The poems "Out, Out- "by Robert Frost and "Traveling through the Dark" by William Stafford, both shares the theme of civilization destroying nature. ... Similar to the boy, the unborn fawn in the poem "Traveling trough the Dark" is destroyed by man and its civilization. ... But the darkness of the road shows that nature has been engulfed by civilization. ... For Frost's poem death of nature is seen through the eyes of a spectator. But while in Stafford's poem, death is almost seen in the eye of the beholder. ...

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The night was long, dark, and never ending." ... The darkness of the night represents the darkness and gloom of the souls being tormented, their ever growing realization of impending death, the loss of the human spirit, and the loss of love. The people in this story knew that they were most likely doomed to death. ... After my father's death nothing could touch me any more." ... It refers to a time of utter despair and darkness. ...

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Williams integrates strong imagery and symbols to convey perceptions of life and death and alludes to them frequently throughout the play. ... It makes sense then, that she is frustrated by the fact that she has trouble sleeping, and escaping from the darkness of her everyday reality. ... Lady tells Val, "Death's knocking for me! ... There are a few reasons why their deaths are not completely traumatic however. Lady's great fear was dying a lonely death and being alone in general. ...

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Hemingway perfectly describes the stages of existentialism and the inevitable death using these three main characters. ... Everything outside the cafe is dark. The dark symbolizes the nothingness that life is. ... This one line reveals the fact that the man is afraid of the dark. He is afraid of reaching the inevitable death that he will eventually come to. ...

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The key to Ghoulding's dark view of mankind is his intricate plot, but more importantly, the characters by which the plot revolves. ... The death of Simon may only be a prelude to the extreme murder on the island, as his death could be considered an accident. ... In his tale of human flaw, there is no need to search for a message; his dark outlook on the destiny of man reaches out and grabs you by the collar. He has effectively explored and explained (from his point of view) the darkness of man, his essential flaw - his willingness to destroy another, also known as, "the dirtiest thing...

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He had abandoned his long-time dream of becoming a famous pianist after several years of failed attempts, and after the death of his favorite uncle who had taught him music, among many other life lessons. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... Morrie's death was a crisis that made Mitch reflect entirely on his life so far. ... "I met a dark-haired woman named Janine who somehow loved me despite my schedule and constant absences. ... They should have been all along." " (p 175) The signature line from the ...

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When people are faced with the death of a loved one they show different feelings and attitudes about the situation and deal with it in many different ways. ... Auden a certain attitude is conveyed about the death of a loved one. In Macbeth by Shakespeare the character Macbeth is faced with the death of his wife and has a very dark and depressing attitude about it. ... Auden the speaker experiences the death of a loved one in a less spiteful way. ... Although the character of Macbeth and the speaker of the poem show different attitudes about the love they have lost, they show the same idea...

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Furthermore, Frost made many contributions to literature through life's Choices, death and desire, and obligation in his poems. ... Frost also contributes the meaning of death and desire in "After Apple Picking" by combing death and the need for rest in life. In the story its not just necessary talking about death in general, but the need for a stopping point in life which could be death. ... The usage of death and desire gives the reader a since of loneliness and need. ... He shows that the doctor in the poem feels to be in a dark point of his life. ...

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By looking at the dark sky, he realizes many important things in the life. ... Human knowledge is just accumulated from what people observe in a dark cave. ... Or would we laugh at him, put him to death and still keep our assumption about what we observe? ... And this they must do, even with the prospect of death" (Plato). Although he may face to death, a person who comes back from beyond the world has a mission to reveal the truth. ...

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The harsh and dark realities of life are expressed in Frost's poem "Out, Out". This is a deeply shocking and sad poem which was inspired by the tragic death of a young boy. ... When we are walking in darkness par se, we shouldn't be "unwilling to explain", or ignore an "interrupted cry" – we should reach out. ... It is a Petrarchan sonnet which presents us with the dark face of the natural world. ... This is a paradoxical image as we usually associate white with innocence and purity, however in this instance, it's representative of death and d...

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Death is tragic and influences powerful emotions in people. ... Through the use of metaphors and similes, Shapiro is able to swing the mood of the poem into a dark, pessimistic view of death. ... This metaphor gives rise to the idea that life is delicate and death may only be around the block. ... In the last stanza, Shapiro uses personification to solidify the horror and irrationality of death. In the lines: For death in war is done by hands; Suicide has cause; and stillbirth, logic. ...

