The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It PHI200: Mind and Machine The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It Money‚ clothes‚ cars‚ houses‚ and even marriage – these are all things that some may consider to determine whether or not they are living the “good life.” Others may view the good life as being able to enjoy nature every day‚ being able to run and jump‚ or even being able to read as many books as they please. Whatever one’s view of having or living the good life
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Great Gatsby “What techniques does Fitzgerald use to convey the central ideas of The Great Gatsby?” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is primarily a social commentary on the state of American society during the post-war period of unprecedented affluence and prosperity. Fitzgerald depicts 1920’s America as an age of decline in traditional social and moral values; primarily evidenced by the cynicism‚ greed and the relentless yet empty pursuit of prosperity and pleasure that various characters
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Year 10 English Studies Essay: How does the poet use techniques to engage the reader? ‘War Without End’ and ‘Description of an Idea’ Bruce Dawe is a famous poet born in 1930. He incorporated similar techniques in his poems ‘War Without End’ and ‘Description of an Idea’. In the ‘War Without End’ the war is metaphorical and represented as the never ending car crashes and accidents on our roads every year whereas in ‘Description of an Idea’ the war is represented as a historical past event that was
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Examiner’s Report for unit F663 from the June 2010 exam series‚ also available on the OCR website. This content has been selected by senior OCR examiners‚ to illustrate how the June 2010 assessment questions were answered and provide some commentary on what factors contributed to an overall grading. The exemplar candidate answers are intended to demonstrate a range of responses‚ supported by examiner commentary and conclusions. While the exemplars are intended to be useful in interpreting the new specification’s
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What technique does Auden use to tell the story in ‘1 September 1939’? Auden’s poem‚ 1st September 1939 – influenced by W.B Yeats’ poem‚ ‘Easter 1916’ – is giving the reader an insight to how corrupted society is and how most of the public do not dig deep enough for the truth. The title itself echoes a diary date which implies that Auden is narrating the poem from his own point of view. The date of when the poem was written is a vital point in history‚ not just for one nation but for every nation
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1.Analyse the use of camera techniques‚ with reference to specific scenes and shots‚ and the impact made on the story. There where all types of camera techniques like extreme wide shot‚ very wide shot‚ wide shot‚ mid shot‚ close up and many more. Somewhere used when Amon goth was shooting off his Bocconi and he was looking through the scope and the camera was moving like you were looking through the scope‚ it made you feel like you were shooting the gun. The camera shot that showed you through the
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and utilizing different filming techniques to alter or enhance the quality of their films. By utilizing techniques involving shots‚ cuts‚ and sounds‚ filmmakers have gained the ability to provide more meaning to their films as well as influence the way in which their audience interprets them. In Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Rope from 1948‚ Hitchcock and his production team use many of these techniques. In the scene being analyzed Hitchcock employs these techniques‚ including close-up shots and mise-en-scene
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 Mason Rahim Mrs.Mcgill English III-105 November 2017 The CrucibleIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there is lots of scenes where mass hysteria is used by characters to exploit other people in the book. This is demonstrated in a story based off the Salem Witch Trials and a major problem in the McCarthy Era. Arthur Miller was living through this McCarthy Era where people were accused for being communists yet there was none. He wrote The Crucible based off the that. Mass hysteria is used within
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In his metafictional novel Atonement‚ Ian McEwan utilises narrative techniques to develop the central ideas of truth‚ war‚ and the desire to attain atonement. McEwan uses narrative structure to explore the nature of guilt and the courage required by one to atone for their wrongdoings‚ while he uses the interplay between narrative voices to explain how people have different interpretations of the truth. The narrative perspective of the character Robbie Turner is additionally employed to explore the
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“Edward Scissorhands” and “The Big Fish”. These three movies use cinematic techniques such as music‚ edits‚ and lighting. These three components in the movies are huge factors in setting the tone or mood for different scenes. This essay will cover the cinematic techniques Tim Burton used‚ and how they are effective in film making. The first Cinematic technique that Tim Burton used that was very effective in his movie making was the use of music. In the film “Edward Scissorhands” Music was used to
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