Author Archives: s.borodach1

I find myself regularly employing the term happy to describe my state of being. However, the definition is not clear to me still. Some explain it as joyful, others as content. Some even define it as having no cares at … Continue reading →

1. The Accused: For this comparison, analyze some of the accused characters in The Thousand and One Nights and in The Inferno. How do the types of “sins” stack up against one another? Employ elements such as intention, violence, victim of … Continue reading →

Upon entering the Sixth Circle, Dante and Virgil come across tombs “kindled all of them to glowing heat” (IX 119). When I think of a heretic, I envision an intellectual who has forsaken his people’s principles. However, it seems that … Continue reading →

After the demon released the merchant, he said to the four men, “all of your stories were strange. But now that I no longer pose a threat to you, oh merchant, I will share with you how my son came … Continue reading →

בראשית כב: עקידת יצחק א ויהי אחר הדברים האלה והאלהים נסה את אברהם ויאמר אליו אברהם ויאמר הנני ב ויאמר קח נא את בנך את יחידך אשר אהבת את יצחק ולך לך אל ארץ המריה והעלהו שם לעלה על אחר … Continue reading →

Antigone provides insight into the complex mind of a lawmaker who creates legislation that is predicated on projection of personal insecurities. Creon makes his stance on governmental intervention clear: “For I believe that who controls the state / and does … Continue reading →

The last of Antikleia’s words to her longing son Odysseus encapsulate the entirety of his journey: “You must crave sunlight soon” (XI 238). There is something seemingly dangerous in remaining too long with death or with thoughts of the past. … Continue reading →

The entire odyssey on which Odysseus is journeying is to provide him space to leave behind all the negative memories of past. War, death, separation–all elements that bring grief to Odysseus. The apex of this notion can be found in … Continue reading →

(Eurylokhos addressing Odysseus in front of the entire crew.) “Are you flesh and blood, Odysseus, to endure more than a man can? Do you ever tire? God, look at you, iron is what you’re made of. Here we all are, … Continue reading →

He pushed aside the bushes, breaking off with his great hand a single branch of olive whose leaves might shield him in his nakedness; so came out rustling, like a mountain lion, rain-drenched, wind-buffeted, but in his might at ease … Continue reading →