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…the transition between ancient and modern times. The first 500 years of this period are known as the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Ages. They were called the Dark Ages because the level of learning and culture were not as great as they had been earlier, during Greek…

…looking back at me. I decided I appeared more Native American than white with my long dark hair, dark skin and strong cheekbones. But as I was aware that admissions boards could care less what I actually looked like, and it was my true ancestry…

…It was with ardent horror that the prehistoric man first witnessed a solar eclipse---the sun swallowed by the predator moon until all light ceased and darkness fell on to the land. We, the more enlightened descendants, have also suffered eclipses. One…

…in each of the readers’ hearts. Most dictionaries when defining the subgenre fantasy will include J.R.R Tolkiens’ The Hobbit or The Lord of the Ring as an example. Tolkien's The Hobbit deals with a fantasy subgenre that has it's own unique imagination of magic…

…as well as a journey of the heart. After hearing voices proclaiming, "If you build it, they will come," Ray risked the economic and emotional stability of the family he loved dearly to build a baseball field. At first, Ray Kinsella was highly skeptical…

…– from the fact that he takes care of the ‘littluns’ and puts Piggy in charge of looking after them when they set of to find the beast. Despite the fact that Ralph failed to carry out his mission on the island, his acknowledgement of the “darkness of man’s…

…by a maturity many adults never attain, thus setting him far ahead of the rest. Golding culminated the novel with the destruction of the island and where "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise…

…effectively used to reflect the certain types of people who reside in them. The Wuthering Heights’ dark and oppressive state adds on to Hindley’s already existing agony from his wife’s death and further encourages his isolation from the outside world. The somber…

…in an unnamed European city. The location quickly changes from the joyfull activites of the festival, to the damp, dark catacombs under Montresor's palazzo which helps to establish the sadistic atmosphere of the story. Poe demenstrates a large portrayal of revenge…

…by the most heart-rendering shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood.” One could only imagine the horrid pictures that slaves would have seen on a daily basis of other…