Carpe diem

Late Renaissance love poetry, written in a period of increasing secularisation of it subject matter, often contains sexist depictions of women: Robert Herrick is no exception. In his poetry females are often reduced to their physical attributes, or even, in poems like Upon Julia's Clothes, their attire. As a Cavalier poet, Herrick concentrated on the pleasures of the moment and believed that enjoying life was significantly more important than following strict moral codes. This can be seen…

Sometimes we look in the mirror and believe to think there is no change, however there is significant change over time. We are never truly the same as when we were infants, children, teens etc. Change can be seen through Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory. To better understand Erikson’s theory they will be applied to examples found in the movie, “On Golden Pond” screenplay by Ernest Thompson and movie directed by Mark Rydell. The movie aids in reinforcing the ideas and concepts of Erikson’s…

different Keating was and how different his lessons were from other teachers they had in the past. They slowly begin to realize that Keating has a good point and a very valuable lesson to learn. A saying that Keating stressed to his students was “Carpe Diem” which meant to ultimately seize the day and make the most of the present time they have. This saying slowly brought the students out of their comfort zone and they began to realize that all rules do not need to be followed if they did not…

There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen?” The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years.” The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast — How long then?” Replied the Master, “Well, twenty years.” “But, if I really, really work at it, how long then?” asked the student. “Thirty years,” replied the…

RENT is a rock-opera musical written in the 1990s by Jonathan Larson. The show highlights young adults living with disease, poverty, and drug-use during the turn of the century in New York City. Many of the characters featured in RENT are struggling artists, vying for others to listen to their opinion. Many consider the musical to be a modernized version of Puccini’s La bohème, an opera written in the 1800s about struggling young bohemians. In La bohème, one of the characters ultimately dies…

of people that agree to participate in her survey. The participants of the dialogue or the discussion are Mr. Anderson who is a retired general. Sara, who is a designer, Luisa who is a professor in sociology, and David, who is an advocate of the Carpe Diem (enjoy everyday pleasures without concerning about the future. Susan: what is happiness? David: Happiness is the ability to enjoy the pleasures of each day of life. A person…

Within a reality encircled of spiritual deaths and where the forces of time and death calls and lurks on their prey, is a man who lost himself in every sense. Among an industrialized dark world in which a reasonable sign of vivacity is seldom found, is the present time for the man who oughts to believe his mind and soul are rich in color. Yet in all sensibility, he too is a foreigner who lacks zeal for life- unknown to the outside world. The mysterious speaker in T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of…

My love of Joan Didion is lifelong and, like anyone does with heroes, always feels at such a distance. In fact, Didion was much closer to me than I could have imagined. For the last years of her life, I became a friend of Susan Sontag?s. I had known that Sontag was ?important? before I met her in 1989, but I had never read anything by her but her famous ?Notes on Camp,? which I confess bewildered me when I first read it as a teenager. After meeting her, I read ?On Photography? and realized…

Throughout the 19th century, many writers emerged who strongly urged people to do what they pleased, be individuals, live simply, and experience life to its fullest potential. These writers, including Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau, believed in an enlightened way of life and spiritual being. Many of these writers ideals are presented throughout the film, “Dead Poets Society,” directed by Peter Weir that was produced years after these Transcendentalists lived. This film takes place at Welton…

still have our parents as a cushion to fall back upon. Also at a young age we are responsible only for ourselves and no one else and the stakes are also low compared to later in life, when the stakes may be higher. And as Varun correctly believes Carpe Diem, seize the…