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The subject of war and the loss had deeply influenced poetry on the first half of the 20th century. Poets from all around the world had felt the direct influence of these earth-shattering wars and expressed their passionate responses towards the horrors of war. It was during the times of war in which the poems “Refugee blues” and “Disabled” were written by W.H. Auden and Wilfred Owen respectively. Considered to be some of the most remarkable pieces of literature, they were written in the times…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” a seemingly quiet peaceful village has a hidden dark side. Once a year, on the 27th of June, the entire town assembles to partake in the lottery, however, instead of winning a tremendous prize the ‘winner’ gets stoned to death. An old black box is the vessel that holds the townspeople fate, and after decades of use, it has become worn and shabby. Every year Mr. Summers tried to convince the townspeople to build a new box, yet every year “the subject [is] allowed…

This incident shows that death and an unhappy remainder of life are inevitable for Werther regardless of whether or not he kills himself because either he will die by his own hand, so to speak, or he will watch himself turn on the person he loves and then be executed as punishment. The very inescapability of the situation further proves that the situation must be out of the control of the characters, especially those of Werther and…

In Franz Kafka’s short story, The Metamorphosis, the reader peers into the life of the Samsa family, seeing the metamorphosis of not only the hard-working son, but also of his three other family members. Over the course of the 100 years of production of The Metamorphosis, there has been many discussions on what Kafka was trying to convey in his morbid and saddening short story. Many discussions include the idea of humanity, and if Gregor still kept his humanity after transforming into a ‘vermin’…

away. The main character of the story is Evie, a catholic minister. She has been working in a prison for five years, even though she is not very comfortable with the environment of the prison. For the first time in her life, Evie has to announce a death notice to a prisoner called Victor. Victor’s grandmother died, so Evie comes to deliver the message. Evie is very confused when she tells Victor the sad news. She expected that he would cry, but he does not even shed a tear. Evie was afraid that…

don't know. I received a telegram from the old people's home: 'Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Very sincerely yours.' That doesn't mean anything. It might have been yesterday '' This is not a normal reaction of a son to the news of his mother’s death. In the very first lines we find Mesusault’s strangeness to the normal feelings and emotions. Camus has portrayed a distance between Meursault and the readers. By this statement he has no intention to scandalize others. Camus here has portrayed…

Emily Dickinson personified death in the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” by representing death as a person. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me;” In this poem the speaker is communicating as someone who as seen both sides of life,the real life and after life. Because she could not stop for Death—“), death stops for her, hence it does what she could not do for death.. This deep thought that Death shows when it takes time for her enables her to think and gets…

This theme begins to show very early in the story, when George's flock decides to find the person responsible for their shepherd's death; to kick off the investigation, Maple and Mopple work together in order to collect questions for later - "Miss Maple started to collect questions. She told all the sheep to say what they didn't understand and what they'd like to know. She stood in…

as well as the inevitability and sadness of death, through their own experiences and nature. However their poetic styles are vastly different from one another, even though they share certain similarities such as when writing elegy poems, or poetry about the death of their fathers, which can be witnessed in “The mushroom field” and “The Butts”. Many of Heaney’s poems are about his life which is wrapped up in the past and engages with the subject of death and loss in a rather personal and…

Reflection Paper: Suttee or Sati: Victim or Victor In this article, the author firstly introduced Sati, "which is the death of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre"(p.175). The historical background is also given by the author. Sati seems to have a long history. "There have been several attempts to abolish the practice"(p.176), while it seems not successfully abolished. "Some instances still occur, even in the 1980s, and the esteem and devotion paid to the memories of women who have died in…