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…to tell, it's the only light we've go in al this darkness." Here Sonny's music provides for the player and listener a temporary relive away from the despair of their daily condition. The blues that sonny is playing touches the heart without words.…

…loaf from the oven. I got some fresh oranges and squeezed the juices into my favorite blue cup. After eating, I went upstairs into my room, and this was how my night always began. Sitting alone in a dark silent night, where no sources of light were shown…

…, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother's heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all…

…as a barbaric character that lives in the moors in darkness. The darkness also symbolizes mystery which also relates to evil. On the other hand, Beowulf is tamed and civilized, the epitome of goodness and purity. As shown in his first battle with Grendel…

…perverseness. The resolution of this wonderful but tragic story is Oedipus's loss of everything dear to him. Oedipus is left a pitiful wreck, "I am alone guilty.", "My own heart... darkness to final darkness", "I have been rash and foolish.", "To risk…

…is suitable because just like a candle's light can go in a matter of seconds caused by a simple blow, their lives ended in a matter of seconds. A candle that leaves darkness once it is not shining any longer, can be compared to the darkness left in the hearts…

…is given over to song. Because each of the main characters sings a party piece, the temptation is to go with the flow and drift into soft Victorian nostalgia. Many of these songs reveal truths about the guests’ lives or the inner workings of their hearts…

…at the corner store. Desperately she tries to keep her heart from pounding so loud that the whole neighborhood isn't awakened. She picks up her stride and turns the first corner towards home. Convinced her imagination is working overtime until she acutely notices…

…I was fascinated when I first saw this painting. I saw a picture painted in such dark colors and with a woman who doesn’t look so happy and I couldn’t believe that there can be a picture, which over these characteristics still exhales so positive…

…. --Isaiah 24:1-2 (KJV) I said, "Who killed him?" and he said, "I don't know who killed him but he's dead all right," and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees…