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Comparing "Black+White=Black" and "The Long Ranger and Tonto"

2 Pages 775 Words
The Making of “The Other” Have you ever felt like a lone wolf, endlessly walking through your life in a society that doesn’t feel like home? That’s how it feels to be “the other”, and you are not alone. In “Black+White…equals black” by Lawrence Hill and “The Long Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie, characters also undergo...

Magic's Destructive Force: A Study of The Monkey's Paw

2 Pages 1064 Words
Introduction "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs is a short story that delves into the perilous consequences of tampering with fate through supernatural means. This narrative revolves around a seemingly innocuous talisman that grants three wishes to its possessor but at a catastrophic cost. The story serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of interfering with the natural order...

Representation of the Concept of Grave in Antony and Cleopatra

4 Pages 1976 Words
According to the OED, the etymology of the word ‘grave’ illuminates that it originates from Germanic dissent and can be traced back to the Old English word ‘graef’, the Dutch word ‘graf’, and the German word ‘grab’. Adding on, grave also comes from the Old English root, ‘grafan’, which means to dig, or to engrave. Similarly, the Old High German...

The World’s Wife and History Boys: Reader's Reflection

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Where Duffy uses revisionism to re-evaluate alternative representations of femininity in history throughout ‘The World’s Wife’, Bennett encourages the reader to re-evaluate the nature of history through Irwin’s revisionist versions of it, so introducing the idea of historiography, whereby historical accounts are dependent upon personal experiences or cultural context. Duffy deliberately distances her characters from sentimentalised idealism regarding the role...

Eddie's Downfall: A View from the Bridge Analysis

5 Pages 2470 Words
In his play A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller tells the story of the life of italian immigrants living in new york city in the 1950s. Eddie's obsession with Catherine and his paranoia turns out to be his fatal flaw, and leads to his downfall. Eddie goes from being a kind, loving father figure to Catherine, to a mean,...

Comparative Analysis: Auden's Unknown Citizen vs V for Vendetta

3 Pages 1263 Words
The two related texts that I have chosen includes, W.H Auden's, ‘Unknown Citizen’ and James Mcteigue’s ‘V for Vendetta’. McTeigue's representation of an oppressed society effectively resonates with George Orwell’s ‘1984’, hence my decision to choose it as my prominent text. Through its exhibition of characterisation of protagonists, their appeals for self expression, and the strive for the collective individuality,...

Comparing Reservation Blues & Lone Ranger and Tonto

3 Pages 1566 Words
Humor is one of the significant elements that make up American Indian worldview. American Indians, who have a “comic spirit” (Weaver, 1997: 141), are spontaneously humorists and witty people. More than an ethnic characteristic, humor becomes a survival strategy for American Indians. Both Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven are full of examples that display...

Cinema Portrayals of Julius Caesar, Antony & Cleopatra: Analysis

3 Pages 1149 Words
Immediately after the release of Anjan Dutt’s film Srijit Mujhkerjee’s Zulfiqar came out in October 2016 and the audience witnessed a combination of Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra [Figure 29]. The first half of the film adapts Julius Caesar, while the latter half adapts the plot of Anthony and Cleopatra and the two halves are skillfully linked instead of...

Frank McCourt's Memoir: Insights from Chapters 10-12

2 Pages 849 Words
Introduction Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" presents a poignant narrative that captures the essence of a childhood marked by poverty and resilience. In chapters 10 through 12, McCourt continues to explore the profound effects of destitution and familial struggles on young Frank's life. These chapters delve deeper into the complexities of Frank's adolescence as he navigates the challenges posed by his...

Destiny in 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' and 'Never Let Me Go'

8 Pages 3739 Words
Throughout the novels, ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’ the theme of destiny is prominent, although they are of contrasting genres. Hardy has written a pastoral novel which recounts the life of Tess in the countryside of the 19th century, where we see the writer is concerned with the changes of rural life, although unlike a straightforward...

Portrayal of Women in Hardy's Tess and Jude

3 Pages 1240 Words
While many people claim that Hardy's portrayal of female characters is considered as biased, but what I believe is that Hardy has only portrayed women so weak and vulnerable because of the societal pressures they have been faced with. A Society is an environment created to cater to the rational basic needs and rights of its inhabiting individuals. However, a...

Analyzing Tragedies in Trojan Women, War, Iliad, and Survival in Auschwitz

5 Pages 2184 Words
When people are thrown into the harshest environment in which they are faced with hopelessness and certainty of death, their most distinguishing trait is revealed: determination to keep going. One’s power of perseverance is essential since it indicates whether the result will be positive or negative. These harsh environments are created by force which is the motive of why and...

