Theme of loneliness

Everybody is faced with hard times, places of sadness and depression, places with no hope. In Robert Frost’s poem “Acquainted with the Night” the speaker is in a sad, dark place. Frost uses imagery and symbols to reveal a theme of unhappiness and isolation that nevertheless offers the reader hope. Robert Frost’s use of symbols in his poem “Acquainted with the Night” reveals to the reader a mood of melancholy and depression. In the title “Acquainted with the Night” the term ‘Acquainted’ indicates

The Catcher in the Rye is for sure a novel that addresses a variety of distinct themes, which may vary from common issues as loneliness, drugs and alcoholism, to topics as friendship, betrayal and religion. When reading the book, I was attracted by the theme of time and change, and what was Holden’s perspective regarding those topics. In addition, I was constantly intrigued by how the book demonstrated that, depending on the period, the ideology of the society changes. Thus, when writing my screenplay

Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings are filled with symbols of death. The death of Poe’s wife is said to have influenced many of his works. He married his cousin Virginia and her death caused him to create many poems based on his mournings and loneliness (Zayed). Poe stated that "the death ... of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world" (Kennedy). Poe’s works contain latent meanings of death like beetles, the wind, and a raven which helped construct a dark, mysterious

In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck addresses the theme of loneliness and isolation. The novel tells the story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie, who while traveling together chase the American Dream. This becomes difficult because society misunderstands Lennie’s thought process. This gets him into trouble that George has to get him out of. This connection George and Lennie shared was rare for workers during this era. Migrant workers never stayed in one location for too long. They

The Curious Life of Emily Dickinson Through countless deaths and years of self reclusion, Emily Dickinson’s poems reflected her experiences of death, loneliness, and life after death. She was a poet far ahead of her time, and her poems were only found and appreciated on a large scale after death. As a child, Dickinson grew up in a well established family, and had a brother and a sister. She attended school in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it is there that she first started to study literature and

John Steinbeck highlights the theme of loneliness in his novel Of Mice and Men to show that many individuals who were discriminated against were lonely; Curley’s wife is lonely because she is a woman, Crooks is lonely because he is African American, and migrant workers are lonely because they have no one who cares about them. To begin, Curley’s wife was often lonely because she was a woman. In the great depression, women were not valued and were not as important as men were. They would often be looked

substance, or importance,” (www.merriam-webster.com) which is the way women are seen in both William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily” and Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles. Both authors use of style and settings are different, but their theme is the same. Faulkner and Glaspell were born and wrote in approximately the same era, America’s late 19th and early 20th centuries. Glaspell, the author of Trifles, is from the northern United States and uses a lower class, uneducated vernacular of

in regards to depression and loneliness, which was also expressed in the show by multiple characters. Yet, Holden reflects off the character, Clay, in 13 Reasons Why, the most, rather than any of the other characters. Clay and Holden have been struggling from tremendous losses of loved ones in their lives. This incident then contributes to their attitudes later in the stories. Although, 13 Reasons Why is mainly based off of suicide, this still integrates with the theme of loss of innocence in The

imagery that one is able to experience this winter scene. A snowflake, however, is not simply a snowflake in this poem, but instead represents the purity and the individuality of each person. As the poem continues loneliness and despair and the battle to stabilize one’s emotions are the themes explored during the cold, dark winter months. As the poem begins, snowflakes fall from the sky, but do not reach the ground. The snowflakes stop at a horizontal line which goes across the screen. This line

Loneliness is a minor yet powerful and important emotion we experience in our human nature. Without having the need to commit a single action, isolation helps us reveal our deepest desire to love as well as to be loved by others and whilst the feeling is universality known, not even the strongest of us can completely avoid the feeling which often can bring shame and weakness when an individual finally admits that they are alone and that is exactly what Of Mice and Men showcases it explores various