Philip Larkin Philip Larkin‚ is a famous writer in postwar Great Britain‚ was commonly referred to as "England’s other Poet Laureate" until his death in 1985. Indeed‚ when the position of laureate became vacant in 1984‚ many poets and critics favored Larkin’s appointment‚ but the shy‚ provincial author preferred to avoid the limelight. Larkin achieved acclaim on the strength of an extremely small body of work‚ just over one hundred pages of poetry in four slender volumes that appeared at almost
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by counter views such as pessimism‚ realism‚ and idealism‚ leads to a state of mind that believes everything is as it should be. With optimism‚ someone contains hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something. Not only does optimism give someone confidence‚ it also provides many health benefits and a sense of purpose in life. “Is your glass half empty‚ or half full?” This saying is a common idiom that illustrates optimism versus pessimism; an optimist is said to
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The Definition of Pessimists 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. Pessimists seem always sad and self-pity. They feel they are the most unfortunate people and anyone fortunate than themselves. There is a lot of their own bitterness
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There can be no reduction of Robert Browning to optimism or pessimism. His renowned dramatic monologues are intense psychological studies often mad and horrific minds. In Fra Lippo Lippi‚ for instance‚ Browning takes a very unsavory character and challenges readers to discover the goodness‚ or life-affirming qualities. In addition‚ there is a satiric tone to this as it mocks the speaker’s contemporaneous judges. Browning optimism is not based on any discount of the suffering of life‚ nor on
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blindness changes as the novel progresses and as Holden learns new lessons. Holden is a cynical character that always sees the faults in people and never sees the good in them‚ even if they are trying to help him. One early example of Holden’s pessimism is when he goes and says good-by to Mr Spencer‚ Holden characterizes Mr Spencer’s behaviour throughout their talk as nasty and mean-spirited‚ but Mr Spencer’s actions clearly seem to be motivated by concern for Holden’s well-being. A later example
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question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life‚ your attitude toward yourself‚ and whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic — and it may even affect your health. Indeed‚ some studies show that personality traits like optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health and well-being. The positive thinking that typically comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress management. And effective stress management is associated with many health benefits. If you tend to be
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anxiety at having to go home. She uses the phrases ‘Time dragged on relentlessly’‚ ‘eight weeks more’‚ ‘end of school forever’ and the striking everyday simile ‘throbbed in the back of my mind like a persistent toothache’ to emphasize her fear‚ her pessimism and dread of leaving school and going home to live. ‘Loosing steadily’ is used as a pun as she is literally looking in the game of Monopoly and figuratively losing the battle of life with her family. Children in boarding school look forward to visitors
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Culture can be understood as a set of beliefs‚ values‚ practices and traditions followed by a particular group of people living together. It is passed on from one generation to the other‚ but still every generation brings subtle changes in the culture of a society. Thus‚ it would not be wrong to say that if we want to study the contemporary culture of a particular society then‚ we should attempt to analyze the trends of its youth. This is because as the people grow and age in a particular society
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THE RATTRAP "The Rat Trap" written by Selma Lagerlof is a short story about a dispirited vagrant and thief who is taken in and displayed generosity and kindness by a young woman. Her kindness succeeds in altering his embittered and cynical approach towards life. The tramp is a hapless man who has fallen upon misfortune and now resorts to selling rattraps‚ mendicancy‚ and larceny. He is extremely pessimistic and indignant in his attitude towards the world around him and regards it as merely a "rat
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The outlook of each person is different‚ and our attitude and solution of the same event are also different. When something bad happens‚ some tend to see the event as a single event which does not affect their lives. On the other hand‚ the others feel that an event is just one of string of bad events affecting their lives. When you are looking at a glass that is filled exactly halfway with liquid‚ is the glass half full or half empty to you? People who see an event which is much worse than it is
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