In this form of awakening, the awakening may simply be a gift of God to the sleeping individual, enabling him or her to suddenly perceive all of reality and of course Reality in its real essence. ... This form of awakening is probably completely non-existent in our day and age. ... It may appear strange to the reader that in each of these methods of awakening, Divine favor has a role. However, as the ultimate Reality is God himself, all awakenings ultimately originate from His mercy. ... I posit here that death is the ultimate awakening. ...

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After examining chapters 6 and 39 of Kate Chopin's story The Awakening, one is able to see that the author planned to depict the final scene to be tragic yet triumphant. Like Edna's final act in chapter 39, the first half of chapter 6 allows the reader to understand that Edna is lost in her search...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Miller does an incredible job in making Biff's awakening such an exciting portion of the novel. ... Finally, in an awakening unparalleled in the rest of the work, Biff erupts, standing up and accepting that both he and his father are "a dime a dozen-, and that his entire family is living in a surrealistic dream world. ... Through this, Miller succeeds in making Biff's awakening and the thoughts that go with it the most climactic and powerful moment in the entire novel. ... In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller does an impeccable job of filling the awakening that Biff experiences w...

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This quotation directs the reader's attention to Buddha and what he symbolises; "The word Buddha means "enlightened- or "awakened- and is a title given to those who have attained the supreme state of perfect enlightenment and awakening -. Already here there is a major indication of that Marlow will come to some sort of an "awakening- as the story progresses. ...

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Though Edwards consistently produced well versed philosophy, none surpassed those written during the time of the Great Awakening during the 1730s and 1740s (Hatch 102). He was a staunch supporter of the Awakening and believed that it was necessary, "to find ways of distinguishing false from true conversions" (Levin xx). ...

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The Downfall of Modernization "The grass is always greener on the other side" is a common quote spoken by many. What most people don't know, is the full concept of what that saying means. In "Homeplace", Sanders explains just the opposite of the quote's definition while preaching about the pleas...

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John Keats "Ode to Psyche" is a lyrical poem that is revealed through a euphoric utopia where ideas and aspirations become the fundamental elements that maintain the human spirit. The persona's perpetual love for the goddess Psyche is clear by way of his proposal to create the perfect life for her....

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I was so snuggly in my sleeping bag that when the screaming beep of my watch intruded, I rolled over for a few more minutes of downy warmth. Ahhhh, thank goodness I didn't have to visit the spot last night. I crawled out of my sleeping bag and as I looked out of my tent I saw the day dawning with a...

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I read Love in the Cornhusks by Aida Rivera-Ford for my Literature critical paper. I liked the story for the author presented it simply and did not become poetic or lyrical so I didn't need to think much or read between the lines to understand the story. I also liked it because the barrio setting ...

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In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, " These times, they are changing," a symbolic message, echoes in the form of a relationship between the self and the world of a reality created by the eyes of the beholder. This reality of perception, manifested by the individual, is constantly evolving through e...

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Cellar Door A thought I constantly ponder is that of why one thought or another will, for no explainable reason, jump into the mind. This is why on one ordinarily average Thursday I entertained an idea of years past. One memory in particular appeared to stick in my mind; that of a little Nebraska...

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For as long as an established government is being run and artists are putting out good, thought-provoking work, there has always been a backlash due to a clashing of opinions amongst both the government and the people. One of the more beautiful things about the human mind is that we are able to make...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not s...

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When we sleep, we do much more than just "rest our weary bones"; we tap into our subconscious mind (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). The subconscious has much to offer about oneself. The average human being spends one third of their life in sleep and during each sleep approximately two hours is spent dreaming (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). These dreams are important because they are the voice of our subconscious. Dreams and theories on dreams go as far back as 2000 BC in Egypt. ...

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• Grade Level: High School