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Darkness: An Outlook Into Time Lord Byrons Darkness illustrates a dark and pessimistic outlook for the world as we know it. The world loses all sense of hope and is left with only despair and darkness after the loss of the provider of thought and hope-sunlight. With the extinction of sunlight comes the destruction of social classes due to inevitable fear of death, and, as a result, all that is left is chaos. The psychological mind drastically changes its mannerisms and mode of thinking when faced with life and death situations. In the solitude of pitch-black infinite space, men forgot their passions-all values were lost, hopes and goals were put on hold, and only darkness existed. A world living in darkness was forced to displace its social classes and live one in utter darkness. All classes faced the same grim futuredeath. In line 16, Byron shows that men who once were ashamed to approach one another were forced To look once more into each others face. Darkness was the plague to all creatures of the earth. Men and animals alike began to lose loyalty and the ability to feel emotions and earth was only one thought- the thought of death. Faced with the thought of death, no creature on earth fared better than the other. As life was taken from all creatures, the realization of a terrifying end became apparent and no love was left.Byron left the end of the universe with an ironic twist. The last two surviving members of the world were enemies, but in this time of desperation, they worked together to search for the dying embers of hopelight. Seeing past their differences, they worked together, to no avail, to ignite a flame of hope, but as the flame of light faded, so did their teamwork. In darkness the world was void-void of thought and the will to survive, left with sorrow and eternal darkness. When faced with the inevitable fate of death, the reaction of the population is very different because of their relation to life. ...

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