Such is the optimistic perception that is reflected in Jibanananda Das's "Before Dying". ... Winter dusk probably symbolizing the seclusion and the sense of nostalgia that each one of us at some or the other time experience. ... The poet uses Indian words like "dhundul trees" and "akanda" reflecting his sense of belonging to his country, his passion for his land and the beauty that he observes and appreciates in each of its existing phenomena. ... When the poet mentions the "crows coming home expectantly" he is probably making a reference to our attachments, our sense of belonging to...

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These surroundings left him feeling both derided, and with a sense that this eagerly anticipated trip had been in vain. ... The last sentence of the story contains four words that deal with the sense of sight: gazing, darkness, saw, and eyes. ... The narrator's perception of the darkness causes him to reflect on his own isolation and loneliness. ...

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There must be some previous knowledge of absolute forms before being reminded of them by perception. Through sense perception, it is "that all [humans] perceive through them is striving to reach that which is Equal but falls short of it" (75b ). ...

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Although "At the waters edge" is less of a perception of the past, it is more of the utilization of the present that Harwood uses to subjugate her own feeling of worthlessness in her so called "Kingdom of Sorrowing change." ... Even as far back as the opening stanza of "Alter Ego" that quotes: "who stands beside me still- is a Rhetorical question that also conveys a sense of the urgency or longing on the part of the poet to unravel her identity, thus this poem is clearly a self analysis of Harwood's own past, as she enters her twilight years. ... "At the waters edge" manages to portr...

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Every character's perception of life and death differs depending on their personal lifestyle and experiences, and Tennessee Williams thoroughly discusses the differences between his characters" views on these two opposing forces in the play Orpheus Descending. ... 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. ... Val is constantly questioning his purp...

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The author often refers to her former village in India as being better off because of their deep sense of caring for each other. ... The perception that we place too much emphasis on material goods is horribly exaggerated. ...

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The main theme of "Desert Places" by Robert Frost is loneliness; perhaps the loneliness that Frost felt after each death of three of his children. The prominent subject of the poem involves nature and the course it follows. The speaker uses references of nature to describe the seclusion he/she fee...

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"Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible." - -Adah P.638, The Poisonwood Bible Why is there no narrative of Nathan Price? Quite simply, Nathan Pr...

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Both have come to the point where they live for each other, and life, in their definition is their love Admateus refuses to accept the fact that his dear wife will be taken captive by the imaginary character (while realistic in the sense that is the culmination of life), death. ... This unusual change in the Greek drama, exemplify Euripides" perception of women. ...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross once said, "It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and wh...

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Most people, in this world, have a general sense or knowledge of the difference between right and wrong. ... Education, role-models, friends, family, other people, and surroundings affect one's perception of right and wrong. ...

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This is all they know; these shadows are the prisoners" reality. ( Halsted notes October 6, 2003) Plato's calls this common sense. ... (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fourth level is Observation, this is when the prisoners are continuing to realize that knowledge outside the cave is "far superior to the perceptions inside the cave" (Halsted notes October 6, 2003) The fifth level, Knowledge, now the prisoners are "acquiring, organizing, and categorizing the physical world in a scientific matter" (Halsted notes October 6, 2003). ...

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He strays purposely away from the romantic side of the life cycle, by using words that have impact and offer a perception into hidden depths of life, which most poets would have never dared go... The exuberant overtones in this statement offer and outlook of the word in a different sense. ... Another example of Thomas's poems being florid is "After the funeral", this takes the word florid to be more in a sense of excessive description and detail. ...

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