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Thomas Hardy Themes
Hardy wrote ‘During Wind and Rain’ after the death of his first wife, Emma. Here, the poem provides various scenes that portray various seasonal activities done by possibly Emma and her family that spread over a number of years. However, the poem does contain examples of reversal; each stanza consisting of joyful images for the first five lines and the last two lines end with images relating to death that serves as a reminder that time will inevitably rob even…...
HappinessPoetry
Father And Child Gwen Harwood Analysis
Gwen Harwood- Father and Child The ability of a text to be universally accepted in a range of contexts ultimately determines its textual integrity and appreciation. Gwen Harwood’s work draws from the inspiration of her context, her lifelong influences, primarily music, her childhood and religious beliefs. This can be identified through study of Gwen Harwood’s poem, “Father and Child” that is able to be appreciated in a multitude of different contexts due to its universality and textual integrity. Gwen Harwood’s…...
CultureKing LearMusicPoetry
In The Park Analysis
Gwen Harwood’s “In the park” is a poem about a lonely woman sitting in a park with her children, while a man she once loved passes by. The poem is set in Petrarchan sonnet form, with the first eight lines showing us the woman’s trouble and problem. However in the last six lines we see that the woman and this man will never re ignite, the last lines offer the solution to the problem. The title in this poem is…...
CulturePoetry
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Frances Cornford
Grown ups are old on purpose. Grown ups are grand on purpose. This is what the speaker first thinks in Cornford’s “Childhood”. But as the poem goes on he reaches an epiphany; realising that grown ups are no more in control of their destiny as he, a child is. The speaker’s perception is limited by their understanding of the world and growing up. It is only after an encounter with an aunts friend does she come to a realisation. Cornford…...
CommunicationCultureLanguagePoetryRhyme
Edward Scissorhands Gothic
Genre How does the media techniques employed in Tim Burton’s film ‘Edward Scissor hands’ illustrate the Gothic genre? Looking deep into the subject of media,Tim Burton uses ‘Edward scissor hands to illustrate media techniques of Gothic genre by using effects of costume,lighting and sound.Together these create a gothic atmosphere in the story,introducing the audience to the main character and the story of Edward Scissorhands.The definition of the term ‘Gothic Genre’ means a type of film or an novel which involves…...
Edward ScissorhandsGothic Fiction
Poetry Explication
For such justifications, reader are capable of “walking into” his poem so effortlessly, as its themes and central ideas present invulnerableness issues that torment the soul. Through the eloquent journo eye of words composed by Spenders, it would be most sinful on the readers’ behalf not to ex prurience an astonishing connection between the burdens of the 21 SST century individual an d the 1 6th century literary genius; not even time can segregate man’s state of mind. Precisely, “S…...
CultureLiterary GenreLovePoetrySonnet
Romeo Juliet Summary
For my English coursework, I have been studying the Shakespeare play “Romeo and Juliet”. “Romeo and Juliet” is a romantic tragedy. The plot chronicles two star-crossed lovers, which belong to two feuding families, the “Capulet” family and the “Montague” family. For the two to be happy they must deceive their families. This is done with the help of Juliet’s maid and Friar Lawrence. The dramatic play concludes tragically as the couple die, together, in a sad twist of fate. The…...
DramaFictionLovePlaysRomeo And Juliet
Reflection Essay On Food Inc Documentary
Food, Inc. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner. This film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. There were a couple key topics in this film that moved me and changed my perspective on what I am really ingesting. This first chapter of Food, Inc., “Fast Food to All Food”, opens with a brief…...
CommunicationCultureDocumentaryFoodLiterary Genre
What Is Nondiegetic Sound
The following sample essay explains what a non-diegetic sound is. To read the introduction, body, and conclusion of the essay, scroll down. Focus on how narrative and Genre features create meaning and generate response in a sequence from The Day The Earth Stood Still of no more than 15 minutes. This essay will discuss the history of science-fiction film, to establish common genre-conventions and finally apply genre and narrative conventions to The Day The Earth Stood Still. Genre and narrative…...
Science Fiction
Documentary Analysis
Food Inc. , a 2008 documentary film directed and produced by Robert Keener, exposes the secrets about how food is processed. Robert Keener is famous for exposing facts and controversies that are rarely discussed. He is also known for his authenticity and his desire to reveal the truth. Keener has received several awards for his films. Food Inc. Even influenced some food policy decisions. His documentary, Food Inc. , talks about the industrialization of the food system in America. The…...