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In one of my favorite poems by Rumi, "The Elephant in the Dark House", he points out that without sight of something our understanding of it cannot grow because of our limitation of knowledge. ... In his poem, "The Man Who Fled from Azrael", Rumi points out that we cannot escape, hide, or runaway from death no matter what we do. . ... Death is part of life and we are all going to die sometime but if everyone knew when it would happen it would create panic among everyone. ...

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But the circle is in motion, so as spring follows winter, rebirth follows death and the perpetual cycle of creation maintained. ... The Ying can be interpreted as dark, matter, earth, female, north, water, winter, death, etc. ... The circles are part of the natural order of creation, from water, to the seasons, to the circle of birth and death. ...

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Through the central character's voyage of realization, the reader is confronted with a deeply philosophical approach to the meaning of life and death. ... Specifically, it is demonstrated through Jim's experiences in relation to the insignificance of individual life, the inevitability of death and the unstoppable movement of time. ... Wizzer tests Jim's innocent character, drawing out his dark side, and only Clancy's intervention prevents Jim from being infected with his father's savagery, which Jim had until now been able to keep at a safe distance. ... At this po...

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This poem had a view lines with dark visuals. Visuals which didn't exactly fit a beautiful forest "The darkest evening of the year (8).....The woods are lovely, dark and deep." (13) I think it means that you have responsibility to attend to, but usually you dislike them and they are burden for you. ... That you are busy trhoughout your life trying to get everything you can done before you deep sleep, death. ...

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Here the term "that good night" is used to describe death. ... The phrase "know dark is right" means they know death must come and cannot be prevented. ... This is their reason for fighting against death. ... They fight against death because they need to hold onto their legacy. ... It encourages people not to look forward to death. ...

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Grendel is simply not a killer, a monster who lived under the bed ot in a dark cave in the woods. ... Throughout the text, references are made to Grendel as "the walker in darkness" (36), and "the dark-death shadow" (29). ...

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He is forced to face death, not only of others but of his own. However, without death his life would be meaningless and the journeys within the epic would disappear. ... Knowing that they are mortal, they encourage each other to face death with courage. ... The fact that the fear of death lies within the most powerful person of Uruk, the king, the fear of death is instilled in all people of Uruk. ... Gilgamesh passes through the darkness of the passage and reaches the garden where he is told by more than one being that he has no chance at finding immortality and that he should be simply be s...

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However, her area of expertise soon changed when she was asked to be a pen pal for a convicted killer on death row and accepted. She focused her efforts towards the abolishment of the death penalty after becoming emotionally attached to the convict. However her efforts did not resolve the death penalty, she was able to improve the treatment of death row inmates. ... It was a world that was once silent in voices of the nation, and because of her actions it no longer remains a whisper in the dark. ... Her first experience of an unjust death derived from the juvenile beating of a possum (21). ...

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The use of words associated with death gives the poem an ominous and dark karma. ... The line "I felt a funeral, in my brain" brings to mind death. ... combined with "brain" can be simplified into the fact that death is inside the speaker. ... Here, the speaker is bothered by their inner death that keeps mourning over and over throughout their head. ... This is where the switch from life to death occurs. ...

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"Every explorer names his island Formosa, beautiful. To him it is beautiful because, being first, he has access to it And can see it for what it is. But to no one else is it ever as beautiful Except the rare man who manages to recover it, Who knows it must be recovered." ...

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Once upon a time, a girl was born and she was the youngest in her family. Some wanted her name to be 'Siti Ramadhan' and some wanted her name to be 'Aisyah'. Well, the girl was grateful enough that her name 'Nur Aisyah' and not 'Siti Ramadhan'. After six years living in this ...

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Genesis chapter 1 states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. ...

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Chopin related L'Abri with darkness when she described it as melancholy and the buildings "black like a cowl" and Desiree "shuddered at the sight of it" (Chopin). ... She did not even stand up to Armand to understand the meaning of his darker skin. ... Mallard viewed time differently after the death of her husband. ... Her husband's death gave her a new view on life in her future. ...

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Gibran explains this idea in very simple terms " And I say all life is darkness save when there is urge, And all urge is blind save there is knowledge, And all knowledge is in vain save there is work, And all work is empty save there is love; And when you when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself ,and to one another, and to God"[26] In these few lines Gibran is able to sum up the whole idea of living in the moment by applying it to everyday life. ... At first glance this seems like a very dark outlook on life. ... His idea of the human condition is still somewhat the sam...

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