Paddy’s relationship with his father (P.24-30) This episode in the novel is the first the reader learns about Paddy’s relationship with his father. Earlier in the novel we have seen how his mother plays the sympathetic adult role‚ comforting him when he returns home with a jellyfish-related injury. But this episode is immediately after his father returns home. Firstly‚ the reader can tell that Paddy has respect for his father. Whilst watching him read he notices his hands
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John Berkeley‚ 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – 28 August 1678) was an English royalist soldier. Berkeley married Christiana Riccard‚ daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard‚ a wealthy London merchant‚ in the East India Company; she had already been married first to Sir John Geare‚ and subsequently (14 February 1659) to Henry Rich‚ Lord Kensington‚ son of Robert Rich‚ 5th Earl of Warwick. He left three sons‚ each of whom succeeded in his turn to the title‚ and one daughter‚ Anne‚ who married Sir Dudley Cullum
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Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth of the
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The poem "Cross" by P.K.Page describes the sorrow of witnessing a stony couple who can barely remember why they are angry with each other after a week-long battle. They won’t discuss it or resolve it because "neither/can come to that undemanded act of love-/kiss the sleeping princess or sleep with the frog--/and break the spell which holds them each from the other." So the couple ends up like "two on a desert island‚ back to back‚" an emotional chasm dividing them which neither is willing to bridge
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the lines of the poem after his lover’s physical beauty deteriorates with time. Spencer‚ however‚ keeps the memory and love for a woman. Although both poems are about two different subjects‚ the main theme that connects them is that they immortalize two non-physical ideas. The hope of every writer is to have their work famous and studied long after their death. Not only have these two poets immortalized their poetry‚ but they also succeeded in forever remembering beauty and love. Spencer writes
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John Donne was a poet of XVI century. As a poet‚ he often wrote about love‚ influence by the stages of his life. He is often referred to as the chief of Metaphysical poetry‚ a specific type of writing. John’s life was tormented‚ and this can be felt within his writing. His life as a poet can be divided into three defined stages. Those stages represent the change of personality and his mind growth‚ and his growth as an individual and as a lover. The first stage‚ characterized him as a wild child
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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or more of the poems you have read? The poems‚ ‘A frosty night’ by Robert Graves and ‘Catrin’ by Gillian Clarke both show how the poets are finding it difficult to give their children the freedom to be individuals. In ‘A Frosty Night’ we see that the mother is reluctant to release her daughter in a romantic relationship‚ which shows that the mother is not yet willing to let her daughter have that kind of freedom. In ‘Catrin’ we see the poets feelings change throughout the poem on how much freedom
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Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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Dictatorship Red H 40 News from Judea Red H 177 The Cornflake Red H 170 A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love Yellow M 79 When First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent
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