Larkin Poem Commentaries Here My feelings for ‘Here’ have much to do with the recent video prepared for the Larkin25 anniversary‚ which should be seen in conjunction with what I have to say here. Sir Tom Courtenay’s reading together with the images of Hull and its surrounding areas‚ leave me with the sense that while this is not just a hymn to Hull‚ although it is certainly that – and written when Larkin had first come the city – it is a place which is constantly surprising the poet by the interplay
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Social Commentary on the American Dream The American Dream is the ideal that “every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative” (Dictionary.com). The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is not just a story about the rich and privileged. It comments on the social divides between the old and new rich while speaking about a disillusioned America. Fitzgerald’s characters
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displays a dinner table laden with half-consumed victuals and various decorations. Despite the seemingly simple and straightforward subjects of these respective still-life paintings‚ the items exhibited therein manifest a wide-reaching social commentary of the Renaissance‚ from changes in philosophical beliefs to the re-stratification of both economic and social classes. Before examination of the social explications and implications of Gerritsz ’ Still Life of the Paston (Yarmouth) Collection
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COMMENTARY COVERSHEET • Name: Johanna Troedsson • School: Söderportgymnasiet School #: 1216 • Commentary #: 1 • Referring to section 2 of the syllabus • Date written: 3rd of February 2011 • Date of article: 18th of January 2011 • Source: http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/brant-stigande-matpriser-globalt-hot‚ 1/18/2011‚ 14.30 • Wordcount: 731 words Commentary Number 1 The food prices in our world are on their way up to a level almost impossible to manage. As we try to
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Commentary Passage: Page 248: "-You made me confess the fears that I have " Page 249: "Cranly did not answer." In this passage‚ Stephen is saying how Cranly has made him confess all of his fears to him‚ but then he tells Cranly what he does not fear. Stephen tells Cranly that he does not "fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever" he has to leave. Stephen has gone through several stages in his life‚ and now that he has gone
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“Anthem for Doomed Youth"‚ a wartime Sonnet by Wilfred Owen The poem uses many techniques to convey its meaning. By our understanding of the use of these techniques‚ the poem becomes easier to understand and at the same time‚ more is revealed to us. Wilfred Owen was a soldier during WW1 and therefore gives us a firsthand experience of war. He was against war and was appalled by the effects of war on people and their families. By using a sonnet for the structure of his poem‚ Wilfred Owen introduces
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A bora ring is a sacred site for indigenous Australians where initiation ceremonies for indigenous males were held. In her poem "Bora Ring"‚ Judith Wright mourns the loss in contemporary Australian society of the culture and traditions of indigenous Australians. She begins with descriptions of Aboriginal culture that has vanished as a result of European settlement. At the end of the poem‚ Wright recognizes the destruction wreaked upon indigenous Australians by their white brothers and shows remorse
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The poem‚ A Far Cry From Africa‚ by Derek Walcott‚ is that of the poet’s indecisive feelings towards his motherland of Africa compared to the English in him. Derek Walcott is a poet who is mixed race; both sets of his grandparents were mixed color marriages. This background on Walcott is what gives the poem depth‚ as it is in the first person from the point of view of Walcott being the narrator‚ and it deals the Walcott’s duel identity and the proceedings of being two races. From research on Walcott
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The nature of the relationships throughout the poem seems to change from a seemingly equal sense of love from both goldfish‚ to a more one-sided relationship in the last stanza of the poem. In the first stanza the male character is said to be a “drifter”‚ this foreshadows the later stages of the poem as he slowly becomes ambitionless. He is bounded by his own infatuations so much so that he fails to realize what is happening in the present; this is signified in the second stanza where the idea of
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‘A Doll’s House’‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ is a play that was considered so controversial when it was first published‚ in 1879‚ that the playwright was forced to create a second ending to be used when necessary. This was because of Ibsen’s unorthodox stance on the idea of the role of women in society at the time‚ and this concept became one of the main themes of his play. Although this was one of the prevalent notions‚ other significant themes include the unreliability of appearance and the notion of heredity
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