King Arthur is dead! Camelot survives on, but the hordes of Midgard, and the magical realm of Hibernia are looking to take the realms for themselves. Dark Age of Camelot saved Mythic Entertainment from bankruptcy. The game that redefined the massive multiplayer online role-playing game, mmorpg, genre was nearly never made. Mythic Entertainment went on to release seven expansions for Dark Age of Camelot; bringing new lands to explore, weapons, armor, character races, and classes into the game. After several years of neglect, it looked as if Dark Age of Camelot had reached its’ end. Mythic Entertainment had been bought, then gutted by Electronic Arts. With Dark Age of Camelot’s future in question Electronic Arts handed the game over to the newly formed Broadsword Online Games. The history of Dark Age of Camelot is more than just a history of an online computer game; it is a history of …show more content…
Catacombs added four new classes to the game, easier leveling, new lands to explore for each of the realms, and also brought a much needed graphics update. Earlier that same year Sony Online Entertainment launched the long awaited follow-up to Everquest, Everquest II. Also, Blizzard Entertainment launched World of Warcraft. Mythic used it’s wave of success, created by DAoC, to acquire the worldwide video game rights to Warhammer from Games Workshop in May of 2005 (Electronic Arts, 2006). On October 11, 2005 the expansion Darkness Rising was launched. Players could now own mounts, and once again were faced with having to quest, and defeat pve enemies to obtain a weapon that would have to be leveled the same as the Trials of Atlantis artifacts were. Darkness Rising also brought with it champion levels. Champion levels added five levels for the player character to gain. When a champion level is completed the player gains access to minor spells, or minor melee abilities from other classes. In June of 2006 EA announced that it had acquired
Many love stories end with happy endings, while others lead to tragedy. A forbidden love story, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, displays a love triangle established through the main characters. Cyrano faced challenges, which impact how he is able to show his love. He is afraid to confess his feelings to Roxane because he knows she is in love with Christian, and is insecure about his nose. Unfortunately, he is self-consciousness about his nose, mainly due to its unusually massive size, prevents him from sharing these emotions directly to his love. In one case, this is shown in the balcony scene with Roxane, Christian, and Cyrano. For example, the balcony scene presents a situation with an obstacle towards the characters because Cyrano knows Roxane is in love with Christian, but cannot change the results of it since Roxane’s heart will break. He soon learns he has to let Roxane go, which is one of the hardest obstacles he has to face. Sometimes, letting loved ones go is devastating, but it is the right thing to do if it makes them happy.
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment incorporates the significance of murder into the novel through a multitude of levels. The act of killing is not only used to further the plot point of the novel, but also offers insight to the reader of Raskolnikov’s ideology and psyche. This is portrayed through both his initial logic and reasoning behind the plotting of the crime, as well as through his immediate and long term reactions after killing Alyona Ivanovna. The emotional and physical responses instilled in Raskolnikov after killing Alyona Ivanovna as well as his justification for doing so helps illustrate his utilitarianism by offering accurate insight into the character’s moral values. These reactions also serve to show the instability of Raskolnikov’s character due to his changing emotions from being completely justified as the ubermensch to showing a sense of great regret. By including the act of killing, Dostoevsky further develops Raskolnikov’s character, and provides another level of detail to readers concerning his ideology and beliefs prior to his actions.
Throughout the story of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe you can find different themes. Nature, faith, heroism, and justice are only some that are exhibited in the novel. C.S. Lewis “says he saw pictures, pictures which began to join up into patterns: “a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn’t even anything Christian about them, that element pushed itself in on its own accord.”” (Hannay).
Certain themes present themselves throughout Charles Dickens’ famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities. These themes of love, good versus evil, and the class of upper and lower classes permeate the entire book. However, one such theme stands out. The theme of redemption also manifests itself in every part of the novel. Redemption and resurrection attract the reader’s attention because of the obvious biblical parallels. Dickens writes these themes into A Tale of Two Cities for this exact reason. In exploring right vs. wrong, he gave his audience a cause worth dying for, and characters who would. These characters, while flawed, still represent a very biblical worldview. Sydney Carton, specifically, dies to redeem himself, to further his cause, and to give their life for the one he loves. However, Dickens alludes to the theme of redemption throughout his novel. Using various literary devices like foreshadowing, and allusion, and through the character of Sydney Carton, he drives home his point.
A hero. Today, by definition, to be a hero is to have abundant power, defiance, to attain fame and wealth, and to have the intrepidity to help the ones who cannot defend for themselves. However, Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien, grows to be a hero without possessing any of these qualities after he partakes in an adventure to help reclaim the Dwarves’ homeland from the dragon Smaug. This quest to the Lonely Mountain brings the indolent hobbit into a completely new world, where he faces trouble and experiences a region of supernatural wonder. Bilbo’s adequacy and heroism are shown in the adventure through his latent cunningness and courageous acts, and through the loyalty and devotion he shows to his companions.
