Man is neither angel or beast; and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast.
Drugs and music today are usually used synonymously and with good reason. When most people hear of a famous musician dying, they typically think of a drug overdose first. Sarah McLachlan, when discussing her song "Angel- on the website aquezada.com, said that it "deals with why people in the limelight turn to drugs for solace."" There can be a message here for anyone, whether in the limelight or not, about drug use and its effects. In a broader sense "Angel- is about how drugs can make you feel free of your problems, but when the high is over, they are drawing you down and complicating your life even more. .
People often use drugs to escape from pain or problems in their lives. "I need some distraction oh beautiful release- is just one of the many lines that help you sense the pain that would pull you into drugs. It is saying just let us not feel this right now. We want to let go of the pain and the problems. "Let me be empty and weightless and maybe I'll find some peace tonight- repeats the same theme about letting the drugs make the pain go away, or helping you feel as though you can reach a peaceful place of rest. The desperation in this line makes it feel as though someone is down on his or her knees screaming for some relief, some end to the relentless onslaught of emptiness. The last lines of the song "You're in the arms of the Angel, May you find some comfort here- are repeated for emphasis as if to say this may be the only relief you will ever find or ever need and when you start to feel that way drugs can end up causing other problems.
According to her fan club website The Sea of Waking Dreams, McLachlan has had her share of problems, on aquezada.com she says, "We're all f "ed up in so many ways. I'm as f "ed up as the next person. I've been in that place where your so f "ed up and you're so lost that you don't know who you are anymore, and you're miserable "and here's this escape route.
Fallen Angels Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, begins with the introduction of an African American 19-year-old boy who lives in Chicago. ... In a matter of 15 minutes darkness has fallen and Peewee and Perry are lost alone and unsure if their troop has any remainders. ...
In it, he makes the transition from "utter and middle darkness of Chaos and eternal Night- to the "holy light- and "Eternal coeternal beam- (Paradise Lost, Book III). Hell is repeatedly associated with darkness, giving it a sinister and evil connotation, while Heaven is bathed in light, making it appear holy and pure. The poet suggests that to move from Hell to Heaven is to move from darkness to light, and implies that God's light - and holiness - is without beginning or end. Likewise, Satan is shrouded in perpetual darkness, and his evil knows no bounds. ... - God inquires of the ang...
The woods are becoming dark and the sun is setting. ... But, as I stared deeper into the picture it just kept getting darker and darker and that is where the mood is set. ... To me this shows strong pain that is felt by the angels. This painting is highly criticized because of the dark shadows that cast onto Jesus' face and the wings of the angels are bird wings. ... The positions of the two angels are odd. ...
This is where the young man and the Dark Lady are introduced as a good spirit and a bad spirit. ... Faustus in which a "Good Angel" and an "Evil Angel" try to manipulate the main character (Shakespeare-online). ... The Dark Lady is attempting to tempt the young man into her dark side, taking away his purity. ... Hell could have the ordinary mortal significance or could refer to being in the dark lady's company. ... It is also apparent in this sonnet that the blame for the affair between the Dark Lady and the young man is all on the Dark Lady herself. ...
John the Baptist is much more darker and gloomier than Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels. ... The background is of a dark green curtain hiding any clues as to where the Holy Family is gathered. ... In Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, the angels are standing behind the throne of the Madonna and there is no indication of legs. ... The angels wear cross-like suspenders across their chest. ... An angel and the child hold religious texts. ...
Angel's mother, Hannah, did not know herself. ... The name Angel means messenger. And Angel does become a messenger. ... As she says, "somewhere in my past, I had lost the knowing of this opening light of life, the taking up of minerals from dark ground, the magnitude of thickets and brush. ... What more appropriate name could there be for a child of Hannah's who would finally grow up away from and outside of her darkness? ...
In Victorian Supernatural fiction we see ourselves "in a glass darkly". ... The "glass" of Le Fanu's is believed a mirror in which "darkly" viewed we see a darker nature to our own selves. In both of the contexts of the quote however, is the implication of the desire to no longer see "darkly". ... The one character that ties all the stories within "In a Glass Darkly" together is the fictitious "German Physician" Dr Martin Hesselius, whose "voluminous notes of cases which he made during a tour of England " Comprise the stories within "In a Glass Darkly". ... Le Fanu himself was known t...
Unlike Hester, however, he has no audience, and even if someone were to see him, they would not recognize him in the darkness. ... Once labeled an adulterous by her "A,"" Hester was now an angel and apostle to the women of the town; through her story, she reveals a truth about "the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness."" ...
Heart of Darkness The Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is an autobiography of his journey in Congo. ... However, this meta-narrative also denotes the tapping into one's mind about a certain "darkness." ... They are described as the guards of the doors to the darkness. ... The laborer's significance appears to be somewhat angelic. ... It is not surprising that they ultimately died in the heart of darkness. ...
