the summer solstice. The arrangement of Stonehenge allowed for a way to accurately mark specific dates in the year, which could be used for more efficient agriculture, as well as religious events (Wilson). Furthermore, Hawkins speculates, “Primitive men observed with apprehension the places where the great rulers of the day and night emerged from the dark earth. It would have been natural that the Stonehengers should mark those points by various means” (Roop 94). Celts were known to have divided their
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment Title: Before reading the story, I took a careful look at the title and predicted that this piece would be comparable to that of Frankenstein. The name of the title character paints the picture of a mad scientist, and the mention his so-called experiment alluded to a mental image of a creepy laboratory. In terms of plot, I assumed that his experiment would somehow backfire - and I shuddered just thinking about the endless possibilities. Facts: Dr. Heidegger invites
the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.” It was Livingston’s investigation that affirmed the link I was uncovering between the gender performance popularly described as “Drag” and spirit possession. The act of men embodying women through physical appearances and gendered behaviors, traces back to Ancient Rome and “classical Chinese theatre,” where women were prohibited from performing on stage. In Native American culture, cross-dressing “berdaches” - individuals
Dahmer became apparent. The next four years he would ultimately kill a total of sixteen men. The sixteen men Jeffrey Dahmer slaughtered were killed with a particular modus operandi. His MO deviated at times, but generally, he invited them over for drinks, money, or sex, and then either cut their throat or strangled them. This then led to further sexual conduct, also known as necrophilia. Seeing as they were all men, he would typically sever their genitals, along with limps, and head. Several hearts
To help paint the body better, da Vinci studied human anatomy. At first, da Vinci only studied the skeleton and muscles. However, he later went into more detail studying individual parts of the body, leading to studying the internal organs. He studied the brain, heart, and lungs, hypothesizing that they were the vital organs that kept the body functioning
an American serial killer was born in Milwaukee on the 21st of May, 1960. He murdered his first ever recorded victim known as Steven Hicks, with a blow to his head in 1978. Dahmer then continued his killing spree until he eventually murdered 17young men; his murders involved molesting his victims. Furthermore he practised dismemberment; rape, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Once he was finally caught on the 22nd July 1991, he was found to be sane at trial and was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms
Anis had witnessed the return of so many girls who had been abducted and sold by thanedars or constables only for few rupees. But the story of an old Jat was an exception in this atmosphere of distrust. One day this old Jat found a young Mewati girl weeping behind some rocks. She did not know if any of her relatives were alive. He told her, “Beti, you’re the child of my conscience, my dharambeti. No harm will come to you” (285; ch. 17). Later on, with the consent of the two, he let her married with
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin