Year 11 Short Story Unit Writing Task How does “Wild Swans” explore the central character’s experience of adolescence? In Alice Munro’s short narrative Wild Swans‚ the female adolescent narrator‚ Rose‚ travels alone on a train ride to Toronto. On the train she is sexually harassed by a minister and through Rose’s reactions to the harassment‚ readers are given a vivid image of how Rose experiences adolescence. Throughout the story‚ Rose experiences fear and confusion about growing up‚ prompting herx
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narrative of Swan Lake? Odette is a beautiful princess who has been cursed by an evil sorcerer‚ Von Rothbart. She’s transform into a sawn by day‚ and at night she gets back her human form. The only way for the spell to be broken is by the power of eternal love between Odette and a young man who will remain faithful to her‚ for if the vow of eternal love is broken‚ she will remain a swan forever. One day the Prince Siegfried was hunting in a lake‚ when sees Odette transform from her swan form into
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The Lake - Roger McGough !!! The purpose of this poem is to tell the audience to stop littering the lakes and other water bodies because it is hard for the sea animals to survive underwater. OMP- LIST The Poem The Lake For years there have been no fish in the lake. People hurrying through the park avoid it like the plague. Birds steer clear and the sedge of course has withered. Trees lean away from it‚ and at night it reflects‚ not the moon‚ but the blackness of its own depths. There are
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Black Swan (2010) is a film where Natalie Portman plays the character of Nina‚ a passionate ballet dancer in New York City. Though Nina is conservative and pure‚ suiting the role as the “White Swan‚” the production of “Swan Lake” also requires the role of a sensual‚ yet malicious “Black Swan‚” the opposite of Nina’s character. As Nina attempts to perfect the role of the “Black Swan‚” she suffers with major consequences. The character‚ Nina‚ in the Black Swan illustrates a clear example of schizophrenia
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English essay: ”On the Lake” The definition of a good parent: Is it being the sensible grownup that is the perfect example of how to act properly‚ or does this interpretation of a good parent also include a “wild” site which allows breaking the rules from time to time for the fun of it? “On the Lake”‚ by Olaf Olafsson 2008‚ he reviews the problem of being a responsible adult and a good role model‚ and yet being able to be an interesting and fun person to be with. It is a typical novel genre
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to be noted‚ first of all‚ both Bathers and Leda with the Swan feature nude figures bathing in the water‚ with trees around them. They are both very natural scenes and have a relaxed air about them. Both of the paints have a low tonal range‚ but Bathers is bright and lively‚ even though the scene shown is relaxed the brighter colours coming from the right shows that the scene might be depicted earlier in the day‚ whereas in Leda with the swan the temperature is low and its significantly darker than
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first quatrain opens with a recounting of the occurrence in mid-scene. It begins abruptly‚ as the swan assaults Leda with “a sudden blow‚” which is most likely a reference to an act of sexual penetration. The use of that simple‚ powerful phrase (not a complete sentence) and a break before the line continues emphasizes the explosive violence of the act. Line 1 continues with a description of the great swan hanging in the air above the girl with its wings beating. There is a pun on the word still; the
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decide to commit suicide. While in Indonesia the data from year 2003 shows that media provides a figure have appealed to the writer of the study and become one of the reasons for the writer to discuss the issue through the main character in the Black Swan movie‚ a
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The plot of Black Swan revolves around a production of the ballet Swan Lake but with a twist. The ballet requires someone who can play the parts of both the White Swan and the Black Swan. The White Swan is more innocent and gentle‚ while the Black Swan is portrayed as dark and seductive. Nina Sayers‚ a ballerina in New York City‚ auditions for the part of the Swan Queen. While she perfectly fits the part of the White Swan‚ Nina struggles to portray the Black Swan and its dark characteristics. She
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of “The Wild Swans at Coole”‚ Yeats contrasts the environment which surrounds him with the brimming water of the lake. He describes the setting as being late autumn‚ a period where natural things are in the process of dying and notes that “the woodland paths are dry”‚ perhaps symbolic for how Yeats felt about this stage in his life. On the other hand‚ the lake is the complete opposite: full of life and movement. Where the environment symbolizes Yeats growing old and weary‚ the lake and its occupants
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