception and loyalty. The major underlying themes and messages that are in the works of Shakespeare have long been deeply studied and analyzed by experts in a variety of ways. Othello has been adapted by many directors and actors into varying forms of media such as movies and live performances while still maintaining the core concepts and ideas that was present within the original play. The 1995…

Everyone needs a hero. Heroes come in many shapes and sizes, there is no prejudice to race, sex or social status. According to Webster’s dictionary a hero is a person who is admired for brave acts and fine qualities Beowulf, the oldest surviving epic poem in British literature, tells a story of a brave warrior. Beowulf’s character is portrayed as having many heroine characteristics such as; bravery, loyalty, and honor. He has to overcome difficult obstacles, shows enormous strength, and wins…

The Swimmer - two presentations, two experiences The movie The Swimmer is based on a short-story by John Cheever. In it, a man named Neddy Merrill decides he is going to swim through a series of his neighbors swimming pools in an effort to get home. Along the way, he finds out that things that he thought about his life and himself are not what they seem. Both the movie and the short story follow a similar plot line, but by comparing the two closely, it is easy to see that there are many…

Compare and Contrast Guernica and The Third of May Guernica is a very elaborate oil creation with a lot of meaning behind it. It was one of the most famous paintings in the twentieth century. This painting was created during the Spanish Civil War. 1 When an outbreak of conservative, traditional, and fascist forces led by General Francisco Franco were trying to topple the liberal government of the fledging Spanish Republic. Close Panel Suspected Entry: 75% match Uploaded - Critical Thinking.docx…

Over the past few decades, the treatment of each individual's’ interests by society has been improving. However, there are still events that shake and concern many. During the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament, which was held in Indian Wells, California in 2001, currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis, American professional tennis player Serena Williams faced a most discriminatory audience and distress as a result. Much like Richard Wright, Williams dealt with racial abuse and pressure.…

The book Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa contains a descriptive and dark way of writing that has not gone unnoticed by the readers. This book is broken up into four parts, some autobiographical others remain a fictional tale. Whether the parts were fictional or not, they still intertwined with another to reach a point. Although both parts, A World in Decay and Akutagawa's Own Story contain much imagery and are somewhat realistic, the spider symbolizes…

In 2014, Apple made a big change to iPhones; It was the year they made two different size iPhones. Although the ‘s’ they put at the end of some phone names wasn’t new, the new iPhones were incredibly different than before. What many people don’t know, is that there are quite a few differences between the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6s. Looking at them you may not be able to spot many differences, but after using them you notice how different they both are. The iPhone 6 and 6s differ in many ways,…

Frankenstein’s Monsters “All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind” - Swami Vivekananda. As with any adaptation there are a variety of similarities and differences between Mary Shelley’s original novel Frankenstein and the modern day film, Victor Frankenstein. For the movie, director Paul McGuigan had his own interpretation of Shelley’s novel. He took the novel’s characters and storyline and made it his own. The substance of each story is the same, but they have depicted…