Life in Hell

comfortable enough with Death already that they can rid their worries of work and daily life and instead enjoy the ride. Death is also said to have “Civility”, personifying him further as a nice person. The friendly and familiar tone the speaker takes towards Death shows their acceptance of Death. Dickinson uses a worry-free tone to show that humans do not fear death and rather should accept it as a part of life. On the other hand, in the poem “I felt a Funeral in my Brain”, Dickinson uses a…

job he had done for Inais and bring yet another living soul into the world of the dead, though in this case it is the hellish Inferno of Dante’s Christianity dominated creation and not the Underworld of Greek and Roman lore. Further, each circle of hell Dante describes…

Children are waiting for this day, they lie in wait month by month and plot what costumes they will wear on this day; they figure out who amongst their friends and family will gather the most candy; this day is called Halloween. Halloween is the one day in the whole year where people and children alike dress up in costumes and go door to door in order to accumulate candy, however, one would not think that Halloween was not always a child-friendly holiday but had a shadowy and foggy past.…

makes numerous referrals to religious beliefs and contrasts between heaven and hell with reference to Desdemona’s alleged actions. He implies a belief through his words that Desdemona is his possession and her actions have inflicted the gods upon him. Furthermore, the examples he conjures of Desdemona are inhumanly, referring to…

the room and Grendel looks for his next victim. Grendel is characterized as a monster, that can perform a thousand forms of evil (Beowulf 48). He made his home in the marshes, where he kills men. The author also describes how Grendel makes his home a hell on earth, also characterizing him as a demon. Power is seen in Grendel because of all the panic he creates. Satan, from Paradise Lost, is similar to Grendel in the way of being able to change peoples’ mindsets and possess fear in them. Another…

European countries had also developed a system of feudalism. In this system the lower class people, known as serfs, were bound to a portion of land and forced to work for their aristocratic masters. Serfs were often mistreated and forced to live a life of poverty. In “The Revolt of Stenka Razin” written in Sources of The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, we see that not all serfs decided to accept their fate of enslavement to the nobility . A man named Stenka Razin lead a revolt against…

predecessor, the prideful, because it is full of bare rock. This bare rock is very different from the white marble Dante previously saw in the last terrace. The environment of the covetousness is supposed to embody envy because “envy can enjoy nothing, turns life into a hard, bare, rocky desert, and flings its own livid…

Beginning of Creation In the beginning of creation there was chaos, Chaos was the chasm that first existed. The Greek word "chaos" (χάος) means emptiness. From the void arose Erebus primordial god of darkness and Nyx primordial goddess of the night. Then Eros primordial god of love appeared. However in some myths Eros is also considered as a son of Aphrodite not Chaos. From love, together Nyx and Erebus gave birth to Aether primordial god of the upper atmosphere, Hemera primordial goddess of…

concludes, “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” When the three arrive in hell they realize that the company of each other is their boulder. However, at the end of the play they realize the absurdity of their task, and begin to laugh hysterically. They will eternally endure each other 's company. And now that they have ultimately accepted their past, they know they have ultimate responsibility, and they know why they are in hell. Their boulder has rolled down the mountain, and they must begin…

A primary source I am using is Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, and Jimmy Palmiotti. The part of the story I would like to focus on is Matt Murdock’s anger. In the comic, Daredevil seems to snap and become aggressive against allies. He is shown as depressed and enraged and using this part of the character is useful to show that he is a tragic hero. I am using this as a primary source because the comics are the original sources for Daredevil’s heroic traits and character development.…