Carpe diem

One of the most influential and prominent times of the American history was the Transcendentalist period. Transcendentalism was a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1800s. Transcendentalists believed in many aspects, however their central ideas focused on the inherent goodness of both people and nature. Influential Transcendentalists included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Frederic Henry Hedge. They believed that that the purity of the individual could be corrupted…

In Passing, Nella Larsen’s characters’ Clare and Irene struggle to disentangle themselves from their self inflicted crises and conflate their ontological as well as cultural identities. Larsen employs Clare Kendry to personify the consequences of disconnecting from one's true sense of self. Larsen utilizes the age old cautionary tale to confirm that extricating oneself from predetermined conventional roles in society engenders major conflict, which possesses the potential for catastrophic…

In Frank Romero 's mural, "Going to the Olympics, 1984," it consists of five cars driving in a single file line towards the 1984 Olympics that was held in Los Angeles with hearts appearing above each vehicle, two gentlemen are wrestling in the sky next to a blimp that says "a good year" on it and a horse. The corner of the mural has a stamp on it and on the other side what looks to be an iron. The backdrop is saturated with Los Angeles trademark palm trees under the orange sky. The hearts…

Because beginnings are foreshadowed with endings, it seems necessary to use our time wisely. In “Herrick, Corinna, Canticles, and Catullus” A.B. Chambers writes “when time is on the wing, as it always is in carpe diem poetry, the pursuits of Mayday seem harmless, desirable, even compelling; but to the sager sort those pursuits nevertheless are follies possible only to time-servers” (225). Since Herrick considers our time to be gone quickly, he suggests it is…

The Bible is arguably the most influential book of all time. It has been attributed with impacting the lives of untold millions of people and has been claimed as the impetus behind many of the Western World’s upheavals. Martin Luther’s thesis was founded on the book; pilgrims set sail to find a place where they could follow their own interpretations of it. Missionaries travel the world bringing its words, along with the culture of those missionaries to the most remote corners of civilization,…

Abstract The present paper deals with Ved Mehta’s first novel – Deliquent Chacha. It is a short satirical novel set in London and Oxford. Ved Mehta has proved to be a shrewd and observant commentator on Indian society. He has brilliantly satirized Indians who insanely ape the foreign and are still unable to cast away the cloak of Britishers. The touch of satire is turned as much on British as on Indian – because human nature everywhere is same. No nation is unaffected by self-deception, vanity,…

Two main characters (and a one sentence description of each): Narrators/ Protagonists (group of friends): Bernard: A warm, introspective, talkative person who believes in the perfection of expression to connect people, causing him to gain the most insight about each character’s lives. Neville: An empathetic, poetically artistic, upper-class intellect who falls in love with one of the minor character: Percival and later, he becomes a famous poet. Louis: A lower-class Australian who is an…

perfect as if there were not loved. The poem shows the desire of a man calling for his love to leave the city to go to a place where they could be happy without worrying about tomorrow enjoying life as much as possible. This sensation is best known as Carpe-diem, in which was commonly applied in the pastoral poems. The poem has an optimistic tone which reflect the passion people feel in the youth. However, the woman in this poem has none participation, at all. “[...] The emphasis of the poem is…

John Steinbeck’s protagonist Tom Joad acts as a prime example of a flawed and naturally human character in The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the novel, Tom faces massive character growth as he sheds his “carpe diem” lifestyle and takes on a concern for humanity. This change displays the growth in Tom’s leadership abilities and his ability to nurture the strength of his family. Tom’s actions and reactions throughout the course of the novel build off of one another, as he undergoes both a physical…

In La Cigale et La Fourmi, La Fontaine personifies insects to illustrate his message. The ant spends most of the harvest season working and collecting grain, whereas the cicada sings, does not think for the winter and lives by the saying; Carpe Diem. La Fontaine ends his fable with a harsh note to say that the cicada will not survive, as he did not work and so does not have shelter nor food. La Fontaine…