A. Background of the Study Language is one of the most important things in communication and it is used as a tool of communication among nations in all over the world. As an international language‚ English is very important and has many interrelationship with various aspects of life owned by human being. Studying English is not easy for many Indonesian students since it is a foreign language. Foreign language is the language that is being learned not spoken in the local community. Although English
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passed away before I was born. The only thing I have of them are pictures. These pictures are not color. They are black and white. So‚ I am guessing these were taken sometime in the early 20’s or 30’s. Some of these pictures are faded. By looking at the pictures I can see a lot of history. My grandparents bootlegged moonshine. At that time alcohol was illegal. This didn’t stop my grandparents. They had their own saloon. The picture tells me that my grand parents didn’t care about the law. As long
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The theme of decadence in The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde Staring from the definition found in the dictionary‚ the decadence is a literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism‚ artifice‚ and the quest for new sensations. [1] In decadence‚ important is not necessarily what is seen‚ but the hermeneutics: what man feels when he sees the creative result of this feeling. It is the current that requires a co-operation
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray is an American horror-drama film centered on Dorian Gray‚ a handsome wealthy young man living in the nineteenth century in London. Even though Dorian is a very intelligent person‚ he often finds himself easily manipulated and this fault will ultimately lead him to failure. Dorian has his picture painted by a friend named Basil‚ and when Dorian meets his friend Lord Henry Wotton‚ his life will soon collapse. Dorian begins to believe that youth
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Nature of Society” in Oscar Wilde’s single novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The main reason why this novel has been chosen is because the title of the novel attracted my attention. Moreover‚ the idea of a portrait that changes appearance raised my curiosity to read and analyze the novel. The goal of this diploma paper is to explore the disagreement between Victorian values and reality by reading and analyzing the above mentioned novel. The Picture of Dorian Gray does not display exactly the theme of
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Before the 1930’s or the first set of "talking picture films‚" all films were completely silent. Usually‚ they had some form of text card that would flash upon the screen explaining what had happened in the previous scene. To keep the film from just being a projected book‚ the film would be accompanied with anything from full orchestras to a pianist. A correctly timed note or a special tone would almost give a sense of depth to a two-dimensional image. Not only this‚ but the music had a second purpose
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throughout life. To illustrate this idea‚ the 3 texts that I have chosen are a wordless picture book called ‘Belonging’ by Jeannie Baker‚ the memoir ‘Romulus‚ My Father’ by Raimond Gaita and a poem by Bruce Dawe called Katrina. Throughout my speech I will be explaining how these texts use their own techniques to express their ideas about belonging. Belonging‚ the picture book by Jeannie baker is a wordless picture book that uses illustrations and symbols to convey the message about belonging it explores
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The two books that will be compared in the following are very different books indeed. Having said this‚ two things are consistent throughout; the theme of influencing others with certain idealisms‚ and the consequences this can bring about. However‚ the ways in which Golding and Wilde express this are very different. The following will discuss the characters and objects used to express influences‚ how they go about this influence‚ and the ultimate corruptive effect they have on their ‘victims’. It
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray define monsters as disturbing criminals that initiate sinful acts. When labeling someone as a monster‚ they are automatically categorizing them based off of their appearance. Although‚ humans fear to further investigate what a monster really is. Literary works have been able to incorporate fictional characters to reflect the human’s worst side. If Dorian Gray and the Creature are truly monsters‚ then why is society negatively
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Women Persona in Meatless Days Meatless Days presents the picture of third world women‚ as a silenced community‚ a community that is so marginalized that its existence has become almost meaningless ; ‘There are no women in Pakistan.’ In this autobiographical sort of writing Sara introduces some female characters‚ whom she knew so well both internally and externally. She shows us not only their social side but also the working of their mind and the unsaid pangs of their
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