Lisbon

The second poem I choose was Anywhere out of the World the goal or aim of this poem that the author wanted to portrait was that he was describing a person that was moving away from his unfriendly world. Nature and the human condition causes him fears and the negativity on his art. I believe that the reality is hard and this poem presents the dream and gives a feeling to the reader that the thoughts escape. It makes me think this way because Baudelaire search a place where he could travel. He…

were injured in the blaze Saturday, including eight firefighters and a child. Four of the firefighters were in grave condition Sunday, according to Paulo Santos, an operations and emergencies official with the National Relief Operations Command in Lisbon. The government has declared three days of mourning to pay tribute to victims who lost their lives. The head of Portugal's judiciary police said to the reporters the fire was sparked by natural causes. "We have been able to determine that the…

Society’s negative stigma motivates “individuals to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against people” who they believe derive from any of society’s commonalities (Parcesepe and Leopoldo). In The Virgin Suicides, the Lisbon sisters are rejected from their community after their youngest sister, Cecilia, committed suicide, which ultimately caused them to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Instead of allocating for them, the community “subverts any psychoanalytic…

While reading The Virgin Suicides, I was struck by the fetishization of these teenage girls as well as how poorly the community and the Lisbon family itself handled these events. Eugenides' work was a well put together narrative, but frequently lingered for long passages of text on the physical bodies of these children, with the weak justification of being from the point of view of a collection of teenage boys, as if that makes it more acceptable. Moreover, the girls collectively fail to become…

introduced in Candide. Voltaire specifically describes syphilis. It is sexually transmitted but that doesn’t make it any less of a physical evil. Candide, Pangloss, and Jacques were aboard a ship during a dreadful storm and it sank as they were approaching Lisbon. Then there was the earthquake that struck which caused fire and tidal waves that destroyed one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and caused a large amount of deaths and…

A New World Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America, once said: “By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, once may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” This quote may seem ironic because Columbus never truly reached his intended destination, the Indies. Instead, what Columbus believed to be the Indies was actually America. On October 12, 1492, the day Columbus reached the New World, everything changed for Columbus, and he never even knew it. Columbus was born…

this amazing country. Portugal, also known as the Portuguese Republic, is the westernmost country of Europe. With a long coastline, a warm climate and beautiful, sandy beaches the country attracts millions of tourists every year. The capital city, Lisbon, is one of the oldest in Western Europe and is built on seven hills, just like Rome. In 1775 the city was hit by a very large earthquake which caused fires and even a tsunami. Most of the city was completely destroyed and it took years to…

beaten for wandering from camp, Candide flees to Holland and runs into an ugly beggar, who he is told to be Pangloss. He tells Candide that Cunégonde and her family have been murdered by the Bulgar army. A kind Anabaptist named Jacques to travel to Lisbon, but a storm destroys the ship, and Jacques drowns. In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz’s theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction toward the evils of the…

Francois-Marie Arouet, who assumed the same Voltaire in authored Candide in 1759. Candide follows the story of a young boy as he is kicked out of the castle he resided in after kissing the baron’s daughter. Candide is forced to travel and experience the world, facing harsh conditions in order to reunite with his love, who he finds he no longer wants. The story begins as the introduce Candide, who resides in a castle located in in Westphalia. Also residing in the castle of Baron…

found enough gold and prosperity to save him from embarrassment back in Spain. The return trip home was a nightmare. The westerlies correctly directed them homeward but a terrible storm forced them off course battering their ship forcing it to land in Lisbon, which caused some to believe he was collaborating with Spain’s enemies. When Columbus finally got back to Spain is sparked more and more expeditions and it wasn’t until Amerigo Vespucci that it was finally realized as a new…