Dark Night of the Soul

a many company in the forest; and I well-nigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one” (VIII:118) inviting her to grant her soul to the devil, as Mistress Hibbins. Hester replies by explicitly telling her that if the magistrates had taken Pearl out of her custody, she would have gladly joined the witch in the forest that night. By giving birth to the character Mistress Hibbins, Nathaniel Hawthorne is able to grant…

Night Eliezer Weisel and his families’ lives are changed forever when the Nazis invade Eliei’s small village of Sighet. DUring the span of only one year Elie loses all of his family, friends, and well-being. He struggles to keep his humanity, but in 1946 he is finally liberated. Two positive lessons that Elie learns is that he must always hold on to his humanity and that optimism is a powerful thing. All throughout Night, Elie is struggling to holds on to his humanity as he watched his inmates…

On an ominous, dark night it was extremely evident that there was something lurking in the trees. The feeling of a secret was lurking amidst the swaying trees. Luckily, I was inside cuddled underneath a freshly knitted blanket that concealed my body from the cold. It was on this night that I vividly remember the story of the Woman in the Mirror. Being unfamiliar with the urban legend, my grandmother continued to ask if I wanted to hear it, but my mom’s ‘no’ ringed throughout the air. She knew…

Depression is an epidemic that is prone to show itself in hundreds and thousands of individuals across the world, in contrary so is anxiety. Indeed these waves of anxiety and depression roar over any weak or strong minded soul the description of how these sickening influencers plunge into the mentality of one's self-fluctuates according to the encouragement and strategy flowing from the midst of these disorders. Depression dives into the mood of its victim it takes a grip…

1. In the middle of a dark and dreary night I had been reading many forgotten novels But as my sleep was almost upon me, there was a knocking at my door. As I went to open the door, I said to myself, “A visitor at this late hour?” I said only this, but nothing more. 2. I specifically remember this depressing December night. The ashes from a fire that had been burning took their place on my floor And I eagerly wished tomorrow would come and I sought my books to find Relief from my sorrows of…

and darkness to represent good and evil, adulthood, and relationships between family members. Baldwin uses lightness and darkness in his story to display the good and evil present in the world. Lightness represents day, whereas darkness signifies night. The light we see…

many of his pieces to have many similarities. In “The Tall Tale Heart” and “The Raven” the two stories seem to both occur at night, in particular they both occur during midnight. In “The Raven” it says, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.” (Paragraph 1). In addition, in “The Tell Tale Heart” it says, “And this I did for seven long nights - every night just at midnight - but I found the eye always closed.” (Page 60). As you read these quotes they both mention and…

It was about three year ago, I reference it by the pre-bust years. Three nights until Christmas eve, on a Sunday the 22nd. The tree was up and decorations were still in the boxes. The house was in shambles and cluttered about. Although, I had asked my youngest son, the only child left in the nest. Over and over since Thanksgiving to get together and clean up, then finish the traditional decorating of our home. He, like his father at 19, were busy with the ladies and the festive part of the…

the line, “We aimed at dark-hearted songbirds,” Komunyakaa implies the depravity…

When searching for my hardships, I had a difficult time. After searching for some time, I came to the realization that by this age, my hardships are often what I end up shrugging off. After some soul searching, I came to see that one of my hardships was my parents. Throughout middle school, and parts of high school my parents often fought with one another. They fought to the point that by seventh grade I had seriously wished that they would just get divorced, for the best. However, I later came…