Conrad does this in his Heart Of Darkness, by contrasting Europe and Africa. ... Conrad makes Africa seem mysterious to symbolize the uncivilized and barbaric nature of man. the jungle is a dark and dangerous place and the natives are seen as just barely human by the Europeans. ... The country actually becomes their heart of darkness. ... It is the dark world the corrupt these men for men of good to men of questionable stature. ...

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In his poem "Darkness,"" George Gordon, Lord Byron addresses the mortality of human beings and animals through a vivid description of the destruction of life on earth. ... Whether one lives in the "palaces of crowned kings- (11) or "huts- (11), "all hearts/Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light... Although "Darkness- is gruesomely depicting the end of the world, the dog continues to show kindness, loyalty, and love towards a dead master, despite threats, fire, and famine. ...

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In his poem "Darkness,"" George Gordon, Lord Byron addresses the mortality of human beings and animals through a vivid description of the destruction of life on earth. ... Whether one lives in the "palaces of crowned kings- (11) or "huts- (11), "all hearts/Were chill'd into a selfish prayer for light... Although "Darkness- is gruesomely depicting the end of the world, the dog continues to show kindness, loyalty, and love towards a dead master, despite threats, fire, and famine. ...

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Thus I think another important message is how love and relationships keep us human and prevent us giving in to our darker, more savage and evil sides. ... McCarthy provides his readers with a new point of view on humanity, and what it means to hold kindness in your heart during a difficult post-apocalyptic time of survival. ... Both require being kind hearted and forgiving of others. ... But all in all, readers of "The Road" can understand the father and son's journey to survive while still holding some sort of humanity in their hearts, because we all try to be the goodness that we want ...

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He has no remorse for the things he does and to have no remorse is to have no heart at all... She threw herself on her knees, and raising up her hands, cried the same words in tones which wrung my heart. ... Although there are problems along the way, such as the turning of young Claudia into a child vampire, Louis never gives in completely to the darkness within him. ... God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately He takes the richest and the poorest, and so shall we; for no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves, dark angels not confined to the stinking limits of he...

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In The Lord of the Flies, Jack was a powerful representation of the evil instinct of all humankind and society due to his desire to have power and authority, his thrill for violence and "bloodlust" that evolved from his growing savagery, and his inability to control the evil instinct or darkness of a man's heart. ... Just a taste of it drove him deeper and deeper into the pit of darkness and had him conform into a finalized state of savagery. ...

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While Simon attempts to be the pure, Christ-like figure of the group, he tragically fails due to the darkness that exists within mankind. ... His good deeds show how different he is from the others through his nature of civility and how kind hearted he is by not turning into a primitive savage. Simon is the first one to realize the truth about the beast and how it is a concept of darkness that comes from within the boys, rather than a physical creature. ... Simon points out the possibility of the boys being the beast, meaning that the beast is the darkness that is inside each and every huma...

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When Latimer has the premonition of his brother's death he still cannot escape the dark feelings of his own soul, he laments: "In after-days I thought with bitter regret that if I had foreseen something more or something different-if instead of that hideous vision which poisoned the passion it could not destroy" (Eliot 21). ... Latimer than discovers that his thoughts are no different or less dark than the others that he felt contempt for. ... He knows this for sure when he remarks that "the dark veil had completely fallen," between these two women. ... Human nature is at...

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The "forests of the night" part gives one the feeling of panicky fear and being alone, since when hearing of dark forests, one pictures dangers lurking that can't be seen. ... But, the dark interpretation of the tiger is nothing to be laughed at, considering its natural talents as a hunter. ... The way it would differ is that a blacksmith would use his hands and heart to build it perfectly. ...

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FORMAL ESSAY - LORD OF THE FLIES "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart and the fall through the air of the true wise friend called Piggy." - What has Ralph learnt from his stay on the island? From this life changing experience on the island, Ralph has learnt that there is a side of darkness and hatred caged within every man's soul. ...

