Vanity

In the Puritan society, it consist of being strict in religious discipline. They believed that God has the power for everything. They are very uncompromising when it came to their religion and beliefs. Puritans honored God above all, and a Puritan’s priority is to serve God first. Puritans would not do what they believe was good, but what was good in God’s sight. Puritans believe that God is the decision maker for every action they make. To understand the Puritan society, you must first…

I find it amusing that throughout my childhood, I was told to be humble. I was told that praising myself was vanity. That compliments are given, not taken. If I won a medal, rather than being pleased by a friend praising my skills, I was to make sure that they didn’t feel jealous or insecure by my success. I would say “Thank you! You were amazing too!” and continue to praise them. Liking myself was seen as arrogance. Playing to win was seen as being competitive. Compliments were no longer…

Because of this, he sacrifices his eyesight and begs for death since his overconfidence and vanity begins to turn into a profound amount of disappointment and embarrassment. Oedipus’ lack of self-worth and achievement moves him to think foolishly and make senseless detriments because he is particularly attached to the idea of being an achieving…

written by Oscar Wilde, describes a beautiful gentleman Dorian Gray, under the influence of his two best friends, sells his soul in exchange for everlasting beauty and youth, and dies tragically at the end. In this novel, Dorian learns beauty and vanity when he saw his portrait painted by Basil Hallward, and desires for beauty and pleasure after listening to the words of Lord Henry. As Oscar Wilde moralized, these three main characters in this novel are all punished due to their excess or…

been greatly affected by the medieval latin theory - Memento mori which means “remember that you must die” which aid the same meaning as Vanitas. On the other hand, “Still Life with Palette” conveys meaning through the white cloth which represents vanity as the silk being the expensive material. The paintbrushes symbolise indulgence in the arts because very few could afford to be painters let alone favour the arts. The pot of different types of flowers symbolises innocence as well as…

Ecclesiastes Revealing the Truth The book of Ecclesiastes has been said to have occurred between the fifth and third centuries BCE in Persia. Scholars have placed emphasis on the fifth century BCE period because it was a time where commercialization thrived and the standardization of currency occurred. Introducing the problem of unequal wealth distribution which is why it’s been considered the “dark age” in the history of Israel. However, it wasn’t the first time money was introduced and the…

realizes his love for his crush can never be realized. The narrator’s loss of innocence is when he choses not to buy anything. This is evident when the narrator states, “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger” (Joyce pg. 3). This shows the narrator’s disappointing experience of growing up is through the knowledge he gained and the innocence lost while doing so. The narrator’s loss of innocence comes from the…

Brandon finally understood the difficulty of keeping a relationship, especially a true relationship after he lived far away with his parents and the best friend, Kayla. Fortunately, he was brave enough to make a decision by himself and overcame his vanity. By contrast, Charlie had a dreamlike happy ending with his true love. After he provided soup for a journalist who was disguised as a beggar, the whole city donated money to help him. In this case, one could learn from the saying “As the call,…

die we can't take things with us. We might as well be generous now and not live life for the popularity and possessions, because we all end up in the same place anyway. In the poem “On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness” and “Ozymandias” time affects great things turning them into forgotten things. “On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness” has a main theme of time. Time displayed in…

“Snow White” is a tale that follows the on-going conflict between Snow White and her stepmother, a conflict otherwise known as the Electra complex. Most overlook, however, the psychological development of the main character, Snow White. An interpretation by Ian Robinson claims that many fairy tales such as “Snow White” involve the breaking of a command or a taboo. He believes there can be no psychological growth until the old rules are broken and the new order can flourish (Robinson). In the…