The King’s Speech‚ directed by Tom Hooper‚ is a British biopic produced in 2010. The film illustrates the story of Bertie‚ later crowned King George VI‚ and his stammer affliction. It follows Bertie’s wife’s pursuit to help her husband‚ employing Lionel Logue‚ an Australian speech pathologist‚ to assist‚ and potentially cure Bertie of his speech condition. The King’s Speech unravels the tale of how two entirely adverse characters end up the greatest of friends. Leading cinematographer‚ Danny Cohen
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properly belong” (Kingshaw) ‚ “we live here ‚ its ours ‚ we belong” (Hooper) in this two quotes the reader can see that Kingshaw already feels unwelcomed in the house while Hooper is showing his egoistic personality. The repetition of the word belong highlights rises up the tension as the word ‘belong’ means to be rightly placed/ to fit in a specified place or environment ‚ in his case it is the house. This suggests that Hooper feels a strong connection with the house unlike Kingshaw from which we can
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tension and uses different ways of emphasising words or phrases. All of these factors contribute to her unique evocative style and add to her reputation of being a very talented writer. In chapter eleven‚ she describes vividly how Kingshaw feels sick with fright when Hooper locks him in the shed. "He retched‚ and then began to vomit‚ all over the sacks‚ the sick coming down his nose and choking him. It tasted bitter. He bent forwards‚ holding his stomach. When it finished he wiped his mouth on the
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the main events of the story‚ the grandmother of the Hooper household dies. Her son Joseph then refuses to live at Warings‚ the family home‚ until he owns it‚ i.e. until his father dies and he inherits it. This tells the reader knows immediately that the relationship between Joseph and his father is poor. Soon afterwards it b ecomes clear that the relationship he has with his own son is no better. Communication between Joseph and Edmund Hooper is limited and a cause of some concern to Joseph. Edmund’s
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sympathetic towards Kingshaw‚ so that they will believe in the likelihood of his suicide. She arouses the reader’s sympathy through her narrative technique‚ the role of other characters and many other techniques that will be analyzed in the essay. Her skilful presentation of Kingshaw’s story gives a disturbing insight into the potentially tragic consequences of a child’s experience of cruelty and isolation. Hill employs narrative technique effectively in creating a sympathy for Kingshaw from the audience
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What is the symbolic significance of Warings? Warings is the house that Mr Hooper currently owns in the book I’m the King of the Castle. Warings is a very symbolic place and represents many different things. Some of these include: Hooper’s power‚ Social Class and Isolation‚ all of these I will be mentioning. Warings represents Isolation a great deal in the book. This becomes apparent very early on in the book as it is described as "some distance from any other house." This shows the reader prematurely
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means the reader can feel the atmosphere seemingly throughout the novel. In the novel there is one main theme of which is based around hatred between hooper and Kingshaw. straight from the start of when they meet hooper makes sure to let his feelings be shown. so throughout the novel Kingshaw and hooper are continuously battling each other‚ hooper immediately takes the role of being a bully. At Waring’s house the setting shows that it isn’t a very pleasant place to stay in‚ the house lacks
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However‚ there are numerous points in the novel that make the reader feel sympathetic towards him and so show that Hooper may not be completely evil despite his psychological torture of Kingshaw. Firstly‚ the novel takes place in Warings which is isolated from all the other houses. This is demonstrated when the house is described as being ‘some distance from any other house.’ Hooper is isolated from other children and other people. This means that he lacks experience with other children and thus
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Hopper‚ Edmund Hopper‚ Mrs. Helena Kingshaw and her son Charles Kingshaw. Joseph Hopper has inherited the old house named Warings what is located near the village of Derne. The relationship between Hopper and his son Edmund Hopper is very cold and formal. Helena Kingshaw is a housekeeper of Warings who has a son named Charles Kingshaw of a similar age to Edmund Hopper. Hopper does not want a boy lives in his domain. He always likes to dominate Charles Kingshaw and has a continuous attitude of disliking
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possession and dominance. Through out the book‚ as Kingshaw becomes more psychologically withdrawn he has a greater need to find objects and people that are ultimately his. The emphases on‚ ’I’m’ in the title stresses that there can be only one leader to rule over their domain‚ leaving everyone else in the metaphorical role of the little rascal. At first with Fielding Kingshaw is the King and his friendship is unsullied by Hooper’s evil intentions. Kingshaw remarks‚ "Fielding is my friend‚ mine‚" after
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