In her morbid poem ’Havisham’‚ Carol Ann Duffy redefines one of Charles Dickens’ most memorable characters‚ Miss Havisham. Jilted at the alter by her one true love‚ Dickens portrayed Havisham as an old spinster‚ her life wasted away trying to gain revenge on all men. Through her dramatic monologue ’Havisham’‚ Duffy gives the disturbed old woman a voice to express her feelings about her wasted life. One of the themes that I found fascinating in this poem was the idea that a moment of betrayal can
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believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker‚ he showed him a locomotive hearse climbing the steps beside him‚ the carvings on the mantle piece changed to Marley’s
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Ashlyn Wlodarski Mr. Wylie Period 3 November 26‚ 2012 Araby At the beginning of the short story “Araby‚” by James Joyce‚ we are brought back to a time when the author was just a young boy living on the described to be boring and dead North Richmond Street in Dublin‚ Ireland. In this town‚ the kids would find entertainment in the use of their imagination that insisted on playing outside “till their bodies glowed.”
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named Carol. She is performing poorly in his class‚ and as a result she decides to consult him about the class‚ and the material. John gives her the offer of a second chance and to help her pass the class‚ if she is willing to put in the effort. However‚ instead of choosing to take John’s help‚ she decides to falsely accuse John of sexual harassment. The reason why appears to consist of John’s over eagerness to help‚ Carol not understanding the material ‚ and a hidden agenda that Carol seems
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home from a business trip to his family. He expects joy and excitement at his homecoming from his daughters and is surprised by their indifference. He meets his daughters and they begin to behave in an alarmingly violent fashion. He panics but the ’game’ ceases as abruptly as it had started. Later the girls’ mother arrives with the welfare committee and they conduct themselves like well-educated young ladies should to the bewilderment of their father. After tea‚ his youngest daughter positions herself
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Gilligan In the reading concerning Carol Gilligan’s theories on the development of women living in a man’s world‚ I can remember growing up in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and a woman’s role was that of a homemaker and a care giver. Her job was to stay home and take care of the children and her securing a job was out of the question. During those decades‚ there were very few women in advanced positions in politics and very few‚ if any‚ in leadership roles in the corporate world. Men were the
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This not 100 % perfect it’s just a draft / practise for exam Consider the ways Duffy explores the beauty of relationships in “hour” Hour written by Carol Anne Duffy explores the never ending emotional highs and lows of a shown in a relationship and but also shown is how just spending time with a love one is precious even if it’s just for a little while. A way in which Duffy shows the beauty if relationships in hour is through love and time by creating a strong theme connection between
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Analyse how a writer used language to strengthen your understanding of their ideas. “Behind every great man is a woman.” The famous saying reflected through countless couples over the course of history‚ Barack Obama and his wife Michelle‚ Alexander the Great and his Mother Olympias‚ and Prince Charles and Princess Diana. However this famous saying not only reflects the success of a man‚ but also how a woman is always “behind” a man. Behind the scenes is where a woman has spent most of her time‚
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“Araby” by James Joyce is a story that is narrated by an unnamed boy and his struggles with love or the idea of it. The narrator falls into an infatuation with Mangan’s sister and because of his feelings he is having trouble in day-to-day life but after a fair share of missteps he realizes that his feelings and actions are all for nothing. The narrator falls into an infatuation with Mangan’s sister. Day after day‚ the narrator watches the sister and admires her from afar. His admiration gets to
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Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘War Photographer’ published in 1985‚ explores the two contrasting worlds in which a war photographer lives in: the warzones of Belfast‚ Beirut and Phnom Penh and his calm home town in Rural England. This poem was based on Duffy’s numerous conservations with Don McCullin‚ an internationally known British photojournalist who specialised in war photography and urban poverty also known as the ‘the underside of society’. By sharing his experiences‚ Duffy evokes
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