The poem ‘‘The Jaguar’’ is written by the former British Poet Laureate‚ Ted Hughes. It is written in the third person perspective‚ describing the animal’s attitudes in the zoo. The speaker of the poem is unknown‚ but one could assume that Ted Hughes is the speaker himself. The poem describes the lifestyle of animals at the zoo and their different attitudes towards their entrapment in their cage‚ and tributes the majesty of the Jaguar. It compares the bored and lazy moods of animals‚ to the energetic
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Hughes uses animals in order to explore the nature of man. Discuss with reference to a poem from the anthology. Throughout the poems of Ted Hughes the theme of animals comes about. No more so in the poem hawk roosting. This poem explores the key aspects of human nature‚ both positive and negative. The theme is arrogance and the nasty side of nature. This is unlike his other poems such as work and play‚ which seems to show nature is better than human life. For example in the line “but the holiday
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Explain Judicial Review using two case examples. As soon as civilizations created constitutions‚ actions were being called unconstitutional by those who opposed them. In some instances‚ unconstitutional acts were the subject of revolution‚ regicide‚ or as happened in the American political system‚ the declaration of a Judiciary body. American judicial review can broadly be defined as the power of this such judicial branch of the government to determine whether or not the acts of all branches of the
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The reason I carried out the two activities because the opportunity was given to me to plan activities for my key children‚ who had gaps in certain areas of their development. The ideas came from the previous assessments that had been carried out‚ which I used to make the implementations for the learning intentions and outcomes. The two activities involve the children actively learning through social interactions with one another‚ because the children have been paired up with a child and a supervising
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Piaget’s Theory of the development of children Have you ever thought of how a child’ mind works and how they learn? Well Jean Piaget has‚ he developed the theory that all children learn through four different stages of development. The stages he unveiled are; sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operations‚ and formal operations. He believes that each stage is just built on the previous‚ and I highly agree with this theory of development. Each stage he developed is also arranged into an age sequence
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Rebekah Friel English 102 Dr. Robert Kellerman March 26‚ 2013 Their World in Ruins: “Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser The objects people keep in their homes can tell a story about who they are or were. Each item possessed by the residents of a house is evidence of how these people may have lived. Ted Kooser’s poem “Abandoned Farmhouse” takes the reader on a walkthrough of the remains of a farmhouse where a poor family once lived. In “Abandoned Farmhouse‚” Kooser selects seemingly insignificant
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violence even creepier. You could say it’s a reminder of the nursery rhymes her father sung to her. The playfulness of the sounds paired with the violence show Sylvia’s internal struggle between loving and hating her deceased father. Now looking at Ted Hughes poem ‘Tender place’ he mentions Sylvia’s father briefly‚ ’You your Daddy’s leg.’ I first thought that it was quite a nice sentence. Then I re-read it and it seems like Plath is heading for the same fate as her father. It seems a little peculiar
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In the TED talk‚ “The Power of Introverts” speaker Susan Cain suggests that introversion should be encouraged and embraced. She believes that by allowing individuals to work individually‚ it can help maximize their skills in school and work. She explains that introverts aren’t shy‚ but they respond differently to stimulation. As an introvert‚ I empathize Cain’s personal experience of being an introvert‚ but some of her reasoning is questionable. However‚ the idea that introversion should be accepted
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In The Jaguar the first two verses are used to describe the zoo in which the animal resides. He slowly builds up to the Jaguar by describing the docile animals around and creating the atmosphere of almost unsettling stillness. He emphasises this disturbing aspect of the zoo with similes such as ’parrots shriek as if they were on fire’ and " strut like cheap tarts". This builds visual imagery in the audience’s mind as it emphasizes the lack of movement in the first stanza. The use of enjambment further
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Fulbright Scholars Where was it‚ in the Strand? A display Of news items‚ in photographs. For some reason I noticed it. A picture of that year’s intake Of Fulbright Scholars. Just arriving Or arrived. Or some of them. Were you among them? I studied it. Not too minutely‚ wondering Which of them I might meet. I remember that thought. Not Your face. No doubt I scanned particularly The girls. Maybe I noticed you. Maybe I weighed you up‚ feeling unlikely. Noted your long hair‚ loose waves
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