Society Essays

In this piece, I will explore the similarities and differences between two main poems: “My Grandmother” by Elizabeth Jennings, which has a darker mood, and “In Mrs Tilcher’s class” by Carol Anne Duffy, which is brighter. Both poems reflect on the past, recounting memories of both positive and negative experiences of betrayal and innocence that […]

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. […]

This was without a doubt the most horrific experience of my life. We were taken from the shed with chains around our wrists and ankles they had already started to rub. Then we started to walk everyone was walking, the whitemen were shouting, shouting words none of us understood. There were cries coming from the […]

Anna Watters had a strong dislike for being by herself. The fear reached an extreme level, escalating to a pathological phobia. During the day, Anna would have friends accompany her at school while her mother picked her up. At night, her parents stayed with her as she finished homework, with her father staying awake until […]

Spending time with Alison was always an educational experience for me. She knew all the unwritten rules about the social behaviour and friendships of nine year old girls that had always eluded me. She had girls (myself included) queuing up to be friends with her, so she and her tight circle of constant cohorts ruled […]

The southern region of Wales is experiencing a chilly and dismal day in the midst of winter. Katie Brown was awoken by her mother telling her it was time for school. Despite being a beautiful and intelligent student, Katie was modest and serene in demeanor. Her mother admired her success in academia, considering her to […]

A woman’s voice greeted me as I entered, announcing that I had received five new messages. The steady rain outside persisted indoors and my hair, styled elegantly just a while ago, now looked slightly tangled and reminiscent of the cookie monster due to the humidity. As I read through my messages one by one, most […]

Thick fog covered the Normandy coast like a damp and grey blanket, creating a bitter and polluted atmosphere. The scent of fired ammunition and decaying flesh hung strongly in the air. Captain Bourne of the U.S 1st Infantry Division faced bloodstained waves attacking the landing craft as he attempted to step foot onto the ghostly […]

Sunlight punched through the forest canopy above as he made his way towards the sound of water bubbling and trickling away to the west, stronger than ever due to the previous rain shower. The ground squelched under foot as he walked purposefully towards the centre of the ravine. The foliage on the ground was so […]

Evil has been present since the beginning of time causing many conflicts throughout the world. It is an inborn and nurtured behaviour, which can be heightened by one’s surrounding environment. Evil can cause one to have a very cynical outlook on life. When one becomes overcome with evil one becomes ignorant towards others and has […]

When we read the five poems we gather that the poems all have different aspects of the theme of relationships. The poems I have chosen are ‘The Laboratory by Ancien Ri?? gime, The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy, Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, Remember by Christina Rossetti, The Little Boy Lost and The Little […]

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 […]

“Death of a Naturalist” Seamus Heaney’s first collection of poetry was published in 1966, while he was a lecturer at Queens University. It was immediately accepted as a unique and remarkable work of literature. Seamus Heaney was just twenty-seven years old. The work is considered with the loss of childhood innocence and the moment into […]

In this essay I will be describing the techniques used in the poems “Out, Out” by Robert Frost and “Mid – Term Break” by Seamus Heaney. Both poems are deal with the same subject matter, the death of a young person but in very different styles. The poem “Out, Out” describes a boy who is […]

The utilization of inmate labor, which comes at an extremely low cost, means that prisoners are not subject to minimum wage laws. This results in diligent American citizens losing job opportunities to immoral individuals, such as drug dealers, armed robbers, child molesters and rapists. According to Slaughter (par 10), it is challenging for private companies […]

Throughout the play, ‘Journey’s End’, R. C. Sherriff provides a range of characters portraying different personalities and backgrounds. One of these characters is a boy called Raleigh. The dramatic intention of this character is to symbolise the youth and naivety of the many young officers who died during trench warfare. In addition he is used […]

The title of the poem ‘Medallion’ automatically conjures up the image of a gold medal with a picture on it, usually awarded to commemorate an achievement. The first stanza, comprising of three lines, sets the scene for the rest of the poem. There is a gate with a moon and a star carved into the […]

Hardy portrays women in various ways in The Withered Arm, reflecting the societal norms of early Victorian England. A woman’s beauty, family status, and breeding determined the wealth and power of her husband. The story is set in a rural English West Country area around 1850 when women had to endure rough working conditions and […]

Thomas Hardy’s prose ‘The Withered Arm,’ was written in the nineteenth century illustrating norms and values of the society, which were present where he was living. The society had particular beliefs, which wouldn’t be rebelled against, and if they were, then the public would see the rebellious as an outsider and eschew them. The society […]

A Christmas Carol which is a bildungsroman written by Charles Dickens in the 1800’s, an undermining social diatribe possibly accusing the political injustice. As a Unitarian he was passionate about morality and ethics and abhorred the poverty inflicted on the underclass by the obnoxious upper-class. The poor were merely pledged to a life working for […]

The Minoans and Mycenaeans thrived in different times in Ancient history however they actually had quite a lot of similarities which I will explain below.The Mycenaeans and the Minoans both reigned and traded in and around the Aegean Sea. Although they thrived in different parts of Greece, the Aegean Sea was both of their trading […]

Comparing Half Caste and No Problem   In the poem “half cast” John Agard explores the theme of racism through vernacular dialect in the repeated refrain “explain yuself” the word “yuself” uses Caribbean dialect to demonstrate Agard’s origins, the use of Caribbean dialect portrays Agard being proud of his mother country. The effect of this […]