Essays on Mourn

The Lament for Prince Peer of the Sun, of The Lament for Prince Kusakabe, is among the earliest poetic works of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro that have survived until modern days. The poem, which is an elegy in form, was originally intended to commemorate the late Japanese crown prince Kusakabe, a successor of the emperor Tenmu. The beginning lines of the poem point to the place of Kusakabe’s temporary burial palace and express the poem’s relation to the mourning period following Kusakabe’s premature death. The first meaningful section of the poem is a clear allusion to Japanese ...

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The Annals is a collection of sixteen books that survive, written by Cornelius Tacitus who was an historian of the Roman Empire as well as a Roman senator. In what remains of his final writings, Tacitus describes the Roman Empire beginning with Tiberius’ reign in 14 AD 14 up to and including Nero’s reign in 68 AD. The estimated date of the Annals is around 166 AD. The personages and events described in the Annals include Caligula, Claudius, Tiberius Nero, and Messalina. While Tacitus was writing from the perspective of an elitist and a scholar, it is evident ...

Based on the novel Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, the production of a film with the same name is world-famous. With its release date falling in 1939, the movie starred Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Havilland and went on to win multiple academy awards for its apparent ability to capture the Old South as it was before the coming of the American Civil War. Presently, the movie has become one of the classic romantic renditions of turbulent love affairs, with a particular emphasis on Rhett Butler and Scarlet O’Hara, who, as they ...

It can surely be said that the extract from the Bible called “The Sermon on the Mount” plays the role of ethical foundation for every Catholic Christian. This extract tells the story of how Jesus “went up on a mountainside and sat down” (Matthew 5:2), and after gathering His disciples around Him, He started to introduce the rules that Christians had to follow in order to enter Heaven after their death. Although some people might find these rules too strict (for example, Christianity doesn’t allow a divorce), they can greatly increase the quality of human relationships once they ...

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The thesis consisting in the issue whether women are allowed to visit graves has to either proven or denied. The former will be analyzed from different point of view with simultaneous answers to other questions arising in terms of whether women are permitted to visit graves; if yes, are there any restrictions regarding such visits; if no, what is the reason for it. The issue regarding the matter whether women are allowed to visit both grave and graveyard is still highly debated. It does not merely a discussion between the scholars, who analyze the Middle East tradition, but for ...

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Crisis Counseling is an activity that is directed at restoring normalcy to human psychological feeling. Crises are numerous and they are experienced frequently in everyday life. Since it’s something that is part of human life, finding out a plan that will minimize effects is the most modest thing for people to do. Furthermore, crisis may arise from natural disasters over which human beings have no control over. Perfecting the skills and procedures of reducing the effects of crisis will bring more benefits to humanity.

Introduction

A crisis, if looked at from a wider perspective, does not only refer to ...

Part One

The worldview refers to a theory of the world which is used understand life. In other words, worldview refers to a mental model of reality that provided answers to various life questions through providing a framework of attitudes and ideas about life, ourselves and the world. Therefore, it creates a comprehensive system of beliefs.

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Question One According to Genesis (1:1-2), the bible accounts that God created earth and heaven. However, there was no life yet. The bible further acknowledges that God created all that is on earth through the account of creation, as detailed in Genesis 1, in six ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

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There have been several wars that have been fought in the world in the last few centuries. The most prominent of these wars have to be the two World Wars which took place in the first half of the 20th Century. The First World War was fought between 1914 and 1918 while the Second World War took place between 1939 and 1945. War is never good for the society and brings about total chaos, destruction and loss of human life and property. It affects those humans who are the war front greatly and generally damages them psychologically. This is ...

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Evaluation of the three major countries on the basis of three factors: Religiosity versus Secularism, Durable Control versus Rigidity in politics and Inequality versus Parity in recognized genders. The three countries chosen are Egypt from North Africa, Italy from Europe and Japan from Asia. The country is made up of many cultures, traditions and operated with the help of a set of policies and regulations that are formulated by the political power of the country. The political power of the country is the government of the country that ensures growth and progress of the country, as well as citizens of ...

‘The undertakings: Life studies from the dismal trade,’ is a book by Thomas Lynch, who is a director of an undertaking company that is owned by his family. Thomas has first hand information on death, life and loss that people experience after their relatives or close ones has passed on to the afterlife. It is sad because he says in a short period of time he had to bury so many people, which was so sad as most of them were children. However, the issue or the statement in his book was not about the cold or the lifeless but on the ...

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The first work of art is a play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. Many experts believe it have been written between 1591 and 1595. However, this play was first published in 1597 in a quarto version. It was first performed in a theatre in London. The idea behind Romeo and Juliet is to depict the ill effects of family rivalry on the innocent children of these families who find themselves victims of circumstance. It is a tale of two young people from two wealthy families in London falling hopelessly in love with each other oblivious of the impossibility of them ...

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In the article “Don’t Mourn Brown v. Board of Education,” Juan Williams argues that the court case that ended the doctrine of separate but equal educational facilities in the United States failed to achieve its primary purpose of providing equal educational opportunity for all children, regardless of race, and that the time for its enforcement is past. While Williams notes correctly that segregation still exists in American schools, thus supporting his contention that the purpose of the court ruling was not achieved, in other ways the case accomplished many worthy goals albeit more as a by-product of the court ...

In today's modern age, the cult of celebrity is at an all-time high. With telecommunications, the world has become smaller, and as a result we know more about other people than we ever have before - even people we have not met. People become famous for many different reasons: they could be important people in the political and entertainment industries, they could be big business figures, and others simply keep themselves in the public eye long enough that people remember them. However, the sheer amount of attention that many people pay to celebrity in today's society give them a lot of ...

This poem by John Donne is centered on a spiritual love that transcends the physical. As a metaphysical poem, this work uses several exaggerated comparisons in literature, a type of analogy that takes something physical and compares it to something spiritual or beyond physical. (Wikipedia contributors)

Starting from the title which means, when we part we must not mourn. This poem is for his beloved wife to comfort her while he was going on a business trip. He asks her not to mourn his departure and not to cry, by saying, “So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests ...

“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” was written by John Donne, who was born in 1572 in a Roman Catholic family, in London. He studied both law and theology and was known as the founder of Metaphysical Poetry, which includes details and comparisons beyond the physical realm. Abstract comparisons are made to a physical or tangible object. Donne’s imagery therefore is eclectic and startling, and we see marks of the metaphysical conceit throughout the poem when the two souls (of his beloved’s and his) are compared to the two feet of a compass, united in the center. The poem was written roughly ...

Cultural ways of Dealing with Grief and Loss in Italian Funerals

Emotion is known to be a part of human nature that deals with reaction to stimulus in the environment or from another person. Grief in relation to emotion is a process for humans to react in relation to something they have lost. The type of loss varies from physical such as death of someone related or social caused by marriage breakups or something to do with occupational aspect of the person such as loss of jobs and or bankruptcy (Medterms.com N.D). The variation of reaction is ranging from anger, sadness, anxiety, guilt and despair. This paper will analyze the principles related ...

What is the main theme of The Epic of Gilgamesh?

The primary theme of The Epic of Gilgamesh is that of love and friendship, and how it can make people change for the better. In the beginning of the tale, Enkidu is an arrogant, self centered warrior, and Gilgamesh is a tyrannical king who bullies his people. Over the source of the story, Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s friendship causes them to see the better parts of themselves. Gilgamesh causes Enkidu to change into a better, more noble man instead of a savage, and Enkidu brings out the more heroic qualities in Gilgamesh. Their own unique qualities complement each other, and the love ...