Death is heavy and weighs on the backs of us all. It looms over the shoulders of the unhappy‚ creeps under the beds of the ill‚ and swallows the elderly in their sleep. There is yet a man‚ to claim that tomorrow‚ his eyes will open‚ or will not close for an eternity. Our lives are but a book‚ waiting to be concluded‚ or shut mid sentence. As the writers of our own book‚ we have the right to know where‚ when and how the book ends. Are the lives of the ill worth any less than the unhappy or the elderly
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international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author’s native Korea‚ Please Look After Mom is a stunning‚ deeply moving story of a family’s search for their missing mother - and their discovery of the desires‚ heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within. When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station‚ and vanishes‚ their children are consumed with loud recriminations‚ and are awash
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Falling in love at first sight‚ Francesco Petrarch‚ an Italian poet finds himself haunted by the breathtaking beauty of Laura. Laura‚ already happily married‚ refuses to reciprocate Petrarch’s undying love. Petrarch‚ filled with feelings of despair and rejection‚ uses Laura as his inspiration to write his emotions and thoughts in the form of Petrarchan sonnets. In “I’d Sing of Love in Such a Novel Fashion” and “Alone‚ and Lost in Thought‚ the Desert Glade” Petrarch uses symbolism to show that the
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Medea is the tragic tale of a woman scorned. It was written in 431 B.C. by the Greek playwright‚ Euripides. Eruipides was the first Greek poet to suffer the fate of so many of the great modern writers: rejected by most of his contemporaries (he rarely won first prize and was the favorite target for the scurrilous humor of the comic poets)‚ he was universally admired and revered by the Greeks of the centuries that followed his death(“Norton Anthology”). Euripides showed
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Over and over in Homer’s Odyssey the story lifts up poise as a primary virtue. Odysseus shows poise when Laodamas challenges him to compete in the games. Odysseus was enjoying his time off from being tossed around by the gods. The Phaeacian people are celebrating and playing games in the light of Odysseus’ presence. Broadsea encourages Laodamas to go challenge Odysseus. On that que‚ he stood up challenging Odysseus to the games. Odysseus responds‚ “Laodamas‚” quick to the mark Odysseus countered
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things she hates. 11. Open communication. 12. Having a sense of humor. 13. In date always give her a flowers and chocolates. 14. Know the qualities of the boys that she looking. 15. Caring. Love causes less stress‚ less heartache‚ less misunderstandings‚ less of just about everything negative. Love does reap rewards - happiness‚ health‚ joy‚ peace‚ and so much more that’s positive. Isn’t that what we want most for this world of ours? Isn’t this a much prettier picture
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antic-disposition‚ Hamlet quickly finds himself in the grips of true insanity. Hamlet’s suicidal thoughts are beginning to intensify. In his famous ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy‚ Hamlet states; “To die-to sleep‚ / No more; and by a sleep to say we end/ The heartache and the thousand natural shocks/ That flesh is heir to” (Shakespeare‚ III.I.60-63). Since this is a soliloquy‚ it represents Hamlet’s truest and rawest emotions‚ proving his suicidal and mental instability are of genuine concern and not a mere act
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The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket Written by Yasunari Kawabata "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" is very philosophical‚ using a lot of euphemisms and symbols suggested in its economic writing. A visual piece of literary work "The Grasshopper and The Cricket". Rich in content yet concise in expression‚ Yasunari Kawabata leads us into a whole new culture in which we have never experienced before. At first glance‚ it seems simple enough‚ until you realize that it goes on a deeper level
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child even for a minute is the hardest thing to do as a mother. Not a day went by during our separation that she didn’t think of us‚ did not long to hold us in her arms and to sing us to sleep with sweet lullabies. She fought back tears and endured heartache every day‚ but she knew that in the long run‚ this would all be worth it. My dad tells me that during this time while I was in Korea under his sole care‚ I would look up at all the airplanes that flew by and cry out‚ "Um-ma‚ Um-ma" (mother
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In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman‚ through his character Linda Loman‚ the author discloses support toward her husband Willy. Linda Loman continues to show support to Willy‚ even after all the heartache he has put her through. Here‚ Miller portrays that in Willy’s old age Linda is still making excuses as to why Willy’s health is the way it is. “Willy: I don’t remember the last five minutes… Linda: Maybe it’s your glasses. You never went for your new glasses. Willy: No‚ I see everything”
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