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The poem, ‘Valentine’, is a monologue by Carol Ann Duffy addressed to her lover. It is part of the set ‘Mean Time’ published in 1993. It explores an unorthodox and frank side of love and compares it to the frivolities of Valentines day. The poem is written in free verse and has no rhyme scheme. […]

Educating Rita, a 1983 British film directed by Lewis Gilbert, based on Willy Russell’s popular stage play, is a text that conveys significant ideas and themes, through an informal and light-hearted manner. Russel’s text addresses many “serious” aspects of life, by exploring intricate and complex themes alike, via his two primary characters; Rita and Frank. […]

“War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem which explores the theme of moral ambiguity in the field of war photography which is important in today’s society. The poet has conveyed this issue through the eyes and thoughts of a war photographer and highlights the controversy surrounding this profession.In the first stanza the reader […]

A poem which describes a person’s experience is War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy. The poem depicts a photographer who has recently returned from an assignment to a war-ridden country. It emphasises the harshness of war photography through the photographer’s thoughts on his experience abroad. In the first stanza, Duffy conveys the nature of the […]

George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ is a satirical novel featuring various characters with distinct personalities, including Mollie, the white mare, and Benjamin, the donkey. These two characters exhibit almost opposing traits, with Mollie being fond of having her desires fulfilled while Benjamin is stubborn and unwilling to cooperate with farm matters. In the satire, Mollie and […]

Animal Farm, (written by George Orwell in 1945) is a fable, paralleled with the Russian revolution. Its story takes us through the rebellion, and the rise and fall of communism using the allegory of a farm. Within the book there are several compelling and important messages Orwell has illustrated, and an assortment of techniques used […]

From analyzing the character of Napoleon in the allegory, it becomes evident that he embodies Stalin. Napoleon is a shrewd individual and a bully, fond of using fear tactics to intimidate the animals. The statement “drinking alcohol would result in death” indicates his use of threats. It is clear that Napoleon wields power over the […]

Charles Dickens effectively builds atmosphere throughout ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by employing various techniques at key plot points. The arrival of the messenger at the Dover Mail creates a haunting tone that foreshadows future events, while the actions of characters in Dr Manette’s tower room in France add to the overall ambiance. Dickens correlates […]

In Carol Ann Duffy’s poems, ‘Salome’ and ‘ Havisham’ aggression and violence towards men is an ever-present theme. Each poem is spoken in the narrative voice of the ladies (whom the poems are named after), who throughout express signs of mental instability. Bitterness and hatred towards men is shown, both in words and in actions. […]

In many of his novels and short stories, Hardy explores the theme of social class and the challenges that arise as characters move up or down the societal ladder. Set in rural Wessex village of Gaymead in 1891, ‘The Son’s Veto’ follows Sophy, a former parlour maid who marries her employer, the Reverend Twycott. The […]

In this essay the ideas I will be exploring is the contrasts between a character and how they change throughout the book and the contrasts between different sets of characters. The main protagonists in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ are Cluadio, Don John and Benedick and the main protagonists in animal farm are Napoleon, Snowball and […]

The thief in Carol Ann Duffy’s poem “stealing” talks about the most unusual item he has ever stole – a snowman. The futility of the persona’s ruthless actions is portrayed by Duffy in the poem, which also suggests the causes of this behavior to be a childhood deprived of arts and joy. The ruthlessness of […]

The dream sequence in chapter 3 is caused by the relationship between Rhoda and Gertrude and Mr. Lodge. The relationship is complex, even though Rhoda has never met Gertrude. They love the same man. However, Rhoda’s experience with Mr. Lodge is deeper since she had already with him. Rhoda could know him better than Mrs. […]

When you read Animal Farm, by George Orwell, you might think that it is only a science fiction book , but if you study this deeper we can easily deduce that it is an analogy to the Russian Revolution. Even though most people do not see, Animal Farm is a book about the Russian Revolution, […]

In the poems ‘Havisham’ and ‘Salome’ the characters have both experienced pain conflicted by love. Love has been a big part in both of these women’s lives as it has mentally scarred them and affects them in their future love lives. However both scarred, their lives are almost completely different Carol Ann Duffy makes the […]

Infamous among the respected nations of Europe, there exist two neighboring countries, having nothing in common except the hardships that their people suffered on the course of history. This, known to the general public on the basis of each country ruler’s strong belief that they should wash their hands off any other country’s affairs; and […]

“The Son’s Veto” basically revolves around the relationship between a mother and son. This short story offers us, the readers, a very insightful critique of the social class system in-place in England during the nineteenth century. The plot begins where the story introduced the protagonist, Sophy, who is a rather “humble” human from a rural […]

Hardy presents Gertrude Lodge as the Farmers young wife who is very attractive ‘Tisty-Tosty’, she has clear blue eyes, soft fresh skin, light hair, white teeth, a red mouth but short. This shows that she is young. When Gertrude sat down in the church her silk dress ‘whistled so loud when it rubbed against the […]

Orwell wrote this play to illustrate the Russian revolution. He used the animals to symbolise the main characters in the Russian Revolution. The moral of this fable is that power can corrupt anyone if they are not careful. Animal Farm is used to represent Russia in the time when Stalin was ruling Russia. Orwell represents […]

‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem written about the life of a professional war photographer. It follows him from the battlefields of abroad to his private darkroom in ‘rural England’. As the photographer develops his pictures he is haunted by the wife of a dead man that he photographed dying, and refused […]

There are many different aspects of Old Majors’ speech that are presented and structured by Orwell to create an intended effect on the audience of animals which were listening, as well as the readers of ‘Animal Farm’. In his speech, Old Major raises the concern that “[animals] are not allowed to reach their natural span” […]

This essay will examine how Rita’s character changes and develops throughout the play as the predominant aspect of change. ‘Educating Rita’ was authored by Willy Russell, and the character he created in the play, Rita, bears a striking resemblance to Russell himself. Rita is a 26-year-old hairdresser from Liverpool who desires to discover herself before […]