“Havisham” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem which depicts the character of Miss Havisham from the novel “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. Havisham is a bitter and spiteful character due to being jilted at the altar many years ago. She has become twisted and vengeful due to her heartbreak and loneliness. Themes such as love‚ hate‚ grief and madness are explored throughout the poem to illustrate Havisham’s descendance into insanity. Duffy uses several techniques in order to deepen my understanding
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‘A Christmas Carol’ covers a period of 24 hours from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. It is a simple morality tale of the radical change in the character Ebenezer Scrooge from being bitter‚ ironfisted and miserable to becoming a new‚ openhearted and charitable man. The book was first published in 1843‚ a time when many of the wealthy people neglected the old Christmas spirit of charity. In addition‚ the Industrial Revolution had further done away with the simple pleasures of the season. Dickens’ intentions
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When I was home alone for a week‚ I spent most of the nights staying up playing video games. In the middle of the night‚ around 2 am‚ I dozed off for about thirty minutes and woke up to my dogs barking. So I looked to my left out the window at the street and there was a man or boy standing outside in the driveway. So I immediately set the alarm‚ but after I set the alarm and went to see if was he still there‚ he wasn’t. So after that I stayed up for the rest of the night‚ until one of my siblings
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Structure and language Structure Quickdraw has four stanzas of four lines each‚ two of which are joined by enjambment‚ where one line carries on into the next. There is no rhyme scheme or regular rhythm. The poem is largely written in free verse. Language Quickdraw plays on imagery associated with western (cowboy) films‚ as the title suggests. "Gunslingers" is a term used in the western to describe those who fight with guns‚ often shooting from the hip. The poem starts by replacing weapons
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Dickens presents Fred as a cheerful‚ humble and generous character within the novella as a contrast to Scrooge’s cold and stingy character. As shown in the extract‚ Fred is ‘Cheerful’ and ‘handsome’ whereas Scrooge is ‘self-contained’ and his features were ‘shrivelled’ by the ‘cold’ (Stave 1). Fred is the son of Scrooge’s beloved but deceased sister‚ he is the only living relative and person who wants to pull him out of isolation and back into the world. Dickens was focused on Scrooge’s complicated
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Some poems tell a story; some illustrate what love should or shouldn’t be; some poems express the separation of two loved ones. There is no limit to explaining what love really is. The poems ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy both try
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Chivalry. It is an ardently admired characteristic‚ which is scarcely seen‚ in its pure form in today’s society. Chivalry is thought of today as a mythical medieval practice‚ which goes hand in hand with dragons‚ tumultuous quests and fair maidens. Having a chivalric nature is to have the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight‚ including courtesy‚ generosity‚ valor‚ and dexterity in arms. Chivalry has been admired and respected consistently throughout the ages and audiences have responded well
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can be seen through the work of the artists and authors of the time. One such author‚ Charles Dickens‚ wrote many novels during his life that became well known to the public and earned him fame in his life; he wrote A Tale of Two Cities‚ A Christmas Carol‚ and Oliver Twist just to name a few. Many of his stories dealt with ghosts and his
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How does Carol Ann Duffy Present Different Feelings about Love in “Hour” and “Quick Draw” Caroline Ann Duffy had made it a common opinion in her writing that she believes love is a crawl thing. However in both “Hour” and “Quick Draw”‚ she talks about love in an appreciative way. Although in the two poems‚ it has two very different circumstances in a relationship. Similarly both poems‚ is themed around a relationship‚ however the differences being that Hour describes the situation with a vast amount
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Questions over articles. Differentiating Instruction Why Bother? By Carol Ann Tomlinson‚ in Middle Ground‚ August 2005‚ Volume 9‚ Number 1. 1. The author opens the article telling about two of her middle grades teacher‚ one math teacher and one English teacher. a. Briefly describe and compare these two teachers. In this article author has describe both Math and English teachers clearly and their method of teaching. Math teacher has her own teaching method and English teacher has own. If I compare
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