TARDIS Essays

  • Theme Of Irony In The Story Of An Hour

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    “The Story of an Hour” is a story that was set in the late 19th century written by Kate Chopin. She uses irony to present an unheard view of marriage. The story is initially written to have you think that poor Louise, having heart trouble, learns of the devastating news that her husband has been tragically killed. Thinking that Louise is heartbroken by the death of her husband, you suddenly see that she strangely cries “free! Body and soul free!” (525) You are intrigued to know why Louise would

  • Story Of An Hour Situational Analysis

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    Every human has a different approach when enduring the loss of a loved one. In Kate Chopin’s, The Story of an Hour, Louise Mallard received the news of her husband death. During this time, widows normally grieve for a long period, but Mrs. Mallard is an atypical widow. She grieves for a short period of time, but then she is overcome with a sense of freedom because she is free from an oppressive and unhappy marriage. This is an example of how The Story of an Hour portrays irony. Kate Chopin implements

  • Museum Of Thieves Character Analysis

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    You’re in the middle of a desert. You have very limited food and water, and your car has broken down. This is exactly what happened to Donna and her friends. They survived by using their knowledge, staying calm, and having faith. These are the three most important survival traits that you could have. Without knowledge you would not be able to plan for the future. Without calmness you won’t be able to focus, and without faith you won’t have any courage. Without any of these traits you would not be

  • Internal Conflict In The Lottery

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    The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story of horror and realism. Residents of a small New England town come together in the town square every year and hold their annual lottery. The head of each household goes up and pulls out a slip of paper from the sacred black box. The person who pulls out a slip of paper with a black dot, wins the lottery. This time around the Hutchinsons were the family who pulled out the black dot and one of the family members gets the chance to win the

  • Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Lottery

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    Tradition is done by many around the world and depending on where you are from tradition can be good or bad. In the stories, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, we are presented with a similar tradition but a very different atmosphere around the people and the setting of said tradition. In this literary analysis essay we will look at the different atmosphere presented around the form of selection process that is shown in both stories and how this atmosphere

  • Creative Writing: The Black Death

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    The Black Death “Clara! roared The Doctor. Hold on!” “I am!” replied Clara irritated. “What’s up old girl? What has you in such a state?” inquired The Doctor. The TARDIS thrashed about as the screen read “WARNING, EMERGENCY LANDING!” It then stopped before the TARDIS toppled over and filled with smoke. “Extractor fans!” called out The Doctor. “That felt like we will caught by something in the time vortex,” said Clara. “Hmm, I suppose that is a possibility,” The Doctor reluctantly said. The two

  • Dodo's Inferno

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    Eventually, Ben and Polly aid the Doctor in his fight against the rogue artificial intelligence known as WOTAN. Afterward, Ben and Polly are the bearers of the news of Dodo's decision to stay in 1966 to the Doctor, and accidentally get carried away in the TARDIS when they try to return Dodo's key to the time machine.

  • The Doctor In Doctor Who Analysis

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    many secrets and tells lies frequently.He is a different type of hero. We do not know much about the doctor past.The certain things that we know about him are these: his planet name is Gallifrey; he is a time lord and owns a time machine called TARDIS; he has developed alien brain and the doctor has a two hearts; he can regenerate thirteen times.He carries a sonic screwdriver and psychic paper for investigating the unusual events.Also, he likes companions and travels with them through time.The

  • Rhetorical Analysis All Things To All Men

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    Roots Manuva, born Rodney Smith, illustrates the need for social classes to work together to achieve peace in a torturous society in his The Cinematic Orchestra’s song, “All Things to All Men.” Smith uses allusions, credibility, and repetition of a rhetorical question to support his illustration. The song's musicality is an example of what Smith wants to achieve. The combination of rap, associated with the lower class, and orchestra, associated with the upper class, create a masterpiece enjoyed by

  • Doctor Who Scholarship Essay

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    is a sci-fi show with a protagonist: The Doctor, his companions, and antagonists such as, the Daleks or the Cybermen. Moreover, the Doctor's TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) was the most interesting, not only did it fly through time and space and was bigger on the inside, it also flew. Since, I am a fanatic of Doctor Who, The Doctor and his TARDIS motivated me and inspired me to build a flying car, as well as my experience and interest in math, science, and engineering inspired me and

