Our Lady of Sorrows

Elizabethan times was a very strong insult, and it is clear that Ophelia struggles with herself after this is said to her. He tells her their marriage is off, and that she is to go to a nunnery due to her sexual sins. She shortly after says; “And I, of ladies most…

Douglass and Jefferson “In Discussion: Which Writer Would Fredrick Douglass Find Most Important” If you had to pick one writer between Lao-Tzu, Machiavelli, Rousseau, or Jefferson that represented your view on government who would you choose? Fredrick Douglass was an American slave. He wrote a narrative on his life and how he learned to read and write. Mason Lowance writes, “Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became an abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, writer, and adviser to…

Swedish Journalist, Stieg Larsson once said, “Impulsive actions lead to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.” Romeo was the source of almost all tragedy in this Shakespearean work. This protagonist is a flawed character, and this becomes easier to realize throughout the play. He often reacted quickly, without thinking about the consequences. This is the impulsive actions mentioned in the quote. He had good intentions, but his intentions were not clear through his actions.…

Certainly, her restful sleep was not entirely due to the profound physical exhaustion from the lift off to space. Rather, after her consciousness roamed amongst the stars, she gained a fresh perspective that allowed her to rest from the burden of her sorrows for the first time in many years. Likewise, other passengers suffering from lifelong insomnia also finally slept through the night. Of course, technically there was no night in space since the Sun never sets in the cosmos. The green…

The following is an epilogue to Albert Camus’s The Stranger, an existentialist novel where the main character, Meursault, comes face to face with the reality of the Absurd. Being sentenced to death, not because of the murder he committed but because of his radical worldview, Meursault remains true to his belief that there is no God, no meaning, and no hope to the life he lives. Meursault, at the end of the novel, shares his last wish; that at his death, he would have one last bit of…

Is poverty inter-generational? Is an adult education attainable; furthermore can single undereducated parent provide that path for a child’s belief that education is a first-class ticket out of poverty? Thinking about myself in every angle I have grown to understand the changing behaviors attained through beliefs, values, cultural alliance, and the circumstances which mutually have influenced my outward actions. My life has known its share of hardships, but good parenting as an anchor has molded…

definitely characterize Emily as antisocial and somewhat oblivious to the town changing around her. One could say, she is in her own little bubble of sorrow. This alienation from the world outside her door couldn’t be more obvious than when Miss Emily 's necrophilia is revealed. For example, the very first line of the story reads, “When Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral… (998).” Throughout her whole life, Emily was sheltered from the rest of the town by her father. She was…

The lyrics weren’t my favorite either. Something just didn’t click for me. Drowning Lessons- I loved Gerard’s vocals in this, and the lyrics gave a beautifully depressing vibe, especially the end of the song, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Our Lady Of Sorrows- The fast paced guitar solo grabbed my attention, along with Gerard’s profanities,…

The two went ahead to have an infant; this is "Desiree 's Baby" by Kate Chopin. In this stunning story, we see a marriage go from delightful to sadness and a lady, Desiree, go from smooth to clumsy. Be that as it may, the base of this desolate feeling doesn 't come until Desiree starts to feel the bliss of the marriage blurring without end, “Then a strange, and an awful change in her husband 's manner, which…

disbanding of her relationship with Prince Hamlet, both Claudius and Polonius prove ignorant to the sombre spirit of the virtuous Ophelia. As a result, a definite exploitation of Ophelia’s relationship is presented. Abandoned to cope with her unanimous sorrow, Ophelia transcends into her unfortunate lunacy, characterizing her as a true romantic tragedy. Nonetheless, the dismemberment of Hamlet and Ophelia is well within the constraints of society in the seventeenth century. Ophelia’s tragedy…