Afterlife Essay Examples

The afterlife is explored through visually stunning scenes in the 1998 drama What Dreams May Come. This film features Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. in outstanding performances that keep the audience engaged until the very end. This essay will highlight the major achievements of this memorable movie. Director Vincent Ward envisioned a fantastical and […]

Compare and contrast ‘the day the lady died’ by Frank O’ Hara with ‘Mid-term break’ by Seamus Heaney. How do the poets deal with the experience of death and grief in two very different circumstances and culture? In this essay I am going to compare and contrast two poems. One is ‘The Day The Lady […]

This Is an attempt to understand the different modes through which power and subjectivity plays Its role In Ben Jackson’s play “Pollen”. When we try to understand the structure of power it would be fruitful to understand the different modes by which the human beings are made subjects. To achieve this end I would like […]

The pursuit of knowledge can lead to one’s downfall when paired with pride, as seen in the character of Doctor Faustus. The Mephistopheles character laments his outcast state, achieved through attempting to attain a level higher than God. The agony of being deprived of everlasting joy torments him, showing the disappointment and pain that can […]

There are many different views about what happens after we die. Some people would argue that death is simply the end and that this life is all there is. However others would argue that life continues after death. Those who argue for a life after death take many different views on the form of life, […]

Hamlet and Doctor Faustus have a preoccupation with death and the afterlife. The protagonists’ attitudes towards death drastically change as the plays progress. Hamlet is at first very scared of what the afterlife holds, but then begins to accept the inevitability of his death. At the beginning Faustus shows no fear of dying or of […]

It is common to find near death experiences (NDEs) in various countries, and they are said to occur when a distinct soul or consciousness separates from the body and serenely floats towards the ceiling. When the victim reaches the ceiling, they enter an ‘out of body experience’ stage where they can see their own body […]

Donnie Darko is an intelligent. yet hallucinating and emotionally-ill adolescent. who’s idealistic phantasy of rectifying the wrongs in society. eventually appears possible in a ‘tangent universe’ ( an inventive world ) . where he is guided by an fanciful friend Frank. who appears as a malevolent giant bunny in Donnie’s day-time hallucinations. In the early […]

The Ancient Egyptian beliefs and customs have stood the test of time. The Ancient Egyptians were superior in their knowledge to any other nation. In the following paragraphs I will demonstrate there beliefs and customs. Egypt is widely known for their Pyramids, many of these gigantic landmarks have lasted for many centuries. Pyramids were built […]

Out of all the major world religions Judaism and Christianity have the closest relationship. There are many difference and many similarities within these religions mainly because Christianity grew out of Judaism. Many people including Jesus and the twelve disciples were Jews (religionfacts.)

For the first assignment in Instructor Laude’s Art 100 class, we had to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s Egypt Exhibit on the 3rd floor. Each student had to choose a work of art they found interesting and write a paper describing and analyzing it. I chose the Anthropoid Coffin of the Priest Thothirdes. What intrigued me […]

Robert Browning was born 7 May 1812. He began writing poems and at a very young age and learned many languages, also showing an interest in history. This interest in foreign language and history is to a certain extent reflected in his poetry, as many poems are set abroad, and it can be interpreted that […]

I was particularly fond of the opening quote, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you,” in the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find.” Initially, the quote “We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon” […]

Emily Dickinson’s poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, “I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died”, and “I Felt A Funeral In My Brain” all deal with one of life’s few certainties, death. Dickinson’s intense curiosity towards mortality was present in much of her work, and is her legacy as a poet. “Because I […]