CommunicationCultureDocumentaryHuman NatureLiterary Genre
Exploration of the Loss of Innocence by Christina Rosette Cousin Kate
The poem ‘Cousin Kate” written by Christina Rosettes signifies a story of the speaker which explains what happens to a ‘cottage maiden’ once she has been sullied by a man which consequently leads her to lose her innocence. ‘Cottage maiden’ creates a rural simplistic image of the speaker who has a low status. Due to the Victorian era in which the poem was written it is clear that the poem is based around the fact that women were not treated…...
Poetry
Standing Nude: Three Poems Analysis
Essay comparing a similar theme in three different poems from the section ‘Standing Female Nude’ The theme I’ve chosen to consider is how Carol Ann Duffy adopts different personas and displays the character effectively through the use of language, style and content. The three poems I’ve chosen are ‘Standing Female Nude’ Comprehensive’ and ‘The Dolphins’. I’ve chosen these poems because they all have entirely different characters which are all shown effectively by Carol Ann Duffy. To begin with the poem…...
Carol Ann DuffyCultureEnglish LanguageLanguagePoemsPoetry
The Glass Roses Alden Nowlan
English 30-1 Short Story Unit Exam (Part 2 – Written) Read each question carefully before answering. You may NOT write about the short story you presented on in class. Please indicate which short story you presented on: The Destructors by Graham Green Laura De Jaegher Please indicate which short story you presented on: The Destructors by Graham Green Laura De Jaegher Answer each of the following questions in one complete and articulate paragraph using relevant evidence from the short stories…...
CommunicationCultureLiterary GenreShort Story
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Essay
The following sample essay on Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the role of the women In the Victorian age Introduction: Thesis: Women during the Victorian Age were restricted and limited to gender roles and expectations. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the exception through her writings of poetry. Body Paragraphs: The history of the Victorian Age. Named after Queen Victoria 1. Considered one of the most glorious periods In British history. 2. The British Empire grew In sixes and Importance while being ruled…...
CommunicationGenderHistoryPoetryVictorian Era
Edgar Allan Poe on Love And Death
Edgar Allan Poe was born. Soon after his birth, he was taken Into the family of John Allan after the death of his mother and father. Following this tragedy Pope’s brother died and his sister went Insane. Poe applied at the university of Flagella where “he became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society’ (Wilson). He made good grades but failed to give enough money for the expenses of school, which forced him out of the university. Poe left…...
DeathDiseaseEdgar Allan PoeHealthLifeLove
Eddie Carbone in ‘A view from the bridge’
Eddie Carbone is main character in ‘A view from the bridge’. Set in the 1940’s ‘A view from the bridge’ was written in the 1950’s by Arthur Miller, (Miller was influenced by Greek tragedy). During those times Italian immigrants came over to America for work, dreams and freedom but like in this story it all ends in disaster, Eddie’s an Italian American. This play is a tragedy because the play ends in death, also Eddie Carbone is tragic in that…...
A View From The BridgeBridgeEnvyFilm AnalysisIronyJealousy
What Fairytale Is Donkey From In Shrek
Donkey annoys Shrek on their journey but when they are near the castle the lighting changes quickly as one minute there is a beautiful blue sky with lush green lawns surrounding it, while the next black clouds appear with smoke spreading across the planes. There is a slight change in the music as it changes from joyful to raucous lightning and thunder. The camera changes its angle by zooming back and forth across a rope bridge, which is above a…...
Fairy Tales
Relationships in Brothers and Sister Maude Poem
Discuss How Sibling Relationships Are Presented In ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brothers’. Both of the poems ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brothers’ explore the differing attitudes toward sibling relationships, however, while in ‘Brothers’ the poet presents feelings of remorse and regret at the fragmentation of the relationship, the poet of ‘Sister Maude’ on the other hand doesn’t display any love for her sister, but hatred and contempt. The poet, Rossetti, composed ‘Sister Maude’ into four quatrains, along with an irregular rhyme scheme of…...
AngerHuman NaturePoetry
Still Life By Elizabeth Daryush
Daryush looks at the sweetness of life from a naïve and “young heiress” in Poem A, Still Life while in Poem B, Cunningham chooses to look at life from the perspective of an “aged lover.” In both poems, the poets reveal their differing attitudes towards life. Both poets emphasise love as an aspect of the speakers’ lives through the similar form of a sonnet in their poems. The form of a sonnet expresses the poets’ focus on love in both poems,…...
LovePoetryRhymeSonnet
Which Line From The Poem Evokes A Sense Of The Place And Time?
Composed upon Westminster by William Wordsworth is a celebration poem about how beautiful London is; an embodiment of purity where city and nature are deeply connected. This is surprising and therefore memorable as Wordsworth is regarded as one of the best Nature poets and therefore it is odd that he is praising the city, especially seeing as Wordsworth had attacked the city in the Prelude. It is presented almost as if it is a diary entry, a description of one…...
