"Christina Rosetti seems towards the dark side of life." ... By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the statement that the work of Rosetti leans towards the "Dark Side." ... The threatening image in line 5 of the "broadening darkness" is almost one of omnipotence, as it is described as "loftier still". ... This suggests that the claim that she leans toward the "dark side" is to an extent justified. ... The language in this poem is unsurprisingly full of images and connotations of death and funerals. ...

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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is an excellent example of one of his darker pieces of writing. ... Hence, the woods seem to represent him: dark and mysterious, the end of life there (his suicidal thoughts), and the filling up with snow -- frigid weather represents the coldness inside of himself. ... In the third stanza two options are presented using the snow to symbolize his death and reality by the shaking of the harness and bells. ... The repetition of the last line is to signify the want for "sleep" and in this case...

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I believe that if the judicial system of the United States can choose to sentence a criminal to death, why in this cases a person can't choose to end their own life. ... At the same time, we see that everything has a dark side and euthanasia dark side is that if it were legally permitted, it could lead to a general decline in the respect for human life were euthanasia could be used to justify murders and murders thoughtout the country could escalate. Despite the dark side, we see that patients frequently suffer agony from pain that is uncontrollable and the administration of death is ...

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In this poem, even light is oppressive – the contrast between light and dark is shown to be quite close to the contrast between life and meaning. Through her use of descriptive imagery, syntax and form, Emily Dickinson takes a short poem and manages to eke a tremendous amount of meaning out of it, likening light to the reminder that death will be upon us eventually. ... The specter of death looms over her, especially as something that robs life of meaning; the "seal of despair" is that permanent understanding that everyone will die someday (line 10). In this way, Dickinson tr...

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However, even though the two vanquish this creature, they both fail to become divine beings, and die separate deaths as mere mortals. ... What humanity fears and fights against is death, not nature. ... The Mesopotamian people know, just as gods do, what they are and what they can do, except that they are also uniquely aware that life is not eternal and that they must appreciate and get the most enjoyment out of it before they die and go to "the house whose people sit in darkness" in the underworld (The Epic 92). ... If the reader was to analyze their behaviour, it would become appa...

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Plato's first argument is the argument from opposites, whereby he states that every single thing in this world has an opposite, whether that be happy and sad or dark and light, he strongly believes that everything that is a physical event must have an opposite, for example, big things would not be "bigger" if there was no small things to be "smaller." He then goes on to say that there is no opposite to life, as death is not an even within itself, therefore there must be a continuous pattern of life, death and rebirth. ... If we are looking at absolute opposites then it seems ridiculous t...

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Immortality, life after death, and infinity are people's concern and interest .Everyone one has a desire to still alive and to examine life and its secrets, Immortality expresses the existence of souls after the death of the body to confirm the fact; that death is not the end of everything .The origin of this belief, the existence of souls after death is a global abstract phenomenon that some anthropologist refers it to dreams which inspire of continuity of dead people existence. ... Therefore, the idea of eternal youth becomes as an eternal desire to delay death and estrange ageing. ...

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" Now, forty years of age, Trevor is returning to his incredible past where he must face the darkness of the terrible memories, and as he approaches his past, he meets a familiar voice in his head, one that Trevor must now test his morals against as he chooses to go back to his stirring town with this mysterious voice pulling him back into the past. ... As Trevor looks back on life, and the evident result of going back to his hometown for his friend's death along with the confrontation of his morality, he says, "My father, not known for his wisdom (though he took runs at it on the ni...

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It is these powers of destruction as well as the uncertainty of death that reminds us of our weaknesses and helplessness. ... In religion, life in the world is meant to serve a higher purpose; and death, not extinction but the beginning of a new kind of higher existence. This life after death is the perfection that we have missed in life. In the end all good is rewarded and all evil punished, in the form of life, or life after death. ...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate