Sorrows

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic masterpiece The Sorrows of Young Werther explores the mind of a young artist who fell in love with a woman Charlotte who had already picked someone who was deserving of her. The novel consisting of letters wrote by the protagonist captures a characteristic of the very essence of the Romantic movement: Nature. Since in the book, the quality of Werther’s love for Lotte is based in nature and not Enlightenment principles, his moods and emotions are reflected by the

circumstance, and perspective of the one going through it, but they are still very much present. Gabriel Shaffer speaks to the truth of the duality of emotion because of the human condition in his painting “Sorrow Teeming with Light”. This painting shows a blue monster that represents sorrow completely surrounded and overwhelmed by a gold river that represents light and happiness. This painting shows that with all of the good and perfect in life,

the destiny of man!” Werther’s offhanded comment in The Sorrows of Young Werther provides insight on how people perceive work and freedom during his time, and how that relates to the way modern society perceives it as well. People like to assume society has progressed in many ways in the last 200 years, but in some ways, habits have not changed much. The working and recreational habits of the middle-class man as revealed through Sorrows are not far removed from the way college students and working

The traditional feminine values were not only reflected in literature, but they were also shown through films. In fact, female characters were often given passive and insignificant roles. The film Land of Sorrow, directed by Ha Thuc Can, depicted the life of Vietnamese people during the Vietnam war. The female characters are given passive roles which they were either yearning for their man or their son. Women are described as powerless and feeble. This contradicted the masculine image which are depicted

aesthetically beautiful, “The Sorrow of War” written in 1990. The book revolves around the bitter Vietnam War where Ninh served in the 27th Youth Brigade in the North Vietnamese Army. Out of the approximately five hundred young men in his unit, only ten of them survived, including Ninh himself. Although he was on the victorious side of the war, he was scarred because of his experiences. One of the many ways through which Bao Ninh coped with his post-war life was through writing. The Sorrow of War was an outcome

In The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Lotte has been seen as responsible for Werther’s fate. There are many ways through which Lotte’s behavior around Werther fuels his romantic obsession with her. Lotte continuously shows inappropriate affections towards Werther throughout the novel. Examples which show her affection for him are dancing the Waltz, the gift of the pink ribbon, and the bird beak kissing incident. Lotte leads Werther to believe she loves him by touching his

The Sorrow of War and The Deer Hunter are a novel and a movie about the Vietnam War. The novel is written by a North Vietnamese soldier named Bao Ninh while the movie takes on the American perspective of the war. Below, there will be an analysis of the differences and similarities between the novel and the movie. For organizational purposes, the novel and then the movie will be summarized. Then, based on the summary, the similarities and differences between the novel and the movie will be pinpointed

What is important to anyone curious is the thought that goes into the title of the book, or translation in this case: The Sorrow of War. It is short and effective, if a little plain, as it exposes the main theme of the book right away while inviting the reader to see how and why. It says what it says: war is bad. War will do nothing but take away everything one knows and loves. War shows the worthless sacrifices of the noble and the virtuous. War forcibly warps human beings into inhuman beasts capable

Poe’s sorrows. Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the greatest of his time. He lived with his parents No sooner than his father had left his mother passed. She died from tuberculosis at the mere age of twenty four. Poe and his siblings were by her side until her last breath. He later became the dependent of John Allan of Richmond, Virginia hence Allan being Poe’s middle name. The Allans were quite fond of young Poe as they had no children. Frances Allan was very motherly and nurturing towards

In the story A Secret Sorrow by Karen Der Zee the main character Faye is having a man vs. himself conflict. The conflict the story is having is a very common personal conflict many characters have where they experience their selves being the root of their own problem. Faye is suffering with the aftermath of how the car accident affected her very badly and her life would not really be how she ever imagined with children of her own flesh and blood because it is revealed that Faye is unable to reproduce