Eternity

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Was a very private person. She was well known as being a recluse. Although she was consider a hermit she is considered one of the most well-known poets in American History. Not a lot is known about Emily life but she left a lot to be determined about herself in her poetry. In her poetry she talks about politics, religion Gender, and sex. In her ideas of “identity” the American Identity is established in her poetry. Dickinson writing style lies internally in her…

make sense that not many people enjoy eternity spent boiling in blood. “The fear of god may compel us to help strangers as circumstances permit and help neighbors as circumstances demand. Or, it may help us think twice before we throw a punch, hurl a nasty insult, or take more than is rightfully ours” (Schroeder). This punishment is one of many that is kind of ironic in the sense that a murderer bathes in the blood of their victims and so they must spend eternity bathing in blood for that severe…

only the Divine is experienced in all the creation. The division between the self and the other is gone as everything is perceived as the part of the self. The Divine presence in all the creatures removes the distinction. Everything bears a stamp of eternity and Aurobindo in his sonnet Nirvana puts it as: All is abolished but the mute Alone. The mind from thought released, the heart from grief Grow inexistent now beyond belief; There is no I, no Nature, known-unknown. (Aurobindo 1972 5:…

Mankind competes towards each other for power and spouses, because of all our unique genes and ideas. In terms of competing with one another we work together to have success and survive in our world. Secular Humanism’s morality first start with the inner values of their inner being. They feel that they feel they must value themselves before anything or anyone else: then they can value everyone around them or in their lives: friends, family, and/or spouses. The Closest ones to them first…

In a time period heavily guided by the contrast of thought and reason to emotion and feeling, Phillis Wheatley, author of Thoughts on the Works of Providence that was published in the late eighteenth century, employs a genre of sentimentality that would be model for writers to come. From the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, the Enlightenment Period guided life, specifically written works, with reason and sensibility in Europe. However, the mid-eighteenth century was a…

contradiction in terms. In Socrates’ case, he utilizes the reductio to convince us that denying death is a blessing leads to absurd implications. If his constructive dilemma is correct, then to believe that death is not a blessing is to believe that an eternity of dialect ,free from the political trappings of Ancient Greece, is a negative outcome. Alternatively, it would mean that we should fear the type of death that would free us from the adamantine chains of our daily grind. Since both of…

sentiment, for example: "We have only a little time to please the living, / But all eternity to love the dead. / There I shall lie forever. Live, if you will; / Live, and defy the holiest laws of heaven." Here, she is addressing her sister Ismene, who refuses to aide Antigone in burying their brother Polynieces. For Antigone, life is but a fleeting moment compared to the eternity of the afterlife, hence "… all eternity to love the dead", she values the afterlife and how her actions will affect…

In 1741 puritan Minister Jonathan Edwards delivered a sermon during the great awakening titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in an attempt to convert non- believers into being born again. In his sermon, Edwards’ tone dips and dives from the very threatening to the very enraged, in his attempts to persuade his congregation. He also utilizes rhetorical appeals to contribute to the persuasiveness of his sermon. Throughout the sermon Edwards persuades the unconverted members of his…

way, those things "make us sleepe as well." This is the imagery of death, its not permanently because John says, it is," a short sleep and when everyone wake, everyone will live eternity" after death, but for those who don 't know the other side, do not know that death will die,therefore death wil not exist in eternity. "Because I Could not Stop for Death." by Emily dickinson, her poem pesonify death as a "HE." The second stanza " He kindly stopped for me." The third stanza give us an…

Growing up next to a cemetery, Emily Dickinson was no stranger to death. Continually exposed to death, many would believe she would fear death and not write about it. One famous poem of Emily's “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” proves this untrue, as she personified Death as a gentleman. For one surrounded by death, this personification may seem surprising. However, using this along with creative literary devices, Emily created a noteworthy poem. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” has an…