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Orwell's Animal Farm: Satire of Russian Revolution

2 Pages 871 Words
Mr Jones is the first character we are introduced to who represents the Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian emperor. During Nicholas II reign of 1894-1917, the people of Russian encountered terrible poverty and upheaval. This was marked when unarmed protesters demanding social reforms were shot down by the army near Nicholas' palace known as the Bloody Sunday massacre...

Shakespeare's Nature Imagery in Macbeth

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Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is thought to have been first performed in 1606. The play dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. William Shakespeare, the author uses imagery of nature to convey and create central ideas throughout the play. He does this for a...

Omkara VS Othello

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I will be discussing William Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’ alongside the adaptation ‘Omkara’. William Shakespeare’s play surrounds the downfall of the character Othello as a result of his personal flaws. Othello’s jealous nature and weak personality made him an easy target for the antagonist Iago to manipulate him which ultimately led to his demise. The adaptation by director Vishal Bhardwaj, set...

Why is Shakespeare Still Relevant Today Essay

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William Shakespeare was an English poet, actor, and playwright, known as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He was born in April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616. Shakespeare wrote three main sorts of plays, histories, comedies and his most well known, tragedies. His plays include Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer’s...

Why is Shakespeare Relevant?

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Shakespeare is still relevant today for his insight into human behavior and experiences, and in the way he represents aspects of human life, including love, loss, greed and hate. These insights into human life that Shakespeare represented in his plays reflect a lot of the modern society we have today, and provide people with a deeper understanding of the world....

Rebellion In Dystopian Societies In Fahrenheit 451 And The Handmaid’s Tale

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Rebellion indefatigably confronts evil, from which the rebel may rectify blind servitude or unbounded freedom. As such, we see Ray Bradbury’s science fiction Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Margaret Atwood’s dystopian The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) explore the deprivation against individual liberty and distortion of knowledge, through heroic protagonists whom are doomed revolutionaries crushed by systematic regimes. Fahrenheit 451 is based in...

Totalitarian Regimes In Fahrenheit 451 And Animal Farm

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Does our society comprehend the great significance behind dystopian literature and what it symbolises? Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell’s Animal Farm are microcosms into multiple totalitarian regimes. Fahrenheit 451 was written as an indictment of totalitarian governments and the restrictions they put on humanity. Both Orwell and Bradbury have created societies that are both controlled and manipulated by supreme authority....

Is Shakespeare Still Relevant Nowadays?

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William Shakespeare was a playwright, actor and poet. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and while his date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on the 26th April, 1564. The first play he ever wrote was Henry VI, Part I, in 1590 and the first play of his to be performed was Henry VI, Part II, in 1591....

Is The Community Created In The Giver Utopian Or Dystopian?

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The Giver by Lois Lowry introduces a concept of a utopian society being created through predictability and sameness. What if today was as predictable as tomorrow? Twenty years into the future? The community within The Giver paints a failed attempt at creating a utopian society beneath the seemingly perfect surface, in which results a dystopian community, defines as a futuristic...

The Western Society in Things Fall Apart

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Things Fall Apart is a 1958 novel written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. The first book in a trilogy, Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s magnus opus and is regarded as one of the greatest works of modern African literature. It is a staple of school curriculums throughout Africa and is studied extensively in many English-speaking countries. Set initially in...

Themes and Ideas in Heart of Darkness and The Drover’s Wife

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Joseph Conrad and Henry Lawson use environment and setting to challenge the motivations and values of the characters in their texts. Specifically, Conrad uses the philosophical, independent-minded and sceptical character of Marlow to juxtapose the hypocrisy of 1890’s British imperialism in his novella, Heart of Darkness. Conrad typically embellished personal experience in his novels, with a specific interest in inter-cultural...

The Conflict with Law in The Outsiders

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S.E Hinton's classic novel 'The Outsiders' is a universal and timeless narrative set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. The story revolves around two rival gangs that go by the names of the Socs and the Greasers that hold a long standing grudge due to their difference in wealth, status and living proximity. The protagonist of the narrative, Ponyboy Curtis, is...

Heeding Bradbury’s Warning In The Novel Fahrenheit 451

2 Pages 1036 Words
Imagine a world where we all thought, acted and felt the same. What would life be like if you were just a shell of a person? Welcome to the 2019 Dystopian Fiction Conference, my name is Breanna Duckworth and today I am going to highlight a very important message conveyed through Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451. As enthusiastic readers, you will...

The Consequences Of Hamlet Madness

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Today we have before you a good man whose mental state never had a chance to stand in this cruel world. A good man whose heart is just one of a mere boy’s, mourning the loss of his father. Betrayed by all, with the exception of one friend, our good prince stood alone in the world pondering whether to be...

