Essays On Silence

Hannibal Lecter is a recurring central character in many of Thomas Harris’ novels. Starting from the novel Red Dragon, the character appears in all four sequels including The Silence of the Lambs. In the author’s own words, Lecter is a masterful psychiatrist and a cannibalistic serial killer. Given that Lecter is a fictional character, the […]

Beyond the Limbo Silence is a novel written by renowned novelist Prof. Elizabeth Nunez a few years launching her first book “When Rocks Dance”. In this book, she explores the ways in which different cultures would mix and shape the life of an individual. She seeks to know how cultures may synthesis or change the […]

One of the most important activities a successful leader of a team does, particularly in the early stages of a team’s development, is help to build trust and relationships. In the context of team building, trust is the confidence among team members that their peers’ intentions are good, and consequently, that there’s no reason to […]

”Reunion” by John Cheever We all know the feeling and the thoughts, which come to our mind, when meeting someone for the first time after several years. “Does she look the same? Will there be any awkward silences or feelings? I wonder how much he has changed” Your stomach might turn upside down right before […]

The animations and photomontages mean that we learn more about Nick and Meryl than other characters in the film’ Discuss The hand painted animated sequences in Look Both Ways have their origin in this film. They use the same signature ‘painterly style. The animated s sequences are a way of giving Nick and Meryl a […]

He had to settle for a mediocre way of living, working only so he could have enough to feed for myself and to pay his rent. In other words, he wasn’t happy. One day, while he worked, an American asked him to carry his luggage – among which Was an ancient amphora, a very expensive […]

Shushes End, in his novel Silence, uses the recurring description of God’s silence towards Sebastian Rodriguez in order to portray the feelings of abandonment that the Japanese Priests feel from God, which causes the reader to examine the effect these feelings have on the novel: the ambiance of despair. Throughout the novel, there is an […]

You Cannot NOT Communicate: Fact or Fiction? Complete this written assignment: Read the article below. Based on what you have learnt in topic 1, you need to answer the questions given in your own words, thoughts and research. Questions: What do you think about Watzlawick’s idea? Did it seem reasonable or unreasonable to you at […]

The making and staring of feature films is renowned for being a male dominated career. Many lead roles in big budget Hollywood films have been acted by many male icons such as Robin Williams, John Wayne, Morgan Freeman and Sylvester Stallone. It seems that for the beginning of the 20th Century, the majority of lead […]

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann was born in a wealthy Berlin family in 1916. She went on to study newspaper science and history at the University of Berlin and Munich. She received a scholarship from Goebbels (head of the Nazi ministry of propaganda) and did a sojourn at the University of Missouri and Asia. After returning to Berlin […]

The Unwritten Code The Police “Code of Silence” is an unspoken rule among many police agencies in the country. It is a code of “honor” in the police brotherhood where giving information about another police officers wrongdoings is considered an act of betrayal. Other terms for the code include: “The Thin Blue Line,” and “The […]

Spaces of silence in women’s language Silence can mean many things because it is so ambiguous. It can replace speech to show feelings. It can express many different emotions ranging from Joy, happiness, grief, embarrassment to anger, denial, fear, withdrawal of acceptance or love. Traditionally silence nears the absence of voice, but the word silence […]

Neither Samuel Beckett’s Endgame nor Edward Bond’s Lear are described by their authors as tragedies, and it seems unlikely that Aristotle would recognise them as such. Nevertheless, both writers draw self-consciously on elements of classical tragedy – though with different aesthetic and moral intentions, and with strikingly different results. In this essay, I will discuss […]

‘A Gift’ by Rahila Gupta, is a short story about a two homosexuals, which traces fragments of the feelings and emotions of a chaste and somewhat intellectual relationship between two women, one being the dominant partner and the other the submissive one. She uses a vast variety of figures of speech, such as alliterations, metaphors […]

“Who are they? ” asked George quickly, straining his eyes to see what other would gladly not have seen. “Wolves” Lurch said under his breath. They both look at each other in fear. There was a long moment of silence. George broke the silence with a loud scream for help. “Shut your mouth! ” Lurch […]

It indeed aims to expose the war-time propaganda of World War One. It almost appears comical when the moroseness of Owen’s exposure is contrasted to the pro-war propaganda of the time. Owen is a monotone and sobering voice to the romanticised perceptions of war at the time. Society was largely ignorant of the realities of […]

Physical journeys shape our lives in everything we do and think. These journeys often lead to inner journeys as well, which can lead to self-actualisation. These experiences can alter a person’s perspective by providing them with new information and ideas. So, a physical journey basically allows a person to experience new things, while at the […]

‘Journey’s End’ is R. C. Sheriff’s portrayal of life during the First World War. First performed in 1928, the play is based on his own experiences serving in the army during wartime. In the play, he revives the conditions that he and his comrades lived and fought in and the challenges they had to face. […]

In the scriptural text silence and purdah are observed by multiple? many monumental workforces in the Bible. In the Old Testament, Moses and David ( arguably two of the greatest workforces in the Old Testament ) were both shepherds who had their character “ altered by old ages of being virtually isolation isolated in the […]

I think that war is a cruel and inhumane way to get justice. People risking their lives just to get land and pride are senseless. These poems are about the Vietnam War that took many people’s lives in the early 70’s. The poems contain descriptive writing about what the soldiers in the Vietnam War had […]

He was always surprised by the way they looked. Often standing there in silence he would envy the serenity in their faces. It’s not that he didn’t feel remorse, he never felt anything. More out of habit than respect he knelt down and slid his long slender fingers in one accurate swoop and shut her […]

“I hate you, I hate you! ” I cried as I ran out the front door. What was the matter with them, why did they always argue? My parents’ relationship was hanging on a thin thread. Every few nights I heard the shrieks of anger and remorse. I just stood there, I watched them, and […]