Essays About Optimism

I believe that Tennysons works do represent the different positions of optimism and despair. In The Lady of Shalott, she is hoping to get out of the castle, but she dies on the way down. In Ulysses, the two ideas are represented again, but through different ways. The lady in The Lady of Shalott is…

“Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear, and with a manly heart. ” This is a saying Longfellow read in Germany where his wife died. The words gave him hope for the future. It inspired…

atching GodIn Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie goes through several relationships before “she pulled in her horizon like a great fish net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder” (p. 184). In other words, not all the experiences that helped her to gain control of her…

Outlook…Good!Optimistic and pessimistic attitudes constantly affect the outcome of people’s lives. In my life, I try to keep an optimistic attitude about the things I do because I know it will help lead me to more desirable ends. There have been many situations in which Optimism Essay has helped me through difficult times. Two areas…

Candide is a humorous, far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism promoted by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the story of a young mans adventures throughout the world, where he witnesses evil and disaster. Throughout his travels, he adheres to the teachings of his tutor, Pangloss, believing that “all is for…