In the 1960 film "Little Shop of Horrors"‚ the main character‚ Seymour acquires a strange plant‚ which‚ we find out later‚ talks‚ lives off blood and eats people. The main idea of this film is when you try to please everyone without regard to yourself you end up loosing yourself. The other characters in the story revolve around Seymour and this bizarre plant. He names the plant after his crush Audrey‚ who is an assistant in the flower shop where he works. The owner of the shop‚ Mr. Mushnick‚ is a
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In “Convergence of the Twain‚” Thomas Hardy describes the greatness of the Titanic and the vanity that embodied its doom‚ radiating an admiring‚ yet regretful tone towards the events of April 14‚ 1912. During the first stanza‚ Hardy talks about the Titanic’s “solitude in the sea.” “Deep from human vanity‚” implying that the reason the Titanic is so deep‚ sunk under water is due to the vanity that created her‚ and ultimately sank her. The headline of the Titanic was “unsinkable‚” typifying
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William Blake Poem William Blake‚ the worlds famous English poet (1757- 1827). He never limited himself to a title where you would say he’s poet of only romance or drama but whatever went wept through his soul he would engrave it in words. Joy and sorrow are opposite each other yet Blake develops poems from each aspect. The two poems I will be talking about are Infant Joy and Infant Sorrow. Infant Joy seems as if it’s a poem about an Infant named Joy. It is very perky
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Poem Comparison Essay Gewndolyn Brooks and Anne Sexton both wrote poems about the controversial subject of abortion. Brooks wrote a poem titled “The Mother” which stressed the physiological and ethical consequence of her choice. While in Sextons poem “The Abortion” the focus is more on the emotions felt before and after the actual process of aborting the baby. Yet both poems posses similar use of words to get a point across. The main way the authors did this is through the use of tone
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to decipher and rave about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" hails critic Berhardy (Theatre History). He goes on to rave "It is the first poem produced by
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Both Takashi’s poem‚ ‘The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field’‚ and SadokoKuriha’s poem‚ ‘When We Say Hiroshima’ were written during a terrible time in the human race’s history‚ the bombing of Hiroshima. The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field is a poem written in English where as When We Say Hiroshima is a poem written in Japanese and then was translated to English. The blade of grass in a dreamless field is a very personal poem in which Takashi reflects upon his experiences of the Hiroshima bombing
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Two of the themes present in Beowulf are good vs. Evil and the magic and supernatural elements. Beowulf is a basic poem that contains many examples of good against evil. This story shows how good will always prevail even against insurmountable odds. For example‚ Beowulf is the perfect example of a good warrior. He is loyal to his king and family and can defeat any monster. Grendel on the other hand is born evil and enjoys killing the Danes. When Beowulf and Grendel engage in battle‚ Grendel sees
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An Enduring Tale Thousands of years after it was written‚ people continue to read The Odyssey not only for its thrilling adventure‚ but also for its invaluable dissection of inherent human qualities. In his epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Homer addresses intrinsic characteristics of humans that man has continued to demonstrate throughout history. The Odyssey incorporates the timeless topics of cunning over strength‚ greed and folly‚ and loyalty‚ into Odysseus’ story while simultaneously offering insight
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The Chilean cult filmmaker‚ Pablo Larraín‚ endures in his keen observations of the society‚ interweaving themes such as obsession‚ morality‚ complex human conducts‚ and political denouncement‚ aspects that can be found in his singular cinematic creations such as “Tony Manero”‚ “Post Mortem”‚ and “No”. In “The Club”‚ 2015 Berlin’s Grand Jury choice‚ he aims ferociously and bluntly at the Catholic Church‚ taking us to a secluded house located in a small Chilean seaside town‚ to where four former clergymen
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HW: 2N Imitation (a poem); write a parody of “Internment.” You may use the work you started in class‚ but must cut and paste into the Doc I shared with you. The Labours by Ankit Dixit The goddess of marriage out of jealousy‚ made him insane by treachery‚ by then it was too late‚ the blood had been spilled‚ all was lost and both of his loves were long gone. Later after he woke from his temporary insanity‚ his hands bloody‚ a knife lay beside him‚ his wife and children bleeding
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