LanguageLiterary CriticismPhilosophyPoetrySonnetTime
Charlie Chaplin And Buster Keaton Compare And Contrast
Comparison/ Contrast of Chaplin and Keaton Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are the founding actors for the comedian world. They both starred in numerous silent films in the early 1900s. They are commonly compared for their numerous similarities in their acting careers. Chaplin and Keaton are both comedians, they act in such a way to get the maximum laughs out of their audience. Comedic acting was much more difficult in silent films then it is now in regular films. In…...
Charlie ChaplinComedyCommunicationContrast
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge And London Comparison
Comparison between “London” by William Blake and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth The city of London has inspired many poets throughout the ages. Two of the most distinctive portrayals are William Blake’s “London” published in Songs of Experience in 1974 and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth. While both Blake and Wordsworth comment on the conflict between appearance and reality, Blake shows the gloomy ugliness by taking down London’s streets. William Wordsworth’s ‘Composed Upon…...
BridgeFilm AnalysisLondonPoetrySonnetWilliam Blake
The Convict vs The Dungeon Poem Analysis
Compare and contrast the attitude to prison conditions in the 19th century between ”The Convict” by William Wordsworth and ‘The Dungeon’ by Samuel Coleridge. In this essay I will compare the two poems’ The Convict’ by William Wordsworth and ‘The Dungeon’ by Samuel Coleridge. I will be talking about the background between these two poems and describe the conditions of prisons during the 18th century. Then I will look at their writing styles, their poem’s structure and their use of…...
CommunicationIronyPoetryPrisonWilliam Wordsworth
A Different History Poem Essay
Commentary – A Different History (by Sujata Bhatt) ‘A different history’ by Sujata Bhatt is a poem written about the social and political concern of the lost of cultural identical renouciation of Indian identity. The poet has used sentence pattern, motifs, symbolisms and imagery predominantly in this poem to emphasize the problem of younger generations losing their roots and identities. The poem begins with the use of the motif “Great Pan” who is the god of the wild, shepherds and…...
CultureEnglish LanguageIronyLanguagePoetry
Claude Mckay If We Must Die
Charles Bailey “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay, we must fight!! The poem “If We Must Die, by Claude McKay” is about a certain group of people who are hated and hunted by another group of others. I believe that the poet has made this poem to speak to his fellow African-Americans, who are being mistreated by the white slave owners. The speaker tells his people not to go easily, but rather fight as long as possible and don’t…...
Claude MckayPoetry
The Dolphins By Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy is a poet who characterizes her written poetry through carefully channelled dramatic monologues. Through her work, many themes and issues are explored, including that of loss, love, adolescence, change and being misplaced. Her propositions in this poetry are not to create a mystique or confusion, but to communicate through the usage of various personas and portray the thoughts and feelings typical to that character. In this essay, I will look at two specific poems: The Dolphins and…...
ConsciousnessDolphinIronyPoetry
Havisham Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about lonely women, which appear in the literature. Both female, both reclusive, but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with, the voices of the poems are both single and female. However, the reasons of being forlorn are contrasting. Salome is aware of her loneliness and the fact that she was involved in many one nights stands: “I’d done it before…...
Great ExpectationsPoetrySalome
The Erl King Analysis
Carter Explores “young girls sexual hunger and the lure of the wild”a in both “the Erl King” and “the Werewolf”. Young girls are both seduce and seduced; both prey and predator, as illustrated through the medium of subverted fairy tales that Carter adopts. Fitting patriarchal norms, the folkloric genre often portrays young passive women as protagonists. This is not so in Carters retelling where the females we meet are empowered by their femininity and desire. If we look at the…...
Fairy Tales
Homecoming Essay
By comparing ‘The Homecoming’ with at least one other appropriate play, discuss the importance of violence in post 1945 dramaUp until 1945, the world has endured decades of war and violence which affected the lives of everyone through the duration of it. It affected the way people lived, the way people worked and even how plays were written. Since the war, violence has subsequently become one of the key themes in post 1945 plays such as Pinter’s ‘The Homecoming’ and…...
DramaHomeViolence
Essay On Critical Thinking
Brenda Del Moral| 2nd & 7th pd. | Rationales| 14. A. Incorrect, the first paragraph does not distinguish between two topics. B. Correct, because the first paragraph defines “genius”, an abstract idea. C. Incorrect, the paragraph does not offer a theorem about nature. D. Incorrect, is not present a contrast. E. Incorrect, the first paragraph does not cite a common misconception among critics 15. A. Incorrect, because the speaker does not talk about Rousseau’s precision. B. Correct, the speaker is…...
