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A monologue from the play by J. M. Barrie NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Quality Street. J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. MISS SUSAN: Phoebe, I have a wedding gift for you. It has been ready for a long time. I began it when you were not ten years old and I was…
The mother in the book “My Sister’s Keeper”, Jodi Piccolo, said “Goldfish get big enough only for the bowl you put them in. Bonsai trees twist in miniature. I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. ” In this quote the mother is speaking…
A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare QUEEN MARGARET: If ancient sorrow be most reverent, Give mine the benefit of seniory And let my griefs frown on the upper hand. If sorrow can admit society, Tell over your woes again by viewing mine. I had an Edward, till a Richard killed him; I had…
A monologue from the play by Christopher Marlowe NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from The Works. Christopher Marlowe. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. QUEEN: Brave warriors, Clifford & Northumberland, Come make him stand upon this molehill here, That aimed at mountaines with outstretched arm, And parted but the shadow with his hand. Was it you that…
A monologue from the play by Anton Chekhov NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Two Plays of Tchekhof. Trans. George Calderon. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1912. TREPLEF: She is vexed at the idea of Nina Zaretchnaya and not herself having a success even in this poor little theatre. She is a psychological curiosity, my mother….
A monologue from the play by Walter Wykes LIZ: Oh, give me a fucking break! He could care less about the dress! It isn’t the fucking dress he cares about! What he really wants is to rip it off as soon as possible—isn’t that right, Dan? He’s trying to figure out the quickest way…
A monologue from the play by Walter Wykes DAN: She left a note. Did you know that? She left a note that she was doing it for me. For me. Because she knew I didn’t want her anymore. What’s horrible is it was true. I didn’t want her. I was ready to walk away and…
‘The Darkling Thrush’ and ‘Snow in the Suburbs. ‘ Both poems deal with the presence or lack of hope. Though hope may not be mentioned many times throughout the poem, it is clear ‘The Darkling Thrush’ optimises hope, whereas ‘Snow in the Suburbs’ does quite the opposite. ‘The Darkling Thrush’ begins with the introduction of…
Literary critic Claudia Thomas Kairoff (2005) explains that this interest, was for Pope, a way of exploring how to develop good human virtues – that in the later years he came to believe that retreat was the only way to nurture such virtue. Kairoff argues that major critics of Pope’s work such as…
Fizz Mad Fizz was an Influential left-wing Intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most famous suggested his complicated relationship with religion In general and Islam in particular. He was, nevertheless poets of the Urdu and Punjabi language from Pakistan. A rising figure and notable member of the, inspired by South Sais’s Suffix traditions. Fizz…
He does this successfully and at most times Shelter is a more powerful character than Link. Shelter’s aim is to ridicule the homeless from the streets of London whereas Link happens to be on the streets of London because of small problems at home. Shelter is a more credible character and that is why…
Introduction In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” written by Harper Lee in 1960, the story is written on behalf of the little six-year-old girl Scout Finch (Scout is a nickname, the real name of the heroine Jean Louise), a lawyer’s daughter. In the history the most active there are three guys: Jean Louise, her…
For the purposes of this assignment I aim through exploring characterisation and language, themes and imagery to consider the significance of the selected extract to the overall action of the play. The lines included in the chosen extract are taken from Act III sc ii. and form part of the play within a play. The…
Myrtle Wilson searches for her identity through money. Myrtle evolves into another person when Tom exposes her to a lavish lifestyle. While throwing a party at the apartment she shares with Tom, Myrtle calls a nice dress she is complimented on a “crazy old thing” and says she “slips it on when she doesn’t…
The city was a mess, a flaming heap of dust and rubble. The worst strike to hit England they say, and the Mounter’s house was a picture of destruction. They had hit some of the planes; the bullets had pierced their wings and their fuel tanks. One Mecsherscmitt was lying maimed close to the…
Jonathan Swift, on the other hand, writes in a discursive style, which allows him to project his own outlook. This allows for a much more attacking and ruthless approach in writing. This style is known as the Juvenalian style, again named after a Roman satirist, which focuses much more on the evils and corruption…
One of the major themes/ideas explored in the Dead Poets Society is that of freedom versus conformity. The theme of conformity is introduced In the very opening scenes of the film. Close- ups of the boys chanting in unison, all Identically clad In their starched uniforms at a ceremony at Walton Academy, we see that…
Gayness interior hidden by the British exterior. Both poets express these cultural conflicts with the use of perspective, cultural context, literary devices, imagery and variations to syntax. The similarities in these poems show that cultural conflict is abundant and ubiquitous, whereas the differences provide uniqueness amongst the cultural conflicts. In Search for My Tongue, Beats…
Smith) and into their car. Neil, in his father’s point of view is displaying his arrogance by disobeying his father by taking part I the school play when he was “instructed” not to. But in Nil’s point of view he is fulfilling his own ambitions of becoming an actor and what he truly enjoys. When…
The Germans were good at keeping records, when the Germans captured a country they gathered up the Jews and put them onto ghettos and then into camps either to work or to die. This proves scenes in the film were the Jews wore a yellow star and were they were moved into the ghettos as…
She acts strange when sunset comes near. She does this in a number of occasions. She decides to camp while they are on there way to Farquad’s kingdom and during the wedding vowels with Farquad, she wants to skip it when she see the sun setting. One example of Princess Fiona’s feistiness is Shrek…
What the examiner will look for: When marking your essay, the examiner will look to see whether you have appreciated and explored the: ; ideas attitudes and tone structure and form techniques used by the poets When answering an exam question, keep these five criteria in mind. Question! Now consider the exam question. Highlight and…
A tender is considered as an invitation to treat. As opposed to an offer, an invitation to treat is not made with the intention that it is to become binding as soon as the person to whom it is addressed simply communicates his agreement with the terms; although, it is not always simple to differentiate…
In the situation wherein God is dead, then, tragedy of an Aristotelian nature categorically cannot exist, whether in terms of strict form or in terms of audience reaction to the situation presented. Conversely, suppose that God is indeed clearly known: under such circumstances, Hamlet is highly likely to let God judge the fate of…
This was used when the riders were to attack the hobbits on their journey to Rivendell and especially in the scenes where the hobbits stayed in the village of Bree. The Quality of acting and casting in the film allowed each of the actors to establish a strong role for themselves and demonstrate the…
Most of the diegetic sounds in the film are quite quiet, as they must not overrule the attention of the viewers, as that would not be realistic. Some of the diegetic sounds must be loud and intrusive like the phones ringing. This is sharp and sudden, and it is a very clever way of…
The Matrix is a jaw-dropping, action packed thriller, based on the fight between good and evil. It pushes the boundaries of science fiction to new extremes, with a blend of special effects and eye dazzling martial arts, which will leave the audience nonplussed. The talented Wachowski brothers have pulled out the stocks, and beyond. As…
My favourite film is The Matrix because it is a great all round film the special effects are absolutely brilliant but so is the plot, normally we either have the pleasure of great special effects or a plot, not both of them together, but this film has definitely pulled it off. The matrix is quite…
And she had to go to the doctor because her nipples looked exactly like symptoms of breast cancer. This was because Carmen used to pull by them and pinch and twist them. And as well as all these troubles she suffered from normal teenage pressure. She was embarrassed immensely by her mother as she…
In the analysis of Cousin Nancy it is clear to see Eliot’s reasons behind his migration to America. As a modernist thinker he felt frustrated by the restrictions that American culture held, and was attracted by the progressive attitudes to literature that Europe offered. The analysis of the poem mentions the modernist techniques that…