Essays on Consolation

For all my colleagues, I would like to discuss how the behavior of each of the members of the conversation at an office affected the end result of the conversation. Firstly, communication is supposed to be a back and forth process and each person involved in a setting for making a decision, needs to participate, voice their opinion and they are heard. Similarly, other people in that setting need to listen to the speaker while they are talking so that a message is conveyed properly. When everyone sat down with one person at the board jotting down the ideas ...

George Herbert (1593-1633) adopted the Metaphysical style of poetry from Donne but in a simpler manner. His famous poem “Death” is an example of the poetry that uses rhetorical forms of writing like a paradox, hyperbole, and conceits. The poem constitutes two parts that have a contradicting view of death. The First part presents death as a fearsome being through the use of hideous expressions and imagery. The second part presents death as a friend and a passage to a better life. The last three stanzas give hope to Christians through the works of Jesus Christ. Through Christ’s ...

1. In The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius considers the differences between philosophy and fortune. Specifically, fortune is something that an individual has for a while as opposed to always having it. In other words, where the mind can always philosophize on a particular subject, the concept of fortune is fleeting. It is temporal and can be snatched away at any moment. This does not make fortune negative, however. Essentially, fortune should be savored for the time in which one has it. 2. From Boethius' perspective, God sees everything and is foreknowing. As a consequence, or effect of this foreknowledge, ...

Comparison of W.H. Auden and John Dryden One of the differences in the stylistic choices of the two poets is the use of rhyme. In his elegy, John Dryden employs a rhyme scheme after every two sentences throughout the poem.

Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend perform'd and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more?. (Dryden) As seen in the first six lines of the poem, every two sentences maintain the same rhyme scheme. John Dryden employs an intricate and deliberate choice of words ...

Nature imagery

Frankenstein is a novel based on a monster created by a scientist who wished to know much about physical science. This scientist is called victor Frankenstein. Victor works very hard on his creation but falls asleep after he finishes the creation. He does not give the creation a name and thus its lack of identity as it traverses the poles seeking to revenge since it has been rejected by the human race. It blames victor for creating it and not giving it an identity. Nature is a form of reprieve and consolation to the characters in this novel The novel’s setting is ...

Should the death penalty be mandatory for people that kill other people?

The saying goes do unto others what you would have them do unto you. Therefore, the price for taking away life should cost the offender his or her life. Different kinds of punishment have been used to discourage criminals from unlawful actions, and the greater the criminal act the greater should be the punishment. The death penalty is a controversial issue and people base their arguments for or against death penalty on practical, emotional, religious or practical grounds. People in favor of the capital punishment argue that it improves peace in the society by ensuring that such people do not ...