How does Gillian Clarke express strong feelings about the death and devastation described in this poem? What devices does she use‚ and why? Analyse and evaluate… Lament by Gillian Clarke is a poem written after the 1991 Gulf War. The word ‘Lament’ serves as the title of the poem but is also used to start list of people‚ places and animals which were devastated by the war and are lamented for in the poem. Clarke expresses her feelings through the structure‚ wording‚ and imagery featured throughout
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In the ‘not-to-distant future’‚ the world of Gattaca is where genetic engineering has become the normal approach to procreation. Gattaca’s society involves a culture of self-advancement through genetic determinisms‚ a caste system of valid and in-valids and social discrimination based on ‘genoism’. This sterile and cold society of elitist collaborations like Gattaca promotes competition‚ isolation and discrimination. This is something that is dangerous to individuals and relationships and shows an
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about Vincent to herself. Invalids cant do what valids can‚ Anton says “you have no right to be here” the assumption that an invalid cannot meet corporate demans destines them to remain laborers lacking future prospects or advancement. Eugene does not reach his predetermined potential‚ when walking in front of the car to commit suicide “he couldn’t even get that right” but “if at first you don’t succeed‚ then try again.” Vincent beat Anton‚ the genetically superior‚ in a chicken swimming race proving
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Raphael) Object: Oil painting Place of origin: Rome‚ Italy (painted) Date: 1752-1755 (painted) Artist/Maker: Mengs‚ Anton Raphael‚ born 1728 - died 1779 (artist) Raphael‚ born 1483 - died 1520 (after‚ artist) Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas Credit Line: Given by the Duke of Northumberland‚ 1926 Museum number: P.36-1926 Gallery location: In Storage Public access description Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) was born in Bohemia now Czech Republic. He accompanied his father‚ who was a painter‚
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sense that he does not possess the physical and mental assets that make him a valued member of society. A key example of this is the recurring games of ‘chicken’ between Vincent and his genetically superior brother Anton. Anton beats Vincent time and time again as is expected of Anton by society. However‚ when Vincent bests his brother one day an emphasis is placed on the manner in which he beat his brother. “You wanna know how I did it? I never saved anything for the swim back!” This creates the
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as vision impairment‚ hearing impairment and no general health problems. Those people are labelled valids and those with defects such as vision‚ hearing or general health impairment are labelled in-valid. We see this through the protagonist Vincent Anton Freeman‚ Eugene Jerome Morrow and Irene Cassini. Each of them has a different genetic make up which effects‚ in the world of Gattaca what they can achieve. The idea of perfection in Gattaca shows social discrimination against those who do not meet
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Show how the opening scene introduced ideas that were concluded in final scene. The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccole‚ it a dystopian film a bout a man Called Vincent Freeman who is known to be a “God child” which in certain cases you would think to be a good thing but in this movie natural born children are considered the bottom of the heap. In this film discrimination exists not based on skin color‚ socio-economic class‚ culture or religion‚ but on whether or not you were genetically
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Women as Threats in Medieval Literature Throughout the texts we have read in class‚ including in the ones examined closely in this paper (namely Lanval‚ The Wife’s Lament‚ and Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale) women consistently appear as powerful beings. This introduces a certain amount of threat simply because the woman’s position in medieval society was largely guided by the principles in the Bible – and thus‚ women were treated as “lesser” according to writings that stated that they weren’t
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wouldn’t be any more children with conditions and disorders that affect them their whole lifetime. In the movie‚ Vincent was born with a condition that affected his heart and caused him to have a very short life expectancy. On the contrary his brother‚ Anton‚ since he was genetically engineered‚ didn’t have any disorders and was almost in perfect genetic and physical condition. Due to the fact that Vincent had a heart condition and his brother did not‚ his brother was accepted into Gattaca and Vincent
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“The Seafarer”‚ “The Wanderer”‚ and “The Wife’s Lament”‚ exile is one of the most prominent elements. Anglo-Saxons wrote about exile because it was something they all feared. They were terrified of the thought of being left alone‚ or being kicked out of their own home. Anglo-Saxons placed a tremendous amount of emphasis on a sense of belonging‚ which is why exile was such a threat to them. In the poems “The Seafarer”‚ “The Wanderer”‚ and “The Wife’s Lament”‚ the main characters have been exiled‚ all
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