Once More with Feeling

completely virtuous. He defined harmony as “every part performing its own function” desire taking care of basic needs, but nothing more, emotion being rationally controlled resulting in a courageous person who controls desire. He believed…

cabin – below deck – would truly have been a safe haven for their romance to flourish. The unbolted door, however, confronts Lionel with the risk of potential exposure of his illicit activities. Moreover, the anxiety and anger which he experiences once again demonstrate Lionel's internalisation of the prevailing prejudices and norms. It is also significant that he then flees to the upper deck, where he doubts about his desire for Cocoanut vows to "keep with…

formation, and the impact of core memories. In “Inside Out” five fundamental emotions dictate Riley’s everyday task as a human. I believe Joy is the main character, or controller of Riley's emotions because she conducts all of Riley’s moves and feelings. The other emotions: Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear, did not know how they could help Riley in anyway, leading Joy to be the one in charge of maintaining Riley’s happiness. Although the movie puts most of the emphasize on Joy, her subordinate…

In “A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Publick Employment” Anne Bradstreet indulges her readers into a zodiac maze of emotions. With using such celestial metaphors the reader grasps a much more intellectual understanding of what love was in the 17th and 18th centuries. In fact, such understanding of this endearment and love may be new to those who read Bradstreet’s poems in the 21st century, because such notation has become lost to a certain degree as the centuries have prospered. Although…

pain is defined as a long period of time where the pain persists and does not let down. Chronic pain is very different than acute pain as it is more than just a sensation that lets us know we may have a possible injury. This type of pain is usually due to a medical condition or damage to the body. Chronic pain can cause many different types of feeling and emotions such as hopelessness, anger, anxiety, etc. Some ways to treat chronic pain are through surgery, physical therapy, rehabilitation,…

is a twentieth century philosopher who talked about black people in the United States at the same time. Du Bois writes about how racial issues influence people’s identities at the time, and going forward. Second sight is how Du Bois refers to the feeling black people have when trying to see the world the live in through two different perspectives, the black side, or the white side. Someone struggling to decide whether to tell on someone at their local job, can be an example of second sight. If…

Tremendous freedom and joy is what overflows Mrs. Mallard’s emotions as she copes with the shocking news that her husband, Brently Mallard, has died. Despite the feeling Mrs. Mallard encounters, there is an ironic ending to this short story when Brently Mallard walks through the front door untouched and unaware of any railroad disaster. In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin uses diction through Mrs. Mallard’s emotional changes to show how the significance of dramatic irony portrays throughout…

for John, is his venture towards finding a job. As previously explained, securing a job is incredibly difficult for First Nation’s individual, and this can be factor and barrier towards John finding employment, and being successful (Joseph, 2013). - Once again, the social strength that John possesses most is the social support system around him, and his connectedness and strength towards his…

of the twentieth century, kinetic art pushed traditional boundaries with its composers seeking actively to engage a different part of the viewer's brain. Throughout the course of art history, one can see that as time progresses, artists become more and more fond of moving towards a form that utilizes new ways of interpreting art—drawing further away from traditional values and precepts and creating a refreshed modern feel to their works. The kinetic art movement does not fall far from the…

invited to a remote island, but can't seem to figure out why. This causes the characters to wonder and start to investigate more once people start dying one by one. In James´ short story, the man walking down the old abandoned path finds the remote, old house in the middle of the woods. A sudden wariness comes over him, and he is suddenly interested in the house and wants to know more about it. It creates irony between the characters and the setting. Suspicion is one of the methods and author…