Themes in Fahrenheit 451: Censorship, Isolation, Government Control

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Although living in a society that wasn’t much advanced in technology at the time, Bradbury did an astonishing job in predicting modern society and culture. Although it doesn’t seem very apparent to us, there are many key similarities between what Bradbury wrote about in Fahrenheit 451 and the “free” society we think we live in. Particularly relevant are the topics...

Relevance of the Homeric Hero in the 21st Century

2 Pages 827 Words
The story of the Odyssey written by Homer, highlights the heroic qualities of Odysseus. In the 21st century we can gather information to create an understanding about the ancient world and in precent society. An example of this is his growth of knowledge from his observation on the voyage, during Odysseus’ encounters on the voyage, this can be significant to...

Twelfth Night And She’s The Man: Themes And Messages

2 Pages 1008 Words
This essay will discuss the theme of relationships reflected in the characters of Viola and Duke Orsino in the film Twelfth Night and She’s The Man. Both depict a love triangle where the female lead fallsin love with the main male character,who is in love with someone else.In She’s the Man, Viola, who pretends to be Sebastian, falls in love...

Social Inequality in Brave New World and Gattaca

2 Pages 732 Words
Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a society. It is a serious problem and happens everywhere and everyday, but its effects are often not solved. Brave New World and Gattaca are two texts where social inequality affects the world heavily. In both texts, inequality between the society exists but...

The Abuse Of Power In Animal Farm And An Inspector Calls

4 Pages 1758 Words
Social privilege and battles for equality are commonly discussed topics by twentieth century writers, who tried to denounce the popular uneasiness through their books. Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The fable reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era...

Are Ray Bradbury's Predictions the Basis of our Society?

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Do you think we live in a lazy, callous society these days? According/comparing to Ray Bradbury’s predictions, we are! I believe that we have, which way accurately predicted by Ray Bradbury. His vision of the future became a reality to quite a large extent and his predictions for how society would be were very close to true. We surround ourselves...

Nature and Human Isolation in The Mending Wall

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“No man is an island, entire of himself”. Robert Frost's 'The Mending Wall' and “The Tuft of Flowers”, is a comment on the nature of the individual and its ability to co-exist and interact with others. He examines the way in which we interact with one another and at times, fail to do so. Frost seems to believe that the...

Waiting for Godot as an Existential Play

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Waiting for Godot is the conflict between spiritual and philosophical ideas that both demonstrate renewal and diverse perspectives to the viewers. Waiting for Godot was part of the theater of the absurd a movement that appeared after the second world war. This movement looked at artist struggling to find meaning through devastation. The absurdist deconstructed plots and characters to try...

Othello: The Impact of Iago as the Disruptive Moral Other

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Othello by William Shakespeare is set during the Elizabethan Period when women and people from other races were segregated and “Othered” due to their sex, race or skin colour. This was a time period when it was extremely rare to see a black man with power. Shakespeare placed Othello, a South African origin, into the high role of Duke of...

Contemporary Nature of William Shakespeare

3 Pages 1211 Words
Introduction Good evening and a special welcome to our Mayor Tom Tate and schools of the Gold Coast. Tonight will be a very special night and I would like to thank you all for attending. We are here to showcase dramatic performances that reflect the contemporary nature of the famous English writer, William Shakespeare. Scholars still remain to study Shakespeare...

Contextual Factors that Influenced Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

6 Pages 3014 Words
SEGREGATION Slavery is the act or practice of owning slaves and making them work very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation. Slavery was abolished in 1890 however this led to segregation in the early and mid-twentieth century. Scout, the narrator is able to bring out the hardships the slaves go through during the trial of Tom Robinson. They are depicted...

Anna Karenina: The Novel And Its Screen Adaptation

2 Pages 1053 Words
Screen adaptations of literary works have always been a popular film genre throughout the world and some of the greatest films have been based on famous literary pieces, most commonly novels. The most common debates or discussions that could have been occurred during that were about the notions of a specificity and fidelity. Specificity is when literature and film have...

Racial Discrimination in Gattaca and To Kill a Mockingbird

4 Pages 1609 Words
All throughout history, prejudice and discrimination has been a prominent force in society. Discrimination and prejudice are built into our human nature with many discriminant acts being labelled ‘normal’. This is only done because certain groups consider themselves superior and use discrimination as a vantage point to maintain their privilege and power in society. To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) written...

Family Ideologies' Impacts on Individuals in Fine Balance & Chronicle

2 Pages 909 Words
Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold (COADF), both traditional literature novels set in the 1900’s explore the im0pact internal and external influences have on character development of young protagonists who challenge the discriminatory values of the intolerant public society and ideologies of their families. Both authors explore the impact of the problematic...
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