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When Lear asked Cordelia to say how much she loved him, she replied with "Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave/My heart into my mouth. ... The shadow is the darker side of us which contains repressed desires and fears. ... As Lear is outside in this terrible storm, he suddenly is worried for the Fool, who is outside, saying "I have one part in my heart That's sorry yet for thee " (3.2.70 "71). ... Although the shadow may be a scary thing to face, we must accept our dark side in order to achieve inner harmony, which leads to individuation. ...

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This hardening of bacon symbolizes how Krebs's heart has a also hardened after he had returned from the war. ... These two years exposed Krebs to death, blood, war and darkness. ... This relates to a previous metaphor of bacon hardening which is compared to his heart hardening. ...

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"The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux," written by A.E. Housman surrounds itself with fatalism, doom, and mutability. In the first stanza, he describes the scenery and weather during the end of May. When Housman states, "The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowers/Stream from the hawthorn on the...

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Turn, Turn, Turn Wallace Stevens's poem "The Death of a Soldier" illustrates life and death in both the natural and human world. Steven's structure and rhythm contribute to the poem. The stern tone, disorder of trochees and uncertainties: fuel the reader's awareness plus desire to know. Negative...

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Doc is a strange mixture of brains and heart and that is something to remember. ... Any reader, any human, is sure never to forget this accomplishment because it depicts both the dark and light side of the human spirit. ...

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Similar to a heart monitor the way it jumps and drops with your heartbeat. ... Well if we're referring to your heart monitor of course that would mean you are no longer alive. ... I believe that the poems "Greed" by Philip Schultz and "The Secretary Chant" by Marge Piercy are contrasting deeply in the sense that "Greed" shows the rollercoaster effect maintaining a sense of hope and understanding of happiness while "The Secretary Chant" shows the dark side of society as rock bottom - a place where there is no light at the end of the tunnel. ... Does...

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Chase after money and security And your heart will never unclench. ... The human being, subject to deep, dark motivations, remains an enigma, unique in his or her identity, grandeur, and misery. ... But not all plans are the same - they are unique to each and every person who takes the philosophy to heart, and lives his life to pursue satisfaction. ...

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The dark forces operating in different parts of the world will have a real bad time when Superman rules the earth. ... Being a Superhero with a compassionate heart and unwavering mind, he will be the best ruler of the earth. ... The chaos, imperfection, injustice that we see around the world always disturbs people who are just and good at heart. ...

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It is not written on paper but in peoples' hearts, minds, oral history, rituals, shrines and religious functions. ... He is aware of how the ants creep upon the hard rock in the darkness of the night. ... He beholds the thoughts which pass through the minds of men, and the range of their fancies and the secrets of their hearts, by His knowledge, which was from aforetime" (Ekeke; Ekeopara, 2010). ...

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He is correct in saying that on the ground the city is very dark and dreary and over-populated with advertisements and oceans of people. ... This type of engineering is the growing of nerve cells, liver cells, heart cells, skin cells, among others. ...

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Almost everything a man does is based on his beliefs and what he chooses to believe in. Religion is the primary foundation of ones beliefs. Luckily, today our religious beliefs are not as violent as they were between 300 and 900 C.E . The Mayans are a Mesoamerican civilization who inhabited in the Y...

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Other science experts think that they could clone a body and get the spare parts, such as the heart, lungs, and the liver and destroy the rest when they are finished. ... Cloning human beings has to be banned, or this world will become more evil and darker than it already is. ...

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Hamlet is disgusted by his mother's change of heart, adoring his father until the end, then marring the brother while Hamlet's tears are still wet. ... His uncle-father had stolen much from Hamlet, yet the dark prince does not seek the revenge so hastily sworn. ...

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It became apparent to him that the social values of British society had been forgotten and replaced with the wild behavior of primitive man. "...Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart..." ...

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Blond hair, blue eyes, fair skin, dark skin, athletic, smart, and most importantly perfect. ... Are they going to take away their lungs or their heart while they are alive or they going to kill them first? ...

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