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Although the title of the play was called ‘Rhinoceros’, I did not initially believe it would be about rhinoceroses. Instead I believed that the word ‘rhinoceros’ was a mere hidden meaning which would be revealed later on in the play and yet to my surprise the play was about rhinoceroses. Even more intriguing was that…

Nora smiles at two men at the beginning of the story, and William is giving herthe evil eye. Does he really not trust her that much? When Nora goes to walkon the beach, it reminds me of when we go to Corpus Christi. I love to go andwalk on the beach. Nora talks about the…

John Lennox by Andy Warhol John Lennox by Andy Warhol was created in 1985 (Christie. Com), shortly after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Kennedy Hickman John Lennox, who was an antiwar activist, was assassinated in 1981 (Wisped). Due to his pivotal role in the music industry, he was extremely influential. Andy Warhol executed his…

Graeme Turner describes film as a signifying practise. With close reference to at least one film studied on the unit, Identify the ways in which specific cinematic techniques (lighting, sound, editing, mise-en-scene, film stock, camera angles etc) contribute to meaning(s) in the film. Graeme Turner states, semiotics “allows us to examine the cultural specificity of representations…

Tim Winton’s collection of short stories, “Minimum of Two”, endorses the importance of not only enduring but coming out on top. Through the often inspiring tales of Rachel, Queenie and the unnamed girl in “The Water was Dark and it went Forever Down”, the reader becomes aware of the necessity of persisting to succeed. Nevertheless,…

The idea that the carnival is jolly and fun and the rest of the story is dark is a huge contrast in moods which unsettles the reader and could be regarded as ironic. An example of the theme of disguise is noticeable when Montressor leads Fortunato away from the carnival as he is “putting on…

Her fear of corrupting her children is confirmed when she later refuses to see them, “Nora: No! No! Don’t let them come near me! Keep them with you, Nanny… Nora [white with fear]: Corrupt my little children – poison my home? [She pauses, then throws up her head. ] That’s not true! It could never,…

Lacking experience in writing and reading, English is my most feared subject. It is the one and only vulnerable spot in my otherwise invincible academic armor. I hate writing and I despise reading. Other than magazines, I cannot recall reading anything since “The Crucible” which was a teacher assigned book in my sophomore high school…

Madonna first arrived in the national popular culture in 1984 with her song “Borderline”. She moved very quickly in the ensuing years to make several records (many of which have gone multi-platinum) and to take several world tours with sold-out concerts, and has caused quite a bit of controversy in what she has done in…

The bookThings Fall Apart , by Chinua Achebe , is very similar to thepoem , The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats. Acomparison of The Second Coming to Things Fall Apartwill show many corresponding aspects between both ofthese literary masterpieces. Seeing the line Things fall apartin the poem , Achebe makes an outstanding association. Atthis…