Psychic

(Owens extensively notes the symbols of death that Steinbeck uses in the creation of a “psychic waste land” (Bloom). Multiple black related thigs accrued in the story. The dark watchers watched Pepe as he…

Freedom and sovereignty is a dream of every territory, country or society. As evidenced in The La Frontera, Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe by Alma Lopez and the BrokenSpears the political, social, and psychic are very significant in every society. In La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua talks about the meaning of the pre-conquest fertility goddess (Coatlicue) to the current Chicana feminist fights. Anzaldua explains that the unique characters of Coatlicue that disrupts the complacency of life are the one…

and continues to attract anxious people due to his literary elegance and scope of the topics he sought to express to the general human family. He writes about “insufferable gloom” as being depicted by the environment and Usher mansion (McMahon 79). Psychic communication is an aspect which also demonstrates the theme of romanticism. In fact, the short story portrays a relationship between Madeline and Roderick, a connection that is intimate. Their relationship is so solid to an extent that some…

An Exploration of Emotions Women in the 19th century were expected to be selfless and completely devote themselves to their husband and family. These women, whose sole purpose was to flatter, soothe and comfort the males of the population, are called, "The Angel in the House". "The Angel in the House" is the epitome of the "ideal" woman of society. However, Emily Dickinson, an American poet, chose not to conform to society. Dickinson was born into a prominent family in Amherst,…

The environment is significant to native peoples because to them, it is a living entity, which encompasses our life sources as well as our sacred sites and heritage. In fact, the environment is an important part of our lives and any threat to it affects our families, ancestors and future generations. Perhaps the greatest gift human and nonhumans were given, was the Earth and we have a responsibility to protect it. In fact, the main the difference between indigenous knowledge and modernized…

The id refers to one's unconscious personality such as incentives drives, motives and genetic inheritance. Furthermore, it is the base for the psychic energy of all psychological functioning. Basically, the id operates on the pleasure principle to reduce tension immediately. Since it reacts unconsciously, some of the responses might be harmful to individuals. Another way the id operates to reduce…

in the medical or psychotherapeutic sense. It was first used in the 1980s, with the first reference being this sentence in the Chicago Tribune of Christmas Eve 1986: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy." The dark side of materialism as a tonic is that shopping bags aren't a great replacement for friendships. Loneliness can make us materialistic. Feeling isolated makes us anxious, which makes us less likely to get up…

Anita Desai, one of the literary luminaries of existing Indian novel writing in English, is the most outstanding amongst the Indian English novelists who have tried to portray the tragedy of human beings trapped in the circumstances of life. She is more interested in the interior landscape of the mind than in political and social realities. In her novels, Indian English fiction has acquired a deepness which it hardly ever had before. She is more interested in the evaluation of the internal…

How did an increased interest in theosophy in the 19th century influence the direction of modern art? Theosophy, as a philosophical belief system, can be traced back to ancient times. Through her two part Isis Unveiled (1877), and her theosophical society, Russian Born Mme Helena Blavatsky, a religious mystic, played a huge part in reinstating the dogmas of theosophy into the art world. Isis Unveiled was written during a time of significant change around the globe. In 1859 Charles Darwin…

Collective Traumatic Memory in Palestinian Resistance Poetry Marian MacCurdy, in the Mind’s Eye, defines trauma “any assault to the body or psyche that is so overwhelming … [it] is an event that that shatters belief systems about life, beliefs that help us operate in the world” (16). The phenomenon of trauma, some argue, is closely related to modernity. Freud believes that the industrial revolution helped crystallize trauma more clearly because the former provided social conditions for possible…