Forsaken

depression existed, seeing my mom cry herself to sleep while taking sleeping pills is an immensely painful memory. At a very young age, I became my mother’s care taker so that made my pain and feelings unimportant. During this time was when I felt forsaken and so pressurized to grow up. I felt I was living a nightmare. Over the years I became an older sister and caretaker to three siblings. I started raising my first sibling at age nine. I invariably felt pressured to gratify my mother even if…

We are all imperfect, and these imperfections are what define us as humans, but some flaws can be lethal and escort one to their death. A Shakespearean drama is never complete without protagonists and major characters being fatally flawed in some way or another. The story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is not exempt from this trend. Both Romeo and Juliet were tragically killed by the flaws that made them fall madly in love. Romeo’s spontaneous decisions based purely on his hormonal…

You watch as a little girl sporting a golden star on her jacket sleeve is kicked and spit upon in the street, and listen to the hearty laughs of men and women from the window above you as the horror commences. To them and to her abusers, she is unworthy of mercy—at least, according to the scriptures they are taught to believe. Such actions were once commonplace, as the words of Rabbi Elijah ben Abuya, “There [was] no Law, and there [was] no Justice” in regards to religion in Nazi Germany (qtd.…

Fate in The Knight’s Tale In The Knight’s Tale, Chaucer gives all the characters a different fate that is all connected, but they have no control over it. The poem “…is a story of chivalry and of romance, a tale of two captive knights who fall in love with the same maiden, with disastrous results” (Rock 416). The gods all had a plan and they choose each character’s fate for example, Arcite’s death, Emily forced into marriage, and the brother’s friendship and honor broken, and the list goes on…

The concept of proceeding through life slowly, but wisely, and not quickly, but carelessly, is one of the most prominent themes in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, Lord Capulet’s “reward” for Juliet, and Balthasar’s and Romeo’s response to Juliet’s “death” are some of the most prominent scenes that back up the theme. Romeo and Juliet love each other so much and so quickly, that Friar Lawrence is reluctant to marry the two together, stating the theme, “Wisely and slow. They stumble…

This world is filled with deception, hatred, and so many abominations. There is a thin line dividing the good of this planet from all of the roots of evil. This has been reflected throughout many novels and literatures in all of human history. One of the most iconic being The Crucible, with its sharp and realistic tone, the novel shifted the reader’s heart into a realistic perspective to how actual peoples emotions are. Though all these characters contained unique emotions that resembled us in…

The Flaw and Determination of Man “When you are being judged by someone that has no idea who you are always remember this: Dogs always bark at strangers and usually there is always some wacko neighbor that wants to try out their new gun on an intruder,” stated Sharron L. Alder. Arthur miller and Sharron L. Alder wanted others to see the importance of seeking knowledge for one’s self and to find the real purpose behind events instead of following the crowd. Arthur miller wrote the crucible in…

Sin is what every man does, beauty is what they care about and knowledge is what they strive to attain. Death is never on their minds so good deeds fall behind. In this essay I will be discussing the morality play Everyman set during the Medieval period where ‘ Church leaders such as bishops and arch bishops sat in the King’s council and played leading roles in government’ (What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?2015). Britanica.com, the online reference dictionary defines the…

A mixture of mud, blood, and dust coated our bodies; to my left and right, cannonballs flew at us.Though we knew not how or when we were going to succeed, we just knew that we had to succeed. Every hardship I had gone through had led to this moment, every hardship I went through had made me become this person. I am Lafayette, and if socialising, sailing the terrifying sea, and living in Valley Forge couldn't shake me, then no British army would. From the time I was a young boy, my grandmother…

They met when they were both wandering throughout their town. Both the Ana and the man appeared to be very venturesome, the kind of individuals who like to saunter for and adventure or to create memories. They also both seemed to be lonely, forsaken. As if they were looking for something but just didn’t have the ability to find it. When they eventually found each other, they spent the whole day together, strolling around, simply enjoying each other’s presence. At first it didn’t seem to be…