Lament

That is clear fact. However, in what forms will people lament? Shosana talked about the death of the whites, or preservation of which white people possess. To me this is an interesting comment because coming from a white person’s standpoint it sounds like Shosana is blaming white people and I know some of my…

There are two authors that really connect with readers, Steve Pacheco and Trevino Brings. While not every reader will have gone through lives like their own, both men draw the readers into their stories and make them relatable and inspiring. Steve Pacheco is a Native American Poet. The way he finds a way to incorporate political aspects into his poems without sounding as though he his standing on a soap box. Another aspect that he integrates in his works is nature. In his poem “Sugar Bowl”…

particular scene, the death of a prominent character, is Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. This is considered by many to be the saddest song of all time. In 2004, the BBC’s Today program voted it the “saddest classical” work ever, ahead of “Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas” (1) , a song listened to many times in this class’s lectures. Through more research it is was found that this song was also played during the T.V. announcement of both JFK and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s deaths as well as…

journey for us to compare the sins that the sinners have committed and the justice that god has given them. In Canto V, we meet the sinners whose sin is luster. These are people who have uncontrolled sexual desire. “I saw approaching, crying their laments, spirits carried along by the battling winds” (Alighieri 407). These people were dammed in a swirl of winds as their punishment for committing the sin of luster. They sin these people have committed, somewhat resembles the punishment they are…

Will There be Stars? Sara Teasdale’s “There Will be Stars” is a poem created in the Classical style, and written in the modern era. By comparison, Modernist John Woods Duke’s song “There Will be Stars” is a powerful vocal composition which highlights the writing and style of Sara Teasdale. The poem and actual music are combined to emphasize Teasdale’s message of the impermanence of humanity and constancy of nature.“There Will be Stars” presents itself as a perfect representation of the modernist…

was a monumental time of change in all aspects of life, from scientific revolutions from minds such as Charles Darwin to the tremendous strides in technology that began the industrial revolution. Matthew Arnold, a famous poet of the Victorian era, laments these changes of society and their effects on the religious community in his renowned poem, Dover Beach, through his use of eloquent imagery to create a magnificent scene of the sublime ocean and powerful metaphors displaying the receding…

Geoffrey Chaucer’s short poem, Fortune: Balades de Visage sanz Peinture, was written in the 14th century. The poem takes place in a court room setting, with a plaintiff and a goddess-like character named Fortune, as a defendant. The plaintiff blames Fortune of his failures, however, Fortune does not take the responsibility. In this paper, I will analyze Fortune’s defense against the plaintiff’s accusation, she questions his entitlement while he still follows a Christian God. She intimidates him…

Lysistrata, a play written by Aristophanes in 410 BC is a comedic battle of the sexes as the women of Athens decide to take it upon themselves to end the Peloponnesian War. Lead by the titular character Lysistrata, women from both sides of the war agree to abstain from having sexual relations with their husbands to have the men cease fighting. In the end men from both sides, in obvious and extreme sexual frustration, agree to end the war and return home with their wives. Although Lysistrata is a…

allowing questions puts another veil up. God doesn’t have to give people answers, but his people should have the right to question God in the midst of evil. It is biblical to question God! There are examples of this in the book of Job, and in the lament prayers by David found in Psalm. It creates intimacy when a person is able to question God in the midst of troubles. For example, a mother and father long to have a connection with their children. God longs to have the same connection! It would…

Title Rae Spoon’s song “God Was on Your Shoulders” is a cohesive narrative illustrating the major parental relationships in the narrator’s life. Specifically, the effect religion had on shaping said relationships. Throughout the narrator’s life, the persons that are supposed to love and support them abuse and neglect them under the banner of religious righteousness. Though seeming rather personal “God Was on Your Shoulders” directly reflects on religion as a personal justification for abusive…