ENGLISH LITERATURE QUESTION- HOW HAS THE POET USED THE EXTENDED METAPHOR OF THE COCKROACH TO CONVEY HIS PERCEPTION OF HUMAN EXISTANCE? IN YOUR ANSWER PAY ATTENTION TO HOW POETIC DEVICES HAVE BEEN USED. ANSWER The poem ‘The Cockroach’ is a sonnet written by Kevin Halligan. It is written in the iambic pentameter as there are ten syllables in each line and as it mostly follows the pattern of the syllables being unstressed and then stressed. For example the line “ I (unstressed) watched (stressed)
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Garden‚ Adam and Eve are forced to toil and procreate-two “labors” that characterize the Human Condition. The tale of Hester and Dimmesdale recounts that of Adam and Eve because‚ in both stories‚ sin results in expulsion and suffering. Yet it also leads to knowledge‚ particularly the knowledge of what it is to be human. The Scarlet Letter emphasizes the association between sin‚ knowledge‚ and the Human Condition. Hester is ushered into a sort of exile while wearing the scarlet letter‚ her punishment
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Hamlet explores themes that are universal and transcend time. The dichotomy of order and disorder that characterises the human condition and the struggle to make sense of the world are major themes in Hamlet. These timeless concerns that everyone can identify with‚ have given Hamlet textual integrity and an enduring power to sustain interest since the sixteenth century. Created in the Elizabethan period of the late sixteenth century‚ Hamlet depicts a country that is in political and social disorder
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The novel Beloved‚ written by Toni Morrison in 1987‚ is filled to the brim with symbols and imagery. All of which hint towards the divisions of the class‚ and the similarities across race in certain classes. In fact‚ there appears to be a pattern‚ where the lower and middle white classes tend to be kinder and more accepting to the freed lower slave class‚ which indicates that different races‚ if they belong to the lower classes look past their racial differences to help each other. Most slave owners
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and control Beloved posses over this family drives the individual desire Beloved holds dearly‚ and the desires unique to Denver and Sethe. Due to Denver’s secluded and solitary lifestyle created by Sethe’s lack of motherly affection‚ Denver yearns to be wanted and needed by an individual. She mimics her mother’s overwhelming desire of love with Beloved by making her a surrogate daughter instead of a sister. Through this infatuation Denver’s emotions and thoughts are consumed by Beloved‚ “She will
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Critical Race Theory to Toni Morrison’s novel‚ Beloved‚ Toni Morrison ambiguously shows that not all Blacks are oppressed by racism through her characters‚ Sethe‚ Beloved‚ and Baby Suggs. The first element of the Critical Race Theory‚ Critique of Liberalism‚ says that there are people who think they have made a lasting impact to stop racism‚ but in reality‚ they have not. Towards the end of Beloved‚ before Ella and the other women are able to exorcise Beloved‚ Sethe thinks she sees the schoolteacher
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Deconstructing the Human Condition Frank had initially laid upon his human nature to retire from his criminal activities. Frank was well advanced in age‚ which restricted him from being swift in his activities. Hence‚ he slumped into his mortal nature and await his ultimate destiny‚ death. However‚ the arrival of the robot deconstructed his human nature. Initially‚ Frank thought that the Robot was a nuisance to his otherwise quiet life. Nonetheless‚ the Robot proved an instrumental part of Frank
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The human condition follows the path of fate. Everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their life at that time‚ but will ultimately lead to their pre- determined fate. People inflict their own wounds during their life by the choices that they make. This applies in Romeo and Juliet and plays a major role in Romeo and Juliet’s lives. "A pair of star-crossed lovers" (I‚ i‚ 6) In the very opening of the play the chorus is singing about Romeo and Juliet‚ and predicts
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How has Sethe changed from when she killed her baby and to when she attacked Mr. Bodwin picking up Denver? In the book Beloved‚ by Toni Morrison‚ one of the main characters‚ Sethe‚ has encountered two very similar scenes in the book‚ which are very symbolic. They symbolize the changes that have happened to Sethe throughout the book. Once‚ her former slave owner who is called schoolteacher‚ who she had escaped from‚ came to her house. During this‚ Sethe took her baby and killed it‚ claiming
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Is Literature the Expression of the Human Condition Oh yes‚ is literature the expression of the human condition or is it not? Yes‚ literature is and for only one reason‚ Normans Conquest 1066. But also literature is recorders of history‚ recordings of time. Literature also a sequence of words‚ it can consist of all meanings‚ expressing the human condition‚ emotions‚ recorders‚ it defines life. The human condition is experiences of being human in a social‚ cultural‚ and personal context‚ it’s
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