In the book “1984” written by George Orwell in 1948‚ the proles are presented as an impoverished‚ powerless and massive group of people. Nevertheless‚ they are free‚ unlike the rest of Oceania. They are not checked by the Party on what they do and think; therefore the proles are the only ones able to take Big Brother down. First of all‚ the word ‘prole’ has to be defined. The word prole derives from the word proletarian which means ‘a citizen of the lowest class’. The book 1984 describes the proles
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The Squires Tale The Squire is the son of the knight. Chaucer describes him as good horse rider‚ able to joust well‚ and he carves the Knight’s meat for him at dinner. These qualities make him a good squire. The Franklin even praises him for being everything a squire and a young man should be. Though Chaucer also describes the Squire as embroidered like a meadow‚ making him sound more like a woman then a young man‚ Chaucer also mentions the Squire’s ability to dance‚ sing‚ and write poetry. The
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stated in The Pardoner’s Tale. The Pardoner’s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales. In The Pardoner’s Tale‚ the Pardoner begins the prologue by fleetingly accounting his methods of conning people out of their money. Then‚ he begins to tell a tale. In the tale‚ three rioters are out to kill Death. They encounter an old man who explains he will wander the earth for someone who’s willing to exchange youth for an old age. He says “Not alas Death will take my life” (The Pardoner’s Tale 119). The men ask him
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Religious Aspects of 1984 Religion is often used in order to instill hope and euphoria in its followers and worshipers. This is in great contrast to the motivation of George Orwell’s use of it in 1984. The Party uses religion in the novel in order to oppress the people and extract happiness in order to instill fear on the citizens‚ which is how they gain the abundant amount of control over them. The novel frequently features characters that allude to many famous biblical characters as well. The
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current ideology‚ to make things more convenient for themselves. If a previous statement does not conform with the what the governing party currently is saying‚ it would be changed‚ the record of it happening obliterated. This is a common occurrence in 1984‚ and Winston is one of the culprits. In chapter four he explains the process: "As soon as all the corrections which happened to be necessary in any particular number of The Times had been assembled and collated‚ that number would be reprinted‚ the
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One of the main ideas in the novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood‚ is relationships and their importance as there is lack of intimacy and human contact which are both controlled and prohibited in Gilead. We can see that in this totalitarian society‚ all relationships are controlled strictly and monitored and there are boundaries which you must not cross. In this society‚ even sex is controlled. As a handmaid‚ you are obliged to have sex with your Commander at fixed times and this
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Golden country “Presumably she could be trusted to find a safe place. In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens‚ of course‚ but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides‚ it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention” An old‚ close-bitten pasture‚ with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there. In
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Breyer asked‚ "If you win this case‚ then there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen of the United States. So if you win‚ you suddenly produce what sounds like 1984...."[68] In 1984‚ the book was made into a movie. In 2006‚ the movie version of V for Vendetta was released‚ which has many of the same running themes and principles.[69][70] In Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ John Hurt acts out the central character of Winston Smith
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and his/her tale. What was the underlying motive for the storyteller telling his/her tale? Chaucer’s masterpiece‚ The Canterbury Tales‚ is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life‚ and even less about his education‚ but a number of existing records document his professional life. Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s‚ the only son in his family. The Canterbury Tales is written
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Chaucer begins The Nun’s Priest’s Tale by describing a simple widow and her two simple daughters. They own a barn where a magnificently handsome cock with a beautiful and accurate "cock-a-doodle-doo". Here‚ his seven wives also live; his favorite is the most beautiful Pertelote. He one day speaks to her about a dream. In this dream‚ a fox eats Chanticleer‚ the cock‚ and Chanticleer now worries that it may come true. Pertelote does not believe in this predestination and gives her argument. She
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