The poem by T.S. Elliot‚ The Hollow Men and The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad embody apathy and indifference. Both Conrads Station Manager and Elliots hollow men present a profound intellectual and emotional lack of interest or concern as well as being devoid of distinguishable humanity. The two texts highlight the grave characteristics of both the station manger and the hollow men by embellishing the details of their vacant eyes as well as deaths other kingdom‚ of which they both inhabit‚ their
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While comparing the two poems‚ "Gretel in Darkness" by Louise Gluck and "Hansel and Gretel" by Anne Sexton with the original Brothers Grimm tale "Hansel and Gretel"‚ different perspectives‚ point of views and messages are shown. In "Gretel in Darkness" Gretel is reciting the poem. It is written in the first person. In this poem Gretel is overcome with certain darkness in her life. Something is haunting her from the past. Gretel describes an experience that she and her brother
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the joy of light and as the day ends‚ the birds fly back into the darkness of night. The darkness of our lives is often transformed by the delusion of light. In James Baldwin’s essay‚ "Sonny’s Blues‚"� the title itself sets up an irony that is explored throughout. The name "Sonny‚" when read‚ sounds like "Sunny‚" meaning brightness‚ light and hope. The word "Blues" presents the reader images of night‚ darkness and sadness. The darkness represents the reality of life on the streets of Harlem‚ a community
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The Ghost and the Darkness The Ghost and the Darkness is a great movie that incorporates a historic struggle with conflict between man vs. nature‚ and man vs. man. Col. John Patterson is presented with the task of building a bridge to expand the British railroad in Africa. He is forced into leaving his pregnant wife behind while he travels to Tsavo‚ Africa where he must live and work. The colonel is then faced with a struggle between man and nature where he must protect the people from lions that
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Do “Asian value” and “orientalism” exist? For the nature of Asia itself‚ Asia is the largest continent by landmass and covers 8.6% of the Earth’s surface and hosts 60% of the world’s current human population. With so much diversity‚ is it possible to for Asians to share quintessential values which only exist in the area of Asia? In some extent‚ the answer is yes as Asians‚ like people of any other region (i.e. Latin Americans)‚ hold their own cultural norms‚ rituals‚ and traditions inherited from
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Negative Self-Image: Orientalism Reading in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Frankenstein is one of popular science-fiction in the early 19th century. A novel written by Mary Shelley ‚ she is started writing the story when she was eighteen‚ and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley ’s name appears on the second edition‚ published in France in 1823. A novel is about Victor Frankenstein who try his an unusual scientific
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Summary of "On Orientalism" by Edward Said One of the most important themes of the movie “On Orientalism” by Edward Said’s is the approach and the concepts of the area of people that has needed world attention for so long. Edward Said’s study of “Orientalism” includes the Middle East‚ the Near East‚ and the Far East‚ this area of the world starts conflict sooner than any part of the world and it has been this way for almost 2000 years. This whole area of the world is grouped
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The End of Innocence and the Darkness of Man’s Heart In "Lord of the Flies" the author‚ William Golding‚ proves his theory on the origin of evil in many ways‚ a main one being the changes in the character Jack. William Golding’s theory states that civilization prevents corruption. Human nature is evil but with the conformity of moral values‚ supervision‚ and consequences good behavior can be developed. In his book England is involved in a nuclear war and must evacuate the people. A group of private
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Reid’s article brings the "Unspeakable Rites" in Conrad’s "Heart of darkness" into focus. It mainly raises the question of whether critics should examine Kurtz’s rites or leave them unexamined. These rites are so horrible and terrible to the extent that critics have refused to examine them. These critics take such a stand as they tend to associate the ambiguity centring around Kurtz’s rites with Conrad’s desire to leave them shrouded in uncertainty. They‚ thus‚ see no reason for examining them. However
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In Robert Coates short story ;"The Darkness of the Night" Fred is mislead by his love for Flora because she pretends to be someone that she is not‚ and he is naive enough to want to commit on her behalf. I will be proving that of how Fred was mislead into committing the murder by evoking certain emotions‚ the rejection of solution to her problem‚ and threatening of the relationship between each other. Flora manages to evoke certain emotions from Fred that ultimately play a part in his final
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