In Lord Byron’s poem “Darkness”‚ he represents humanity in a pessimistic way. To quote English philosopher Thomas Hobbes‚ his portrayal of humanity’s life is “nasty‚ brutish‚ and short”. This negative portrayal is shown through the theme of the poem‚ and through the imagery and tone. The theme of this poem‚ which is the lack of hope‚ shows Byron’s pessimistic representation of humanity. Bestial images‚ fearful images‚ and lifeless images of the world all further show Byron’s view on humanity. Finally
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in fact for many it seemed unlikely” (141‚Roden) We do not have hope. Without hope we can not build our self esteem up to the the point where we have enough confidence to win.“They were sick with nasty clothes‚ bad cooking‚ cold weather‚ and more.” (141‚Roden) Us the soldiers‚ are tired of wearing nasty clothing‚ bad cooking‚ and it is freezing. “Surviving the winter‚ soldiers missed their family” (141‚Roden) I am missing my family every day. I found it hard to focus on my tasks that I needed to
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Maybeline winters who is 10 years old ‚wakes up on a beautiful Sunday morning hearing the neighbours children running and laughing outside as they are playing tag in their back garden. She also hears her parents making breakfast down stairs while having some sort of funny converstation and her brother having a good laugh along with the characters on the show he is watching on the television. This sounds like a perfect way to wake up wouldn’t you think....and yes ‚ to Maybeline this was the perfect
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in general on the ranch. Curley is the boss’ son. Therefore he acts like he is the boss himself. He orders the others around‚ and‚ although it is true that he does hold some power on the ranch‚ he does not hold any respect from the workers. He is nasty towards them‚ treating as though they are them below him‚ and often trying to pick fights. Curley is disliked by pretty much everyone on the ranch‚ and with good reason. George immediately dislikes his hostility‚ and shows the same attitude in return
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“Dover Beach” is a deeply melancholic poem‚ with reference to “Kraken” and “Relic” Dover Beach is a deeply melancholic poem however Relic is also melancholic with a nihilistic approach; meanwhile Kraken refers to romantic sadness. All three poems relate to sadness and offer a different perspective of it. Relic is a first person monologue as is Dover Beach that is not specifically directed to anyone‚ Kraken even though it is a monologue it carries a disembodied voice which mirrors better
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when he heard‚”...there comes a soldier‚ his bare feet are seen thro’ his worn out shoes…”(Waldo 151) This told me the camp was so low on supplies that they could barely provide clothes for themselves and the soldiers. He also told me about the‚”...Nasty Cloaths…”(Waldo 151) That gave me the immediate of answer that even if they could barely provide clothing for the soldiers‚ the clothes still barely even worked to call them “clothes.” When I go out‚ I hear the general shouting to the soldiers and
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The limitations of facebook: The first limitation is Facebook addiction. Facebook is addictive because everyday people spend more than 3.5 billion minutes on Facebook. Every day‚ youngsters are always checking their Facebook newsfeed for status updates from their friends when they wake up. They will also check their Facebook for any notifications or private messages. They spend too much time on Facebook to chat with their friends and stalk other people’s posts which cause them not to be able to
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As I walk around‚ I see dead animals‚ and dying soldiers‚ some with and some without very much clothing (Powell 149). An acquaintance of mine‚ who is one of the surgeons at camp‚ states that there is‚”Poor food‚ hard lodging‚ cold weather‚ nasty clothes‚ nasty cookery‚ vomit half my time‚ smoked out of senses ...” and later goes on to say‚” … my skin and eyes are almost spoiled with continual smoke” ( Waldo 151 ). All-in-all‚ there is little food‚ and every soldier is suffering in some way‚ be
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on living to sixty myself. To seventy! To eighty! ... Stay‚ let me take breath ... My room is a wretched‚ horrid one in the outskirts of the town. My servant is an old country- woman‚ ill-natured from stupidity‚ and‚ moreover‚ there is always a nasty smell about her. I swear‚ gentlemen‚ that to be too conscious is an illness--a real thorough-going illness. For man’s everyday needs‚ it would have been quite enough to have the ordinary human consciousness‚ that is‚ half or a quarter of the amount
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was a nasty one for me. This time it was the person pulling out her hair and eating the follicle. I couldn’t bring myself to keep watching. I decided to remove myself with no hesitation. There should be more articles like this to remind people of their surroundings. Thank you Mr. Calandra. From reading this essay‚ I totally agree with what he is saying. Public grooming should be frowned upon. People should either do these things in private or at least do them in their own home. It’s nasty to be honest
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