Franco Moretti‚ unlike Stephen Arata’s account addresses how Stoker and even Frankenstein’s Mary Shelley‚ emphasize problems within the society during the Victorian era. Morettimakes it clear that the fear in both books is created by the protagonist ultimately making the reader see that advancing technology‚ family‚ and traditions could be compromised by the monsters of the books. Moretti also explains that ascetic of terror in Dracula “is celebrated the victory ‘of the desire for possession over
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WE tend to forget that our lifestyle and mindset have largely been influenced by our colonial past. The British influence has changed the way we look at ourselves and has stripped us of a confidence that comes naturally to a people belonging to an ancient and great civilisation. Colonisation coerces people from subordinated culture to denigrate themselves. A kind of a virtual reality is created to expedite this attitude of self-hate among the native population. An alternate reality is created
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“Emancipation brought about more stagnation than freedom for the Africans in British Guiana in the 19th Century.” M.G Smith’s perspective that Emancipation “freed a race but failed to create society”1 raised much argument regarding the role and effect of emancipation on the ex- enslaved. It is with this view that the researcher critically examined the effects of Emancipation. It was found that the Africans did not improve their living conditions after Emancipation in the 19th Century. In fact
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History of British Newspapers Britain’s press can trace its history back more than 300 years‚ to the time of William of Orange. Berrow’s Worcester Journal‚ which started life as the Worcester Postman in 1690 and was published regularly from 1709‚ is believed to be the oldest surviving English newspaper. William Caxton had introduced the first English printing press in 1476 and‚ by the early 16th century‚ the first ’news papers’ were seen in Britain. They were‚ however‚ slow to evolve‚ with the
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BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION The understanding of the native speakers’ language is the international problem for our people. Our secondary schools teach the students only the bases of the English language. Our universities do not prepare them to the British streets‚ accommodations‚ pubs where people use their own language‚ the language that differs from that of their parents. They use other words- they use slang. None of the most advanced and flexible ways of teaching English of any country
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British Sound Analysis: A voiceover in the film British Sounds states‚ "Sometimes the class struggle is also the struggle of one image against another image‚ of one sound against another sound. In a film‚ this struggle is between images and sounds." We as spectators are able to make connection with that statement as we watch the segments in the film unfold. As the tracking shot captures the auto assembly line‚ the diegetic sounds of the noisy machines overwhelm us. This similar technique can be
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The town’s tax collector‚ who had been enforcing the Townshend Acts‚ was surrounded by a mob of people in the middle of town square. His body was coated with hot tar and feathers. This practice of feathering and tarring in the colonies was representative of the general discontent resonating within the colonies over the governmental overstep of Great Britain. Britain‚ after virtually disregarding the colonies for over a century‚ began to take a more involved stance in colonial politics. They justified
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Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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The architecture of British politics The british political system is made up of houses of parliament and regional assemblies in Scotland‚ wales and northern Ireland. where members of parliament (MP’s) discuss four main issues legislation‚ representation‚ investigation and financing. The houses of commons The houses of commons is part of the process of british politics. The house of commons currently holds 647 mp’s in parliament which act as a political forum for Britain. Where MP’s can scrutinise
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time. In fact‚ it can be considered as one of the basic characteristic features of the country. There have always been all sorts of opinions on what class society exactly means‚ how many classes there exist‚ based on what attributes are people of British society divided into those classes or even‚ what class is as such. All these themes are encompassed in the thesis title: The Depiction of Working Class in the United Kingdom in Two Selected Films. Concretely‚ working class attributes such as occupation
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