In the beginning of the 1600's and towards the ending of the 1800's millions of innocent people were grabbed and torn away from their homelands leaving their independence behind. Primarily African men, women, and children were traded, as if they were dirt; being shipped and sold. Once sold, they were mostly forced to do very laborious jobs such as plantation workers and factory workers. The middle passage, also known as the triangular trade route included Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The middle passage contained many goods being traded and sold throughout it such as weapons, food, raw materials, and slaves. The middle passage was a very dreadful time period for Africans.
The Middle Ages, or the collapse of the Western Roman Empire that lasted from the 5th to 15th century, should be called The Dark Ages. While others might disagree and call it the Age Of Religion, or The Age Of Enlightenment, the Dark Ages name fits because of its problematic and dark history. Barbarian Invasions, The Black Death, and The Crusades are also reasons why this period of time should be called The Dark Ages.
In accordance to African American writer Margaret Walker’s quote that talks about African Americans still having their African past intact despite slavery and racism, immigration indeed affected cultural ways. The interconnection of the trans-Atlantic world brought about the rise of new cultures, music and expressions that were to be held by future generations, which is now the population of African American people. This paper will research on the middle passage and the early American slavery and how African tried to resist.
What hero compromises the intense struggle between good and evil? J.R.R. Tolkien’s book involves a hobbit who reaches out of his comfort zone to show that hobbits succeed at beginning adventures. Tolkien uses symbolism and epithets to show the rigorous processes of how an ordinary creature becomes a mythic hero.
Does society affect relationships? Do others’ opinions have an impact on what people say or do? Many believe that other people's opinions don’t affect their relationships, or even how they see the world- I disagree. Society can and does affect relationships negatively. This is shown through the play Cyrano de Bergerac when Cyrano repeatedly sees situations differently because of his insecurities, in The Adoration of Jenna Fox when Jenna is defined by what she is, and through my own experience.
The latter part of the 19th century (1870-1900) is generally viewed as a dark time in American History. Called the “Gilded Age” this was a time in which increasing wealth was plagued by many problems under the surface. The Gilded Age saw increasing industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and the problems associated with them. Many people during this time period blamed these problems on the government for being “laissez-faire;” for not taking steps against industry in order to benefit the interests of the people. Although the people were correct in the fact that the government was not taking steps in order to benefit them, the claim that the government during the Gilded Age was laissez-faire is completely false. Through their decisions on court cases during this time period, the Supreme Court had a profound effect on the economy of this nation, almost exclusively for the benefit of businesses. The interventionist tendencies in favor of business that the Supreme Court displayed during the Gilded Age were the antithesis of the laissez-faire ideology.
Casablanca is a romantic drama film in which the main character, Rick Blaine has to decide between escaping with Ilsa, leaving everything behind and supporting the war by helping Victor Laszlo, a Czech Resistance leader and husband of his former love, Ilsa. At the end, Rick decides to help Victor and Ilsa. Despite the fact that this decision was Rick’s way of protecting Ilsa, it can be proven that Rick helps her and her husband escape to America mainly because he wants to help the Allies win the war. Rick claims to be neutral in several occasions trough Casablanca, but his real position in the war is that he wants to help the Allies win.
Call of Duty, also known as “Cod” has, as many know it as, has become one of todays most popular video games. So popular, that Cod has raked in more money than the highest grossing movie in America. However, despite it’s popularity, Cod is killing the gaming industry. Many may be puzzled why a game so popular could possibly be ruining the gaming industry, but it is. Cod is affecting the gaming industry through it’s popularity and influence. First however, One must know the reasons for Call of Duties popularity and how it achieved it’s fame.
Lord Capulet is a confident, quick-to-anger person. Many readers might think he is an evil father who treats his daughter horribly, but he is just looking out for her and wants the best for Juliet, Lord Capulet is a character in the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Lord Capulet is a protective father looking out for his beautiful daughter Juliet. Capulet, the day that Juliet died, was the day he realized that he needed to stop feuding with the Montagues and be a respectful human being. Lord Capulet is the father of Juliet, who is the main character in the book.
When my Mexican compatriots are asked if they consider themselves racist, the most common answer is ‘no, there are no races in Mexico’. This rhetoric erases the indigenous ethno-racial identity through an assimilation delusion and hinders academic and political projects from confronting structural discrimination. The obliteration of indigenous identity has taken place since Mexico’s independence; the ‘mestizo’ identity was paradoxically appointed as the core of the nation-building process. ‘Mestizos’ adhere to the pre-Colonial majestic monuments and mythical past as a testimony of their indigenous heritage whereas they ground the nation collective values, practices and institutions in the Euro-Catholic framework1. The paradox of ‘mestizo’ identity