Melancholy, By Carina Del Valle Schorske

The hardest part of being away from parents is not saying goodbye, but rather learning to live without them. In the verse play, The Darker Face of Earth, written by Rita Dove, an incredible author and a poet, explores all the aspects of the American history such as racial tension, civil rights, freedom, and also the topic of being motherless. Dove’s purpose was to establish that growing up without a mother means not having any guidance which affects a child’s behavior, and also leads to unfulfilled life.

In the poem “Still Memory” by Mary Karr, the speaker, through a dream like memory, re-experiences a snapshot in time that held particular significance in her childhood. Karr focuses on the seemingly inconsequential details that made mornings in her childhood home memorable for her. She describes the morning scene with the use of sensory, imagery and onomatopoeia to make the dream particularly zoetic. Although the dream is seen from this childlike aspect, Karr highlights how dreamlike this memory is and how memories are fluid and can be easily moulded and altered by the mind-they are not “still” as the title proposes. The writer also keeps the poem very dreamlike in order to remind the reader that the memory, although it can be recollected and valued, it is never going to be repeated and that the speaker is aware that things can never be this way again. Furthermore, the relation of the poem to dreams brings in messages how of heavily a person can become mesmerized by their memories.

“Love and Responsibilty” by Karol Wojtyla, highlights and explains sexual morality in its truest form. “The Metaphysical Analysis of Love” found in Chapter 2, is the first section I chose to consider. Here, Wojtyla speaks of love with three specific conditions in mind. Anything without all three would not be considered true betrothed love. The next section, found in chapter 3, entitled, “The Person and Chastity” is something I felt needed to be examined. One major point Wojtyla made was on the value of a person as a whole which is also known as the Personalistic Norm. The last section I will touch on is “Periodic Continence: Method and Interpretation.” Wojtyla bases this chapter on marriage and procreation while still emphasizing the utter value of human life.

Night is a story that reveals some of the worst of the human race. It is a re-telling of a young Jewish boy, Ellie Wiesel, coming of age in the midst of the Holocaust. The book is quite short and very clearly written, but it is still a very hard book to read. The young boy who is also the author of the book makes us, the readers, accompany him through many in-human and near-death experiences. These are written in such detail that anybody taking the time to read the book will be left with an in-depth knowledge of what we as humans are unfortunately capable of and a desire to contribute in any way possible preventing this part of our history to ever repeat itself. This, I believe, is the authors goal, to teach us, make us aware through his own experience, and hence give us a reason to hopefully prevent it in the future.

Ned Vizzini, the talented and also depressed author, created this book to show that depression can happen to anyone. Two characters in the book, Craig and Nia, both have depression and are on medication. When Nia reveals her secret to Craig, he shouts “No way!” in surprise (Vizzini 118). Craig is surprised because if Nia had not told him, he would have never guessed because he cannot tell by just looking at her. Because depression is not shown by a person’s looks, it is hard to tell who is depressed on the outside, so anyone can be depressed but unknown by others.

Depression is intoxicating. She has celestial silver skin and Her eyes are stormy gray with hints of ocean wave from within. When the light hits just right, they reflect a peaceful time when everything at night came to life. She once disguised herself as a companion to me and my best friend, Imagination, an artist with cotton candy hair and emerald eyes. Imagination, Happiness, Compassion, Idealism, Ambition and I had found a home in each other. We would sit all day coloring in abstract patterns with blended water color or riding horses through lively fields of painted grass. We would drone on and on about the future and how we would do this, that, and endless others. Idealism, Ambition, and Compassion set their elaborate plan for us being humble millionaires who would make the world a better place. In unison we always said, “We have potential.” That was until Depression started tagging along. We tried to help Her fit in, but Her water colors smudged in all the wrong places and She had to start again. All the horses ran from Her, grass wept

Birds are the main theme in the novel The Awakening. Many people when they read the first statement, should be perplexed and try to grasp the concept of how birds can be the main theme of The Awakening. However, throughout the novel, we see many examples of birds appearing in the text. Many great authors use the power of symbolism to establish a connection between an object that seems ordinary to a human counterpart whose actions and intentions are masked by the way the actions are executed. In The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses birds to represent the different parts of Edna’s life and how they relate to her throughout the text.

