Essays on Ingratitude

Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” is a tribute to his foster-father. Hayden shares his memories of the father. This heart-rending poem is considered as his domestic masterpiece. It is a poem of definition and discovery. “Those Winter Sundays” is a fourteen-line free verse. Robert Hayden is the first African-American poet who gets Poet Laureate. This poem is not about identity or any other African-American themes. “Those Winter Sundays” is a simple poem, but has profound meaning. Hayden has attempted a brilliant try to regret his ingratitude for a sacrificing father. To personify the spirit of the poem, Hayden has built the poem in such a ...

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not s o unkind as man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. High-ho! Sing, high-ho! Unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then high-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky, That does not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As a friend remembered not. 2 High-ho! Sing, high-ho! Unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving ...

Shakespeare’s presentation of madness and blindness in King Lear are pervasive. Madness and blindness occur in the plot and in the sub-plot – in a literal and a figurative sense; they are frequently referred to in the language and imagery of the play; they are inextricably linked – the mistakes that certain characters make due to blindness lead inevitably to their insanity; some characters pretend to be mad or blind. In short, madness and blindness are far more than themes of the play – they are the play. Shakespeare weaves his entire play around madness and blindness and presents them so that they ...

Abstract

All over the world economic challenges have deeply affected the lives of millions of immigrant families and the hardest hit are the children. Skyrocketing economic disadvantages have led to job layoffs and lack of the basic necessities in life and the immigrant children have consequently suffered from immense mental health problems and constant abuse. Low levels of income are inextricably linked with rising levels of homelessness and lack of other basic needs and the immigrant children are particularly affected by these adverse conditions. Thousands of immigrant children have been reported to have a wide variety of mental problems which are ...