Essays About Literature

“Telephone Conversation,” by Wole Soyinka and “You will be hearing from us shortly,” by U.A.Fanthorpe both deal with prejudiced attitudes through the language and tone of the three speakers. “You will be hearing from us shortly,” by U.A.Fanthorpe, depicts the degrading process of being interviewed and only the interviewers voice is conveyed to us. This is…

Anger follows and this is shown by the repetition of the colour red and the use of short sentences “Red booth. Red pillar-box. Red double-tiered omnibus squelching tar.” The connotations of the colour red whilst describing typical features of London convey the reality of the environment, which at the moment is anger. The word “squelching,”…

Fanthorpe’s “Old Man, Old Man” and Joseph’s “Warning” are both poems about old age; one is a third person observation of a saddening and deteriorating picture of her father, whilst the other is a first person projection of how the poet looks forward to exploiting the eccentricities of old age. Both poets paint very vivid pictures…

This books bases on country aspects. It includes a storyline of a young woman named Fanny robin who goes missing after having an affair with Sergeant Oak. There is much more to it though, Bathsheba recalls to having an affair with the man aswell and generally the misshappenings, which take place, are dealt with and…

Explain how a key extract from the play Blood Brothers by Willy Russell might be staged and explain the role of the chosen character in this part of the play. “Blood Brothers” was written by Willy Russell, who was born in Whiston on the outskirts of Liverpool in 1947. The play Blood Brothers was first performed…

This part of the scene, in particular, the quote will be acted out in a way that the audience can interpret from the brothers that the two are completely clueless on the type of plate. This could be done with the use of facial expressions, which will give an indication to the audience about the…

Advertising is all around us almost every second of the day, from T. V, radio and magazines to T-shirts and even the product itself. Also if you look back through the ages you will see that we’ve always had advertising like stall owners at markets and town criers. So advertising has always been around but…

A diary entry in role as Linda. Linda accepted to go out with both Eddie and Mickey and while sharing her time between them she looses track of the time and Mickey finds Linda and Eddie enjoying a romantic dinner for 2! There’s the sound of the door slamming behind me. The TV is so loud…

After that, we had the task of spontaneously creating thoughts for Halina and her family whilst hiding in an underground bunker. This was very useful as it meant that we could immediately get the characters into our heads. Halina while only being young, still managed to be very mature, and understood that she needed to…

At the beginning of one of our lessons we listened to ‘The Sound Of Silence’ by Simon & Garfunkel, we then were asked to brainstorm ideas about this piece of music and how it related to states of mind. The song seeks to convey a message of how ignorance poisons the minds of so many…

Why am I here? I didn’t do anything. It was them. Have they sent me here? I’ll make them pay. They’ll pay for this. All of them. I’m alone, no wait Lucy! Ann: “Lucy let me come down, I’m going to fall off!” Lucy: “No you won’t, don’t be silly Ann, come on trust me…

After attending almost a whole term of drama lessons, and as stimulated by the presentations by Environmentalists recently, I have got an idea of writing a drama based on energy conservation. Below are the details of my proposal for a drama on this topic: Introduction With higher consumption of energy nowadays, people will not only have inadequate energy for use in…

The script is about a 25 – 45 (yet to be decided) year old alcoholic called Harry Slezington. He is actually drinking a bottle of bourbon in the opening scene. Harry has big nights and goes for mystery drives when he is drunk, avoiding the busy traffic so he can clear his mind and party…

In workshop one there was two forms of drama; straight improvisation and teacher in-role. This was structured by having the class in a semi circle and the teacher walking in straight in-role as the manager of the youth hostel. The teacher said in-role that we were ‘experienced therapists’ this automatically made clear on the role…

In workshop five we created a tableau which was then sculptured for the final piece. I played the role of a diplomatic police officer, one of my colleagues was carrying on beating a ‘have not’ I was opposed to this as the ‘have not’ was already dead, so my spoken thought for that tableau was;…

