The Human Condition

Lisa Law HUMAN CONDITION Question: "It means they were human" How have the texts you have studied in Area of Study: the Human Condition contributed to your thinking of what it is human. Word count: 1945 The human condition is the experience of all elements of human existence. The susceptibility to endure both happiness and sadness is one of the elements that respond to our questioning of what is human. This is examined by the contrast …

…conveys a softer, reflective mood of human suffering. The poem is ended with a simile "worlds revolve like ancient women /gathering fuel in the vacant lots" that suggests the human capacity to futility and depression. - 359 John Keats poem "Chapman's Homer", film "Lantana", Eliot's poem "Preludes" and the photograph by Marc Bok exemplifies that one of the means to humans is to be susceptible to happiness and grief. These emotions are inevitable in human existence.