Through the Darkness

John Proctor poor, poor Proctor… Darkness blackness, Darkness a place of complete silence, Darkness a place of protection. Darkness may be a bizarre word to associate with protection, nevertheless, some individual use darkness as a source of protection. The people that used darkness as protection will always have light shed into their darkness. In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller one of the play's main characters, John Proctor, has a secret of having an affair with Abigail Williams and…

Throughout the tale told within Albert Camus’s The Stranger, there is a reoccurring theme of darkness versus illumination within every chapter. The motif is indicative of Meursault’s character as a person. The ways that dark and light respectively affect Meursault speak for his personality where the words do not explicitly say them. The theme of contrasting light and dark being as prevalent as it is entails that the motif was meant to be noticed -- and is occasionally difficult for a reader to…

the violence these men experience provokes and leaves unresolved important questions about the nature of life and death. Although the war and violence have caused irreversible damage for many, Hemingway offers symbols of hope in nearly every story. Through the repetition of light throughout his stories, Hemingway may illuminate a path towards an ideal life, which is unattainable or has been deemed unimportant for some. In his stories set in active…

discern her conclusions. Many of her poems captured in her Pulitzer Prize winning collection “New and Selected Poetry” feature her rapturous lyricism covering her absent apprehension about what will happen after she takes her last earthly breath. Through her use of symbolism, light and dark imagery, and allusion in her poem “White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field” (page 99), Oliver argues that death is not something that should preoccupy human fears but should rather be accepted by all.…

dark and dreary world, filled with violent people. In the book The Road, the father looked at his son for hope and mercy. The son carries the fire within him throughout the book showing that he has the light and hope to stay positive and survive through the rough and ashed world. The motif of this novel is light versus dark because they live in a dark place that they are trying to escape by making fires and the son carrying the fire. The way they lived was hard having no resources has changed…

way out. Unfortunately for millions of Americans, this is the reality for them. This darkness is called depression. Sufferers of depression are exposed to some shade of darkness and as much as they try to escape from the darkness, it seems impossible. It’s like you’re running and you know where you want to go but instead of getting there the easiest way possible, you have to go up a mountain, down a hill, through tunnels and then back up a hill to get to your destination. The trek to happiness…

Sonny’s Blues Light and Darkness motifs One of the most revered of James Baldwin’s stories is Sonny’s Blues; wildly debated for its variety of topics the short story embodies. Racial discrimination, emotional respite through music (Jazz), Harlem’s quandary and Light and Dark imagery are some of the various topics he conveys in this story. James Baldwin contrasts light and dark motifs to denote the narrator’s feelings about different situations he faced in his life. The narrator employs light and…

living in the sun's light” (Klinkenborg pg.478). He explains that humans have filled the night with light, so we have an easier time adapting to the darkness. However, with this comes consequences with our actions. Klinkenborg is effective when persuading the audience that light pollution is a problem. Therefore, there need to be actions taken through sympathetic examples of animals that are affected, the trend of environmental activists, and scientific research. "Our Vanishing Night" explains…

while Frost goes full circle in his poem, with no hope for something better. Dickinson interprets darkness as an unknown future or a challenge. For example, the character in the poem enters into darkness where "not a Moon discloses a sign" and experiences the "Evenings of the Brain," which can mean emotional or mental depression as they grope about in darkness. Initially, Frost’s description of darkness is similar to that of Dickinson’s; Frost’s character walks out into the night, which…

isolation, depression, and the idea of nothingness in a man’s life and how this has a monumental impact on the way he lives it, invading every crevice and taking over. Although the story seems quite mundane, it is an ode to those who live in a world of darkness and shadow and struggle to find worth in life. It introduces the reader to the world when you’re depressed and emotionally vacant, crushed by all the nothingness. In the first few lines of the…