Both these poems talk about different stereotypes. In ‘Not my best side’ and ‘Warning’ the old stereotypes are challenged and new stereotypes are created. ‘Not my best side’ a poem by U A Fanthorpe is based on a painting in which she challenged the stereotypical image of the brave heroic knight, the beautiful and helpless…

Choose two or more poems, which deal with childhood experiences. Show how they are successful in expressing their chosen theme. Comment particularly on writers’ techniques, as well as the social context of the poems. I have chosen to compare the poems ‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell and ‘Leaving School’ by Hugo Williams. Both ‘Hide…

In ‘Hide and Seek’, the boy is terribly competitive, he almost treats the game like a military campaign; taking the game very seriously and is trying his best to stay hidden from the other children. This character is probably more suited to the situation that the boy in ‘Leaving School’ finds himself as he evidently…

Poets have always created an enticing central concern within each of their poems. Its purpose is to provide the reader with the poet’s attitude towards an existing conflict. Nevertheless, poets face the challenge of effectively portraying the conflict in order to develop and emphasize the ambience of the central concern. Furthermore, in order to understand…

Compare and Contrast ‘Old Man Old Man’ and ‘Leaving School’ Discussing How each Poet Conveys their Character’s Retreat from the Capable Adult World ‘Old Man, Old Man’ and ‘Leaving School’ are both about the crossroads in someone’s life and both illustrate the transformation from being one type of person to another. The title of the…

In “Old Man, Old Man” the juxtaposition of words like “Lord”, “World authority” and “connoisseur” with words like “shamble” and “ramble” emphasize that the old man is retreating from his talents in the adult world to an old frail man who now lives in a “contracted world”. His old talents have been exaggerated and given…

In these poems, the horses are portrayed as natural and a part of nature while the pike are unnatural and don’t fit in with the rhythm of nature. Firstly, in ‘The Wild Horses’, Gilmore portrays the horses as having a beat or a pace which mimics their heartbeat. This is evident in the rhyme scheme:…

Compare the ways old age is treated in the poems ‘Old man, old man’ and ‘Warning’. ‘Warning’ is poem by the poet Jenny Joseph. This poem deals with adulthood and old age. The poem defies society’s view of old age; this is prefigured in the title of the poem. Similarly, ‘Old man, old man’ is…

Ted Hughes and John Keats are two different poets with similar ideas for their poetry. They both write about nature and animals in their poetry but each have different views on nature and animals. Ted Hughes writes about nature as a dominant force but John Keats has more peaceful views on nature. In this piece…

Our year eleven drama coursework classes have been studying a play written by Willy Russell called Blood brothers. Throughout studying blood brothers in our workshop, I have been able to dig beneath the surface of the issues and relate with the characters thoughts and feelings. I have also been able to interpret the text by…

Examine the roles of the female characters. In Willy Russell’s blood brothers the strong characters are the women, Mrs Lyons, Mrs Johnstone and Linda; they all play important roles, whereas the weak characters such as Mr Lyons and the absent Mr Johnstone are males. The play opens with the lines, “Tell me it’s not true,…

I think that one of the reasons that the tragedy occurs is superstition and fate, which are some of the powerful driving forces behind the movement of the plot. An example of this is the ‘coincidental’ re-housing of Mrs Johnstone to the same village as Mrs Lyons moved to in order to get away from…

NWN: What? Oh crap! Wrong costume! Sorry! (she walks off and on again in the right costume) Here I am! And all you have to do to get home Dorothy is to follow the yellow brick road and see the wizard of Oz in emerald city! Kate: But its blue. NWN: What? Oh yes! Bloody…

‘Black Women’s experiences, and in particular the meanings they attach to motherhood, are central concerns in Beloved. ‘ How far do you agree? In Morrison’s novel Beloved the experiences of black women are greatly discussed. As we delve deeper into these experiences the idea of ‘rememory’ becomes apparent. This is an idea put forward by…

Turkey, Santa and presents are just a few of the things we associate with Christmas. There are also many stories that have been written about or set around Christmas-We have read three: ‘The First Miracle’ by Jeffery Archer, ‘Memories Of Christmas’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. This is a summary…