Analysis by theme – Carol Ann Duffy CHILDHOOD Notes from “Originally” Repeatedly returns to the metaphor of childhood as a “country” – echoes of L.P. Hartley’s “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Notion of past being intimately associated with place‚ and that adulthood is a journey away from it. “All childhood is an emigration.”/ “I want our own country”. Fear of being in an alien place as a child reflected in the alienation of adult life. “I lost a river
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"Coventry Carol" is an English lullaby sung in the 16th century mystery play The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors. It tells the tale of Mothers mourning the soon deaths of their children during the Massacre of the Innocents‚ a biblical and historical event where all infants under the age of two in Bethlehem were killed. The Coral itself is a Renaissance piece as it contains the stylistic aspects of the time period such as: cantus firmus‚ counterpoint‚ as well as Picardy 3rd. Cantus firmus‚ the
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Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible
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To what extents would you go to capture the attention of your crush‚ someone you are so infatuated with? In the short story Araby by James Joyce it describes a young boy so stunned by his neighbor he does all sorts of things to see and speak to her. He proves how infatuated he is with her throughout the short story by; doing small things to ensure he can see her‚ the tone he uses to describe her and how she makes him feel and making a promise to her as a way to potentially lead to more interaction
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The Christmas carol written by Charles Dickens has a wide range of characters to contrast each other. The author’s intention is clearly defined through the characters in the different classes of society. Shown through their personalities and how they feel about their lives differentiates the characters. Ebenezer scrooge as the main character has the personality of a grumpy man with a hatred for Christmas representing the inertia of the middle class. Fred scrooge’s nephew on the other hand is the
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The story “A Christmas Carol” is Dickens way of showing the divide between the rich and poor of London and the consequences it has on the people. By 1776 over 16‚000 individual men‚ women and children were housed in one of the eighty workhouses in metropolitan London; between 1 per cent and 2 per cent of the population of London. Workhouses‚ institutions in which the poor were housed‚ fed and set to work‚ had by this time become the most common form of relief available to Londoners . Ebenezer Scrooge
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A Christmas Carol In the play "A Christmas Carol"‚ the Ghost of Christmas Future comes to show Scrooge scenes of his future life that frighten him into changing his character. After having visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present‚ Scrooge is now visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future. Each visit changed his point of view‚ but Future’s visit changed his life. When people talk behind your back‚ they speak the truth. In another scene‚ Scrooge sees that his possessions are stolen then
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is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values” says Thomas S. Monson. This is one intricate message that Ebenezer Scrooge failed to grasp. Ebenezer Scrooge is the narcissistic‚ avaricious protagonist in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. To start off‚ Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past‚ the ghost of Christmas present and the ghost of Christmas yet to come. Each of these three spirits exemplifies a different time in his penurious life. As an attempt to change Scrooge
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in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” (Erich Fromm) Greed is an evil thing. Be kind and happy and you will be rewarded. Are there similarities and differences between the drama play and the movie A Christmas Carol? There are many similarities between the drama play and the movie. There are also many differences. In the play‚ Scrooge is a greedy‚ self centered man who cares for nothing but money and himself. His old‚ dead friend and partner‚ Marley‚ visits Scrooge
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In “The Dead” by James Joyce‚ the character‚ Gabriel is finding out who he is through his relationship with his wife and how he will handle his Aunt Julia’s death. Joyce illustrates these things through imagery‚ motif of time‚ and diction. Imagery is used throughout the excerpt in order for the reader to understand the feeling of death that Gabriel experiences. Gabriel is watching his wife “while she slept” and listening “to her deep-drawn breath”. He is watching his wife sleep as if she was on
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