Misery

consequences of losing dear friends and family because of his blinded ambitions, for disrupting the balance of life and death and trying to play God. He regretted his actions and realized the flaws of his eager want for success, “I was overcome by gloom and misery, and often reflected I had better seek death than desire to remain in a world which to me was replete with wretchedness. At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less…

overwhelming tensions and stress of home was time spent fantasizing, soaring paper airplanes, and creating fun memories with her beloved baby brother, Tom (Playbill, 2017). Unfortunately, there came a day when she was no longer able to evade the confining misery of her home. At the tender age of twenty-five, Rose was diagnosed with schizophrenia, a disease which landed her in one mental institution after another. This reality devastated her baby brother who longed to save his best friend,…

According to Branko Milanovic, the progress from poverty to affluence has been a very long and bitter struggle, and is something that has long divided the classes, as well as countries (Milanovic, 2011). In his paper he states that the division of the classes from poor to rich has long existed, and dates back to "Adam Smith," and "Francois Quesnay (Milanovic, 2011)." He also goes on to state that in his research of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, they both came to the conclusion that "people in…

heavily felt like drowning in own sweat, so much heat that drained them out of energy. The only thing on their mind was surviving the Africans felt fear, death, and misery. They were determined to finish what the Spaniards started. Striking from behind destroying the obstacles and evil influences that caused them to experience such pain and misery. They were getting justice done acting upon their sorrows. As the Spaniards became frightened they would not success in their mission, and be…

Gladiator we see that although Marcus was the Emperor, and the main character Maximus was the true tragic hero. Aristotle stated that a common trait of a true tragic hero cannot be too good or too bad,but he must end in misery. Which we see in the film that Maximus ended up in misery for being to kind to the gladiators, and later leads to his…

Are You Smarter Than a Cow? “In Analysis: Colin Wilson Quote” “The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” That was a quote by Colin Wilson. Wilson wrote on philosophy, sociology, music, literature, and the occult. Colin Wilson left school once he turned sixteen and never went to college. He had many jobs including a laboratory assistant, dishwasher, and factory worker. Wilson was even part of the Royal Airforce. The first…

FRANKENSTEIN: The True Monster Mary Shelly’s novel titled Frankenstein is the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor Frankenstein is a man obsessed with knowledge of the unknown. He played a dangerous game with the laws of nature, and creates his own form of man. Guilty of robbing dead bodies of their parts to build his creation piece by piece he has the nerve to feel disgust at what he created. “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;…

10 ). In addition, the scientist Hubrecht also imposes that in at least 3 million animal experiments, the animals are usually in the state of misery because of a damaging condition that the researchers have inflicted on them for the sake of science (4). Some conditions provided by Hubrecht are animals being uncomfortable, scared, starving, sick, and in misery” (19). The suffering of the animals has been a concerning conflict to the public for many…

Happiness is a word that is seen in a multitude of different ways by a multitude of different people. Everyone has their own idea of what happiness means to them, but it is a word that has no set definition. The author of “Happiness and Its Discontents”, Daniel Haybron views happiness as an entire emotional spectrum that is affected by several factors such as life satisfaction and being exposed to both pain and pleasure. Whereas Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener the authors of “Can Money Buy…

Being faithful and trustworthy towards God, Moses was given providential care which created The Law which maintained a way of life. Moses, The Law, and God's power showed the Israelites that Moses was truly the lawgiver of Israel throughout the miseries of the Egyptians. In the beginning of…