Sublime

Survivor’s guilt has played a substantial role throughout the story. Boa Ninh helps the reader to become aware and understand war as being all conquering by comparing it to love. Kien faced many hardships after war, being one out of ten to survive the Vietnam War, he realized that he should “expose the reality” by writing his own biography. He struggles with both the memories of the war and also his trauma post-war. He says that he is required to write about the war as he is the only survivor of

history; it is documented through the use of observation, preservation, and artwork. A notable Romantic painter, John Martin created paintings that placed human figures in the midst of civilizations and vast landscapes that contained elements of the sublime. Martin drew inspiration from the geography of his homeland Britain to produce similar scenery in all his works. Martin 's paintings usually depict apocalyptic scenes that include "dramatic lighting and vast architectural settings" ("John Martin")

Why do humans trust each other? What underlying factor persuades a man to put his faith in another man’s word? It could be the way an individual says something, with a stroke of confidence. Or if the person makes his argument in a confident manner, others see eye to eye with him and put their trust in him. Conversely, a lunatic consisting of no admirable traits appears erratic. In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the story functions as a confession by the Governess where she explains the way

The Gothic Novel is a product of the inordinate imaginative capability that was present in the slater part of the eighteenth century. It is known that the gothic novel’s prototype was Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764). It foreshadows the modern novels that evoke horror and terror in the minds of people who read them. It subtly suggests the psychological motivations of the characters and the deep abysses of the human mind. The gothic is usually associated by people with a prevailing sense

The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is known for the murder of multiple people and for torturing Victor until the end of his life. However, many of the creature’s actions could actually be considered a consequence of Victor’s decision. Since Victor is the creator of the creature, he essentially has the responsibility to bring him up and act as a parent figure for him. Despite this obligation, Victor abandons the creature almost immediately after he creates him, leaving the creature to fend

thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking,reverberated along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, through the silent working of immutable laws,was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands. These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving”(Pg.99) This shows that the essence of the nature that surrounds him is making his thoughts clearer and cleansing him in a way. That her thoughts of nature

into cultures foreign to me inspire my desire to travel and make new experiences, understandings, and social-connections that go beyond the bubble of a world I have grown up in. While the tragic twists in this story left me in a state of unease, the sublime mysteries of another culture inspire me. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf The horror fanatic within me was initially drawn in by the title of this piece, little did I know it would actually be about finding the treasure of love within your heart

and ambitious among us. By conducting a thorough and thoughtful comparison of Sumner's statements and the work of his rhetorical opponents, modern readers are provided with the opportunity to assess such controversial and conflicted stances in the sublime light provided by historical hindsight. The final decades of the 19th century were defined

recommendation regarding the cultivation of these Brahmaviharas was unique in that it applied to both oneself and others. These are the subjects of methodical and systematic meditation called brahma-vihāra-bhāvanā, the meditative development of the sublime states. The practical aim is to achieve, with the

The ideas and themes Shelley based the novel on were popular issues in her society at the time of writing. Themes are crucial ideas that are explored throughout a literary work. The themes present in Frankenstein included: dangerous knowledge, sublime nature, monstrosity, secrecy, and texts . Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and other compositional features that aim to develop and communicate a texts major theme; whilst symbols are objects, characters, and colours that are used abstractly