People always say that ‘you become what you surround yourself by and who you speak to, reflects.’ The reason why this quote is so true and relevant to today’s world is because humans tend to get influenced by others around them. They will behave and understand things in the same manner as the ones they...
The theme of war is a very broad theme, as it can be covered in many ways. Many authors explore the theme of war as they want to show the futility of war. In both Wilfred Owen and Tony Harrison’s work, the theme of war is explored, but with different approaches. Disabled explores the life...
In this paper, the aim has been, as far as possible, to analyze the personal experiences that have shaped the poem ‘‘Digging’’ of Seamus Heaney in contrast with the poem of Theodore Roethke, ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’. The base of this document has been childhood memories and how violence affects the individual and goes hand in...
In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Jurgis and Ona are Lithuanian immigrants who have been recently married and are pushed into the factory life in Chicago. Jurgis begins his journey by receiving a job in Packingtown (known for its meat industry), where his job is revealed to be gruesome and harsh. As their story continues,...
Both poems ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Bright Lights of Sarajevo’ by Tony Harrison show suffering in gruesome and vivid ways. Owen’s poem portrays the suffering of an individual solider who has fought in the war and is now suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); on the other hand, Harrison tells us about the...
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Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ are both texts that present gender in similar ways but with varying effects. This is often through the use of characterisation, for example the contrast between traditional and unconventional gender roles. They also look at the theme of power and how that may lead...
Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac is a well-known comedic love story behind the walls of humor and satire. It revolves around Cyrano de Bergerac’s failed pursuit of love of a maiden named Roxanne because of his many personal flaws. Ironically, these are the exact flaws that prompt many to regard Cyrano as a tragic hero. Although...
The early 19th Century was described by Joshua David Gonsalves as a period defined by ‘manliness in crisis’ within which, expectations of how men should act were continually changing (Gonsalves 2015: 2). The poetic voices who took centerstage during the Romantic era were that of the ‘Big Six’ – Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, and...
Gender differences or similarities are not openly discussed throughout the series. Hogwarts is a mixed school were everything seems to be divided equally, everyone takes the same classes, they wear uniforms, play Quidditch in mixed teams, have mixed staff. Hogwarts is shown to be non-sexist because it shows both great witches and wizards working in...
Creator of the most famous and best-loved character in contemporary fiction, J.K Rowling is also the author of her escape from a depressing existence on the verge of destitution. On the one hand, there is J.K Rowling who wrote the ‘Harry Potter’ novels, ‘The Casual Vacancy’ and ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’; the literary phenomenon of the...
