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…with difficulties or enigmas. "Don't curse the darkness, light a candle." To me, this phrase means 'when one finds himself in a difficult situation, he should not blame the circumstances or sulk over his misfortune. Instead, he should take positive actions to overcome…

…I found Countee Cullen's poem "From The Dark Tower" to be very interesting. The title itself gave me the impression that the speaker is some type of night watchman who was possibly watching over a field but could have just as well have been a planter…

…Carolina Maria de Jesus’ book Child of the Dark is an informative, yet riveting, collection of events about a single woman’s life in the favelas (slums) of São Paulo. In this book, de Jesus talks about her everyday struggles to raise three children…

…up during some of the play's most horrific moments as if in counterpoint; a balancing of darkness with jest. Shakespeare, well known for his upfront humour regarding sex, does not disappoint in Titus. In an exchange between Aaron and Chiron it is revealed…

…"Traveling Through the Dark" <Tab/>by: William Stafford&lt The speaker in the poem must reflect on what to do about the dead does, he knows that in order to keep other ppl from hitting her & getting into an accident he must…

…horror. This isn't just by chance. Mary's life was a total mess from the beginning to the end. Because of these traumatic events she was to cast such a darkness on her writing, which has never again been recreated in literature.     First off, ever since Mary…

…Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were both great minds, creative individuals, and some of the greatest poetic individuals of the twentieth century. Though Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were great poets, they were also obsessed with death, darkness…

…"Miep Gies: A Light in the Dark" Imagine a world where you are forced to hide and protect your friends from a plague that has devoured most of Europe already, an army that kills people for no reason but hateful discrimination. Unfortunately…

…life stories that help to illustrate the sadness and pain felt by the poor in Latin America. Carolina Maria De Jesus was born in 1913 in Sacramento, a small town in the inner part of Brazil. She is the author of Child of the Dark. This is her first hand…

…Exercise does affect heart rate. During exercise, the muscles of the body are at work and for the muscles to work energy is required. In order to provide energy to the exercising muscles the blood supply to the muscle increases so that the glucose…