‘Mametz Wood’ is a remarkable ‘conflict and war themed’ poem written by Welsh-born poet Owen Sheers. Inspired by a visit to the battlefield on the 85th anniversary of the battle of Somme‚ it explores in depth themes‚ ideas and issues of: death‚ conflict‚ loss‚ remembrance‚ suffering‚ destruction and consequences. The poet explores how ‘the wasted young’ fought for their country‚ sacrificing and risking their livelihoods’ in the hope of coming home as heroes more than zeroes‚ however are left forgotten
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trust her with money and is very careful when handing her small amounts of money. The possible danger that is to come if Torvald was to find out of Nora’s deceit‚ is what creates the underlying tension throughout the play. However‚ the audience sympathises with Nora due to her frustration at her entrapment and the unsatisfactory nature of marriage for women. Torvald comes across as stiflingly paternalistic to Nora with his constant terms of endearments such as ‘little squirrel’ and ‘little featherhead’
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"protectors" saw this item as a luxury‚ yet condemned them for an unwarranted judgement of an absence of cleanliness. Davis portrays and constructs all of the Aboriginal characters (except Billy) in a positive way. I as the audience was encouraged to sympathise with the Aboriginal characters‚ and adopt a negative attitude towards such characters as Neville and the sergeant. These two white characters along with a host of others treated the Aboriginal characters with very little or no respect. This highlights
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For EACH of your texts‚ analyse techniques that made you feel strongly about a main theme or issue. The two poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est‚ and Anthem for Doomed Youth are both written by Wilfred Owen. Owen’s main idea was to expose the true horrors of war and to challenge the romanticised view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and assonance‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’
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The ability to speak about his true feelings or develop emotional responses was considered as a female trait. Some readers may view that Heathcliff’s tone towards Hindley as not deliberate but a direct result of Hindley’s abuse‚ readers can sympathise with Heathcliff as this is to be a cry of desperation which is expressed through the narration of Nelly. The emotional damage Heathcliff experiences becomes a driving force in the plot. Bronte uses this for readers to understand how the powers of
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1. ------------------------------------------------- Two Europeans‚ Kayerts and Carlier work on an outpost in Africa. They work for a Belgian ivory trading company. The outpost is very isolated‚ and the men must have their supplies/food delivered by boat. At the station work ten black natives and Makola. He is the storekeeper and lives at the station with his wife. At first Kayerts and Carlier are working very hard. They want to get very rich‚ but after a while they become lazy. One day‚ Makola
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In the film Kung-Fu Panda 2‚ the extended metaphor of “Inner Peace” in the film symbolizes the need for a person to acknowledge their own weaknesses‚ their past and their faults‚ which conveys the importance of finding and accepting one’s identity. Furthermore throughout the film‚ there are various scenes where water droplets are dropping and flowing in slow motion‚ combined with flashbacks of the past‚ demonstrates the power of spiritual connections and nature. The importance of belonging and loving
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had ran away‚ he would feel fully responsible for Williams death. This guilt was then magnified once Justine was convicted of the murder‚ when Victor knew that it was the monster who had really done it. As the situation gets worse for Victor we sympathise with him as he must also feel responsible for Justine’s death and her being executed for something she didnt do. He could not admit that she didnt do it unless he admits he created a monster who killed his own brother‚ and he felt that no one would
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have a melt down and quit his job leaving the store. Those events work together to prove that in unfamiliar situations it is often hard to understand what acquaintances are going through in their personal lives‚ but through their actions we can sympathise and come to terms with their behaviours. In this essay I will discuss how Bob and the speaker do not know each other very well‚ and how it is hard for the speaker to relate to Bobs problems in life along with what the Jello packets symbolize in
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Pride and Prejudice is set in the early 19th century‚ in the same period Jane Austen herself lived in. It is set in a niche section of the society of that time‚ specifically the upper middle class‚ so it tells the reader about what life was like in this section of society. Since it focuses on such a small portion of society‚ it allows Austen to develop her writing in a lot of depth to narrate to the reader about what life was like. It becomes clear to the modern reader that life was very different
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