Half-Life 2

suffering from this disease and he wrote this poem because of the deaths of his friends. Gunn tries to show people how detrimental this disease is as he struggles through life. In “Night Sweat”, written by Robert Lowell, by employing the use of hyperbole and similes, he tries to compare two important and distinct aspects of his personal life, his poetry writing and his disability, whereas in “The Man with Night Sweats” Thom Gunn utilizes visual imagery and the use of hyperbole to create a world…

his writings in the newspapers and the periodicals of his age. His imagination dwelled heavily in the sketches of Russian life, the instrument of which were a wide range of characters that reflect a high degree of realism in their action. He had a deep sense for the ridiculous and his…

of substances; mental and physical (material and immaterial). The existence of the substances are fundamentally distinct and exist independently of each other. If the soul can survive the death of the body, then there is the possibility of an after-life. Plato and Descartes are notorious for substance dualism which is also known as mind-body dualism, the believe that the soul is able to live on without the presence of the physical substance, the body. In this essay I will describe and assess the…

Empathy is a crucial component in the exposition of Stalin’s regime, satire fails to induce this feeling, but realism does. Through Ivan Denisovich, the audience learns to feel empathy and sympathy towards those in the gulag camps. This by far is the most impactful way to showcase the failures and actions of a regime such as Stalin’s. We as the audience see that guards, motivated by fear, beat and assault prisoners, something that is absent in the satirical text of Animal farm. We can also see…

reveals the essence of life as “thought is life” and the lack of it, death. As the stanzas proceed from observation，contemplation, and conclusion to revelation and liberation, I get an understanding of Blake’s philosophical system. In my essay, I will argue that Blake uses a simile between the fate of a fly and the fate of a human to show that humans and animals are fundamentally akin to each other. Although thoughts, or consciousness, has distinguished the human from other life forms. That does…

The Lonely Lady Greek mythology has many strange explanations of natural phenomena that also teach moral lessons. The myth of Penelope shows us that bravery can go unnoticed because it is considered average. Penelope waits for Odysseus and she is being brave by taking care of everything while he is gone, but she says that only his bravery will be noticed because he is a hero that went on a great journey. Artist John Williams Waterhouse and poet Dorothy Parker portrayed this closer to today's…

“Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” - Friar Laurence, Act 2 Scene 3. Everybody is faced with difficult decisions in their life, and everybody will respond differently to these challenges. Different emotions and characteristics can lead to different choices, but sometimes they are better to tune out, because they can lead to poor decision making. For example, Romeo is quick to forget about Rosaline…

An In-Depth Look at My Last Duchess In the poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, the main character, the Count speaks about his deceased wife and a painting of her to a mysterious listener at his private party. The Duchess’s story revolves around the internal conflicts between her and the Count. The main threads include the jealousy and self-importance of the Count, as well as the compassion of the Duchess. He subtly insinuates to the party-goer that his wife’s early death was caused by…

Hour”, a short story which takes place in the late 19th century America and follows a repressed Mrs. Mallard who, upon being falsely informed of her husband’s death, sets out to gain a sense of self-assertion. Her short period of rejoice – and her life – are, however, put to an end when her husband returns. The second is “Eveline”, one of the fifteen stories written in the 20th century by James Joyce under the heading Dubliners. “Eveline” is about a young woman named Eveline who cannot decide…

How you ever been excluded? Has there ever been a group of people that shut you out just because you don’t feel the same way? Have you ever felt so left out, that you’d do anything to fit in? Did you cave in the midst of the pressure? You probably did. You threw your thoughts and feelings out the window to feel equal. This is called Peer Pressure or Group Influence. It affects one's thoughts, feelings, decisions, and their beliefs, consequently when they are alone or isolated. Isolation is when…