Our Lady of Sorrows

Symbolism Bless Me, Ultima by Anaya explains the life of a young Mexican-American boy named Antonio Marez. Who lives in New Mexico during the mid-1940. The novel opens up with Ultima, a curandera or a healer who comes to live with Antonia and his family for the last years of her life. As the story progresses, we see the difficulties that Antonio has to go through and how he matures. This novel contains elements of the types of different stories such as drama, fantasy,and nonfiction. This novel…

Lady Macbeth is generally seen as an evil person who corrupts her prestigious general of a husband, but she is not. Macbeth is a play where the main character, Macbeth, changes his future by betraying his loyalty and kills his king to take the throne. He slowly loses himself throughout the play leading to a tragic ending where the married couple meets their end. Macbeth has a loving wife who expresses her love with her selflessness and wish for a successful future for her husband. She cares…

pleasant seat. The air/Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself/ Unto our gentle senses” (1.6.1-3). King Duncan mentions how the air is sweet and graceful; however, ironically, the castle is where Duncan will take his last breath, Macbeth’s castle is where the king will be murder. Moreover, when Lady Macbeth enters the scene she is an extraordinary actor. Her burning ambition to become queen means she will do the impossible to trap her prey. Lady Macbeth gives a warm welcome to the king; she is the…

American writer Jonathan Safran Foer once proclaimed that “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” The outstanding moments in life make the poor ones miserable, but if one never sees the face of sorrow they will have nothing to make delight’s features more appealing. The key to happiness may very well be that very thing we long to lock up. Famous playwright and poet William Shakespeare grasped this centuries ago and decided to create a visual…

The Darkness and Sorrow of Pan’s Labyrinth Today’s fairytales are often transformed into morality tales to fit our current values and are often stripped of the darkness and sorrow that is surrounding the story. However, this is not a common occurrence and it has been done over years, so that the more gruesome fairytales, with dark, and gruesome scenes, would be more suitable for younger audiences. In “Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Del Toro is able to incorporate those gruesome and darker scenes to…

and King Duncan addresses him as a “Worthy gentleman.” He Is awarded the thane of Cawdor for his victory in battle. However, Scene 2 dramatically contracts the Scene 1; Macbeth commits the Murder of King Duncan. Despite the Murder of Duncan, we feel sorrow for the manipulated Macbeth. We can see that Macbeth is not a natural killer or a ruthless villain; his wife and the supernatural world are to blame for the murder. Despite Macbeth's appearance in the first two scenes, he is portrayed as a…

The Russian Bride’s Attire is a life-sized oil painting by the Russian artist Konstantin Makovsky that is currently hanging in the Legion of Honor. At 110 x 147 inches, the piece pulls you in; as if you could step right into it and begin helping the ladies prepare the bride for marriage, or maybe bust her out of there. Makovsky is telling a subtle story through the composition and subject of this painting. The amount of emotion he brings with his angles and use of light and color is breath…

way they act shows if they will be accepted by others. We tend to cover our secret sins, and judge others about theirs. “If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough,” he merely replied; “and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?” (6). Rather than trying to help others, society points out the flaws of others as if we all don’t have anything to hide, are perfectly made, and don’t have sorrows. Mr. Hooper, a minister from…

Following the night Romeo spend with Juliet, he expresses, "more light and light, more dark and dark our woes" (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 36). Romeo's dialogue has reaves led how daylight causes pain and sorrow for the couple. The use of darkness has indicated how the couple'd sorrows increased as they were threatened by death, are forced to be separated during the day and only being able to interact during the night. Luhrmann has included scenes…

different than the relationships of our society. For example, the book’s society marriage is not such a strong bond. This is shown when the ladies in the book talk about their husbands going off into war however the wives never show any emotions towards this and they don’t seem as if they care if their husbands are killed or not. Also in the book Mildred Montag and Guy Montag can not remember where they have first met which shows it doesn’t mean much to them were as in our society it is…