alex

The analysis of the film Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, using the pause button will be used to compare two different scenes. The aim of this essay is to compare the effectiveness of carnage and compassion in eliciting sympathy and understanding from the audience for both the characters and the situation presented in […]

Lorraine Hansberry’s playwright, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’, sets a strong depiction of black women in the south side of Chicago after World War II. Hansberry’s depiction of these women is more believable when shown by her, that if it were shown by anyone else because she was a young black woman struggling to make […]

Family guy is a show that is surrounded by controversy. The jokes that are made could be considered ‘satirical wit’ or ‘offensive trash’. The show highlights many controversial issues such as paedophilia and racism through comedy. The show was taken off air after complaints about the amount of offence it caused people, but after a […]

“Father and Son” by Bernard McLaverty is a brief tale that prioritizes the creation of believable characters. In this paper, I will demonstrate how the writer achieves this goal via plot structure, theme, setting, narrative stance, and characterisation. McLaverty renders the characters realistic by deviating from the typical five-part plot structure and instead weaving a […]

Both writers explore the plight of women and condemn the acts of sexism and racism. Walker and Atwood both show how women can overcome the harsh situations that occur, however the writers do this using various different styles. The life of Celie in “The Color Purple” emphasises the hardships and joys of black people, focussing […]

John Carpenter directed Halloween, which was produced on a budget of only $300,000 and filmed in just 21 days during the spring of 1978. Despite this, it became an enormously successful independent film and was the highest-grossing one at that time. This propelled Carpenter to fame as he had previously been an unknown director. The […]

The Identification and Green Beret are two very different poems, but they also have their similarities. They are both about conflict and have themes of loss and destruction but as they are from different eras and countries. I will explore the numerous differences and similarities in this essay. The Identification is focuses on a young […]

Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath and Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney are about blackberries. They both have journey motifs which are different to each other and they both write this in a 1st person narrative which suggests these could be autobiographical. They both share a same theme which is talking about nature but they do this […]

1. Tim O’Brien feels he is a coward for going to the Vietnam War because he might be confused about what courage is, as is every other man that went to the Vietnam War. Once he is out of the war, he realizes that the only reason he went into the Vietnam War was to […]

In The poems “Follower” by Heaney, “Catrin” by Clarke, “On my first sonne” by Jonson and “Song of the old mother” by Yeats, each of the poets deals with relationships in different ways. For example, some of the poems relationships are positive, some are negative. Even some about child relations and adult relations. I will […]

The book “The Wave” is about a history class experiment. Most people in Gordon High School are enjoying being part of a large society; however what they do not know is how the “Wave” is spreading – by force. Set in Paulo Alto, California, in 1969, this book proves that although society may not notice […]

Many stories have been written about characters who go from having nothing to becoming rich or famous. Charles Dickens’ novel ‘Great Expectations’ is no different, as it tells the story of ‘Pip’, a working-class boy who dreams of marrying his love, Estella, by becoming a wealthy gentleman. In the Victorian era, in which the story […]

‘I know Why The Caged Bird Sings’ written by Maya Angelou and ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker both express the same main themes of, abuse, racism and overcoming difficulties. Maya Angelou tends to reflect past circumstances and often conveys her views through her novels and poetry. Alice Walker similarly writes about the situations between […]

There are many ways in which Arthur Miller creates tension, suspense and frustration in the audience throughout Act Three of ‘The Crucible’. The dram is based on an outbreak of Witchcraft hysteria in Salem 1692. During this, many innocent people were charged and hanged with Witchcraft due to the intensity of the Puritan beliefs and […]

Set in 1948, immediately following the second World War, P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang is a tale of Alan’s painful coming-of-age journey. He slowly sheds his naivety and begins to understand the real character of the individuals around him. Miss Land and many other grown-ups in the play show hypocrisy; this includes her interaction with youngsters experiencing […]

‘Nothing’s Changed’ is set in district 6, Capetown in South Africa against a background of the end of the Apartheid regime. The speaker is Tatamkhulu Africa and the poem tells of his return to district 6. The speaker appears to have an angry attitude towards the culture it explored. Blessing is set in Dharavi, Mumbai […]

In this essay, I plan to discuss the way Plath and Kesey use insanity as a device in their novels One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and The Bell Jar to rebel against society and it’s expectations upon the individual. Both novels have a central character, which is put into a mental institution, to be […]

The poets I am going to study each had different reasons for writing their poems of World War One. For example, Wilfred Owen experienced the war at first hand and tried to expose the sheer pain and terror to the British nation. Whereas Jessie Pope never experienced the war, she thought the only way she […]

Someone’s culture is heir way of life and how they do things. Culture is like a religion where if you’re in a family that’s very religious then you have to go along with the things they do: – e. g. dress in certain clothing and pray when you’re told to. The themes are the way […]

Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ uses vivid imagery and language to create a powerful depiction of gas attacks, emphasizing the use of pathos on the reader. Similarly, Larkin’s ‘MCMXIV’ portrays war through vivid imagery and strong language, illustrating the preparations made by the people of England as they leave their homes to fight in […]

‘A View from the Bridge’ is a 19th Century play, written by Arthur Miller. It is a tragic play about love, passion, lust and deceit. The play focuses on one man: Eddie Carbone. He lives with his niece, Catherine and wife, Beatrice. As the play develops, we see his changing personality due to the arrival […]

In this assignment, I aim to analyse and evaluate the dramatic devices used by Martin McDonagh in his play, ‘The Lieutenant of Inishmore’ to engage and entertain his audience. In order to assess the literary features used within the play, I will examine the piece based on three separate areas. The first section will consist […]