Roald Amundsen Essays

Scott Mason, a teen from Massachusets was trapped on the 6,288 foot Mount Washington for three days. He faced many hardships, including a sprained ankle, river rapids, and being stranded in the wilderness. His story can be used as a lesson about the dangers of hiking solo. However, how did Scott even arrive at this dilemma? Scott, a former Boy Scout, knew Mount Washington like the back of his hand. According to the article, "...a Boy Scout since age 11, [Scott] had spent many weekends exploring

Many people wander about the north pole. Everyone knows that someone discovered it, but what you don 't know is that one of the two discoverers is very important to black history, Matthew Henson. He was the first African American explorer to go to the North Pole. Matthew Henson is important to black history because he was one of the first famous black explorers. His past is inspiring ,he discovered the north pole, he didn 't get noticed until 5 decades later Matthew Henson faced tragedies

Phineas Gage, Douglas Mawson, and Henrietta Lacks have devoted themselves to science and pushing human knowledge whether they wanted to or not. Sadly, these three suffered their fair share of hardships during their sacrifice for the future of modern knowledge. Phineas Gage had what one might say “a gruesome turn of events” as an explosive went off, sending a metal rod through the side of his head causing massive damage to the frontal lobe of his brain. Douglas Mawson was on a journey through Antarctica

“Oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! - I dared not - I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb!” writes Poe (2010, p. 309). He fashions this character where the line between sanity and insanity is obscured. Dark remote settings, maniacal events, mental and physical torment, and robust language containing treacherous meanings are ingredients that encompass the Gothic style. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, demonstrates how he adopts components of the

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, relates the events of a witch trial taking place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1692. The spark that ignites this story begins with a mediocre offense of the time: young maidens dancing in the woods. However, the events become hyperbolized and spun to a point that order devolves into chaos and truth devolves into lies. Such a progression of corruption throughout the book is representative of the major theme of The Crucible, which is the religious fanaticism

The epic poem Omeros by Derek Walcott is written in non-rhyming, non-metrical tercets. However, the third canto in Chapter XXXIII deviates from this structure and takes the shape of a smaller poem comprised of 17 rhyming couplets. The diction in this section creates an ominous tone, that is emphasized by the metrical cadence, to highlight the narrator’s feelings of loneliness and grief being alone in the house he once shared with his lost lover. The regularity and rhythm created by the rhyming couplets

One of the well-known writer Roald Dahl’s interesting short story is “lamb to the slaughter”. This story describes a life of a wife and her husband “Mary, who becomes murderer of her husband since he betrayed her. This story took place at early 1953 and the author used simple but suitable vocabulary to write his novel. Indeed, novel crashes genres that of fiction (realistic fiction). To further support my point the story reaches a comical climax in the dinner scene, in which the detectives eat

Madness can drive any seemingly rational person to perform completely irrational and potentially deadly actions. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Susan Glaspell both observe the effects of madness in their respective fictional short stories. Gilman’s work, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is a first person short story in which madness is the central theme throughout. The narrator, who is also the protagonist, is driven into insanity after being prescribed the “rest cure” from her husband; her descent into madness

Relationships are important for any human being and great ones can shape who we are and who we become. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Grete's relationship with her brother is shown to be strong and to have its role in making her who she is. Kafka uses phrasing and word choice to impactfully illustrate the effect of Gregor's metamorphosis on Grete. From the beginning of the novella, Grete has great respect for her brother. This is shown by the way she asked Gregor to open the door. The way each

Thesis: In these stories, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Dahl, “A Jury of her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, the wives kill their husbands, and both the husbands are at fault, which caused their murders; There are many differences, but also many similarities. Although there are many, the reader, will see two comparisons between “Lamb to the Slaughter,” and “A Jury of her Peers”. First, in both stories the killers had help clearing the evidence away from the cops. Eerily enough, in “Lamb to the Slaughter

