Dark Night of the Soul

feel nauseous and as if you might vomit. You tremble at the thought of the disturbing nightmare you just had. You find yourself at lying in the grass. It is dark and eerily quiet. All you can think of is your intense craving for human flesh. You contemplate the idea of acting on this strong desire. You have experienced this night after night. As the days pass, the symptoms do not disappear but worsen. You begin to express symptoms of insomnia, melancholia and hallucinations. This is a reality…

vulture’. In “The Sandman” there is a boy in his bed trying to sleep and the sand man is a raptor. The sandman frightens the boy and steals his eyes to feed his babies. In “Don’t Ask Jack” there is a jack in a box in an old attic who comes out at night and tells the children secrets which are not known to the readers.…

perceive the outer world. Some people say that the eyes are the windows to a person's soul, but the windows that can open and reveal our hidden traits of character. It is enough to take a look into somebody's eyes and deeply understand her/his feelings, emotions and characteristics of temperament. As, though, every one of us has a unique picture of the universe into the irises, where eyes could be cold, warm, dark of green, brown, blue, gray shades. In the beginning, people were only with brown…

Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Black Cat inundates the reader into the psyche of a killing alcoholic. Poe himself experienced liquor abuse and frequently demonstrated flighty conduct with brutal upheaval. Poe is well known for his American Gothic ghastliness stories, for example, the Tell-Tale Heart and the fall of the House of Usher. "The Black Cat is Poe's second mental investigation of abusive behavior at home and blame. He added another component to help in bringing out the dim side of…

“Starry Night” is a poem by Anne Sexton that was written to show her own analysis of the painting by Vincent van Gogh which holds the same name. While the painting is a beautiful work in itself, Sexton’s poem provides details that accentuates the painting. Sexton’s interpretation of the painting is completely angled toward a beautiful death experience. Sexton’s poem is filled with imagery, figurative language, and diction that brings more life and understanding to the painting. Anne Sexton…

publish the cemetery sounds and waving his arms, when a bystander passes by. Skulls clacking teeth, a hoarse voice shouting curses and sparkling eyes in the dark. If this happens unexpectedly, you can really scared. It's funny to see how shy surprise the Americans, when walking through the store past shelves with this kind of festive goods. Once in night of Halloween on parade, you can't avoid the thought that got to the other world: skeletons, skulls,…

In a dark, desolate Spanish cave, music comes to life as you enter in. The sudden claps from castanets make the whole room hush. Eyes follow the swift movement of the dancers. Such emotion fills the room; jubilation, bliss, anger, fear, and love. Spanish culture comes alive when the flamenco dance begins. The history of this dance brings together the melting pot of people, traditional music, Latin dancing, and mystic surroundings. Tourists with their cameras ready for action, stare at the…

Lord Byron "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical famous poem that written in 1814 by Lord Byron. It was published with several poems in 1815 called “Hebrew Melodies”. The poem was written about Byron’s cousin, Anne Wilmot. Which he met her the night before where this poem was inspired by its beauty. Anne was in mourning, wearing a black shimmering dress set with spangles. "She Walks in Beauty" can be seen as a love poem about a beautiful woman but it is not. It is just an admiration of a…

me, “Are you ready to transcend your spirit to the afterlife and transfer a soul back to our world?” I gulped and smiled in disbelief, but before I could answer they had all stood around me and gathered hands. I could not believe what was happening. They chanted in an uncanny harmony “oh great master of the dark carnival, bring us tonight one of your wicked beasts. Tonight we offer you one pure soul in exchange for the soul of…” They paused, I stared in horrific disbelief hanging on to every…

Fabricating Reality Often a common object can hold a dull, plain meaning, but more often than not, a common object can hold a deeper meaning that reaches into the soul and reflects the dealings of society. Fitzgerald is a man of symbolism in his novel, The Great Gatsby, using many common symbols to portray the deeper roots of man’s heart and show the defects of society. These symbols reoccur multiple times throughout his novel, adding or intensifying the meaning it holds each time.…