Dark Night of the Soul

and present like when he said “though nights like this one I held her in my arms”. This poem is considered as a type of a romantic genre other than all. He expressed his feeling by having a conflict between the mind and the soul, when he said “My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer.…

embracing the hate that people threw at her without trying to defend her sin. Dimmesdale, though keeping his sin buried within, still feels heart-wrenching guilt for his sin and even goes as far as to punish his own self with a whip in the dark of every night because he feels so awful for what he had done. Chillingsworth did none of these things, as he had no guilt for his vengeful sin and he did not expose it either. He dwelled deeply on his sin, embracing it as if it were an ally to him. In…

can get along with anyone, and is forgiving and lenient, Cathy is cold, sharp, calculating and only uses people to her benefit. Steinbeck shows this in this scene through the contrasting light and dark. The passage has a very mystical feel to it. Steinbeck paints a picture for the reader, saying the night was “so flooded with moonlight that the hills took on the quality of the white and dusty moon. The trees and earth were moon-dry, silent and airless and dead. The shadows were black without…

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Winters in Jump City, California were rarely bothersome and cruel, quite the opposite in fact. By night, when the shadows ruled the land, small flakes of snow would fall from dark clouds above, and bless the earth with its magnificent beauty and form. Water would freeze where it stood, and create the crystal-like pieces we have come to know as icicles. The trees would become bare,…

element of evil to the table. The appearance each individual character gives off is one of good, wholeheartedly, innocent nature; many in reality, though, hold dark truths within them. Lady Macbeth is one of the most controversial characters in the play. Her outward appearance being that of an innocent woman, in reality she has a dark soul. After receiving a letter from her husband, which tells of his new title as Thane of Cawdor and of the prophecy the witches gave him, Lady Macbeth states,…

A Kindred Spirit A Kindred spirit I've found. Soft, gentle eyes of darkest brown betray the torment within. To be alone with you, if only for a moment- to see inside the man who’s dark, haunting, incredibly beautiful poetry, soothes my soul when put to song. To hold him in my arms would feel good- we are two souls, connected, tortured, haunted by the darkness of the world around us. Writing about it, keeps it at bay - his voice, encapsulating the thoughts of us unbalanced ones, that hang by a…

The passage begins with Dante narrating of how he woke up in the dark woods, where he tries to escape but the he cannot. Each clause is build with adverbs and adjectives, which grammatical layering enhances the narrative to make reading more interesting. For example, Dante said “Midway along the journey of our life,” (Canto1-1) that he was half way to his life when the scene happened. “I woke to find myself in a dark…

awe that he projects and some even believe that she may be a close family member of his. I believe that he does love her in a romantic way, however she is someone he cannot touch or even hope to build a relationship with as she is as mysterious as night and far like the moon. In the first stanza and first line he says she walks in beauty. He does not necessarily say she herself is beautiful, but her motion and the way she carries herself elegant and ethereal, much…

In the two plays Act Without words and Soul Gone Home the playwrights develop the theme of their play in uncommon way. They try to send their play’s message by making the readers think deeply and by making him imagine what they are reading. The words do not have the importance of actions and symbols in these plays. Moreover, they show the area when the people begin losing their trust in God. They give up trying to face the struggle and to have the courage to develop themselves and their life.…

time possible but is composed of passion and intensity. Dessen even 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…