Dark Night of the Soul

knowledge, or feelings a person can take with them during their last breath. Life fades away in seconds, and there is only pain and suffering for those that loved us, in every moment. The subgenre of literature that exposes those types of feelings is Dark Romanticism. Edgar Allan Poe has been considered a literary genius and a major figure of American Literature for his incredible, horrific, melancholic,…

In his personal memoir Night, Elie Wiesel uses characterization, figurative language and symbolism to bring to light what happened to him and the other prisoners at these horrid death camps. Elie Wiesel uses characterization and the dramatic internal effect that the Holocaust had on him and other prisoners to truly show how brutal the camps were. Wiesel started as a…

stories. There are many steps in this story model, but the more important ones are the “Call to Adventure”, the “Hero’s Acceptance of the Challenge”, the “Road of Trials”, the “Gathering of Allies and Powers”, the “Initial Loss to Evil”, the “Dark Night of the Soul”, the “Leap of Faith”, the “Victory Over Evil when Confronted Again”, and then the “Student Becoming the Teacher”. Many critically acclaimed movies like Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and Star Wars are based off of this story…

The gods spent day and night forming many creatures. Seeing the vast variety of animals, birds with feathers, land animals with fur, even the fish in the sea…….seeing this they were happy but not completely satisfied. There were many gods based on only the best qualities; creativity, virtue, happiness, intellect, passion, selflessness, bravery and much more. There was one other god disliked by all others this was the god of Evil. Shunned by the others for his harsh and violent nature, he stayed…

job and spend time with his best friends Budweiser, Bud Light, and Corona. He would guzzle several beers every night. The alcohol was consuming his life, and his addiction was consuming my life too. I hated seeing my father intoxicated because he wasn't the same person drunk, for the alcohol consumed his soul as if a demon possessed him. Dad inflicted his repressed rage onto my mother. Dark purple bruises on mom's skin reminded me that I was a helpless child and a total coward. Hearing my…

It is the new years of the Celtic year. The veil of the realm of the living and dead is thin during the night time. Witches dressed up in costume in a way to embody the souls of the dead and to visit their family and descendant. Winter Solstice take place on December 21. This day is the shortest day of the year because of the sun at its lowest point. This came about because of the death…

he yawned, “Alright we had better get to bed, after all we got Church tomorrow.” “Yes sir Pa”, Jordan replied. “Good-night Randy see you at Church tomorrow.” “Good-night Jordy, see you in the morning.” Randy said as he went out the door to join his father. Randy crossed the yard in between the ranch house and the foreman’s home (About fifty yards in between). It was dark by this hour but he wasn’t walking alone, Arthur had been sitting in the rocking chair on the front porch of the ranch…

The Dark Fame of Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a dreary night in the country of America in the year of eighteen O nine during the first month on the ninth day, the life of Edgar Allan Poe began. After a rough early life, Poe became a writer whose writings exemplified the mind of the writer and the struggles the writer previously endured in a tragic family life, fallen relationships, and failed attempts at college. However, one thing remained with Poe, the talent to depict a scene made only of words…

of the poem, “beautiful, also, are the souls of my people” (line 6). Now the narrator is ending it with something big, something that goes into deeper feelings and gives the poem more meaning. He ends it with the soul of his people which is not something they can visually see because it is in the interior of a person. Even though the narrator can not see the “soul” (line 6) of his people, he sees it as something more then “stars” (line 3). He compares the “soul” (line 6) to the “sun” (line 5)…

The girl hid behind her black shawl as he slowly made his way to the stand. The deafening silence made her cringe inside, her mind succumbing to the dark thoughts lurking in the corners. On her left, a ginger boy dusted in freckles had fallen asleep, oblivious to the tension in the room. On her right, an elderly woman clutched on to the cross hidden under her neck, muttering in an unknown language as if she could ward off the demons masked behind human faces with a single chant. She could tell…