play Hamlet‚ the author William Shakespeare‚ portrays the character of Hamlet‚ who struggles throughout the play to understand the idea whether is it better to live or to die‚ which leaves the universal question unanswered: “What awaits humans after death?” Throughout the play‚ this question plagues Hamlet if he should take his life and if it is morally the right thing to do; in which he utters the phrase “To be or to not be: that is the question; / Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer.” In
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nature of everything preceding the event that prevented me from truly believing it had happened‚ absorbing it‚ incorporating it‚ getting past it. I recognize now that there was nothing unusual in this: confronted with sudden disaster‚ we all focus on how unremarkable the circumstances were in which the unthinkable occurred‚ the clear blue sky from which the plane fell‚ the routine errand that ended on the shoulder with the car in flames‚ the swings where the children were playing as usual when the rattlesnake
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Skye Darke English -101 16 June 2013 “A” Is for “Absent” In a recently published article called “’A’ Is for “Absent’” by Chris Piper a proofreader for The University of Texas at Arlington who wrote about how enrolling in a course which he dreaded to do but decided to take the course anyway to complete now rather later. Piper initially received high grades on almost all projects. Being absent ultimately caused him to drop ten points and he ended with a final grade of a “C” due to his absences
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How does the poet reveal his feelings about nature in the poem Sonnet by John Clare? John Clare (1793-1864) was rare in his day for being a working class poet. His schooling ended at age 11 when he followed in his father’s footsteps to become a hedge-setter. Living and working in the open air‚ many of his poems are about nature. ’Sonnet’ is one of these – revealing his sheer joy and love of Summer. Clare spent much of his adult life in an insane assylum; Sonnet was written when he briefly escaped
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Compare how poets present World War 1 in ‘Mametz Wood’ and one other poem you studied Sheers wrote ‘Mametz Wood’‚ reflecting on the death and remains of solders in World War One contrasted to Hughes who wrote’ Bayonet Charge’ after war but set it during war‚ presenting the uncertainty of the soldiers. Having the two poems set in different times‚ contrasts how World War 1 is presented both during and after. Bayonet Charge has many examples of similes to give vivid detail to the reader‚ helping
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Defying Gravity by Roger McGough and Mort Aux Chats by Peter Porter are two poems that have death as a theme. Although they refer to death in different ways. Mort Aux Chats refers to death to convince you to dislike cats. Whereas Defying Gravity is about a mans “victory” with death. These poems rely on language to emphasise the attitude to death. Defying Gravity is told from the point of view of a dying mans best friend. It uses a lots of metaphors and I think this makes the poem very effective
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Compare the ways poets present relationships in ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ and in one other poem from Character and Voice In this essay I will be commenting on the presentation of relationships in two poems. The first poem is ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’‚ in which the speaker remarks on her life before marriage‚ where she was adored and worshiped by men‚ and how it has changed after marriage. ‘My Last Duchess’ is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker comments on his late wife and her character‚ suggesting
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Compare the ways poets present a speaker’s attitudes towards another person in ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Manhunt’. The speaker’s attitude towards his father in ‘Harmonium’ is honest and realistic. The speaker names the brand of his organ “Farrand Chapelette” and he names places such as ‘Marsden’ in Yorkshire possibly having a connection of where he and his father grew up. This makes the poem a lot more personnel and therefore the poet manages to gain sympathy from the reader. The use of honesty makes the
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Compare the ways in which the poets present isolated characters in ‘The Hunchback in the Park’ and ‘Horse Whisperer’ Both poets‚ Dylan Thomas and Andrew Forster‚ present isolated characters in The Hunchback in the Park and Horse Whisperer respectively. However‚ whilst there are many similarities in the way that these characters have been expressed‚ there are key differences which set the poems apart. For example‚ the horse whisperer himself was driven ‘from villages and farms’ whereas Dylan Thomas
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How does Golding present death in Lord of the Flies? Throughout Lord of the Flies‚ Golding uses a variety of methods in order to present death‚ and his presentation of death changes throughout the novel. Between the initial failed killing by Jack of the sow to the murder of Piggy‚ the attitude‚ and therefore the presentation of death‚ alters significantly. Firstly‚ Jack tries and fails to kill the pig in the beginning of the book. This has been used by Golding as a method to link the lack of death
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