Analysis of Responsibility, Morality, and Humanity in Auschwitz

4 Pages 1622 Words
I was taught the structure of an “if...then” hypothesis in my high school chemistry class. Then, I used the “IF() { then }” function in JavaScript to code an app. The repeated appearance of this phrase in this format furthered my expectation that the introduction of the “if” suggested a “then” would be found soon after. The title, If this...

Portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in Movie Versus Book: Critical Analysis

5 Pages 2232 Words
Joe Wright has portrayed Elizabeth correctly and in accordance to how Jane Austen intends her to be viewed. He does this by using relevant cinematography, sound effects, editing and mise-en-scene to contribute to the overall effect of Elizabeth’s character in the film. Elizabeth remains constant with her beliefs and does not accept the marriage proposals of two very capable men....

Analysis of McDonaldization in Product and Service Planning

4 Pages 1709 Words
“Internationalization is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization.” -Margaret Rouse, A “Firm” Step. “Internationalization is the growing tendency of corporations to operate across national boundaries.” -Alex Wilson, Tackling Bigger Markets. Internationalizing firms tend to start their expansion into culturally close...

Relationships in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and Austen’s Novel

3 Pages 1375 Words
“In a patriarchal society, economic power conquers all.” Compare and contrast, in light of this view, how wealth affects relationships in Chaucer’s ‘Wife of Bath ’and Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice. A patriarchal social system can be defined as a system where males are in authority over females in all aspects of society where their economic power gives them the ability...

Portrayal of British Life in Mansfield Park: Analytical Essay

4 Pages 1934 Words
Review Article: ‘Jane Austen & the Empire’ by Edward Said In his essay “Jane Austen and the Empire”, from the book Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said outlays an argument surrounding Austen’s work on the British life which is related to the geographical positioning and politics in her novel “Mansfield Park”. At the same time he also criticizes her upon taking...

Analyzing Victorian Era in Tess of the d'Urbervilles

5 Pages 2207 Words
If one word could come close to characterizing the entirety of the Victorian Era that would most certainly be change. In all aspects and domains, from industrialization to scientific discoveries, the period stands for development and rebirth. But greatness cannot be achieved completely and the proof stands in the inequality that the development brought with itself .This change has also...

Generic Problems in Antony and Cleopatra: Analysis of True Tragic Figures

2 Pages 1018 Words
Therefore, she is the true tragic figure and deserves to die in the fifth act. L. T. Fitz complains about the sexist attitudes of critics: In analysis of Shakespeare’s plays critics often employ comparisons of characters from different plays; for example, Hamlet has a more complicated state of mind, is more pensive and more calculating than Othello; or, while King...

Gods' Destruction of Mankind in Metamorphoses

3 Pages 1522 Words
Mythology Final Paper Some themes or scenarios portrayed in myths are similar due to the fact that writers create their own spin to the myths that inspired them. This can be seen in the different instances of the destruction of mankind by the gods, the types of generations that are described by the narrators, the kidnapping of Persephone into the...

Individuals in Society: Portrayal of Primo Levi in Survival in Auschwitz

2 Pages 822 Words
The holocaust Levi's involvement with Auschwitz was self-contradicting. The Holocaust was an uncommon slaughter by Nazi Germany, with the objective of disposing of all Jewish people1. He did in the end become one of the most powerful observers of the Holocaust and these concentration camps, yet not without encountering it direct. He graduated in 1941 from the University of Turin...

Gender in The Wasteland: Critical Analysis of T.S. Eliot's Poetry

6 Pages 2858 Words
Introduction The Wasteland is a text attacking the division of gender. There are five couples Eliot refers to in this poem; Marie and her cousin, the hyacinth girl and hyacinth boy, the bourgeois woman and her silent counterpart, the young man carbuncular and the typist, and finally Philomel and her husband. Eliot also refers to Tiresias who is not exactly...

Martyrdom in TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party: Analysis

4 Pages 1712 Words
The American-English poet, playwright and literary critic, Thomas Stearns Eliot, was a leader of the Modernist Movement in Poetry. Though his fame rests with poetry, his influence in the field of Drama in the first half of the Twentieth Century is predominant. He brought “Poetic Drama” back to the popular stage which is in fact a continuation of his poetry....

Forever 21 Case Study: Resource Dependency and McDonaldization Theories

5 Pages 2049 Words
Forever 21 has been one of the largest fast-fashion companies within the last decade. Recently, the company has announced its decision to file for bankruptcy to resolve financial difficulties that have affected the company for some time now. The enactment of bankruptcy for this organization could provide a clean slate for the company. According to Linda Chang, the Vice President...
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