In his metafictional novel Atonement‚ Ian McEwan utilises narrative techniques to develop the central ideas of truth‚ war‚ and the desire to attain atonement. McEwan uses narrative structure to explore the nature of guilt and the courage required by one to atone for their wrongdoings‚ while he uses the interplay between narrative voices to explain how people have different interpretations of the truth. The narrative perspective of the character Robbie Turner is additionally employed to explore the
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Jealousy fuels revenge; people commit irrational actions to satisfy their selfishness‚ causing them to do something they wouldn’t normally do. In the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ jealousy and revenge arise from mixed feelings and the perdu of the so-called “witchcraft.” Occurring in Salem’s rigid Puritan community‚ these witch trials were a perfect example of injustice spurred from vengeance. During the era of McCarthyism‚ in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ not all is lost when the race for
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William Shakespeare’s Othello is a classic work of tragedy named after its protagonist. It is a compelling piece of literature due to the intentions and subsequent actions of not the noble Moor but of his ensign or ancient. The character of Iago is responsible for the conflict within the story. He is villain who manipulates the other characters by assessing and exploiting their weaknesses with complete lack of conscience‚ and he accomplishes this trickery by employing clever use of language. His
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also devises wicked designs to let Othello misunderstand the infidelity of Desdemona. Finally Othello strangles his wife because of his suspicion and jealousy. Fortunately Iago’s evil scheme is discovered but it becomes too late to put his lover back so Othello commits suicide. In this tragedy there are various themes; racism‚ love and jealousy. First‚ there is racism in this work. Othello is the Moor not the white. Desdemona’s father opposites the marriage between his daughter and Othello
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manipulate him. He falls victim to Iago’s plot as he allows his jealousy to obstruct his view of reality. He is desperate enough to sacrifice all his money and even murder to eliminate all competition for Desdemona’s affection. This desperation eventually leads to his downfall as his attempt to kill Cassio ends in the loss of his own life. Bianca’s jealousy originates from the discovery of the handkerchief in Cassio’s chambers. Her jealousy amasses as Cassio requests she make a copy of it for him. Thinking
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Jealousy is a bitter and unhappy feeling in response to another person’s advantages‚ possessions‚ or luck. Jealousy can be categorized as either passive or aggressive. Passive jealousy is limited to the boundaries of one’s mind‚ whereas aggressive jealousy translates into physical action. In the short stories "Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚" Robert Olen Butler and Raymond Carver focus on different forms of jealousy. Through the perspective of
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In Othello‚ the play takes place in two different location. The beginning of the play is set around Shakespeare time in Venice. Venice was a prosperous Italian city that was centered in the middle of many trading networks. The second half of the play is set in Cyprus‚ which is an island controlled by Venice. On this island is where things start to fall apart to all the characters. Everyone goes from a very structured society to a very violent and chaotic situation.
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Phaedrus: The Three Speeches First Speech The first speech we come across in Plato’s Phaedrus is that of Lysias which is read by Phaedrus. In his speech‚ which starts at Stefanus 231a‚ Lysias argues that a person should reject the advances of a lover and accept those of a non-lover. His reasons are that lovers are ‘sick’ and irrational (231d) and are often jealous and chaotic (232c&d). Once love is absent‚ the relationship can be treated as a transaction of sorts where the non-lover gets sexual
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How “The Cask of Amontillado” Showed Romanticism The story of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has many characteristics of Romanticism. Romanticism is the movement of freedom and imagination of art and literature‚ this era was from early 1800 to 1860 which is the early 19th century this was all changed by the writing of Edgar Allen Poe by showing how he could get away from peritain writing. The first charcteristic is intuition over reasoning‚ the second form that shows romanticism characteristics
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Iago is presented as one of the most striking characters in this tragic play and from the beginning of the play; we realize that Iago is the essence of viciousness. As we can see in act 1 scene 3‚ Iago expresses his feelings towards Othello by telling Rodrigo: "I hate the Moor. My cause is hearted. Thine hath no less reason. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him". However‚ the motivation behind Iago’s actions lies more in his pursuit for personal advantage‚ as opposed to just being evil
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