Essays About Literature

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…

Our third stimulus was a talk from a senior teacher in our school, who had previously spent many years working in an African school. Amongst the many things I learnt from him, perhaps the most vivid was the attitude presented towards intellectualism, and the desire to do well. The teacher explained how in Africa one…

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;…

Can anything new be said about plagiarism? Perhaps the best we can do is to remind ourselves of the stories that we choose to forget in our modern worship of originality. There was a time when new books were made out of old ones and an author’s originality was of limited significance. Witness the story…

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…

Compare and Contrast the ways in which the poets, U. A. Fanthorpe and W. H. Auden effectively explore the theme of prejudice in their poems, “You will be hearing from us shortly” and “Refugee Blues. ” The poems, “You will be hearing from us shortly” by U. A. Fanthorpe and “Refugee Blues” by W. H….

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…

‘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…

‘A Christmas Carol’ combines a number of different elements to create the classic Christmas tale. ‘A Christmas Carol’ combines many different ideas, which is one of the reasons that ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a classic. This book introduced the concept of Christmas, as we now know it. The festivities, the food, the merriment, the joy…

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…

1984 is a futuristic novel by George Orwell about how life would be under “Big Brother”. Northern stage, a local acting group, performed it. He based the play on how he thought life would be like in 1984 and how it would be ruled. He thought everyone would be the same, act the same and…

In this essay on ‘1984’ by George Orwell I am going to give an analysis of the pages 72 until page 77. In this extract Winston, the main character of the book, visits Mr. Charrington’s shop. This is not an usual shop, because in this shop there are things for sale that you wouldn’t find…

We meet one of Winstons friends Syme who works in the Research Department. He is one of the people trying to make the Newspeak Dictionary. The Dictionary will take years to complete, but they are trying to get rid of Oldspeak and replace it eith Newspeak by 2050. By that time, not a single human…

“1984” is a dystopian novel by George Orwell in which there is an unexpected ending. This is satisfactory in conveying the writer’s themes of truth, control and conflict. Orwell is successful in depicting these themes through the use of characterisation, symbolism and key incident. The key incident in “1984” is not expected and this helps…

In the novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, the author, George Orwell employs a range of different techniques such as similes, metaphors and symbolism to unnerve and keep the reader in anticipation, impelling them to read on. The novel is in a third-person narrative style, this technique employed by Orwell creates a distance between the central character, Winston…