far from the madding crowd FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD – Themes and Messages Fate as a Theme Fate and coincidence are frequently used in the plot. • Bathsheba arrives just in time to save Gabriel suffocating in his lambing hut‚ and he in turn happens to arrive in Weatherbury in time to save Bathsheba’s crops and becomes her new shepherd. • Bathsheba’s Valentine sent as a joke has a fatal effect on Boldwood‚ who falls desperately in love with her. It is fate that
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Analysis of away The play away by Michael Gow is a story of three Australian families going on holidays. It is set in the summer of 1967-68 during Christmas and the New Year. There are many sub-themes in away such as death/loss‚ change‚ moving on with life‚ and forgiveness. The theme of death/ loss is displayed when we find out about Roy and Corals son who was killed in Vietnam. Coral constantly brings up the theme when she says‚ “I’ll be silent on all controversial topics. Will that do? I
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Causes of Run Away Children Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away from home each year. Sometimes parent realized too late that there is a problem and the child end up a runaway. Many children runs away from home due to much damaged family conditions‚ such as‚ parents that are separated‚ alcohols or drugs‚ and finally abuse in the family. Similarity‚ children who have parents that are separated or divorced have difficultly understanding and accepting the situation‚ which causes to push children
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that the events that occur in the play have made Tom wise and more knowledgeable. Perhaps it is the storm which causes Tom to become more mature. In Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ the characters runaway to the forest to restore society. In ‘Away’ the three families travel to the coast for Christmas and similar to Shakespeare‚ society is turned upside down (the storm) and then the normal balance is resolved. Perhaps this is what allows Tom to accept his illness. At the end of the play we
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JUST TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS THE PRESIDENT WANTS STILL tougher gun control legislation and thinks it will work. The public supports more gun control laws but suspects they won’t work. The public is right. Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns. There are some 200 million guns in private ownership‚ about one-third of them handguns. Only about 2 percent of the latter are employed to commit crimes. It would take a Draconian‚ and politically
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madness being an inherently female characteristic - in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. In ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ it seems that traditional gender roles have been reversed in that Porphyria and her partner is entitled as her “lover”. In this sense‚ the ownership is put completely on her because Browning has chosen to entitle the poem ‘Porphyria’s Lover’‚ using a possessive apostrophe. However‚ throughout the poem‚ the emphasis is put on her lover‚ rather than Porphyria‚ this‚ therefore‚ nullifies any preconceptions
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concerns in Away’ In the play Away personal growth and reconciliation through love are the predominant concerns that have been represented throughout the play. Personal growth through love is evident in the characters of Coral and Roy and reconciliation through love is evident in the characters of Vic and Harry. Gow uses techniques such as symbols‚ music and lighting to show how personal growth and reconciliation is shown through love. Personal growth is a major theme in Away. Coral at the
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and deadly. An example of this is Cast away. Director Robert Zameckis developed the idea of nature being cruel and harsh. He managed to develop this though the use of strong conflict‚ Tom Hanks’ incredible acting and special effects. In the movie Cast away‚ the conflict enhanced the idea created by the director of nature being unpredictable‚ dangerous and deadly. One example of nature’s unpredictability is the plane crash that left Tom Hanks’ character cast away. The crash was caused by a lightning
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play ‘Away’ by Michael Gow as well as the Poem ‘Sail Through Your Emotions‚ Don’t Sink’ by Bashyam Narayanan and The Film ‘Into the wild’ by Sean Penn all display the concept of the physical journey through their use of dialogue‚ language‚ structure and theme. These texts show how the physical journey affects the travellers and causes a change in them. Set in the post-war period in the Australian summer‚ where society was concerned with Vietnam and other international conflicts‚ ‘Away’ revolves
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meaning‚ sound‚ and rhythm” (Merriam Webster). The lyrics of “Lover Dearest”‚ by Josh Ramsey‚ fit this definition perfectly. “Lover Dearest” is a love letter written about heroin addiction; the speaker uses metaphor‚ pessimistic tone‚ and revealing diction to convey his desperation. “Lover Dearest” uses a metaphor to compare drug addiction to romance. The speaker professes his distorted love for heroin as if the drug were his lover.
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