Task: How does Wilfred Owen use word choice and poetic techniques in “Dulce et Decorum Est” to encourage the reader to empathise with the soldiers involved in ‘The First World War?’ Wilfred Owen was perhaps the most famous war poet of all time. Although a middle class academic he became a soldier fighting in the First World War. He was enlisted in 1915 and was commission to the Manchester Regiment. He ended up in hospital for several weeks suffering from shellshock and it was during this time
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Lee uses the innocence and misunderstandings of Scout (Jean Louise Finch) to enable the reader to read between the lines permitting them to become actively involved in the progression of the novel. This adds a dramatic effect and makes the reader sympathise with the children’s misunderstandings. The first instance when Lee uses the child’s perspective to make a social point is when Tom dies. Lee uses free indirect discourse as Scout narrates the thoughts of society. Lee uses this to condemn the
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Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle A story about a mother’s love; a girl’s sacrifice and heartache‚ The Caucasian Chalk Circle written by German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht‚ staged by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Diploma in Theatre (English Drama) Graduation Show‚ explores the ideologies of justice and love amidst chaos in a minimalistic epic play. It started with a narrator telling a story to a group of peasants sitting in a chalk circle about how a child of noble birth was abandoned
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giving him respectable idiosyncrasies. Slim walks slowly as if with grace‚ Steinbeck portrays him with dignity‚ he listens to the other characters including George’s explanation of what happened in Weed‚ he seems to understand Lennie’s actions and sympathises with Lennie’s character by the end of the novella‚ ‘his tone was friendly. It invited confidence without demanding it’. All these qualities Steinbeck has given him show the reader he is an understanding character and his opinion and decisions are
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Class Civ Discuss the presentation of Phaedra and nurse in Hippolytus. How sympathetically does Euripides present these characters? Euripides presents the characters of Phaedra and Nurse in Hippolytus as two ends on a moral spectrum; Nurse having a pragmatic approach to the tragedy orchestrated by Cypris while Phaedra takes the idealistic view. It’s Phaedra’s idealistic morals which make her such an interesting comparison to Hippolytus as they both conceive themselves and are portrayed as
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Loneliness and Dreams in Of Mice and Men Loneliness Dream George George is not lonely during the novel‚ as he has Lennie. He will be lonely afterwards‚ without his best friend. George and Lennie share a dream - to own a little patch of land and live on it in freedom. He is so set on the idea that he even knows of some land that he thinks they could buy. Lennie Lennie is the only character who is innocent enough not to fear loneliness‚ but he is angry when Crooks suggests George won’t come
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Introduction Revenge and betrayal go hand in hand as revenge can lead to betrayal and betrayal will always lead to revenge.Both shakespeare and dickens use motifs of betrayal and revengein othello and oliver twist respectively. Othello is a domesticated traged play about a black army general also known as a moor that lives in venice. he is very respected and is married to desdemona. iago is one of othellos most trusted lieutenents‚ but othello decides to promote someone else who is under qulified
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Physical Journeys The concept of physical journeys creates and shapes understanding by revealing that journeys are complex‚ entailing both physical and mental components in which travellers often embark on an exploration of themselves physically‚ intellectually and emotionally. The experience of journeys provides opportunity for obstacles and determination. Bystanders possess an important role in journeys as they maybe the facilitators‚ of change or be the audience who themselves have to go on their
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narrator since he would probably have experienced this emotion when he was young too. Your black skin soft as velvet shine reveals the tender age of inexperience and innocence of his/her son. This probably put the narrator in pain as he/she would sympathise with the plight of the son. Point 2: (TS) … make a decision of whether he should tell his son the magnitude of the sufferings/cruelty
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How does Bronte use the first five chapters of the novel to make the reader intrigued in the life of the character Jane Eyre? (40 marks) The novel of Jane Eyre engages the reader form the first chapter. Bronte cleverly uses intrigue throughout the novel but in the first five the author reveals a lot about the plot and characters to keep the reader interested. In chapter 1 Bronte begins to reveal parts of Jane’s character. We first see her as a vulnerable girl who is unable to show her emotions
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