In the five month-long battle, the death toll of Soviet soldiers’ exceeded the number of total American soldiers’ casualties in the entire war. It surely makes the Battle of Stalingrad one of the deadliest battles mankind has ever witnessed.
It is intriguing to witness the resemblance of a thought-provoking 16th-century Elizabethan tragedy and a contemporary 21st-century movie, The Babysitter: Killer Queen.
Honoring our feelings isn’t about being self absorbed, arrogant, or better than anyone – it’s really about being true to ourselves, honest with how we feel and what we want, and willing to engage in authentic conversations with other people – even, and especially, when we don’t feel or want the same things that they do.
The dominant theme in Shakespearean comedies is love which is consummated by marriage or at least a betrothal. The symbolic power of marriage which conventionally represents the achievement of happiness and promise of regeneration is so important for Shakespearean comedy that plays like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night culminates by the accomplishment of three love plots.
Now that the world has come to an economic standstill, stressing about finances just adds to our pre-existing worries. It’s important to understand our own mind and console ourselves. Worrying and overthinking is not the lifestyle we’re wired for.