Elizabeth Russell's Blog, page 6
April 22, 2021
Quick Answer: What Is The True Story Behind Peter Pan?
Hook’s ship in the 2003 live-action film In the preschool show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Captain Hook is the main antagonist to Jake and his pirate crew.
Hook is not as evil in the show and is more portrayed as a comical villain, though he is still greedy and selfish..
Who did Peter Pan marry?Maimie ManneringWhile in Kensington Gardens, Peter meets a lost girl named Maimie Mannering and the two quickly become friends. Peter proposes marriage to Maimie. While ...
Quick Answer: Do Dwarves Have The Gift Of Man?
As you can see from above, Elves can have babies, and they reproduce the same way as Men do, but they usually do it when they are young, Elvish libido diminishes over time, and having children is exhausting for Elves..
How long do dwarves live for?250 yearsIt suggests this may have been a philological joke on Tolkien’s part. Dwarves were long-lived, with a lifespan of some 250 years. They breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry....
Quick Answer: How Do We Preserve Culture?
Cultural heritage and natural history of a nation has a very high value and is unique.
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Culture and its heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs, and aspirations, thereby defining a people’s national identity.
It is important to preserve our cultural heritage, because it keeps our integrity as a people..
What should the government do to preserve our culture?Rescue protection for cultural relics with major dangers and promote the protection and restoration of pre...
Quick Answer: Who Was The Shadow On Radio?
Set in 1930s New York, a reformed criminal becomes a superhero.
With the aid of a beautiful female friend, a playboy millionaire with a dark past sets out to bring the evil Shiwan Khan to justice.
His quarry, who is determined to attain world domination, is a deadly descendant of Genghis Khan and will not surrender without a fight.The Shadow/Film synopsis.
What were do in the shadows FX?What We Do in the Shadows, based on the feature film by Jemaine Clement...
Is Gandalf More Powerful Than Saruman?
‘ to contest the power of Sauron, if he should arise again, and to move Elves and Men and all living things of good will to valiant deeds.
In summary, then, Sauron was portrayed as stronger than Gandalf because he, like some other beings, apparently was indeed stronger, and Gandalf seems to have recognized that fact..
Why was Saruman so weak?TLDR: Saruman lost his powers because Gandalf removed them with the authority granted by Eru. Gandalf received his ...
What Are The 20 Linking Verbs?
There are 12 popular linking verbs (is, seems, be, am, becomes, been, are, feels, being, was, appears, were).
But, you can transform some of them into other forms, such as helping verbs..
How do you identify a linking verb?There are verbs that can be linking verbs in SOME sentences, but are action verbs in other sentences. One way to determine if the verb is functioning as an action verb or a linking verb is to substitute the word “is” for the verb in question. ...
January 27, 2020
So Goes Slaughter-House-Five
Part of my Reading Journal for reading 100 Books in 1 Year.
After all, it was supposed to happen. As they say on Tralfamadore: “Everything is, and was, and will be happening as it is to happen.”
I have just finished Slaughter-House-Five, and I cannot say that I enjoyed it. But I liked it, I think, and if I didn’t, at least it gave me something horrid to think about. Something irreverent, filling my head with many lewd images. So it goes.
But I have finished it, and that is the main point. It...
Faust Part II: Feels Unguided and Too Meta
This is a follow-up article to my first reflection on Faust, which covers the prologue. You can read it here.
DramatistI am into Faust Part II now (which, by the way, I’m reading through Serial App, which you should totally check out), and all through Part I, I must say, the Dramatist was going strong. I was really appreciating the story – what parts of it I could follow – and I felt like there was an appropriate blend of spectacle, fantastic creatures, and compelling characters to make it...
January 20, 2020
The Eternal War between Director and Playwright
The Relationship of Faust’s Opening to the 8 Basic Motivations As part of my journey to read 100 books in 1 year, I just began reading Goethe’s renowned play Faust, and despite the small amount of information that I had previously known about the play, the beginning surprised me. Pretty sure the story is about a scientist who sells his soul to the devil, so when a Director, Dramatist, and Comedian came on stage and began discussing the best way to create a play, I was pleasantly surprised....
January 11, 2020
Frodo to Mordor and Christ to Golgotha
By Elizabeth Russell
Frodo to MordorFrodo mounts the peak of a stony crag and gazes across the expanse to the overshadowing gloom of Mordor.
“’Mordor!’ he muttered under his breath. ‘If I must go there I wish I could come there quickly and make an end!’”
The Two Towers
I am currently listening to the Tokybook.com audiobook/audio-drama of The Lord of the Rings (which I highly recommend!), and when I got to that part, those words just pierced me. I know how he feels. Anyone who experiences...
