Guilt‚ Duty‚ and Unrequited Love: Deconstructing the Love Triangles in James Joyce ’s The Dead and Thomas Hardy ’s Jude the Obscure "It ’s no problem of mine but it ’s a problem I fight‚ living a life that I can ’t leave behind. But there ’s no sense in telling me‚ the wisdom of the cruel words that you speak. But that ’s the way that it goes and nobody knows‚ while everyday my confusion grows." --New Order‚ Bizarre Love Triangle‚ from Substance‚ 1987 Most people who have
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‘The Curse’ written by Lee Su Ann touches on many aspects of life. Basically‚ all the aspects revolve around our own community and can be used as guidance in our life. In this essay‚ I am going to write about the theme of ‘love’ which is actually the main conflict in this whole novel. Firstly‚ we can see this aspect between mother and child when we read how loving was Azreen towards her mother when she came back from London. She realized her mother still does not know about the death of her sister
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The scene was one of cosy domesticity‚ a man and a woman sharing breakfast after a night out clubbing together. Married? Lovers? Boyfriend and girlfriend‚ or just a platonic relationship‚ it could have been any of the three‚ and the scene would have been mirrored in many homes across Rome. They were normal. Or at least‚ together‚ they contained a semblance of normality‚ which to Kyle‚ was almost as eerie a sensation as was the morning after his first murder to know that the woman across from him
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Philip Noyce’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American to film was a large success. It stayed true to the script‚ and kept the basic essence of the characters; pulling them from the pages of the book and creating them visually into marvels on screen. The earlier film made on the book was made in 1958 by Joseph Mankiewicz. Fowler was played by Michael Redgrave‚ with Audie Murphy as Pyle. This version was forced to reverse Greene’s political stand taken in the book however‚ meaning it
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blind idealism? The Quiet American by Graham Greene explores this question. It is set in Vietnam‚ mostly in Saigon‚ before the French left. Its main characters are an English reporter named Thomas Fowler‚ an American spy called Alden Pyle‚ and a Vietnamese woman of Chinese descent‚ Phuong. Cynical Fowler is a drug addict‚ an opium smoker. Phuong probably got him addicted. He seems to have been a life-long philanderer‚ who finally destroyed his marriage when he fell in love. He is hiding in Vietnam
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foolish to realize that in the end‚ it was only USA gaining the benefits of my work. "Here we are Mr. Allen‚" said the petty officer driving the Humvee. "Thanks for the ride‚ I won’t need the ride back today‚" I replied. "No problem." Back to the American air base in Fallujah‚ the last time I had been asked to come here was back 3 weeks ago when the first attack upon the building I had originally stayed in had been bombed to ashes. As all the soldiers had told me‚ that event would be listed as an
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THE ISSUES OF ‘LOVE’ AND ‘GUILT’ IN “GREAT EXPECTATIONS” Because Charles Dickens’ novel “Great Expectations” focuses on the growth and development of the most important character who functions as both Pip the narrator and Pip the protagonist‚ this novel is called a bildungsroman. In this context‚ it is of great significance to understand or analyze the character of Pip so that we can draw a conclusion from his actions in the novel. The aim of this essay is basically to discuss
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The author of The Quiet American book; Graham Greene‚ explores the theme of idealism vs. realism strongly but delicately; because it is present as the background of the novel. In this paper‚ I will try to give my feelings and arguments of how I think the author managed to deliver a complete story with more than just one theme. The one that caught my attention this time is the most relevant one; the analogy between idealism and realism. One of the most easy-to-recognize fact is that the main characters
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Does true love really exist or is it just a fantasy chased by many idealists? The question should be asked‚ what is love? Love can be categorised into the following four categories‚ namely: “Filios” which is love for your family‚ “Storge’ ” which is love for your friends‚ “Eros” which is a romantic love between two persons‚ and “Agape’ ” which is love for your God. Many people think they have discovered true love and in the end they are disappointed in hatred. Very few people go through life
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Do you have to be a martyr for your cause to be considered ‘morally good’ or is his behaviour morally bad? CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE The Quiet American * Both Pyle and Thomas are in conflict over a number of issues throughout the text. In particular some of this conflict stems from their ideological differences‚ particularly in regards to their views about Vietnam. Pyle is blind to the outside
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