A Little Soul

describes the “single, throbbing moment”, where Marie and Emil express this true love in one passionate night under the stars. Although this love ultimately destroys Marie, one can’t deny or reject true love when faced with it; it consumes the body and the soul until there is nothing left. In Cather’s O Pioneers! Marie is depicted as an other-worldly figure terrorized by internal strife and moral…

hopelessness, Edna chooses to die as an ultimate escape from the restrictions of the Victorian society she lives in. Edna’s journey to her awakening was challenged by conformity ultimately diminishing herself to insanity. Conformity is venom to the soul making it the captor of choice and the murderer of prosperity. Individuality and conformity…

“Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror” by John Ashbery is a work of convoluted reflections engaging Renaissance painter Parmigiano, his painting “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror”, Ashbery himself, and the soul. The poem’s source of inspiration is a physical piece of art, suggesting the poem belongs in the ekphrasis tradition. Immediate tension arises as the painting and the poem belong to vastly different traditions. The technique of ekphrasis in a postmodern tradition has challenged scholars as it…

of just having the soul when there is not a physical body to control it. Every living being on this earth that exists, dies. The difference is that they some die early and some die…

Particularly pertaining to the issue on what exactly should be considered to have a soul. There are countless numbers of interpretation, but two highly individuals claim to have different opinions on this issue. Therefore, I will present the two opposing views on the idea that certain substances are able to have a soul, for which I will then state the flaws that are within each view. The scholastics interpretation of the soul is based on "the doctrine of body in terms of (primary)…

Depending on quality of the life will decide whether the person will be reborn as a human, or any other creature. The life lived causes the body to attach to the soul. Therefore, the law of karma has preplanned the effects of the person’s reincarnation. If the person lived their last life as a cruel person, you are guaranteed that their soul will take the person to a new life into a home of mean and cruel parents. The ultimate goal of Hindus is to attain liberation by escaping samsara, in a…

understanding of the soul and its connection with the body (Midterm handout). The soul, Socrates asserts, is immortal, and the philosopher spends his life training it to detach itself from the needs of the body (Sparknotes). There is also the concept of the realm of becoming and the realm of being. Plato sees the realm of being to be consist of things that never change and the realm of becoming to consist of things that change and are not stable.…

with a healthy mind or soul. When looking closer into ones soul. The soul is made up of three parts, The rational or reasoning section, the appetitive section and lastly the spirit. For the soul to be just each of these sections must perform their proper jobs. For example, Plato writes, “in relation to his soul, one better and one worse, and that when the naturally better element is in control of the worse (137). In this quote, Plato is explaining his premise for the just soul or individual.…

his play Hamlet. Perhaps this is the reason for the fascination that has attracted the minds of audiences, including critics and scholars, for over three centuries. The mystery in Hamlet’s madness tempts us to probe for the secret that lies just a little deeper than we can reach. This is Shakespeare’s genius: Hamlet’s madness (feigned and real) not only plays…

Herodotus, Epicurus’ material outlook assumes that all things are made out of atoms, an argument that he extends to the soul. He raises the point that the soul is material and capable of sensation, and these sensations build out thoughts; however, this assumption tends to categorize human thoughts and limit originality and creativity. In the text, Epicurus explains that the soul is a structure that is material and primarily used for sensation; these sensations become responsible for our…