aurelia

she/her | eng lit & classics auroras and sad prose

[soul-luminnous-eyes]

Annie Haine

Afternoon sun bathing, n/d, watercolor, 11x14 in

Website

[ancientsstudies]

Chatsworth House by dariashew.

[huariqueje]

By the Lake - Daniel Ablitt , 2015.

British , b. 1976 -

Oil on panel , 150 x 122 cm.

[beaucolics]

[horrorcitos]

Robert Darch

[random-brushstrokes]

Boris Domashnikov - The Girl at the Window (1966)

[girl-on-films]

she adores pretty things and witty words

[flowrrs4u]

I am good. I am loved.

[mintdawn]

[mahoganyamore]

the risk you take by living life

[divno]

(pics aren't mine)

[weltenwellen]

bell hooks, All About Love

[welivetodream]

The Greek Class didn't destroy Richard, he brought that on himself.

He chose to be destroyed and I am sure a part of him wanted to be.

He's the type of person who wants to be different, to be admired, to be apart from normal people.

That's why he tried to get in the Greek class in the first place even when Julian rejected him ounce, he wanted to be with the elites, to be exclusive.

Richard does show remorse for his actions at times but that doesn't mean he didn't find it thrilling.

He wanted an adventure, to see a tragedy, to be part of something dramatic and exciting. He was bored in his little town, around distant parents and normal friends.

He has always felt like he was above other people and he does look down on others who don't understand or follow his ideals.

His idolization of the Greek class is the reason he got destroyed, he was blinded by the opportunity to be included and accepted by them that he didn't look back at the mistakes he made for them.

Richard's story is a cautionary tale about foregoing your sanity and ethics for a broken, one sided friendship. They used him again and again, he did everything for them. Never questioning what he was really doing.

In the end, he was never a part of their group.

He was just there.

[kosmogrl]

[petaltexturedskies]

Anne Carson, The Glass Essay

[petaltexturedskies]

L.M. Montgomery, Kilmeny of the Orchard

[petaltexturedskies]

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath