Vanity 6

Odysseus does not seem to be the protagonist of the epic, The Odyssey, considering that his name literally means “the person that people love to hate” (Barron’s 12). Perhaps Odysseus is not the moral character that he is portrayed as. This man shows vanity, disloyalty, hypocrisy, and brutality. At times, he even defies the gods and the social norms dictated…

they both use love as a symbol of hope to survive during these desperate times. Isaac has always thought that he could be more than just an average person, his love for science would help save people one day. Isaac thinks, "...the portrait suggests vanity, that Isaac saw himself as something bigger than a mere recorder of rainfall and temperature. He was a scientist, not some farmer who gaged the weather by aches in a rheumatoid knee," he thought to himself. (Larson 4) He wants everyone to be…

personalities, however, it is Sammy who experiences a terrible fall. Sammy’s condescending behavior results in him losing his job, which not only damages him but also his family. However, Sammy is able to see his loss, while Sylvia carrying the most of her vanity does not seem to notice any of her failures in life. However, it is known that pride, when utilized in an ill-manner will result in destruction. It is often said, too much of anything is not good and that is exactly what Sammy and…

Analyzing “Upon The Burning of Our House” Anne Bradstreet 's "Upon The Burning of Our House" appears to be merely a poem expressing the author 's feelings toward her house 's destruction. Upon further analysis, Bradstreet cleverly used this opportunity to simultaneously address the decline of feminine respect in the Puritan community. In the title "Upon The Burning of Our House", Bradstreet chooses to use a plural possessive in front of the word “house”. While this could just mean the house is…

Plastic surgery is a controversial topic for every age group often related to thoughts of vanity and self-serving rationalization. What has changed over the last several years though is the increasing amount of surgeries being performed on individuals eighteen years of age and under. While many consider plastic surgery to be unnecessary in all non-medical cases for minors, plastic surgery is ethical in special cases including individuals who have lost a significant amount of weight, identify as…

You may think that coming out as ‘transgender’ is a new thing due to it recently making headlines with people like Caitlyn Jenner or Laverne Cox. But that is not the case; there have been transgender reports from ancient Egypt and Rome, they just never had the medical resources to have the sex reassignment surgery and there were less people who came out as transgender. There was also not as much information available. Transgender means is that some people may feel they have not been born as…

Faith is inevitable; it’s the spirit of wisdom and the acknowledgment of a Higher Power. I am most thankful for being raised as a Muslim. Through my years of growing from a child, to a teenager, to a young adult, and now to a mother –I have come to realize the obligation of duty, the necessity of belief, and the requirement of love for embracing religion. As a child, I felt most estranged from my fellow classmates because my religion was not the same as theirs. It was the year I was starting…

John Milton’s Paradise Lost featured a misinterpretation of hierarchy in the monarchy. Milton condemned King Charles I for following the “Divine Right of Kings” doctrine, stating that monarchy is subject to no earthly authority directly of the authority of God; in other words, God chooses a king. However, Milton disagreed, arguing that the king is a servant to God in order to bond communities together. He connected this theory with fall of Satan, who criticized God’s hierarchy as unfair.…

readers the evil and selfishness within Hedonism. As Dorian undergoes psychological changes, both the reader and the young man become aware that the image exercises a kinetic influence on the process of painting Dorian’s nature as malevolent (Source 6). As Dorian continues on his path to destruction by indulging his senses, the Opium Dens, and other drugs Dorian uses to numb his feelings of helplessness, serve to symbolize Dorian’s escape from reality and hedonistic tendencies. Dorian first…

8 Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble Do you remember the 1994 romantic comedy I Love Trouble starring Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte? No? Well, that’s not surprising seeing as how the film was a huge flop. And this might have something to do with the fact that the two co-stars hated each other so much that they had to be filmed separately and use stand-ins for their scenes together. Julia later described Nolte as “completely disgusting” and he said that he was “not a nice person”. He…