that reflection leads to a caliginous finish filled with vacantness. A poem written in 1925‚ “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot‚ portrays a nearly equivalent feeling of emptiness. Both of which form a vacuous‚ hollow existence of man. Conrad and Eliot’s work mirrors each other’s directly with their internal reflection and overall emptiness. In fact‚ Eliot even begins his poem with “Mistah Kurtz- He dead.” a citation from Heart of Darkness. Poems often intend to express more than what they literally
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extends the life story of William Randolph Hearst‚ a newspaper mogul during his time to a fictional character‚ Charles Foster Kane. The universal ideas that resonates with the audience of 21st century include corrupting nature of power and wealth‚ emptiness of wealth and unreliability of memory. Individuals in the society have faith in media thus they delegate their power so that they ACCURATELY inform them about events‚ incidents and news. Ironically‚ the people society believes
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The poem ‘the planners’ is written by boey kim cheng. He was born in Singapore and is now teaching creative writing in an Australian university. This poem is about how Singapore was planned and built because of the insatiable desire toward perfection of the people. In this poem the poet uses various literary tools like alliterative phrase‚ oxymoron‚ irony and many others. There are also various kinds of tones in this poem. The main tones are lament and accusatory. In the line “They plan‚ They build
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Interpretation of “Doreen Pope” by M. Loudon The text under analysis “Doreen Pope” is a type of publicistic writing‚ feature article. The author M. Loudon managed to make this text informative and entertaining for the reader. The article concentrates on an interesting theme. The theme of the article is about the role of a teacher in the system of education in GB. The author embodies the theme into incomparable character. The story reveals the image of ideal teacher. M. Loudon convinces us of the
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All across the world‚ all throughout time‚ and expressed in many different forms of writing‚ is the theme of knowledge. Throughout the semester‚ this recurring theme has appeared in a variety of texts from The Heart Sutra‚ written by an unknown author‚ to Plato’s Republic‚ two texts from entirely different traditions. The former‚ perhaps one of the most famous Buddhist texts of all time‚ describes the nothingness that is human experience and was found on a palm-leaf dated back to 609 CE; the latter
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Discuss the relationship between character and theme in “A Clean‚ Well-lighted Place” B-A9-0415-1 What is the most fearful emotion? That is emotionless. What is the most troubled thing? That is nothing. What will you feel after experiencing so much crazy murder and facing unreasonable death? In Hemingway’s “A Clean‚ Well-lighted Place”‚ he shows us the loneliness‚ isolation‚ meaningless‚ death and futility of modern life those poor survivors of the world war one are facing through the
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direct response to hedonism of the time but ironically it encouraged corruption and a black market. The speed of change and modernity was both exciting and overwhelming. Thus we see that this was a time of glamour and corruption‚ excitement and emptiness‚ infatuation and disenchantment. The novel satirises the hedonistic society of the past‚ explores the futile search for the American Dream (the idea that any person can achieve material success and therefore “happiness” through hard work) and reveals
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Information-Transparency Cycle (I-T Cycle) is self-regulating‚ self-funded‚ and answers to no superior power. The I-T Cycle has become the most important‚ cybernetic (or closed loop‚ self-regulating) system in the history of the world. It is an insatiable system‚ capable of knowing all‚ telling all‚ and forgetting nothing. And rather than just dumping more and more information into a global mass of ineffable digits‚ technology is also "Google-ing" it into user-friendly‚ congenial‚ and amiable bites
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the day Ann fights off loneliness and despair and tries to distract herself from dwelling on negative aspects of her life. The emptiness of her surroundings point to the feelings of emptiness and loneliness inside of her. Ann keeps herself occupied by painting the door. This symbolizes the desperation that she suffers because she feels the need to fill a sense of emptiness‚ regret and loneliness that appears to be overtaking Ram 1 her life. She searches for her human identity.
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Primary Sources: Kant‚ Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Vasilis Politis. London: Dent‚ 1993. Nagarjuna. Madhyamakakarika. Edited by Kenneth K. Inada. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press‚ 1970. Secondary Sources: Allison‚ Henry. "Kant Transcendental Idealism." In A Companion to Kant‚ edited by Graham Bird‚ 111-124. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 2006. Ameriks‚ Karl. "Critique of Metaphysics‚ Structure and Fate of Kant’s Dialectic". In The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy
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