In the book of All But My Life: A Memoir it follows the author’s life from her early youth years to later on her life. The author Gerda Weismann Klein is the main focus on this story which is her autobiography on which details her life around that time. The book is a memoir in which it is greatly detailed on certain key events in her life. During the book she describes many of the horrors that she had to witness and as well as the obstacles she had to face in her lifetime. The author is herself and she is writing based on the details she remembers from later on her life. The memory could be considered for a consideration since the time could of change her memory during the specific time she was talking about. The book provides vivid details from the beginning of her describing the atmosphere when the Germans arrived and the tense atmosphere towards the end when she gets out of the concentration camps.

Realism emerged in American culture as a direct reject against romanticism during the late 19th century. Authors begin to structuralize their works to mirror the simplistic reality of everyday life. As an artist during this era, the principal achievement to develop realistic works is to faithfully capture the essence of the life that surrounds him or her accurately. Writers sought to portray life as beautifully or tragically as it real was, without straying from the absolute truth. In doing so, authors vulnerable allowed readers into the lights of real characters and social problems not often exposed candidly. Kate Chopin is honorably amongst this group of authors. Her works divinely portrayed the culture of New Orleans and the lives of Louisiana 's Creole and Cajun residents. Chopin openly express her views on sex, marriage, and the injustices of women during the time. Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, best exemplifies the contextual achievement of realism through the rejection of conformity, the exploration of love, and the weight of social opinion on individual choices.

Many characters are shaped by what real life societal roles and laws are in place at that time period. This is the case for Edna Pontellier in the Awakening by Kate Chopin. She struggles between fitting into the societal norms for women at the time, the late nineteenth century, and what she feels is right for herself. This aspect of American culture played a role in shaping the novel through characterization, symbolism, and themes.

“The Awakening” was an interesting novel that investigated topics on self expression and identity in typical Victorian day society. The author, Kate Chopin revealed this idea through the perspective of the main character Edna Pontellier, a traditional married woman who is awoken to her senses of who she was as an individual. The plot centers on Edna, who steps out of the normal expectations for women in society. She meets characters that develop her awoken state like Robert, encourage her like Mademoiselle Reisz or pull her back into society like Adele Ratignolle. Anyhow, the story tragically ends with Edna committing suicide by drowning herself at sea. She takes steps to express her identity,

Wurtzel addresses depression as an “incredible darkness” and to romanticize it in any way is “just crazy. It’s just a bad thing that you want out of your life as soon as possible.” This causes the viewer to return to pondering on the words of Cory Debrody. These posts are not productive and extremely dangerous. With this romantic, idyllic image being pursued, the definition of depression continues to be misconstrued and the absence of a solution is paralyzing.

Death is a natural part of life, and, therefore, a common theme in many literary works. Kate Chopin, the author of "The Story of an Hour," explores the theme of death by unfolding the story of a woman whose husband dies in a tragic accident. While the wife initially weeps with grief, her emotions soon transform into feelings of secret delight over her new-found freedom. In his story "The Monkey 's Paw," W. W. Jacobs addresses the theme of death in a much darker manner. A holy man has placed a curse on a decaying monkey 's paw. The White family, who gains possession of this paw, has been granted three wishes, the first of which seemingly ends in the death of the son Herbert, devastating his mother and father. While the characters in "The Story of an Hour" and "The Monkey 's Paw" cope with the deaths of their loved ones in very different ways, both Chopin and Jacobs explore the theme of death through imagery and symbolism.

Not much is know about Theognis of Megara. Many historians have studied his works and findings and have estimated him living around c.550-540 bc (Theognis 2015). Others, like authors Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland, describe Theognis writing around 640-600 bc (Dillon & Garland 553). They also reveal that he used poetry as a vessel to channel his political and ideological views unto the various poleis and its residents at the time (Dillon & Garland 539). What is known about Theognis is through his writings that describe him as an upper class citizen who was conscious of his mortality and that wanted his writings to survive into the future (Theognis 2015). He also saw himself as an upstanding citizen in Megara who did

Frida’s depression has been present over the past six months. Although Frida has been through some traumatic experiences and personal issues her health condition has caused major depressive disorder. This has enabled Frida from living her normal life and has forced her to be on bed rest. Her current health conditions have questioned her ability of living and has caused her to feel hopelessness as well as a sense of worthlessness. Her depressed mood seems to present throughout the day, nearly every day.