Lament

The romanticism movement was a popular literary movement that celebrated the natural world and its beauty. In the poem The World is too Much Without Us, written by William Wordsworth, these concepts are displayed while at the same time the author mourns the fact that mankind has lost the wonder it once held for the beauty of the natural world. This poem is a perfect example of the romantic movement as it displays a number of characteristics popular in the genre. Before one can delve into how…

Plato's Allegory of the Cave Plato's moral story of the buckle is outstanding amongst other known, most sagacious endeavors to clarify the idea of reality. The buckle speaks to the condition of most people, and the story of an emotional exit from the give in is the wellspring of genuine comprehension. Everybody who has ever lived has solicited some adaptation from a similar inquiry, sooner or later in life: Why are we here? What is the purpose of this? What is 'reality,' and what am I expected…

Keats’ short and tragic life left him with less options to enjoy and celebrate the colours of nature and fruits of love. His odes are communicate a host of emotions which strived to find expression. Keats’ preoccupation with self, his fear of pain and death, his unfulfilled desires of love, his tendency to escape from the agonising present to nature or to a world of fancy are some predominant emotions which find their place in different forms in his poetry. Through all his odes, there runs a…

Each year, countless sea turtle eggs are illegally harvested in Central America and sold on the black market. Poachers dig up the nests, remove the eggs and sell them to middlemen, who in turn transport them to cities where they are sold as staples in bars and restaurants. Yet how they reach their destination remains something of a mystery to conservationists. Since little is known about the routes frequented by smugglers, thereby frustrating efforts to thwart the sale of poached sea turtle…

shows regret towards the bitter eternity he knows he must suffer. Creusa also knows her actions dictated her fate, but she is more controlled and welcoming to the change, as apparent in her light and fond images shared with her husband. Achilles laments and resents his afterlife, causing his description to vastly reflect a bitter and unforgiving tone. This description connects to Creusa because she describes the life of her husband without her, yet she does so with hope rather than despair. This…

In the American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain addresses the conflict between the dictates of one’s society and the contradictory dictates of one’s own conscience through the protagonist Huck Finn. As society challenges Huck and his own beliefs, he chooses to follow the dictates of his own conscience; his moral character develops and the major themes of racism and humanity shine through. In the beginning of the novel, Huck feels no moral guilt in relation to how…

Since Victor gave neither in light of the fact that he was so sickened by his appearance and immensity, the creature laments his kind activities and goes on a warpath, "Reviled, reviled maker! Why did I live? Why, right then and there, did I not douse the start of presence which you had so wantonly gave? I know not; give up had not yet claimed me; my sentiments were those…

community, and also the propagation of persecution at the hands of the Sunni majorities led strongly to formulate the Shia sects. The death of the Hasan and Husain invoked the Shia with the passion of motif, through poems and prose that resounded with laments upon the tragic fate of prophet’s beloved…

a Sumerian city on the Euphrates, found several lyres and harps. Combining written records with images of music-making allows a much fuller understanding of how Greek cultures used music. They showed repertories including wedding songs, funeral laments, military…

“I, Too, Sing America”, by Langston Hughes published 1945 is one of these literary works that address the plight of the Blacks in the United States between 1955 and 1965. Apparently, the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (1955-1965) shows the bravest act to protest against African-American discrimination. By this time, the Blacks experienced discrimination of highest order. For instance, they were not allowed to vote and own property like the Whites (Abel 595). A series of…