Comparison between Dulce et Decorum Est & The Last Night
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Votes for women Q1&2
Votes for women 900-1928 Source A, a 1912 poster which compares both sexes fit for the vote. It implies that women can be highly educated as they to university to get a degree for teaching or study for 7 years to be a doctor who makes decisions life's and save lives in everyday life and still not have the vote, when a man can be a lunatic and still be fit for the vote. A convict also can have the vote even though he has committed a crime/offence, in prison he is still eligible for the vote when a female Mayor who has proven to others she can be sensible and reliable as having keys to the town/city and not make careless decisions and would care about her decision on having the vote. A lunatic can not make decision for his-self as of a metal disorder, and who is unfit to be a member of the public when he can have the vote on what sex he is (male), when a mother for eg.4 has to make choices for her children and look after them and nature them and keep them away from danger, this gives evidence that women could be trusted and have responsibilities. While her husband is away at work earning the money mostly likely doing an equal jobs as of his wife. Suffragettes produced eye catching poster with information with her augment and of her frustration of not having the vote, when she can make a reasonable agreement peacefully and sensibly. A suffragette poster can explain and
Compare the Techniques Of My First Sonne and Limbo
Compare the Techniques Of My First Sonne and Limbo When looking at the two poems it is clear that On my First Sonne is composed to deal with a father losing his seven year old son. While in comparison the poet Brathwaite is highlighting the topic of slavery. When comparing the two poems it is quite noticeable that they deal with life issues of death and sadness. However, once studying the two poems it is quite noticeable that both poems distinguish and highlight religion. This is highlighted in Limbo as it say's in the last line "on the burning ground." Which can be clearly suggested that it is portraying the Christian image of Hell. Which can be defined as a place where you're in torture, which relates to the life of an African Slave where there struggling for life in places e.g. the sugar plantations. In On My First Sonne it's communicating to the reader about religion like Limbo. However, instead of comparing religion to torture, it is discussing can people envy his son because he's going to heaven? This is particularly shown in the following line where he leaves a question mark "Will man lament the state he should envie?" Looking at both the poems there's a huge contrast in there individuality and uniqueness. This is clearly shown through the way that both the poems are written. For example, Limbo is presented in free verse which is probably suggesting that the slaves
Essay on Poems from different cultures - Blessing and Island Man
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Crossing Borders - Interracial Dating
Nimal Ponnezhan English 152 Professor Crossing Borders Rough Draft Interracial Dating In the hodge-podge of American culture you are bound to find interracial dating. There are many differences between people. One that is obvious to the naked eye is the difference of race. In the society that we live in it is sometimes difficult for people of different races to be a couple. The Dominant Culture puts out an invisible border that separates people of different races. In an experiment that I did with a white friend named Michelle, we went out as a couple. Me being Indian and her being Caucasian posed some difficulties for some people to understand. We first went to a park and decided that we would just sit on the swings. There was another little Caucasian girl next to us. The next thing I saw really surprised me and Michelle. The mother of that little girl came and quickly grabbed her daughter and brought her to another part of the playground. All along, the mother looked at me and Michelle in a weird way. After that, we went to the shopping mall. Keeping in mind that we are in a predominantly white suburb, we held hands at the stores. People looked at us as if we were from another planet. I guess they could not believe that an Indian guy and a white girl could be going out on a date. We even brought another one of my friends to see the reaction of other
Owen & Thomas
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Compare and contrast two poems that contain different representations of school pupils.
English Essay Compare and contrast two poems that contain different representations of school pupils. 'Comprehensive' is a representation of a comprehensive school, in the way that the diverse mixture of cultures are included in the poem. Each pupil has a different life and culture, and the pitfalls of comprehensive schools are clearly shown by the way in which each pupil is represented. The first pupil is African, and homesick, and is not happy in England. It seems as though she misses her culture, and feels as though she is being stifled by the British culture. This is also true of 'In Which The Ancient History I learn Is Not My Own.' The boy represented in this poem is homesick, and also feels stifled by the British culture, due to the fact that he is being almost forced into it, thus not allowing him to enjoy his own Irish culture. The teacher wants him to learn 'The English Kings, the famous battles and God's grace in History' which causes him to begin to forget his own History, which he is desperately trying to hold on to. The second pupil in 'Comprehensive' is a boy named 'Wayne,' who is depicted as a stereotypical boy. He is precocious in the way he thinks he is 'too old for games' and believes he is old enough to support something so controversial, when clearly he does not understand it to a full extent. He holds a very patriarchal view, especially when it comes
In my essay I will be comparing the two poems nothings changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika and still Ill rise by Maya Angelou. My main aim in this essay is to discover how the two poets describe and express their feelings.
In my essay I will be comparing the two poems "nothings changed" by Tatamkhulu Afrika and "still I'll rise" by Maya Angelou. My main aim in this essay is to discover how the two poets describe and express their feelings. I will do this by focusing on their use of linguistic techniques and what effect this has given on the reader. Moreover, I will concentrated one how the poets have structured the poem, by carefully analyzing it. Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voice of our time. She has many titles such as memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. She was born on the 4th April 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. At the age of 26 Angelou studied modern dance and poetry; however her studies did not stop there. She traveled to Cairo, Ghana, New York and in this time she had mastered French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Fanti. In 1993 she composed a poem at Bill Clinton's inauguration; it was watched live on air all around the world. Stanza 1 "You may write me down in history, with your bitter twisted lies you may trod me in very dirt but still like dust ill rise" in his opening verse of the poem, the reader automatically senses Maya's attitude towards the reader and I felt as though she was spearing the reader with these words by saying "your bitter" by doing this I thought
Compare and Contrast ‘Harry Pushed Her’ and ‘Hector the Collector’
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