Life Essays

In the story, Romeo and Juliet, the final tragic outcome, namely the deaths of the two young lovers, was a result of human choices, rather than one of fate. Although fate played some role in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths, the various characters’ decisions and actions throughout the story eventually led …

Robert Davies’ essay, The Pleasures of Love is about what can be improved on, Or what can be done to obtain the pleasures of love. He shows that we should not follow the same footsteps as Othello and Desdomona, or Romeo and Juliet. Davies believed that Othello was a man …

The nucleus is the most obvious organelle in a eukaryotic cell. Virtually all eukaryote cells have a nucleus (red blood cells lose theirs and so are enucleate for most of their life-span of 180 days). It is surrounded by the nuclear envelope, a double membrane with contains a large number …

In the modern society, there is often a lack of communication between parents and their children. One can simply open the daily newspaper to find teenagers committing suicide or various crimes due to stress derived from family issues. These incidents reveal the importance of parents’ communication with their children. Love …

What is school pride? Taking pride in one’s school is important, but what exactly is it? Although it is found in some way on every campus, school pride has not yet been properly defined. Whatever it may be, students demonstrate pride in their school in various ways. Even though the …

When reading Ernest Hemmingway’s A Farewell to Arms, I was struck by the vivid images he conveys with his descriptions of nature and the world. Hemmingway’s stark prose lends an air of bleakness to the story that truly puts the horrors and emotional turmoil of war into perspective. Although I …

This sonnet is an attempt by Keats to link the natural life cycles of birth, life, death, and rebirth to the four seasons and from there to the nature of human existence. Taken literally, the poem is essentially a very eloquent description of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn …

Introduction: “Homo Suburbiensis” is as much a poem about the human condition, as it is a record of one man’s escape from the demands of his existence. “Homo Suburbiensis” uses one man’s escape from his demands to represent our universal need to contemplate and resolve our own uncertainties in life …

In the article “Homeland” by Anna Maria Dell’oso, the issue of identity; in particular, cultural identity, is thoroughly explored by the composer. It is mainly about how identity is passed on from generation to generation, changes over time and is influenced by a person’s surroundings. The composer conveys this through …

Time and time again, gender-conflict has continued to be a focal issue. Since the beginning of time, this dilemma has been articulated through novels or other various forms of writing. It is now brought to the public’s attention in forms such as the news, radio and the workplace. Habitually asked, …