The poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge takes its reader on a journey of unexpected rhyme schemes and odd syllabic patterns which add to the abstract and unfocused story line throughout this entire poem. This poem is made up of several two-syllable units‚ in which the stress is placed on the second syllable: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph‚ the sacred river‚ ran”. In the short lines at the beginning of the poem‚ the line length is
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There are many alarming issues in the world‚ and each day there are more problems and complaints and less solutions and good actions. Many of these issues are based on the environmental problems. This concerns everybody‚ but almost nobody tries to do something about it. As regards this‚ many organizations have been starting to do campaigns against pollution‚ and trying to encourage people to care about the Earth. Both text 2A “Both Text 2A “Terrified” and Text 2B “Friends of the earth‚ what your
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‘Doing It For The Girls’ is a multi-modal‚ promotional article from a women’s magazine‚ and is mainly aimed at working-class women or women looking for a career path. It features the young engineer Katie Fish and informs the reader of the increasing number of young women working in the engineering sector‚ specifically in nuclear power. As shown by the bold “Promotion” in the picture‚ the purpose of this article is to promote nuclear energy and challenge the stereotype of women taking up engineering
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Feet September 1948 “Feet” is an extract from a novel by Seamus Dean‚ Reading in the Dark‚ set in the year 1948. The event is narrated in a first person perspective‚ from the point of view of a young boy‚ who is hidden under a table‚ such that all he can see are the feet of the people in the room. In this extract‚ the author conveys the observations through the innocent perspective of a boy who might only be around eight to ten years of age. The first scene that we are introduced to seems
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This article looks deeply into the final lines of the story when Esau is mentioned. The author believes that this allusion is much more than a commentary on giving away a choice and more of a commentary on the roles of men and women. The author does spends time looking at Esau’s choice to give up his birthright to Jacob and compares that to Louisa’s choice to give up her marriage. He then takes it further to look at Esau as an example of men/masculinity and Louisa as the example of female/femininity
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Cultural commentary on the film "the Holiday". The Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written‚produced and directed by Nancy Meyers‚ it stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic ocean‚ who temporarily exchange homes to escape heartbreak during the Holiday season. (trailer) The film is a bright example of an American and English lifestyle‚ main characters of the comedy represent typical women of both countries The UsA and UK with
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The Big Short - Analytical Commentary The Big Short‚ a film centering around the 2007-08 financial crisis and its causes‚ does an effective job of depicting corporate greed in capitalist society. Through a clever stylistic choice of having well-known celebrities explain complex wall-street jargon through intelligible metaphors - the film succeeds in explaining the build up towards the financial crash. It also shows that not everyone was blindsided by the housing bubble‚ and that a handful of economists
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objective principles of critical and conceptual interpretation. Track the discussion where it is heading‚ was the discussion quite deep if so on what? Title Critical commentary Your contribution And students contribution Assessment criteria and turn it in report for assessment report. 1. A written critical commentary on your group’s online discussion that emphasises the importance of sociological imagination and ethical reasoning for understanding business‚ society and government relationships
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He compares it the experience of seeing “Elysium to a new-come soul” (Marlowe 1.1.11). Elysium is the ancient Greek perception of an afterlife paradise. Gaveston is comparing the euphoria he will feel to that of entering Elysium or paradise. Commentary: Gaveston is over enthused to be returning to the king after being exiled for so long. Gaveston says‚ “My knee shall bow to none but to the king‚” which emphasizes his love for Edward II. Gaveston: Ay‚ ay. These words of his move me as much
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Commentary on “Ten Trillion and Counting” The video is a well demonstration of debt issues that the U.S. government faces. It starts with the tough economic condition that Obama inherited from Bush. Then‚ it talks about Bush’s centerpiece economic agenda: cut taxes‚ as well as the way Bush always put politics ahead of economics. After a serious of expenses related to two big wars; two enormous tax cuts; and a variety of new entitlement program signed by Bush had been spent‚ the economic began
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