Rupert Giles

"Reptile Boy" is the name of the fifth episode of the second season of the show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the episode, Buffy struggles with her responsibilities as a slayer and the heartache of Angel's rejection. While Giles tries to monopolize all Buffy's time, Buffy decides to accept the invitation to a frat party at Delta Zeta Kappa with Cordelia. Xander follows the girls to the party, but loses track of them quickly as he is misidentified as a pledge in need of hazing. After a few drinks Buffy begins to feel ill and she stumbles into a room where Cordelia is already unconscious. When the party is over Buffy and Cordelia are chained to a basement wall, along with another girl named Kelly, where they will be sacrificed to Machida, the dark lord the fraternity serves, in exchange for prosperity. At the school library, Willow discovers a slew of missing girls and connects it to Delta Zeta Kappa. She alerts Giles and Angel, neither of whom knew where Buffy was, immediately and they rush to the frat house to meet Xander. Before they can be eaten, Buffy kills the Machida while her friends restrain the fraternity brothers, all of whom end up in jail for life. The episode focuses very little…

1. What are the facts? Buffy is a single mother of five-year-old twin boys who works at a local hospital, and is a student in the Distance Learning sociology course. She needs a passing grade on her term paper in order to pass the class, and it is due in two days. Buffy has to make the paper an original work according to her instructor, Professor Snidely. Jim Bob is Buffy’s friend also takes the class. Buffy and Jim Bob believe that Professor Snidely will not read their work so it’s okay for…

Spike hurried a frightened and crying girl of maybe twelve, Buffy's kid sister he could assume, out of the mausoleum, along with the Slayer's mom, wouldn't stop thanking him between tears. A month ago he should've made them a snack and now, one impulsive deal with a girl later, he was saving the Slayer's kin. The Slayer. His deal's real priority was her life, and she was at less than full strength battling a big nasty, alone. Giles was unconscious, Spike carried him out to Joyce and the Lil…

Bruising on her hands and the lightest scratch above her right eye were all that seemed left. "So everything 's all right at home, then?" He lit a cigarette, leaning back on a grave. "Oh yeah, barrels of fun times." Buffy sighed, crossing her arms. "I 'm just glad they 're okay. Even if they keep waiting on me and haven 't let me patrol." So she 'd stayed in the extra nights on account of Joyce. Made sense to Spike; the Slayer 's family had been confronted with the very thing…

The facts are that since Buffy is enrolled in a sociology course, along with working full-time at a local hospital, and being a single mother with five-year-old twins, she is extremely busy. The term paper due in two days, which she needs a passing grade in order to pass the course, must be her original work, as specified by Professor Snidely. Buffy’s good friend, Jim Bob, in the same class, has already finished his paper, and offers to “tweak” it for Buffy. 2. What are Buffy’s options…

“knowing”, then I would have no idea what is. Because Buffy and her friends are always in the library looking for ways of “knowing” their foe, the whole show is based around this idea of knowledge or “knowing.” Hastie suggests that there has been no other television show that has been so centered around a library (13). Hastie goes on to state that in the first three season Giles, Buffy’s watcher¸ is indeed a librarian and the library provided the prefect training ground in research and debates…

Hysteria in The Crucible Hysteria is a prominent theme In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Hysteria is the underlying cause for everything that happens in the play; it is what moves the story along and urges the reader to think critically about the character’s actions and choices or rather their lack of critical thinking and choice. While there are many factors that potentially contributed to the hysteria in Salem, what is depicted in The Crucible is something man-made and perpetuated through…

The Crucible The most evident theme in The Crucible is that selfishness interferes with morality. The witch trials in Salem show that people will do or say anything to get something for themselves. If they wanted something, they would say anything to get it. They forgot about their morals and values. A lot of the characters in The Crucible claimed to be very pious, even though they only cared what people thought of them. Everyone in Salem let the whole town go crazy. They were willing to…

In the poems “Medusa” by Duffy and “The Laboratory” by Browning both authors explore the theme of jealousy and its destructive nature on people and society as a whole. In Duffy’s poem “Medusa” she critiques society on its treatment towards women, demonstrating how those without beauty are only corrupted with jealousy and how this behavior has survived through the ages. While Duffy focuses on the impacts of jealousy on the individual Browning looks towards its impacts on society, and its power to…

Pola Matoga IB 1B English A Abigail As A Victim Of Her Society In The Crucible The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play with many complex characters, and sends multiple messages. One of those dynamic characters is Abigail, a seventeen year old girl. At first glance it is easy to blame Abigail for the witch trials in Salem, as she is a devious and manipulative girl, however, the truth is that Abigail is a victim of a strict, Puritan society. Her upbringing and past led her to be the person she…