Child Essays

Within this essay, I will examine and contrast the personas of Willy Loman and Charley, alongside their respective sons. My aim is to assess the distinctiveness in their paternal approach and rationale. The protagonist of this narrative is Willy Loman, a character whom we encounter in various circumstances and through multiple lenses. Willy is plagued […]

Both Ovid and the child undergo significant changes when introduced to new environments. Ovid, previously a typical Roman in society, was exiled to the Getae tribe where he became an outsider. Similarly, the child goes through a transformation when navigating unfamiliar surroundings. Upon being brought to an unfamiliar setting, he finds himself compelled to conform […]

The social status of children in the Victorian age was drastically different to that of present day. Children were relentlessly suppressed and stringent expectations identified a `good’ from a `bad’ child. Social eminence of children relied entirely upon the class and wealth of parentage. Children of high class parentage were advantaged in a number of […]

Once upon a time, in the depths of a couniferious forest, there lived a witch who was very young. She resided in a large house with so much wealth that she had no idea what to do with. Her greatest love however, was plantation of different herbs. There was one herb especially which she adored […]

From my personal experience, I believe that whether one has a sibling or not doesn’t have a major impact on their life since each scenario has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, if parents have only one child, they may tend to spoil them excessively, potentially resulting in possessiveness later on. While being an […]

The BBC series Talking Heads, written and directed by Alan Bennett, features dramatic monologues including the play Playing Sandwiches. The series comprises two releases, one in 1988 and the other in 1999, and explores various subjects with recurring themes of death, illness, guilt, and isolation. The play “Playing Sandwiches” by Alan Bennett seems to be […]

In this essay I will be writing about one of the Grave Nichols poems that I have studied. I will refer to other poems that have the same theme or technique that Grace Nichols uses. I have decided to analyze “Childhood”. Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1950. She was educated at St. […]

‘Our day out’ by Willy Russell is set in the inner city of Liverpool in the 1970’s. The play opens in a poor comprensive class on the day of a school outing to Wales. The characters are Mrs Kay, Mr Briggs, Colin, Carol, Andrews, Moris, Reilly, Digga, Linda , and Milton e. t. c. The […]

Willy Russell was born in 1937 in Winston, Lancashire. He grew up in Knowsley’s, a village just outside Liverpool. He described his school, Woodfall secondary as “chaotic, badly run. ” He also attended Rainford Secondary which he left at the age of 15 with no formal qualifications. After school, he worked at a lady hairdresser […]

There are many ways in which Hardy describes his character Tess, but the theme of purity often emerges within the subtext. He does this by using Tess’ physical features, language, mannerism, social interaction and he contrasts her to the other characters in the novel. The meaning of pure can be interpreted in many ways. One […]

Willy Russell, the writer of Our Day Out, drew inspiration from his own tumultuous experiences to create characters like Carol Chandler. Carol, who appears as the first student in the play, wears her school uniform as her Sunday best and carries all of her supplies in a plastic bag. This detail reflects the youth of […]

In Tess of the D’urbervilles, Hardy uses symbolism effectively to foresee what is going to happen in the future, to show a specific mood he wants to portray, and to put across his opinion. He also uses the roles of rustic characters in the book, and makes them as a whole special, and emphasises the […]

Our day out was written by Willy Russell, he uses many ways to give the impression of escape such as language, historical content, dramatic devices and most of all, his characters. As well as creating this theme, around it, he makes a very good intriguing play.The main view of escape is through the children, especially […]

n this essay I will be trying to answer the question, “How do the poets William Blake and William Wordsworth present children in their poems, “The Schoolboy” and “The Prelude (1): The boat stealing episode”. Both Blake and Wordsworth talk about poems in many of their poems and talk about them in many ways. Blake […]

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 […]

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 […]

“Spring and Port Wine” was written by Bill Naughton during the late 1950’s and first performed on stage in 1965. This play about how the Cromptons have for many years been subjugated by Rafe (the father) and his authoritarian rules. One explosive weekend halts Rafe’s authority when Hilda stands up to her father however, this […]

Within this essay I intend to explore the possibility that Sheila transmogrifies from a very material, individualist being in a philosophical sense, to having a much more socialist perspective, including her thoughts on social responsibility, and her own family’s role in this new attitude. In my opinion, Sheila’s function within this play is to stimulate […]

Throughout the course of the play, we see Mrs Birling’s attitude in many ways, however she remains a cold woman, the main reason that she is so dislikeable. She has many unusual qualities, which show the way in which she has been brought up, in a way in which she considers normal for anyone of […]

The narrative of Kinder Transport centers on Eva Schlesinger, a German Jewish girl who is nine years old. Her mother sends her away on a train to escape Nazi Germany and start a new life as Evelyn, a typical English woman who conceals her identity from everyone, even her daughter Faith. Despite enduring numerous challenges […]

These two short stories belong to the mystery genre and use some of the typical elements of the mystery and ghost story genre periodically. The four aspects of these ghost stories I am going to investigate and compare between the two stories respectively are; Plot, Setting, Style, and character. “Bang Bangs who’s dead? ” is […]

Charlotte Bronte, through the character of Jane Eyre, challenges the conventional ideas of the Victorian era, specifically in the areas of family life, education and relationships. Victorians adhered to the vision of a very rigorous family structure, which had no room for any individuality or distinctiveness. The traditional family view was that children were supposed […]