Our Lady of Sorrows

Love is a word used a lot today for many different reasons, but what is real love. how do you know when you really love someone? Love is one of the most important factors of human survival because it allows us to work together. On the other hand love is a sinister and indefinable feeling that often exposes its victims to risk, pain and misery. Love is the pillar for companionship, and drives us to depend on others which ultimately weaken us. Love is built on a foundation of so-called trust. This…

Are you happy? In 1943 Abraham Maslow created Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs which helps explain what humans need to be happy. While some of the items on the triangle are met in the society depicted in Fahrenheit 451, love/belonging, esteem, and self actualization are missing. The government makes sure that the other two pieces, physical needs and safety, are met, but the higher levels are what make a person an individual (www.simplypsychology.org). Individuality is totally lost in the novel by Ray…

In the poem of "Annabel Lee" we see how the narrator also battles with his sorrow, he mourns the precipitated death of his beloved partner. We witness the young love, but beyond it his bizarre obsession with Annabel. " This was the reason that , long ago / in this kingdom by the sea / a wind blew out of a cloud chilling / my…

Al Sharpton once states, “As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.” Moreover, what is stated in this quote can help support the fact that although slavery is no longer present in the 21st century, Americans will always treat those of different color with no respect, Americans would celebrate freedom while…

When I walk into an airport the incessant trivial talk hits my ears as the passengers prepare for their journey. There – the sounds of excitement, anxiety, joy and distraction all mingle and become a blur; which becomes my focus. From what I have felt, sometimes a simple trip to the airport often reveals many different thoughts and feelings. A sea of people scattered in the arrivals and departures with an ambivalent cloud above them. It’s the symphony of a moment to stand still and watch as the…

suffrage by their men which include brutality, rape and racism and this has been seen in the life of Celie, Nettie, Squeak, Sofia and Antionette. At the end, they all strive and overcome the suffrage to become courageous. Nowadays, be that as it may, amid our countries initial years, a little number of dedicated women should get women’s privilege. In…

that she is very fat. Finding a seat for a very wide load is very difficult, which puts her on her rage about how she is in these classes with these other ladies and how she does not like the black people that Rome her town. “White Trash” was used often in this story that sparked my eye and got my attention. You can pretty much just tell she is a lady that just wants to be pretty and only cares for herself which in other words cocky. Judgement Day a very sad but also different type of…

sitting director, writes of Mrs. Latham having visited the office and was, “Greatly incensed” and that he would not let it affect him in the least, saying, “My connection with the whole matter will soon be severed and life is far too spent for me to sorrow over such things”. The letter goes on to offer advice to handling such altercations in the future , thus showing that Mrs. Latham was a force to be reckoned with, no matter what the persons’ position and stature. Between using her name, her…

should both of them divorce one other. In the opera, the duchess randomly had sex with home service or hotel worker and paid them to satisfy her sexual desires, acting just like a man in brothel. Obviously, no one at that time even today will accept a lady to prostitute. Even the room service man despised the duchess. Moral values and moral standard were talked in the critics of the duchess, but the question is who is entitled to make the ethical standards? Male? Female? Or Both? The well-being…

Soliloquies are Shakespeare’s primary tool for expressing inner thoughts and feelings. Many scholars argue that soliloquies are technically not necessary as they can be distracting and irrelevant to the core of the play (Alam). These critics reason that, for the most part, the personal monologues are merely accessories. Hamlet is commonly used to exemplify this. If Hamlet’s soliloquies were replaced or simply removed from the play, the removal would not impair the play beyond comprehension. For…