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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One finds love, another rape or death. ... Furthermore, the dark side is locked with the other side within one body; the relation between those two sides becomes interdependent. As without the good, there would not be the evil, just like without the light there would not be the darkness. ... The evil is triumphant just like in Jacopo Ligozzi's "Death Exterminating the Human Race- where death gathers tolls or in Lorenzo Costa's "Triumf Å"mierci- . ... "And the Earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep."" ...

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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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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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This horrific image is communicated to the reader by how the cruel lady made each of the "natives" take a close look at the "twisted death snarl of the poisoned girl", before evicting them. Thus there was a sort of negative karma, a spirit of death that became part of the library due to it being the site of a tragic death, as "The house was boarded up, and held its breath". ... In this case, the note of Middle C has a harsh, dissonant sound, as it is associated with death. ... Besides this, the fact that "The spirits on the wall are fading, fading, finally being forced on their way to oblivion...

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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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"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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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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Although her death was confirmed a suicide, controversy continues to surround the events of her life and death, as well as her writing and legacy. ... In these lines, Lady Lazarus gets more specific and reveals that "it" is death. ... She says that she is thirty and that she is smiling, but why would she be smiling if her life is so grim and dark? ... Lady Lazarus tells us that "This is Number Three" (line 22), saying that she is experiencing her third death. ... This poem is solely about Lady Lazarus', who we can infer is Plath, suicide attempts and near death experiences. ...

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His indifference towards his mother's death is further revealed when he travels to the home. ... This is the first time the protagonists exhibits such strong emotion, he did not even cry upon the death of his own mother. ... It seems that it is only with his own death that he can realize and feel the true meaning of the situations he is in. ... The memories help Meursault get through his time in prison and he says that "with all the sleep, [his] memories, reading [his] crime story, and the alternation of light and darkness, time passed" (80). ... Such an apology is unnecessary because...

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The drunken father's breath, "Could make a small boy dizzy", yet the boy hangs "on like death" (My Papa's lines 2-3). ... There are many words like "Death", "Battered", "Scraped", and "Beat". ... Even with the possible darker meaning of the "waltz" the poem still shows how the child still loves the father. ...

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Some would say that evil has never been treated more harshly than in today's civilization. They would use examples such as September 11. The terrorist actions of Osama Bin Laden and his organizations have been punished and continue to be punished through nothing less than death. Pride and p...

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Death is the one certainty, the one thing that links us all together on our journey of human existence. ... According to Stace's article Man Against Darkness this is not a question that should be asked or answered. ...

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The Puritan community was a dark, strict society, feeling indifferent to the humanity of the woman standing before them on the scaffold, with her infant daughter against her chest. ... Although it may seem that on the outside this is discussing the death of Governor Winthrop, on the interior this could be another meaning of the scarlet letter. ...

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The death of Thomas Schell depicts the tremor feeling Oskar goes through once he finds out that his father is no longer with him. ... To Oskar, it is his only goal to find out what happened to his father by slowly peeling the back layers in hopes of grasping and understanding that death is inevitable in any stage that it may present itself. Oskar's inevitable search for the missing pieces of his father's death creates a comfortable realization that satisfied his curiosity in the long run. ... They knew that they should not walk alone at night, and if they absolutely had to, they were...

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The first thing we are told of Urizen is that he is "self -closed, all-repelling" and "unprolific" (The Book of Urizen, ch. 1, line 2-3) a shadow of darkness and horror. He is "That solitary one in Immensity" (Ch 2, line 43) who from "the depths of dark solitude" describes his longings of immutability. ...

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The death of his friend upsets him deeply, but also allows him to pursue God to become a faithful Christian. Augustine often experiences darkness, blindness, and confusion while attempting to find rest in God, but he knows that when he eventually finds him his restless heart will be saved. ...

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