Essays Tagged: "Sadness"

Hope is pathetic. Analysis of poem "Dover Beach" Matthew Arnold

e with tranquility and turned it into a depressing scene. The stanza ends with "The eternal note of sadness" being brought in by the sea. The poet is comparing the sea to the sum of all human troubles ...

(2 pages) 175 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Powder: Questions

recompassionate, caring and loving person. Although his early stages of life were of persecutionand sadness he accepted as a way of life. Being banished from society, he solely learned themeaning of c ...

(5 pages) 34 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Diction in "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN" by Robert Frost

es in the poem; because no matter whom the reader is they will relate to the feeling of regret, and sadness over a missed opportunity. When one reads something that they are able to connect with the p ...

(2 pages) 189 2 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Drug and Clinical Treatments for Bipolar Disorder

nto manic and depressive episodes. The depressive episodes are characterized by intense feelings of sadness and despair that can become feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Some of the symptoms ... on. These episodes may alternatGood Paper -e with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrati ...

(8 pages) 225 1 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Critical Essay of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ( Do you dread guilt?)

nd Arthur Dimmesdale commit a great sin.Because of this great sin, it causes them immense guilt and sadness though out the rest ofthe book. One of the main character's that is affected the most is Art ...

(3 pages) 93 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Sociological Aspects in William Rawls' "Where the Red Fern Grows"

"Glory and victory were waiting for them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found where the red ...

(22 pages) 138 1 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Sociological Aspects in Wilson Rawls' "Where the Red Fern Grows"

"Glory and victory were waiting for them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found where the red ...

(22 pages) 89 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Inferno

y are all of one person. I know her, but who is she? Her eyes are dark and enigmatic. I can see the sadness in her eyes. Her eyes. They lack the luminescence of the youthful character they portray. He ...

(2 pages) 61 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Literary criticism and anlysis of "Richard Cory," "I'm nobody! Who are you?," and "We wear the mask."

y" is essentially about a man who is set upon a golden pedestal by others and due to his suppressed sadness, kills himself. "We wear the mask" by Dunbar shows us society's use of a "mask" to hide thei ... a "mask" to hide their sorrow and grief, grinning and smiling when they truly feel overwhelmed with sadness. Dickinson's "I'm nobody!" tells of the role of "somebody" in society as opposed to a "nobod ...

(6 pages) 310 0 4.2 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

This essay is about Starry Night by Edvard Munch. It is an in depth analysis of this painting. It discusses the style, lighting, mood, and texture. This painting is at the Getty Museum.

n glistens caused by the reflection of the stars and the moon. The dark analogous colors convey the sadness and loneliness that Munch is probably felt. It also gives a sense of spirituality in the hor ... al end of the ocean made by the shoreline.The mood is conveyed by all of these formal elements. The sadness of the color and the direction of the infinite ocean versus the direction the lovers are mov ...

(3 pages) 226 0 4.8 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The Bipolar Disorder Experience

nto manic and depressive episodes. The depressive episodes are characterized by intense feelings of sadness and despair that can become feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Some of the symptoms ... and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrati ...

(16 pages) 330 2 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Treatments for Bipolar Disorder

nto manic and depressive episodes. The depressive episodes are characterized by intense feelings of sadness and despair that can become feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Some of the symptoms ... and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrati ...

(8 pages) 137 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

A Happy Quote

"I wish for you..."Comfort on difficult days,Smiles when sadness intrudes,Rainbows to follow the clouds,Laughter to kiss your lips,Sunsets to warm your heart ...

(1 pages) 32 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Ozymandias - Power and Despair" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

es. Leaving these statues behind, the sculptor is given a chance to reveal to others the underlying sadness of his soul. "[Passions read] Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand ...

(2 pages) 94 0 3.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" (by Oscar Wilde) - brief plot outline - character analysis - critical evaluation

flatters Dorian with his comments on the virtues of beauty, the charms of youth, and expresses his sadness at the thought that such youth should fade into the ugliness of age.His advice to Dorian is ...

(6 pages) 117 0 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Modern Writing - This essay describes how modern authors such as Ernest Hemmingway, Robert Frost, and Anne Sexton. This essay describes how dark and depressing modern writing can be.

alienation.In a poem by Robert Frost, Acquainted With the Night, a rainy street sets the scene for sadness and reunion with the dark. Frost, in the poem, is wandering down the cold, wet streets disco ...

(2 pages) 98 1 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Civil War heroes including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Walt Whitman. Description of their influence on the war and their occupations.

Wars can bring out so many emotions. National pride, sadness, pain, suffering, happiness, loneliness, fright, strength; hopefulness and hopelessness. Mos ...

(2 pages) 81 0 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Short essay on miss brill

ittle rooms or even cupboards." Additionally, throughout the story, there are growing references to sadness until it eventually overwhelms her. Some events that developed Miss Brill's character are he ... ctors and actresses in the park, and the boy and girl on the bench are the reasons for her eventual sadness. Many people in the park made her feel comfortable there and as though she was also an actre ...

(3 pages) 138 1 2.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hamlet's First Soliloquy

red!" Shakespeare's use of words such as flat, stale, and weary contributes to a tone of sorrow and sadness. The long, drawn out sentences also create a tone of distress. As an actor performing this s ...

(2 pages) 82 0 3.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

It has been said that Tennessee Williams' plays are 'full of hate, anger and envy'. How far is this true in scene three of 'The Glass Menagerie'?

ger, hate and envy implies that there is no room for other emotions such as happiness, sympathy and sadness. It implies that the play revolves around hateful, angry and envious characters and that the ... stic humour but hinting that he has often thought of a different life. Finally, there is a sense of sadness for Laura when '(the coat) strikes against the menagerie, and there is a tinkle of shatterin ...

(10 pages) 76 0 2.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers