Negative Expressions Are Just Another Aspect Of The Human Condition

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Birth. Life. Death. We all are delivered on this earth, we live, then die. The Life part is what we make of ourselves. How many people go through their life without knowing the concept of the Human Condition? Many. However, we experience all aspects of it. For those who understand the subject, the phrase is perceived as positive and encouraging. However, expressions of the human condition include conflict, and mortality. As Asia Argento said, “What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.” She realizes that negative expressions are what makes us as humans. Professor Efraim Rodriguez Cobos, Emily Dickinson, and Rene Descartes are three authors that outline three different aspects of the human condition …show more content…

This poem shows the trait of aspiration. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has a darker tone. She explains that people adjust to the dark. Literally, our eyes adjust to different shades of light, but also figuratively. What she means in lines 7-8, where she says “Then - fit our Vision to the Dark / And meet the Road- erect” (7-8), is that the darkness is the unknown and the road is our future. We must adjust to the darkness to finally see what lies before us. She further explains this in lines 13-14 which states “The Bravest- grope a little And sometimes hit a Tree” (13-14). This line is a very important line. It explains that the bravest people deal with the unknown and are not afraid of the mistakes they make in the future. Emily Dickinson used the metaphor of people walking around in the dark, searching for what lies before them, but only the brave ones are able to move forward without fear holding them back. Finally, She ends the poem with hope. A person who was brave enough have adjusted to the dark and now can see what lies before them. This connects to how humans finally learn from mistakes and have the ability to see what aspirations they might have for the