  • The Weeping Angels: A Short Story

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    I start pacing, because it's the only way my mind can seem to comprehend what's going on. "How many?" I ask, in monotone. "I don't know. Three, if I had to guess," the Doctor answers. I nod. "Okay. Okay...we can handle that. Right? Three-ish in a building with...twenty to a hundred people? I don't know. But I do know if someone doesn't turn that alarm off, the Weeping Angels aren't the only things we need to be concerned about." "What are these...whatever these things are?" Bill asks. "Oh, you

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Analysis

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    Emily’s back. I’m sitting on a comfortable, cushioned chair, reading “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo“ and yes, I do know I have been living under a rock. But hey, at least this book is quite the cherry amidst a pile of putrid fruits. I’m currently on page 4. I will improve, people, trust. Anyways, I just couldn’t concentrate on the story because of the fucking ticking. I have no idea where it’s coming from. Vaune and Donny have wristwatches but Vaune’s one is a specially modified that makes no

  • Pow: A Narrative Fiction

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    This is more of a Doctor who matter watch out the tardis (A.K.A a time machine) could be here any minute now.” I said with excitement. She had left the room rolling her eyes. I went to the the only people who I could trust with time travel, Olivia, and Kaylyn. I ran and ran. Then I thought dang I should

  • Comparing The Pioneer Women And Grandma's Apron

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    abilities creates distinguishable visual effects. For instance, when you read, “She used it for a basket, when she gathered up the eggs,and flapped it as a weapon, when hens pecked her feet and legs” the first thing that may of come to mind is the Tardis from “Doctor Who” and how outwardly small it is compared to it’s vast inner room, and that perhaps Grandma’s apron resembles that timey-wimey stuff. But you very assuredly saw it as something more that a bag, a rag, and hot

  • Daisy's Materialism In The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an American classic. Set in the 1920s, this book “explores the idea that pursuit of wealth, rather than happiness, dominated human thinking” (sahbam16). Source describes Fitzgerald’s exemplar literature as “bitter satire, with Fitzgerald keen to expose” the endless materialism and lack of the American dream that grasped many individuals during these times. In this novella, protagonist Nick Carraway tells the story of Jay Gatsby and his extreme determination

  • Alchemist Research Paper

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    to start learning about Alchemy and more than a little nervous. I thought that there would be a lot of difficult chemistry and I would struggle to understand and follow the lessons. The first lesson really put my mind at ease. The picture of the TARDIS alone helped me to relax! My favourite part of this first lesson was the overview of what Noble and Base metals were. This was my favourite because I actually had no idea what metals we would be looking at with Alchemy and this really helped me

  • 'False Happiness In Benjamin Franklin's The Whistle'

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    In “The Whistle,” a short essay by Benjamin Franklin, he emphasizes that many people sacrifice desirable pleasures to achieve a false happiness. He conveys this message by illustrating people who only care about popularity and people who are willing to do anything for an adventure. One type of person who sacrificed desirable pleasures to achieve a false happiness and personal worth is the person who neglects everything else to gain popularity. As a child, Franklin made the mistake of giving all

  • Quotes From The Doctor Who

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    they are artificially created, and go to The Academy at a young age, for them. Time Lords have a way to cheat death called regeneration, which changes every cell in their body, giving them a new face and personality; for The Doctor, he also has a new TARDIS interior. Time Lords only have twelve

  • A Synopsis Of Josie Moraine's Between Shades Of Gray

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    It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street.Josie

  • Doctor Who Research Paper

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    prominent force in the science fiction genre of television for decades to come. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television show that consists of the main character, known as The Doctor exploring all of time and space in his ‘living’ spaceship, the TARDIS, typically while being accompanied by his (usually female) companion. The Doctor is referred to as the last of the Time Lords - an ancient alien species that generally takes the form of a human despite having a different biological makeup distinguished