impersonal institutions overburdened with “large numbers of people with a complex mix of mental and socioeconomic problems.” (Asylums) Also “London during the Victorian era was famed for its pea-soupers fogs so thick you could barely see through it. The pea-soupers were caused by a combination of fogs from the River Thames and smoke from the coal fires”(Source 3). In a time when “one in four surgery patients died after surgery”(Medical Source)…‚ you were very lucky in Victorian times to have a good
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intense use of imagery to form symbolism. As granny’s mind wanders‚ her thoughts jump from one to another. Imagery is used to show these transitions. “A fog rose over the valley‚ she saw it marching across the creek swallowing trees and moving up the hill like an army of ghosts. Soon it would be at the near edge of the orchard...” the vision of the fog moving in symbolizes a cloudiness coming over Granny’s mind as she tried to remember one thing but couldn’t grasp the thought.
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Society is very different in the world today compared to the early 20th century. The one thing that stayed over the years was imaging how to make good impressions and how others think. Charles Cooley discovered the looking glass theory following three particular phases for this process. Based on social interactions‚ or actions of others‚ individuals grow and create an image of their sense of self. The first phase in Cooley’s theory is imaging or evaluating one’s self image from another person’s
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SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY IN “LONDON” BY WILLIAM BLAKE‚ COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE‚ SEPTEMBER 3‚ 1802” BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH‚ AND IN “IMPRESSION DU MATIN” BY OSCAR WILDE \ The image of the city appears in the literature of all cultural periods‚ but it often varies depending on historical context‚ prevailing ideas and the personal style of the author. City images dominate in the periods of Romantic and Decadent‚ however‚ the authors`
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Heath barren‚ wild place * Darkness/ evil * No one will see them * Lack of life * Mysterious * Supernatural? Against Order of Nature? “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air” [A1S1 L10 Pg 25] * Fog not clear‚ Filthy evil; Theme of Supernatural and Against Order of Nature * Deceiving * Macbeth trusts the witches * Theme of Appearance vs Nature Human Nature * “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair”
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difference in film genre‚ we may find some similar shots in mise-en-scène. To prove the rule of auteur theory and authorship‚ we choose a famous Hong Kong female director---Ann Hui‚ and find her two literary films - The Way We Are (2008)and Night and fog(2009). These two films have a same location ---Tin Shui Wai and same topic about family‚ but they have different story and plot. We will analyze these two films and find their similar period even if their story and plot have directly difference. Film
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How Does Stevenson’s writing here make London sound so sinister? The first fog of the season straight away makes London sound bad because when you think of fog it’s not a great weather to have and it contributes to London sounding sinister. Also the streets are dingy which make the area sound like it’s in poverty like ‘’ like a district of some city in a nightmare’’. The streets are also show a lack of light and people not really able to see where there going ‘’ the cab crawled from street to
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with Jim‚ by excepting him as a person. Towards the end of chapter 15‚ Huck plays a trick on Jim when they got separated in the fog. Huck tries to convince Jim that he’s been drinking because when they found each other‚ Huck explains he’s never gone anywhere‚ he’s been by his side the whole time. Then Huck goes off saying‚ “Well‚ this is too many for me‚ Jim. I hain’t see fog‚ nor no islands nor no troubles... You couldn’t ’a’ got drunk in that time‚ so of course you’ve been dreaming.” (84) Jim at this
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Question: Part A: Analyze the social and historical context of a particular poem Poem: T. S. Eliot‚ ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The context of any given text whether poetry‚ novels or a movie is always integral to its understanding. Social and historical context of not only the given text‚ but the writer’s context and reader’s context play an important role in the interpretation and understanding of the major ideas‚ issues‚ values and beliefs within the text. T.S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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050 – METEOROLOGY 050-01 THE ATMOSPHERE 050-01-01 Composition‚ extent‚ vertical division 8814. The troposphere is the: A – part of the atmosphere above the stratosphere B – part of the atmosphere below the tropopause C – boundary between the mesosphere and thermosphere D – boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere Ref: all Ans: B 8817. What is the boundary layer between troposphere and stratosphere called: A – Tropopause B – Ionosphere C – Stratosphere D – Atmosphere Ref: all Ans: A
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