An The Commentary - a rough guide What is a ’commentary’? A commentary is a close analysis of a passage or a short work. More than a summary‚ it must investigate both the content and the language‚ i.e. WHAT the passage/poem achieves and HOW it achieves it‚ and the relationship they have with each other. It describes the writer’s intentions‚ effects and how he or she accomplishes them. In addition to detailed analytical skills‚ you need also to demonstrate an ability to construct a line of
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“Araby”I watched my master’s face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle. I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which‚ now that it stood between me and my desire‚ seemed to me child’s play‚ ugly monotonous child’s play. (See Important Quotations Explained) SummaryThe narrator‚ an unnamed boy‚ describes the North Dublin street on which his house is located. He thinks about the priest who died in the
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Epiphany of Love James Joyce does a tactful job of drawing up the epiphanies in “Araby” and “The Dead”. The main characters in both stories come to the realization that what they initially thought belonged to them‚ doesn’t completely. The young boy in “Araby” has a complete crush on the sister of a friend. This crush causes him to day dream about her “At night in [his] bedroom and by day in the classroom” (Joyce‚ Araby Text). Unfortunately for him‚ his pursuit ends when he could not bring her back
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Analysis of the Narrator in “Araby” by James Joyce While “growing up” is generally associated with age‚ the transition from adolescence to adulthood in particular comes with more subtlety‚ in the form of experience. James Joyce’s short story “Araby” describes the emotional rollercoaster of its protagonist and narrator - a young boy in love with his best friend’s sister - caused by the prospects of a potential future with his crush. The narrator of James Joyce’s “Araby” is an innocent‚ emotionally
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‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words
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Sarah Saoud Professor Al Samarrai 20th Century English Literature 29 April 2007 Araby: Escaping Reality through Fantasy Reality is often bleak. It is only natural when the bleakness becomes too much to bear‚ that fantasies of escape are born. These are latched onto‚ basked in‚ and consumed until they take over the senses and drive the spirit to the edge of feeling. Then‚ they hurl their owners into despair‚ for fantasy‚ in the very end‚ will slam into the harsh wall of reality‚ and dissolve
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Christopher Nguyen Dr. Pedersen‚ 11:30-12:30 Araby and A&P Araby‚ written by James Joyce 1914 was about a young boy on a quest to woo over the girl of his adolescent dreams. A&P‚ written by John Updike in a completely different time period‚ was a story about a young store clerk trying to impress three teenagers by defending them from his manager. Both story lines are different‚ as well as the time periods and morals‚ but somehow and in some way‚ they share many similarities. Between
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Carley Mills Media Studies 120 January 13‚ y Social Commentary in Film Crash Have I ever experienced anything like this in my life? A common theme in the film Crash is racism. Something I noticed while watching this film was that almost every character experiences racism‚ however the same characters who experiences it displayed it to other races. This can relate to my life because I often see peers who experiences bullying‚ bully other people. In many cases the people who are the so called “bullies”
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Sound of Waves Commentary In this passage‚ found on pages 135 and 136 of The Sound of Waves‚ author Yukio Mishima utilizes brutal imagery through descriptive diction to expose the subtle sexism apparent on this island. Furthermore‚ he provides commentary on gender roles and stereotypes‚ which are apparent not only in his own life‚ but on the island of Uta-jima as well. Gender roles become apparent as the novel progresses because Shinji is looking for a woman of beauty rather than of intellect
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Invisible Man Commentary There is a constant struggle for people to find their self identity in a world where society tries to force them to become somebody else. Society often sets standards that “well respected citizens” should meet‚ limiting people from developing their own views of the world and making their own decisions. In Invisible Man‚ Ralph Ellison portrays the experiences that a young black American goes through that shapes‚ and more often than not‚ blinds his identity. In my excerpt
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