One can fight the evil and the good we do in this world as long as we are completely aware and understand the things we are doing. Shakespeare believed that “madness was a disease of the brain, and could be cured by medical means, aided by judicious care and management” (Reiss 2005). They also believed that mental illness “often had a moral ctiology that is, it had roots in environmental, spiritual, or psychological disturbance” (Reiss 2005). “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “She told herself. So I’ve killed

Abstract Cartoon sketches are usually meant to be designated for children. Theodore Seuss Geisel, the illustrator of the cat in the hat, used Dr.Seuss as his pen name. He’s one of the most famous cartoonists; he did not only target children but also adults through simple cartoons that held deep meanings behind. He also wrote many books that were translated later on into different languages. He first started his career by working for a magazine and drawing ads for a pesticide company. He kept writing

Have you heard of Roald Dahl? Dahl is an English writer best known for his poems and children’s stories. He has written poems like Hey Diddle Diddle, Candyman, and Mary Mary, Quite Contrary. His early life was depressing and full of the loss of loved ones, but took on many careers later on, and started to devote himself to writing in his later years. The life, career, and poetry of Roald Dahl was remarkable for its time, and is still influential to this day. Dahl’s Life was a plentiful, sad, and

Wife Missing After Murdering Husband On Tuesday evening, August 12th, 1954 Mary Maloney, wife of officer Patrick Maloney, had murdered her husband after verbalized he would divorce her. Out of aggravation, Mary Maloney had hit him on the back of his head, utilizing a leg of lamb. This event happened in the Maloney’s house. On April 19th, Mary Maloney had asked her neighbor, Miss Anne Smith, to watch her 2-year-old son due to personal issues. Miss Anne Smith agreed, but did not know what Mary

One thing that is similar in both of the stories is the fact that the wife killed the husband. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” Mrs. Maloney kills her husband with a frozen lamb leg. Mr. Maloney had been drinking that night and was being very weird. He had taken the whole bottle of whiskey and drank from it. While doing that Mrs. Maloney was starting to make dinner and was asking her husband what he would like. He didn’t respond, he just stood there and looked out the window. She started to feel uneasy

BATH ENGLAND - On November 15, 1965 at 11:56pm, owner of a local Bed & Breakfast was found guilty of the murder of Billy Weaver, a 17 year old male, Christopher Mulholland, a 17 year old male , and Gregory W. Temple, a 28 year old male. They were found poisoned and stuffed by the landlady, a 46 year old female. She was found by a neighbor who caught a glimpse of the landlady stuffing Billy Weaver. “I was about to go to bed when I saw the Landlady stuffing something, I thought it was a stuffed animal

“Lamb to the Slaughter” and “A Jury of Her Peers” have many similar aspects, but also differ in numerous ways. In both stories, the women, Mary Maloney and Minnie Wright, murdered their husbands. Although both women were angry about something their husband had done, they had different motives behind their murders. In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Mary Maloney spends all of her time alone waiting for her husband to come home. Her husband usually treated her well, but one night he decided that he had to

Harsh winds, lush scenery, broiling heat, crisp air. We are as ever changing as the seasons. Some of us more drastically and quickly than others, like Mary Maloney in Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Mary’s character development reveals the theme of, “Seemingly “perfect” people have a dark side.” In the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Mary portrays a very “perfect” wife image. For example, according to the author, “She took his coat and hung it in the closet. Then she walked over and

Scary Story Response Essay Roald Dhal successfully presented scary/creepy moments and ideas in his writing by adding suspense, mystery, and by going off of realistic events that may have or could potentially happen in real life. One reason Roald Dahl successfully presented scary/ creepy moments and ideas in his writing is by adding suspenseful parts in his stories. One suspenseful moment that he presented in a short story of his is when he wrote that a woman killed her husband because he gave

Roald Dahl shows Mary Maloney as a villain. Mary Maloney manipulation of the policemen, killing her husband’s, and giggling at the end makes her a villain. Mary Maloney is a villain because she manipulated the policemen. Villains are known to manipulate others for their own good. The fact that she had to manipulate the policemen shows she is guilty. In most action movies, the Antagonist kills a person then tries to kill the witness. Mary Maloney killed her husband, then tries to manipulate the