Misery

creature's flaws mirror those of Frankenstein and how they both give in to revenge, hatred and evil, and eventually death. The doppelganger connection is produced very quickly when Frankenstein’s creature comes alive and the first emotion the two share is misery. With the death of his little brother, Frankenstein describes that, "Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish” (85). And then later, the creature also exclaims a…

In Le Morte Darthur, Mordred’s motives are not apparent, but they may be that he wanted to make those who had it better than him experience misery. In this case, those people are Arthur and Lancelot. Also Mordred knew that if Arthur learned of Lancelot and Guinevere’s affair, it would put a rift in the whole court. While Agravaine is telling the other knights that he is going to inform Arthur…

Throughout life there are many miseries, including suffering, boredom, despair, absurdity, death, will, and need. In the texts of Gilgamesh, Candide, and The World as Will and Idea there are many examples of these themes. There are also ways to find happiness in life, but it is harder to find the method to happiness. When comparing and contrasting these texts, one will find, examples of death, will, boredom, cause and effect, suffering, need, and the source of misery and happiness in life.…

Everyday atrocities occur, and everyday people apathetically watch them happen possessing nothing but blank, empty stares. People are murdered, wars are fought, countries are stricken with poverty, diseases run rampant ending countless lives, and the list goes on and on and, as a people, we are too numb for the magnitude of these misfortunes to even register in our minds. When the average man is sitting on his couch and accidentally flips the channel to the news and sees that thousands died in a…

Frankenstein, reveals how the monster denial of pity causes him to view himself as a monster, and how he comes to understand that the only way rid himself of the miseries caused by Victor and achieve happiness is death. Most of the novel has been through the eyes of Victor, but in the final passage we get a glimpse into the injustices, miseries, and disappointments the monster has been forced to face. Only in the final passage does he reveal himself as a suffering monster. In the final passage…

had made them become a misery person that they are now. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, when the Grinch was a child, he was dropped off at a Who 's doorstep. He went to Who school and did everything a Who would do. Later on, he started to like a girl named Martha May Whovier and she liked him back. He made her a present for Christmas. Everyone laughed at him because a weirdo like him liked her. Therefore, he hates Christmas, and he blames the Whos. Now, he lives in misery because he is…

should have been a wonderful time—homecoming, pep rallies—with bitter suppression. From the life trajectory of legends like Vincent van Gogh, I deduced that the price to pay for artistic brilliance was an existence of misery. And I expected that true artistry required one to make that misery publicly evident, especially in one’s work.…

increase in manufacturing productions which led to an increase in labor and products. It also demanded more workers to join the world of manufacturing and consequently, constant danger. In Thrift, Samuel Smiles connects the need for wealth with the misery experienced by the laborers working in factories, workshops, mines, and brickfields. Part Two: Analysis: While some middle-class men and women may have appreciated Smile’s point of view, it most likely…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, share personal aspects that develop the plot in their tragedies. Firstly, Macbeth and Gatsby are both driven by their desires, they are blinded by their ambitions. Secondly, the two titular characters end in misery even after beginning with happiness and joy. Lastly, both Macbeth and Gatsby are above everyone else. Macbeth is a Scottish general and the Thane of Glamis and Gatsby is a really wealthy man who holds parties that almost everyone in West Egg…

In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Philo argues that the best and only method of giving someone a sense of religion, or an idea of it, one must use representations of man’s misery, and what he call wickedness. That exaggeration of past events, particularly those that involve some degree of pain and sorrow, are easy for man to relate to. Nevertheless, Cleanthes proceeds to argue that this is not the case, as he has not felt an abundant deal of anxious feelings. He then proceeds to describe…