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    De Nadie Commentary

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    "De Nadie" Commentary This documentary is focused on the numerous immigrants originating from Central America‚ undertaking an extremely dangerous journey of about 2500 miles up north towards the southern border of the United States‚ where they hope to cross and profit from the wealth available in the U.S.. The movie is accordingly named "de Nadie"‚ which translates into "No-One"‚ and follows various immigrants on their journeys‚ interviewing them on their way and depicting the many injustices

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    Commentary Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is the factual perception on what human’s ignorant minds accept whatever they perceive without envisioning the reality. His use of “dark” imagery illustrates how a person is trapped and isolated in his own “cave” and conceives everything without visually seeing the “light” outside the cave. He conveys the idea that the “prisoners” are stuck and “chained” in their own reality because they were only shown one perspective from “childhood”. Plato wisely suggests

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    Commentary on Hamlet’s soliloquy -- On Hamlet’s character We can know a thoughtful‚ tough‚ and affectionate Hamlet from this soliloquy. In this soliloquy Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of existence‚ and whether it is one’s right to end one’s own life. He first asks himself thoughtfully whether it is nobler to bear the miseries of life or to take arms against them. And then he explains like this: he says maybe death can be a way to end one’s sorrows

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    Macbeth Commentary: Macbeth’s Conflict In Macbeth’s soliloquy of act II scene 1‚ William Shakespeare affectively utilizes symbolism‚ allusions‚ and personification to depict the conflicting elements of fate versus freewill on Macbeth’s decision. Shakespeare uses the hallucination of the dagger to symbolize the beginning of Macbeth’s descent into madness‚ a point where he is unable to make rational decisions. Macbeth describes the dagger as a “fatal vision” (2.1.36) which is significant as it shows

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    The Stone Horse Commentary It is obvious that Lopez has a passion for history‚ especially when it comes to the cultural aspects in history. Having said this‚ it’s no surprise that when cultural history is being destroyed‚ Lopez is writing to bring awareness to the problems faced by unguarded cultural artifacts in the Mojave‚ and Sonoran deserts. The reading itself was dry when it came to the parts about the Stone Horse because Lopez kept describing the horse over and over. As the introduction told

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    IB SL English 2 Commentary on The Comfort of Strangers In one part of the novel‚ The Comfort of Strangers‚ the English writer Ian McEwan describes the admiration with which his male character‚ Robert‚ contemplates his sisters playing dress up. Though the speaker’s age is never divulged‚ we readily jump to the conclusion that he is around ten years old because of the childish and rudimentary language. The structure of the sentences is also very reflective of the child’s young age‚ as well as

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    Literary Commentary: Iago’s First Soliloquy In Othello‚ Shakespeare exposes Iago’s true self to the audience‚ or what we think of as his true self. During the last passage in Act I Scene III‚ Iago is alone on stage and delivers his first soliloquy‚ where the character shares his inside thoughts. When Iago shares his thoughts concerning Othello‚ his character starts to come out more. Shakespeare characterizes Iago as someone who wants revenge on Othello and plans a scheme to quench his thirst for

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    follow an alternating rhyme scheme‚ then the last six lines of the stanza have an alternating rhyme scheme. Keats utilizes this pattern in such a way where the first four lines provide the basis of his argument and the last 6 lines provide the “commentary” or explanation as to why such actions must be taken. Another technique that Keats uses in his poem is the use of the second-person. “Ode on Melancholy” is written in second person‚ as shown through words such as “thy” and “your”. Because he writes

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    Commentary on Piano and Drums In the poem‚ Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara‚ we see a comparison between the primal‚ old world and the more developed new world. Okara compares the two through the representation of the two eras in musical form. Throughout the poem‚ as we experience the two different music forms‚ the poet‚ Okara displays the various allures that the two different societies have on him. The old world displays itself as a very rugged but simple time‚ one that speaks to the primal man

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    Child Labour Commentary

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    speech‚ Kelley says‚ “We have‚ in this country‚ two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread.” Here‚ Kelley uses inclusive pronoun “we” to help readers to engage in the serious situation of the child labour. Another example of language is in paragraph 10‚ Kelley says‚ “But we are almost powerless. Not wholly powerless‚ however‚ are citizens who enjoy the right of petition.” Here‚ she uses repetition and repeats the word “powerless” to express her feelings towards child

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