Alli Hobhouse's Journey

The path to the sea, “was no inconsiderable one, consisting as it did of a long, sandy path…” (27). The pathway to the water symbolizes her hardships and obstacles Edna fights throughout the time of her awakening. The sea is a space of immeasurable possibility. It can be either a void of menace or, splendor and strength. Weighing heavy on her, Edna feels both the void of menace and her growing strength. The scene of Edna’s rebirth, leaves the reader with the infinite possibility of ways the story could conclude. However, in the end, Edna finally escapes society completely. When Edna swims out in the water for the first time Chopin gives the reader insight to Edna’s freedom and strength. However, Chopin foreshadows Edna’s tragic death when Edna feels a sense of loneliness and she begins “to lose herself,” (48). Edna will lose herself to the seductive voice of the sea. Edna even sees “a quick vision of death” (48) at this time. She has been reborn, although, even her rebirth could not stop the pain she felt. Waves in the ocean eventually come to an end and crash. The crashing down of the waves in the sea signify the downfall of Edna’s awakening. The very last time Edna swims out in the sea, she repeats the same words, “The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.” (189). Edna’s sensuous tone gives her peace. Edna knows her death is near and she is not scared.

The story “Storms at Sea” by William Bradford, tells of the fierce journey of a ship crossing the vast ocean. By telling this story the Author is able to show the reader the hardships faced with traveling in that time period and the hope that awaited them. Although the journey was hard and they didn’t have the everyday luxuries they loved, they knew that across the sea there was freedom waiting for them.

A hero's journey is a pattern of narrative identities that appears in many dramas, storytellings, myths, and psychological development. The journey consist of twelve different steps and in the story Beowulf we read about the magnificent and rough journey that Beowulf and this men accomplish. Many people question if Beowulf is considered a hero and if what he did was good. The journey that he embarked on, leads me to believe that Beowulf is a hero and always will be.

In the short story, “Blood Knots” grief is revealed in different ways. In the beginning of the story the main character is described as calm and laid back. This gives the reader the sense that she does not care for her father’s death and she announces, “I am still waiting for my own emotion to surface in what I am anticipating will be a sense of overwhelming, loss”(Burton 33). The main character is in great shock that even she cannot describe it. It gives the reader the sense that the main character may be experiencing some depression because as it is stated she is waiting for her feelings to surface, and she might be feeling down that she is not reacting as normal people should be. She is convincing herself that she is not worthy and she doesn’t love her father, even though on the inside she loves him . The main character needs to realize that she is taking it in her own way. Furthermore, the second grief in the story is the

A firm and unbroken belief in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. To overcome all objects in the way. This is perseverance. As a New Critic, this line can be broken down and analyzed for its use of allusions, word choice, and importance as a whole to the theme of the poem.

When compared against modern heroes, Beowulf comes off as a more of a rugged dirty character. When looking at heroes such as Captain America or Luke Skywalker, both of these characters are never pictured as dirty. Captain America, also known as Steve Rogers, is always pictured as clean and his suit never dirty, same thing with Luke Skywalker. Luke Skywalker grew up a farm boy on the desert planet of Tatooine and later became a Jedi Knight, he was never explained as dirty or foul such as Beowulf was.

“She seemed to always be repairing clothes that were ‘torn in the boat’ preparing food ‘to be eaten in the boat’ or looking for ‘the boat’ in our kitchen window which faced upon the sea (Macleod 3). Their life only revolved around the boat. Whenever father returned from work that’s what was always talked about, the boat. Another quote that set the mood of the story is when the narrator talks about his mother. He says: “My mother was of the sea, as were all of her people, and her horizon were the very literal ones she scanned with her dark fearless eyes” (Macleod 6). I think the narrator is saying that like the sea his mother is dark and intimidating like her people who are also fishing people. In my opinion I think the mother makes the mood of the story dark and melancholy. She wants so much out of her husband and children, and when they don’t do what she wants she doesn’t talk to them. The mother puts too much pressure on the family to do what her family did. I can understand that the mother didn’t want to be alone, but as a mother you should want you kids to do better than you did and want them to succeed in life. When her only son was going to school , she said; “ I never though a son of mine would choose useless books over the parents that have you life”(Macleod 18). It shows how the mother was putting so much pressure and guilt

Have you ever swam in the ocean? Ever fought against the waves? Have you ever felt its intensity?? Oceans can be quite treacherous and rigid, but once you sink down beneath the water, all is calm and peaceful. In “The Ocean” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, he paints an image of this by illustrating the waters and the men at sea. Men at sea are represented by showing the journey they fought on the Ocean but how after they died they were at peace. By using symbolism, rhyme, and personification, Hawthorne develops a theme in which the ocean can be crazy and wild above the water, but peaceful and calm beneath.

