Essays on Suffering

All over the United States, women in the working industry are faced with an injustice that just isn’t discussed enough: sexual harassment. In her article “Low-Wage Workers Aren’t Getting Justice for Sexual Harassment” Alana Semules goes into the cases between women and companies when it...

Within Edith Wharton’s novel Ethan Frome there is one consistent ideal that stands out, the ideal of human suffering. Ethan Frome is chained to his horrible, nagging wife Zeena and has to take care of her constantly. Frome had suffered the same treatment at the...

Human Suffering In Hesiod’s The Works and Days, he identifies human suffering in its many forms and explains why humans seem to live bleak, painful lives. He suggests that one man stealing from, and thus angering, Zeus was the main cause for humankind’s suffering. He...

In the year 1373 A.D., thirty-year-old Lady Julian lay on her deathbed in Norwich, England, after suffering for weeks from an unknown illness (Julian VII). Around the year 3100 B.C., the war of Mahabharata broke out in India, leaving villages in devastation and the people...

Whether it be getting a cold or losing a loved one, suffering is something everyone will experience. Ironically, suffering is one of the main reasons we have happiness; although we suffer, eventually our pain will be resolved. Many stories have been created based on this...