Misery

and growth. Yet, on a daily-basis, how often do you impulsively act in ways you know contradict your own happiness? Knowing what to do is easy. Doing what you know, however, is rare. And that, right there, is the dividing line between happiness and misery, failure and success. As Woody Allen explained, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” It’s really that simple. If you simply show up and do what you intuitively believe you should, success and happiness naturally ensue. If you keep showing…

Workshop Frankenstein: Science Fiction Vs Sentimentalism For this workshop, we looked onto different phrases that struck our curiosity. I felt as if most of them had the same hidden message: egotism engenders only misery. Our first narrator, explorer Robert Walton, reveals in one of his letters that “he shall not kill no albatross” (19) making an allusion to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel T. Coleridge. In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the old Mariner kills an innocent albatross…

Darkness seems to follow Macbeth as he is the main protagonist of the story and that can really be adapted to show that he may be the light in the darkness though there could be a element that he is the bringer of darkness and causes unjust harm and misery to those around him. The idea that Macbeth causes unjust harm and darkness on others can be shown when Macbeth hires a group of mercenaries aptly named The Murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance. The only reason that Macbeth would kill his once…

on their character. A hero that is totally good cannot go from happiness to misery in the play, as the audience would feel angry and feel that…

“Dover Beach”: In his “Dover Beach,” Matthew Arnold employs images related to the ocean to establish a theme relating to the cyclical nature of human life. Specifically, he refers to the continuation of misery throughout an individual’s life. This allusion to cycles is supported throughout the poem through the use of tidal imagery. For example, he refers to the French coast and how “the light gleams and is gone” (3-4) This is significant as light often works as a symbol of hope. Therefore, this…

Animal Testing “Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study” (Oxford University Press). Generally speaking, researchers take poor, defenseless animals and test them. They inflict them with toxins, burning devices, and other substances. This torture is all done in the name of beauty. “The 'modern' era of animal…

Imagine yourself on a typical day at work: you’re running errands, making copies of that final document you have to submit in an hour, in and out of meetings with your boss, and desperately needing a burst of energy to help you finish out the work day. Coffee it is!, you decide, and take a brisk walk down to the corner coffee shop for a quick espresso pick-me-up. The barista takes your order, spells your name wrong, again, and hands you the double-chai-espresso vanilla latte you ordered. As you…

throughout the events of war, yet most comrades share terrifying events. War and combat trigger alarming events that lead to the decrease of an army, having to witness death, and the need to kill innocent animals in order to put them out of their misery. These young men had to adapt to the idea of death and the fact that their army slowly decreased. A lot of the German military ended up startled in the beginning of combat and they “suffered severely and came back only eighty [men] strong”…

emphasize his tone of misery. The quote illustrates a miserable area where someone is typically found alone, removed from society. Bradbury is demonstrating a miserable tone as he is sorrowful how society is “antisocial.” The citizens of Montag’s society are closed off from the literary world. Rather than read books, the citizens are obsessed with the parlor walls and seashells. Through the use of words, such as darkness and no sound, Bradbury demonstrated the tone of misery. Ray Bradbury’s…

powerful theme in the book. The most prominent example of this is Valjean's battle to transform from an immoral, miserable convict to a truly good man. The candlesticks are a very powerful symbol of love, that drives Valjean through his transformation. Misery is represented at the very beginning of the book, with the imagery of the protagonist and his interactions and dialogue with other characters. He has just gotten out of prison and is looking for somewhere to sleep and something to eat.…