Human NatureParagraphPoetryWilliam Shakespeare
Bobby Anne Mason’s “Wish” Short Story Analysis
Bobby Anne Mason’s “Wish” actually pursues the different issues with regards aging and how it actually involves an individual in becoming the best he could be as a person towards his growth. Aging is a normal issue among humans. However, the process by which people go through with the said phase of life is quite different based form the different perspectives of each person towards life and its zest towards one’s own being and development. This is what is particularly…...
CommunicationHuman NatureLanguageLiterary GenreRealityShort Story
Speech About Belonging
Belonging, what Is It? I believe belonging Is when you can say that you are a part of something, when you have a group or a club or even a lifestyle that other people share. In short, I believe that a sense of belonging can be found in the things or people that have shared the same experiences, both good and bad, because we can identify ourselves in those people. Today we will be exploring this idea of belonging in…...
Attachment TheoryCommunicationCultureHuman NaturePoetry
Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds
Basically, this poem is about love, but here shakespeare has discussed the love which is in his mind. you may disagree with him if you like. The first stanza in this poem is a quatrain and its rhyme scheme is abab. Shakespeare uses alliteration, assonance, consonance, and repetition to develop this stanza, which, as a whole, states that love does not change. The first line contains an example of alliteration in the words “me,” “marriage,” and “minds. ” In this…...
FamilyLiterary CriticismLoveMarriagePoetryRhyme
The Prospectors Trail Short Story
Authors use certain characters to attract and persuade certain audiences. The two short stories, “The Prospector’s Trail” by Cathy Jewison and “Bluffing” by Gail Helgason are easily comparable by the use of characterization. Both stories consist of two main characters, as couples, as it is affected by another individual. Also, throughout the stories, both couples face challenges in which reveal their true selves. Lastly, the author used one dynamic character while the other remained a static character. “The Prospector’s Trail”…...
DeceptionLiterary GenreShort Story
A View From The Bridge Thesis
ASSIGNMENT TITLE: ‘A View from the Bridge ends in tragedy. Explore how the audience’s response is shaped towards this conclusion throughout the play.’ Arthur Miller is a world-renowned playwright and dramatist who was born in New York City in the year 1915. Miller studied at the University of Michigan where he started writing some of his better known plays. In the year 1955, Miller wrote a play called, ‘A View from the Bridge’, it is a 20th century interpretation of the…...
A View From The BridgeBridgeFilm AnalysisTragedy
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle lived in London in the late 19th century. His career was not exactly very successful in the early stages of his life. It started as him being a doctor onboard a ship, he was then a general practitioner in Southsea, but this career did not work for him either, and later he became an unsuccessful optician! So Doyle made the decision to dedicate himself to writing. Undoubtedly his most famous works are the adventures of Sherlock Holmes…...
Arthur Conan DoyleFictionSherlock Holmes
Dramatic Device
Another dramatic device is were Mrs Birling is telling the inspector about a young girl (Eva Smith) who had used her family name, Mrs Birling, in the charity organisation were she is chairwomen. Mrs Birling tells the inspector how she turned this desperate girl away when she was pregnant with Eric’s baby. Mrs Birling does not know this but the audience do (dramatic irony). Priestley does this deliberately so we, the audience, dislike her. This shows how Mrs Birling played…...
An Inspector CallsDramaLiterary Genre
Helen Stoner Sherlock Holmes
Although these short stories are fictional and were written in the mid 19th Century they are crime dramas containing stereotypical images of the villains of the time. These include social outcasts such as Dr Roylott and Monsieur Faulkner. Many writers use suspense in their stories in order to excite the reader more and to make them want to turn over to the next page. This is can be done by giving the reader some information, but not enough for him…...
FictionThe Adventure Of The Speckled Band
Who’s For The Game Analysis
Although both of these poems deal with the subject of war, the poets’ attitude towards war differs dramatically. Jessie Pope’s poem “Who’s for the game?” supports war and encourages young men to go off and fight. The whole poem plays heavily on the young men’s guilt and promotes the so-called glory of war. Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum est” takes a very different attitude towards war. Owen shows the reality and horror of war whilst also addressing those who…...
Dulce Et Decorum EstPoetry
Charge Of The Light Brigade Rhyme Scheme
Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Wilfred Owen both write about events during war, but their poems are presented very differently. By using different form, structure and language, “The Charge Of The Light Brigade” comes across as a very public poem. This compares to Owen’s private poem “Futility”. In these poems, the soldiers are presented as brave during battle.Tennyson’s “The Charge Of The Light Brigade” is comprised of six verses or stanzas, varying in length from six to twelve lines. Each line…...
PoetrySonnet
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