In life, one can look at life two ways. One can be an optimist, a person who has a positive outlook on life and no matter what is going on one always-thinks positive. However, a pessimist is the pole opposite of an optimist. A pessimist is a person who has a negative outlook of life and always thinks of the negative in any situation. A great example of an optimist and pessimist view is in Voltaire’s Candide, tells the story of Candide an illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He lives and grows up at a baron’s castle. His teacher Pangloss teaches him. Pangloss teaches hint that this world is “the best of all possible worlds”. Candide falls in love with the barons beautiful and young daughter named Cunégonde. One day,…
What becomes apparent from researching Thomas Hardy's life is the multitude of experiences and influences that may have had some bearing on how he wrote and the content of these works. Obviously, his early life in Dorset and the bearing upon which this had on his early works is apparent through vivid descriptions and the recounting of certain episodes - so much so that it is impossible to ignore the inspiration that he derived from his birthplace. For example, the portrayal of the heath in 'The Return Of The Native' is the work of a man clearly saturated by his environment.…
Tess is presented as a member of a poor agricultural family. Despite her modest background, Tess is portrayed as anything but ‘simple’. Instead, Hardy presents her as a young, hugely diverse women through a series of paradoxical contradictions. The tragic trajectory of the novel is evident from the introduction of Tess as a victim of her social circumstances and gender.…
The poet’s purpose of writing this poem was to reflect and acknowledge his guilt for the mistreatment of his late wife. The persona reflects and contemplates on his behavior towards his wife while she was alive ‘Her who but lately – Had shivered with pain’ and his yearning to be reunited with her again ‘Would I lay there – And she were housed there! – Or better, together… We both, - who would stray there’ Hardy acknowledges that his love was lost – his mistreatment to his late wife ‘Her who but lately – Had shivered with pain’ and was found again, unfortunately too late…
What is a pessimist? The word “pessimist” means “a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.” Pessimists are always sad and self-pity, paying more attention to bad side of everything, and don’t believe their ability to withstand the negative effects of bad.…
Killing another human being is something that most people would find very hard to do. Do a person's feelings towards violent actions change in the course of a war? In the poem, "The Man He Killed," By Thomas Hardy; he illustrates a story of a man who questions his own actions of doing harm to another person. Throughout the poem, Hardy uses tone and word choice to get his point across in the poem.…
In open contrast, studies carried out by Peterson and Seligman, that were prevalently directed towards the understanding of the psychological bases of pessimism, lead to conception of its opposite, optimism, as an “attribution style”, characterized by the tendency to believe that negative events are inconstant (the negative event will not repeat itself), external (I am not responsible for the event) and specific (the…
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.” This is a quote from the inspirational, Hellen Keller. She opened up the can of worms that discusses pessimists. Should we look at life like it is a void that is darkness, misery and routine? Absolutely not! Should we look at life like a rainbow of happiness, self-content and countless good times? Not really that either. We should be REAL about life and the things in it.…
Pessimism is an emotion shared by a large percentage of the human race and has a defined effect on critical thinking. Excessive pessimism is somewhat like depression and can interfere directly with a person’s ability to accurately and effectively interpret or analyze information. However, when thinking in a pessimistic manner if done effectively can assist management in a positive manner because pessimists can look at things from a different angle. For example: Two people are working on a project one is an optimist and the other a pessimist. The optimistic person is always looking at the good the project will do for the company, which is good however the pessimist will see the bad in the project and how the project could destroy the company if not done in a proper manner. Pessimistic people can assist in management even though the pessimist is always looking at the negative side.…
A pessimistic existentialist is a person that has a negative outlook on life. They are usually more realistic about the way that things can turn out. This prepares them for something bad to happen, so they won’t be surprised and will be able to deal with it. Being a pessimist can also have some negative effects though. If someone is always expecting the worst, they can become very depressed and would have a hard time just going through life.…
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”Winston Churchill.…
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."--Winston Churchill,…
Throughout the poem it is easy to tell that the flow of this poem is non-traditional, for example, Hardy expresses hesitation in lines one and two of the third stanza. The form of the poem is five quatrains written in iambic trimeter with an end rhyme scheme of: (a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,e,f,) “metâ€â€”a, “innâ€â€”b, “wetâ€â€”a, “nipperkin!â€â€”b, “infantryâ€â€”c, “faceâ€â€”d, “meâ€â€”c, “placeâ€â€”d, “becauseâ€â€”e, “foeâ€â€”f.…
What would the world be like if everyone was pessimistic? Would there be anyone who would do anything when they already knew that it was unlikely to have a positive result? I try to visualize the world where everyone has no hope about the future, and because of that, they misuse the present. I imagine life full of failures, living without thinking about any success, any goals and dreams, and of course this is the origin of misery for the whole lifetime! I believe that optimism makes my future bright since it makes me have dreams and set goals for my future. It builds confidence in me, calm me to do things properly because I really know what I want, hence my dreams become true, and I become very successful.…
Expect the best from life and you will receive the very best. Life doesn’t care whether you are a pessimist or an optimist, whether you focus on the good or the bad, whether you expect the worse or the best from life. Life will treat you exactly the way you expect to be treated and if that’s the case then you should definitely start cultivating your optimism.…