<center><b>Q: Poetry texts are powerful indicators of society’s values. Discuss with reference to two or more poems.</b></center> <br> <br>Emily Dickinson’s poetry powerfully indicates values of society of the time. It does this through its conciseness‚ its simplicity and its control. Indications of society’s values are seen in many of Dickinson’s poems‚ but they are especially noticeable in It was not Death’‚ and Because I could not stop for Death’. In Dickinson’s poem It was not Death’‚ she
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Martel’s use of symbolism throughout the book‚ it encourages the readers to make connections between Pi’s view of relative truth and the reader’s own version of truth. Life of Pi is a novel that tells the story of a young Indian boy who survives a shipwreck on the way to Canada. The novel starts out with giving background on Pi’s zoo upbringing and his acceptance of
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sky is as good as a proof to me. I have always thought that the stars were placed there not to guide us or give us hope but to mock us – to stay indifferent and unconcerned as we wish for our needs and to wink right at us as we weep in pain. Shipwreck. Hunger. Pain. Thirst. No matter how big or small‚ all these have one thing in common. They are all forms of struggle. They all make us taste pieces of hardship. They waste every bit of life within us. They bring us to our knees and drain our strength
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peace‚ purpose‚ I dare say wholeness” (Martel 204). Richard Parker is capable of keeping Pi together. The presence of Richard Parker provides a peaceful environment for Pi‚ which keeps him together despite the fact that Pi lost his family at the shipwreck. Although a 450-pound Bengal tiger is a threat to the life of an individual‚ it can also bring comfort to someone who is all alone. If it weren’t for Richard Parker‚ Pi wouldn’t have survived the 227 day out at sea. Richard Parker is essential because
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Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe‚ Of York‚ Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years‚ all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America‚ near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck‚ wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates”. This novel was a controversial topic for most critics back in the 18th century as some felt it romanticized the idea of being cast away
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relationship will serve as an important role throughout the story in literary aspects. In the novel Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel‚ a relationship develops between a Bengal tiger and Pi‚ who are stranded on a lifeboat after a horrific shipwreck Richard Parker and Pi seem to be full of opposites as the ordeal at sea begins. Nevertheless‚ there are specific intentions of the author in placing these two living beings on the lifeboat which become apparent as the story progresses. The developments
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a market full of resources that have to be exploited. Crusoe’s whole life is paced by the market’s society stages that are buying‚ selling‚ trading. He is a businessman. He illustrates the corrupt influences of society. After closely escaping a shipwreck on his first voyage‚ Crusoe is still driven to set sail again. Before embarking‚ he even draws attention to the “evil Influence which carried me first away from my Father’s House‚ that hurried me into the wild and indigested Notion of raising my
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readers know that it is from a vampire because back in Transylvania when Jonathon was compelled by the brides they attempted to bite his neck. Another example of how Bram Stocker uses foreshadowing to reveal Dracula’s arrival in England is through the shipwreck. Every one of the crew members dies or disappeared‚ and the captain was found tied to the wheel of the ship with a crucifix in his hands. This foreshadowing puts suspense in the novel‚ the reader knows something is going to happen but they don’t
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nonfictional truth-telling and consider "The Open Boat" as an early-perhaps one of the first-examples of literary nonfiction" (77). However‚ others feel that Crane‚ perhaps stifled by journalism‚ sought to write about the philosophical meaning of his shipwreck experience‚ and creatively used the historical facts as a framework to get his ideas
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attribute this statue to Polyclitus‚ an expert Greek sculptor and mathematician‚ or one of his many disciples. The Riace is from the early Classical Period‚ made around 445 BCE. It was unexpectedly discovered in the Ionian Sea along with an ancient shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy in 1972. It was restored to its present condition. It once held a lance or spear like weapon in its right hand and a shield strapped to its left forearm. Possessions of weapons such as a shield and spear have earned
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