‘Ambulances’ by Philip Larkin Philip Larkin’s ‘Ambulances’ is a poem that describes the literal journey of an ambulance that also takes on an increasingly sinister metaphorical value. The ambulance weaves through the busy afternoon streets‚ demanding the attention of passers-by while forcing the reader to acknowledge the ambulance’s symbolic significance as a reminder of our own mortality. By close examination of the ambulance and its literal movement it is possible to gain a greater understanding
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Elizabethans took it up with great enthusiasm after it was introduced into English poetry by Wyatt and Surrey. The Elizabethan poets used it to woo their mistresses and to display their poetic skills. Notable among those poets were Edmund Spenser‚ Sir Philip Sidney and‚ of course‚ William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was very conscious of his skill in writing sonnets and referred to it constantly in the sonnets themselves‚ although in a joking manner. He also referred ironically to his skills as poor‚ as
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What Family Is In his poem “What Work Is‚” Philip Levine describes the kinship between members of the working class by illustrating the speaker’s relationship with his own brother. The bond the speaker has with his brother translates to a sense of understanding towards other people who work long‚ hard hours in order to achieve their dreams. While he stands in line‚ the speaker thinks he sees his brother‚ but upon clearing the rain from his glasses‚ he realizes that “it’s someone else’s brother
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In 1971‚ psychologist Philip Zimbardo set up a simulated prison experiment in order to show that people tend to slip into their predefined roles regardless of their own judgements and morals. Zimbardo was interested in the power of given social situation and social roles. To conduct the experiment‚ Zimbardo and his colleagues Hainey and Banks set up a fake prison facility in the basement of Stanford University. There was a small opening at the end of the hall and intercom system was placed for Zimbardo
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“Larkin is a pessimistic rather than optimistic poet” – Discuss Larkin has been regarded as a pessimistic poet. Larkin surely takes a very dark view of human life. The main emphasis in his poem is on failure and frustration in human life. However Larkin is not a uniformly pessimistic poet. Some of his poems have a profoundly moral character‚ which expresses itself in the need to control and organize life‚ rather than submit to a pre-determined pattern of failure. There is generally a debate going
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Self’s the man Oh‚ no one can deny That Arnold is less selfish than I. He married a woman to stop her getting away Now she’s there all day‚ And the money he gets for wasting his life on work She takes as her perk To pay for the kiddies’ clobber and the drier And the electric fire‚ And when he finishes supper Planning to have a read at the evening paper It’s Put a screw in this wall - He has no time at all‚ With the nippers to wheel round the houses And the hall to paint in his
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cognizant that the material world will not satisfy their longing‚ they turn to spiritual comfort. The poets T.S Eliot‚ Philip Larkin‚ and Matthew Arnold comment on humanity’s tendency to loiter with the notion of God and otherworldliness. Respectively‚ through their poems “The Journey of the Magi‚” “Church Going‚” and “Dover Beach‚” the poets publicize their
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Cited: Chambers‚ Sarah. “Reflections on Identity in Philip Roth’s Goodbye‚ Columbus and Mary Doyle Curren’s The Parish and the Hill. Bachelor Thesis in English Language and Culture‚ Utrecht University‚ April‚ 2012. Kuhnle‚ Deborah. “Jewish American Identity in Philip Roth’s Goodbye‚ Columbus: An Analysis of Neil Klugman” from Contributions to the Study of Language‚ Literature‚ and Culture. Special Issue 2‚ 2011
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“But look out the evil is in all of us” stated William Golding in his novel Lord of the Flies. This quote means; watch out‚ because even the sweetest have evil on the inside. Golding’s novel and the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo‚ both show a very disturbing transformation of young men. Evil became trapped inside the young boys of Golding’s novel‚ and the young men in the Experiment. Once innocent‚ now turned to evils doorstep. Given the situation‚ when ones innocence
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JEFFREY J. HANSHAW 02/06/13 ABSTRACT: “Koyaanisqatsi‚” directed by Godfrey Reggio; music composed by Philip Glass; and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The cult film Koyannisquatsi is an interesting depiction between the interaction of nature‚ man‚ and technology. The film opens with of nature and the power it holds juxtaposed with the sometime destructive nature of man that eventually transitions into a more symbiotic relationship between man‚ nature‚ and technology. Martin
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