Love can be a great emotion full of joy though it is not the case in ’Otherwise’‚ Cilla McQueen seems to cut into one of the rather disheartening issues‚ a long distant relationship. The free verse structured poem written in first person tells the story of two lovers living on ’opposite’ sides of the world. The title indicates that otherwise expresses contrast between what is reality and what is hoped for. McQueen divided her poem to reflect this contrast‚ and uses it to symbolize an essential difference
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One of the most central issues in ’The Merchant of Venice’ is that of the antagonism between the Jews and the Christians. The unconscious‚ inborn dislike of cultures which jeopardise our way of life. Ever since people have left their homelands to settle in other places there has been conflict between different cultures. So‚ in the play‚ Antonio‚ Bassanio‚ Gratiano and many more of the Christians feel resentment towards Shylock the ’alien’. This is partly because of the trap that he has led Antonio
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_SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT BY GEORGE ORWELL:_ _Commentary_ Political‚ social & ethical issues raised in Orwell’s essay "Shooting an Elephant" create a controversial storyline in which the events metaphorically symbolize the colonial imperialism of the time. Set in Burma‚ 1936‚ the context is based around the anti-European attitudes existent post the Anglo-Burmese Wars. Orwell’s positions‚ as police officer for the despotic British governments‚ required him to hold authority over the Burmese‚ consequently
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The given text is an extract from the short story “My Last Duchess” by Margaret Atwood from the anthology Moral Disorder. The story has the same title as the poem by Robert Browning. Gives tells the reader right away that the poem is central to the story they are about to read. It also tells that the writer expects the reader to know the poem before hand‚ implying that the target audience is sophisticated and educated. The story is told from the first person perspective of a charater named Nell.
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ it was almost seen as a felony if one was caught with books in their possessions. The mentality was that books were seen to indoctrinate people to believe in unpopular ideas and also that it can cause people to become antisocial. The ironic part of the book was that Montag‚ a fireman who burned books for a living‚ ended having an open mind and started to read books. This is what books are all about. They open up peoples’ mind and educate them to ideas that
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In this passage we begin to really understand the character of john and his account for what life is and more importantly a description of what he sees as being important as well as giving a clear image of everything that he doesn’t want to be It is an account of him on the morning of his birthday recalling the memory of sinning with his own hands in the bathroom of the school. This is a reflection of himself and allows us to see him in a way that makes him seem all too human by showing who he truly
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Isaac’s Storm Isaac Cline dealt with perils that no one should have ever had to endure. Erik Larson was very good at describing what he thought and saw‚ but a little too much. His descriptions were too lengthy and the subject didn’t catch my attention until much later in the book. The book was written very well it excluded the too familiar he said she saids. The language flows with clarity and precision. His recount of the storm’s destruction sucks you into the dramatic effects as the storm takes
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On the Town – the American Musical On the Town is a musical movie which midpoints the lives of three sailors who were on a 24-hour shore break. The movie situates around New York City during the period of war in 1944. Correspondingly‚ On the Town portrays the insufficiency of time during the World War II. Within the 24-hour leave‚ the three comrades named Chip‚ Ozzie‚ and Gabey were looking for their dream girls after they had visited the city’s best sights including the Brooklyn Bridge‚ the American
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Literature Between Wars Critical Commentary of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’ The very first sentence in this extract gives an insight into how Woolf has set to present her main character‚ Clarissa as someone who is lighthearted and somewhat pretentious‚ as she concerns herself with such a trivial matter as buying flowers for her upcoming party. Claiming that she will buy the flowers herself and alleviate the burden of her servant Lucy who has enough to do‚ it is also ironic
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Commentary on the poem- ‘My Grandmother’ by Elizabeth Jennings The poem ‘My Grandmother‚’ is a recount of a childhood memory of the poets’ grandmother who “kept an antique shop”‚ and there are many underlying meaning and thoughts in the poem‚ which illustrate the strong attachment of the grandmother towards her shop and the relationship between her and the poet. The poet uses her grandmothers’ life to portray themes such as loneliness‚ guilt and the passing of time. The first and third verse are
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