The book, Everlost by Neal Shusterman is about two kids named Nick and Allie who are travelling with their families in separate cars. The car that Nick 's dad is driving hit a piece of metal in the road causing Nick’s dad to lose control of the car and drive into the other lane. Neither Nick or Allie had a seatbelt on and when their cars collided head on. Both Nick and Allie were thrown through the windshields of their parent’s cars. They are then are headed down a tunnel toward a bright light. They bump into each other throwing them off course.

Many of the tales enjoyed by society depict a hero embarking on a journey. Whether the story is a heroic adventure or a sappy romance, these stories all follow a similar pattern in terms of structure. By following the writing outline of an archetypal quest for identity, the novel “Indian Horse”, by Richard Wagamese, depicts Saul finding out who he is and where he belongs through emotional and spiritual journeys. This archetypal journey includes three main and important phases for the hero: the ‘departure and initiation’, the ‘road of trials and innermost cave’, and the ‘return’. Saul’s tale in the novel “Indian Horse” is a particularly heart-wrenching yet eye-opening archetypal quest for identity which incorporates all three important phases

Rachel Carson wrote about her experiences while at the sea. There is a whole exciting world at the sea which is fascinating. The reader can see this world from the perspective of Carson. This is because she is successful in conveying the true picture of the place. Carson uses ethos, pathos and logos as well as, definitions, simile, cause and consequence to tell about her experiences at the sea.

The ocean not only engulfs two‑thirds of the earth but two‑thirds of Moby Dick; a literary space penned by Herman Melville which sweeps the reader in its ever‑elusive eddies of symbolic complexity. The symbolism in the novel ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea, submerging the reader into Melville’s imaginative sea voyage. This paper will examine the watery depths as a recognizable setting from the physical universe, further observing how Melville juxtaposes this element in such a peculiar way, that the reader has no choice but to abandon, “reason, tradition, belief, and rely solely on thought to interpret these images,” which accordingly creates an “opportunity for open imagination” (Glover, 2003:42) (Bachelard,1983: 22). What’s more, is that Melville has the ability to paint landscapes in words, “reveal[ing] the eye of a visual artist” (Wallace, 1992: 105). Therefore, this essay will observe Melville’s imagery from a surrealist perspective, comparing Salvador Dali’s painting, “Dali at Age Six” to Chapter 58, “Brit,” and Chapter 114, “The Gilder” to emphasize the fluidity of sea as a means for open interpretation and imagination.

Staring at her reflection in the mirror, Allie blushed, flushing her cheeks even more than they already were from remembering her experience as she wrote it in her diary. What she had written could not go into her journal, which she left lying around for quick access. Her diary was kept well-hidden, deep within the confines of a small trunk, she kept her ‘personal, female things’ in, and hopefully, out of the sight of prying eyes. Eli’s sudden call for her or Christopher had come unexpectedly. She was sure they were miles from Charleston by the time Christopher dragged her ashore; however, they were only a mile out into the harbor; they came ashore near Fort Johnson on St. James Island.

The monstrous vessel carried on with her swaying trip through the night-befallen tides of the Anonymous Islands. The ocean’s firm strokes on her black body brought her up, then down, then up and down again with a sickening rocking. It was life as usual on the open seas; my stomach had long mastered its hopping nature over my years of privateering. And yet, recently –that day being the most notable– my face had gotten into the habit of turning green from all the naval motions. Never before was I this sensitive; and as I tended to my duties in my candlelit quarters, I attributed this change to my budding love, indeed, my mad love for the last person I should yearn for.

“Riders to the Sea” is a one-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge. J.M. Synge, after visiting the Aran Islands situated off the Irish coast, found inspiration in the peasant life of rural Ireland. He started making annual trips in the summer and studied the lives of ordinary people and observed their superstitions, culture and folklore. This play was based on his experiences while there. On one of his trips he heard the story of a man whose body was found washed up on the shore on one of the Aran Islands. After hearing that story, he was inspired to write a play and “Riders to the Sea” was written. Considered one of the greatest one-act plays of modern theatre, it combines elements of rural Irish life and its pagan influences with Greek tragedies. He masterfully paints a picture of the sorrows of Irish rural life and the perseverance of the people in the face of their harsh environment.