Decadence

respectable people”. As time went on, I expected people to better understand what I truly was trying to say in this novel, as the human race is supposed to “evolve” as time goes on, but lets just say this has not been the case and my claims of the decadence of man from the higher beings of the animal kingdom still seem to hold true. The critique that my art receives is simply unjustified and cruel especially considering the fact that most of the ones who judge it are blind. In case they are…

The Black Cat This short story by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of a man that, having been condemned to be hanged due to the murder of his wife, tries to explain on the night before his execution his side of the story about the circumstances that led him to his terrible destiny. “For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I…

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a novel with adverse themes, transitioning between those of decadence, idealism, social upheaval, illusion and identity; all of which exemplify the falsehood of the American Dream. Such themes contrast and are also similar to poems written by John Keats, such as ‘Ode on Melancholy’ and ‘Ode to a Nightingale’. Both writers consolidate these themes in various manners, which are open for creative exploration. Though Fitzgerald depicts…

Employing the simile of clearing away of a city’s dirty water as it meets a majestic river like the Ganges, this verse maintains that a sinner attains purity, in the same manner, through unwavering and steadfast adherence to the True Religion. The term khāḍā-khābochiyā(n), as a compound word or two separate words, khāḍā and khābochiyā(n), refer to ditches and puddles of water or pit pools. In the context of this verse, khāḍā-khābochiyā(n) refers to wastewater and sewage. Thus, the first two…

With a ruin standing strong in the night, a lone traveler passes by, using the light behind the never-ending barrage of clouds as his only compass. The twisted trees find home in the grassy plain bordering the trodden path to the right as the darkness closes in and a peaceful desolation takes into place. A dark and foreboding oil painting on canvas, Arnold Böcklin’s Mondscheinlandschaft mit Ruine, or Ruins in Moonlit Landscape, capture and illuminate the idea of the picturesque beauty of…

ideas and the actual framing of the Bill of Rights. The historical libertarian ideas encompass the ideas of the armed civilian on the character of the nation, the fear of tyrannical governments and a comparison of American republican virtue with decadence and disarmament under European monarchies. Discussion of the framing of the Bill of Rights includes how large numbers of state amendments were melded into a few final amendments and how concerns for the potential to disarm individuals shaped…

Despite the fact that Young Goodman Brown can choose Faith over malignance, he instead chooses to corrupt himself and everyone around him to justify decadence as an unabridged part of human nature, a part he too cannot avoid. The departure of Goodman Brown from his wife, Faith, marks his symbolic loss of devout ideology and acceptance of religious segregation. The beginning of the narrative entails the…

for God to be taken out of the schools, out of the curriculum, out of all government concerns, out of the life of the community and yet not acknowledge the inevitable consequences. This is wilful blindness. Millions are hoodwinked into supporting decadence and debauchery and abominable behaviour, and in particular homosexuality and abortion, all in the name of freedom of choice and still regard themselves as paragons of virtue. This is wilful…

Power and self-interest have led many throughout history to the wrong decision for the greater good of society. In “The Anti-Christ”, Nietzsche describes how he believes that power and the will to gain power brings happiness to man. He believes that in order for one to achieve happiness you must increase one’s power to the point where resistance is overcome and the weak will be non-existent. When discussing the weak, Nietzsche believes that those who show pity towards those who are inferior are…

Religion in Education Until around 1962, prayer was allowed to be practiced in schools across the nation. Most segments of society had no problem with school prayer before then. Prayer recitations and Bible readings were a common occurrence in schools. However, Catholic adherents were opposed to the state sponsored observation of Protestant practices in public schools and sometimes took legal action against the public school system as was the case in Weiss v. District Board (1890). This had been…