Forsaken

Where the poet lived or feels connected to refers to the literary term of setting and how the setting of a piece of literature informs the reader of the poets experience. It is not just knowing the place, but as well as the timing, any emotions, and the activities taken place. In Maya Angelou’s “Africa,” she implements history through the settings. In Langston Hughes “Harlem,” he subconsciously creates hope for his readers by questioning their motives. It also sends the reader the emotional…

“Time moves slowly, but passes quickly,” said Alice Walker, and in our lives we constantly live in the present. We sometimes may dabble on about the future and reflect back on the past, but in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, many of its elder, traditionalist characters seem to be stuck in time whilst its young lovers are constantly out of time. From Capulet’s excitement to Romeo’s first sights, impulsiveness paired with recklessness riddle Verona’s streets and throw the entire…

Throughout William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare conveys that when one is lustfully infatuated, irrational decisions are made by rushing their romantic relationship based on physical appearance. Romeo and Juliet make quick, unreasonable decisions soon after they meet with little to no communication, suggesting that their relationship is based on lust. To begin, when Romeo realizes that the girl he is in love with, Rosaline, does not love him back and plans to remain chaste, he goes…

“I Stand Here Ironing” provides a glimpse of a woman’s experience of economic deprivation. At the young age of 19 the mother is forsaken by Emily’s father who tells her that he “could no longer endure” (191). His abandonment demonstrates the “freedom” a man can afford versus a mother, who is the “giver” of life. A mother must endure, suffer, and make due until the child is capable…

Art is a beautiful thing. It is one of the only man made creations that can last longer than time itself. Many famous artists use their artwork to show the light in even the darkest of times. W. H. Auden has written several pieces of artwork. One of his most famous pieces is “Musee des Beaux Arts”. This story is named after the museum of Fine Arts, which is located in Brussels, Belgium. W. H. Auden gives his readers three main messages in his poem “Musee des Beaux Arts”, which are…

The Battle with Grendel The god-forsaken creature, Grendel, arose from the murky depths of the fog-filled swamp. Driven by the urge to kill anyone he came across, he ran swiftly into the night and began his journey to Herot. Deftly he ran through the darkness toward the gilt hall. Having visited Hrothgar’s residence previously, he knew the path. Though, never before, nor ever again, had Herot been so furiously defended, had Grendel’s arrival met with such resistance. Eternally devoid of all joy,…

Shakespeare manipulates the device of contrast very well on Macbeth to reveal his hubris, a flaw in his character, in which results in his catastrophe as the tragic hero. In the beginning of the play, a soldier introduces Macbeth as a noble warrior who has slain the head of the traitor, won the war for his country of Scotland, and remains loyal to his King. At first the war is not going well for Scotland, until “brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-/ Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d…

the people. With a dramatic turn, it shows the how the Lord is going to destroy Judah, because they have not upheld his covenant. God’s people had turned away from his laws and had forsaken him. They idolized and worshiped other gods, when Judah owed their allegiance only to the one true God. ----- says, “They have forsaken their loyalty to Yahweh and replaced it with hatred and apostasy. “They are not children of God but “a brood of evildoers” (Burge, 632). In this book we really see the…

HERE WE STILL STAND THE FIVE SOLAS OF PROTESTANTISM The term Protestant has been maligned, misunderstood and too often misrepresented. It has wrongly been used by some in a political and social sense to label all non-Roman Catholics. Some evangelicals are reluctant to use the term and instead declare they are simply Christians. Others while claiming to be Protestants have embraced the very errors the Protestant Reformers opposed. The Free Presbyterian Church is unashamedly a Protestant Church.…

bombardment. I have now almost lost all my hearing in my left ear, although consider this lucky, many of my brothers out here have lost their lives. I miss having dry socks, a bed to sleep in, and the comfort of a mother right now the most. This god forsaken war just continues to ramble on without delay. The other day I saw a rat, it made me think of my cat Alvin, how is he? is he finally not having accidents everywhere? I guess this is how desperate I am of getting back home. I never would…