Pompeius: A Short Story

One last bit of tragedy is invoked as Dido, readying for the fire, calls out for someone to take up the torch in her stead. “Rise from my bones, my avenger—and there will be an avenger! — / So you can hound these Dardan settlers with hot fire and cold steel, / Now, or some day in the future, whenever that strength coalesces.” (4.625-627) While this “avenger” remains unnamed in the poem, it can be read to be Hannibal Barca, leading the charge against Rome during the Punic Wars.

Encyclopedia of World Biography states “Drake fulfilled the queens expectations and sacked virgo in Spanish Galicia and then sailed to Santo Domingo and Cartagena, capturing and holding both for ransom” (“Drake, Sir Francis”). Between 1585 and 1856 relations with England and Spain grew much worse. Queen Elizabeth unleashed Francis Drake on the Spanish in a series of plundering, raiding, and capturing Spanish ships. Drake also occupied Spanish cities in the North and South America taking treasure, goods, and inflicting heavy damage on the morale of Spain. These acts convinced Spain to invade England.

“ Follow me” he got up on his feet and climbed the wall leading to the window, I followed his path he turned around and told me, “I need you to trust me, I’m going to smash this window and we have to run faster than anything.” I swallowed my nervous feelings and just nodded my head. The little boy smashed the window and pulled himself and I out the window. We hit the ground hard and struggled to get up as pain rushed through my body. “HELP” the boy cries out.

What’s so funny?” Asterion barked in his deep threatening tone. I snickered once more and responded with arrogance, “You imbussel, you thought I, Odysseus, the wittiest of them all wouldn't have a brilliant plan.” I instantly then called upon Zeus’s thunderbolt and the sky lit up with lightning and in a bright flash that could be seen for miles and thunderbolt struck the cavern. It was as if something such as the sun, bright and hot was quickly flashed in front of me, blinding me for an instant and brought a large warmth to my body.

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes, “ But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism” (par 1.) Thomas Jefferson is saying how Britain has abused them relentlessly hoping they could gain complete tyranny over the colonists. How the civilians of the colonies were victims to senseless violence and they had no way to escape from it. Another critical piece of the Declaration of Independence was the clause discussing how the colonists were going to stand up to “the Crown” and fight. The Declaration of Independence reads “We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation...

Emotion in Motion March 23rd, 1775, this monumental day will forever be marked by Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention”. This speech entailed a rally cry, a call to encourage the colonists to participate in a war to save their home land from Britain and their taxes without representation. During this time period was an enlightenment era based around science, religion was set on a back burner.

Then I realized and then shouted, “ Run for the exit. We then immediately dropped our stuff and ran to the exit. The next thing that happened was dumfounding me instead of the thing retreating back to It’s tomb it chased us. For a creature being over 1,000 years old, he ran fast and he was able to impale Miguel really quickly and poor Miguel muttered his last words “ Why.”

He watches Helena’s humiliation as she confesses her unwanted love for Demetrius,“thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love,” (2.1.246). Out of pity, Oberon tells Puck to put love potion on Demetrius’ eyes, forcing Demetrius to fall in love with Helena- if all goes as planned. He plans for Demetrius to beg for Helena’s love even though Demetrius is in love with Hermia (3.2.87-91). Once again, Oberon’s careless thinking manages to put him in a pickle, leading to more drama. He reverses the love potion on Lysander’s eyes, but Oberon still gets his way by keeping it on Demetrius’s.

The earth was convulsing violently, our home was shaking to and throw as if it were about to be ripped out of the ground from its foundation. The time had finally come once again when Mother Nature would take her vengeance and show us who is in charge. The sleeping volcano had awoken and was ready to unleash her chaos on the lavish green countryside which lay below at her feet. Upon the horizon, a murderous flash of slivery lightning flickered across the once pleasant calm blue day sky. Mount Venus had finally erupted and gigantic sheets of fire, wickedly large flames, ash, moult and larva blew out and covered the day sky.

It got dark and the wind came up, but no one came. Stanley was alone and lonely. The only friendly thing he could see was the full moon shining down on him. If he looked closely he could almost see the smiling face of the Man-In-The-Moon looking at him.

Embrace your inner rebel and topple a military dictator as you unleash pandemonium and devastation upon your enemies. The narrative of Just Cause 3 opens with Rico Rodriguez returning to his home of Medici only to find that is now under control by fascist dictator, General Di Ravello. Rico joins in the rebellion and works to liberate Medici from this tyrant and give the land back to the people. Along with old friends and new acquaintances, Rico and the rebels wage war in an effort

Fire appears to mean various things at various moments in Fahrenheit 451. Beatty and his fire fighter buddies use it to annihilate. However, the lady whose house they blaze translates it another way: "Play the man, Master Ridley; we might this sunshine such a flame, by God 's beauty, in England, as I trust should never be put out. " For her, it speaks to quality.

“Blazes, they’re here!” exclaimed Natro, “We must stop them.” They were creatures that controlled fire, and created the Sun, or so they 're believed. Without a shadow of doubt, the 2 kung-Fu masters relentlessly fought the sons of fire, and one by one they fell. Just as they thought 'finished ', a portal appeared behind the priest, and out came a mother blaze, size of a 10 – storey building. The priest was unaware of her, and was,by her powerful fireball, knocked out .

The US is always dragged into conflict We were dragged into World War I due to Germans petitioning Mexico to attack the US so they could keep them out of the war and get California and Texas in return. We were dragged into World War II by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and into war in the east against radical Islam by the 9/11 terrorist attack. 93. Julie ceasers ambition led to his downfall Julie caeser made many changed to Rome while he had power. The senator was very jealous of him because he had so much power.

When I saw how deep the rift was, I decided to use a helicopter once again to cross the rift. So far, I have travelled 1,864.965