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    Gooseberry Season by Simon Armitage This essay is about the poem which is called “Gooseberry Season” and it’s by Simon Armitage. I will be looking at the character of father in the poem and look at the different techniques that are used to describe the behaviour of the father. At the start of the poem the character of the father seems to be kind‚ generous and caring as he lets a stranger stays in the house when the stranger comes and asks for water. This shows his generosity and niceness. Later

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    “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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    Valentine ‘Valentine’ is a controversial love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem the poetess compares love to an onion and she does that by using a variety of techniques such as imagery‚ symbolism‚ word choice and structure. All these techniques justify why Valentine is an unusual love-poem as they help the poet express her different point of view. Overall‚ the poem is unusual as its title mistakenly leads the reader into thinking that the poem will be typical. I felt deeply moved

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    Compare and contrast essay I will compare the history of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” that is a play with the film “From Scrooge”. They are the same history develop in a different way because they roll in entertainment the world are different. I like a lot plays but also the movies. Let´s checks its comparison. Characters in the history are completely the same ones. Neither another character neither a missing character. In the play‚ characters are like more expressive and sarcastic‚ like

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    Even though simon and doodle have many similarities they have more significant differences. Although both characters struggle simon still has his faith throughout everything. Simon believed in god and had a really good relationship with him. He thought he was god’s special instrument and that he would die a hero. Doodle did not have any faith only his aunt‚ Aunt Nicey had faith in god. Both boys faced many obstacles Simon has faith which helps him block out others judgement and helps him overcome

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    ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘Our Love Now’ by Martyn Lowery. These two poems were my first choice as they both link to the theme of love‚ yet they are significantly different as they show how their ideas of love differ. ‘Valentine’ has the idea that love is original and true rather than hiding behind false pretences i.e. ‘a red rose’ or ‘a satin heart’ (Duffy 1993). Whereas ‘Our Love Now’ has two different perspectives‚ the males idea is that although the relationship is broken it can be fixed

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    With particular reference to ‘Mrs. Lazarus’ show how Carol Ann Duffy presents relationships between men and women The World’s Wife originates from the idiom ‘The World and His Wife’ which is commonly used to express a large amount of people‚ however after understanding the feminist concept of Carol Ann Duffy’s work this idiom can be interpreted in a different light. The phrase may actually present men in a powerful position; it personifies the world and by doing so assumes that this great miracle

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    be discussed. Some art can astonish people in many ways and make them think about society‚ war the world and their lives‚ and some sorts of art will bring the question ‘what is art?’ like the work on the unknown artist from the short story by Simon Armitage‚ Flypaper‚ from New Writing 9‚ Vintage 2000. Though the story is mainly focusing on the actions of the unknown artist and what the result in‚ I would say that the main character is council Perry. Perry sets out the catch this vandal‚ who

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    adjusted to be more appealing. There are many versions of ¨A Christmas Carol¨ from dramas‚ to movies‚ and even some Christmas specials on TV shows but‚ it was originally a book. Is the book truly the best version? The comic version of “A Christmas Carol” is the best model compared to the book because it is modified in a more amusing way‚ and readers can assimilate to story faster. There are many reasons to why “A Christmas Carol” original is not as good as the comic.  First of all‚ compared to the

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    the night before Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge was full of greed. Well-known Charles Dickens wrote the drama‚ A Christmas Carol in the year 1843. In this drama‚ a man named Ebenezer Scrooge hated Christmas and never gave any gifts or money to those in need. Although‚ there is not just a drama‚ there also is a movie that’s also made in 1984. While the movie and drama compare to be very similar‚ the drama has different parts too when contrasted to the movie’s conflict‚ climax‚ and resolution.

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