Compare and contrast `human intersest1 and `Porphyria`s lover`
Compare and contrast `human intersest1 and `Porphyria`s lover` In these poems, there are many similarities and differences. The two murderers are both have the same background, yet their intellectual manor and intelligence is very different. In `human interest` there are many slang words indicating the murderer's lack of intelligence. "I slogged my guts out". The use of this slang shows that the murderer is un-educated and does not think clearly, about what he is saying or doing. Whereas in `Pophyria`s lover` we see that the murderer is far more intelligent he seems calculating, clever and sly. "Sullen" and "vex" .This sophisticated vocabulary hints that the murderer is intelligent and thinks about his actions carefully. We see some similarities in both murderers'. They both are obsessed by control .We see this in `H.I` when the murderer says, "my baby" .This shows that he thinks he owns the victim and needs to be in control for things to work, as he is not in control of what she does ,he resorts to killing her. Equally in `P.L` the murder also seems obsessed by control we see this when he says, "I wound three times around her throat". This shows he is very controlling because he wants to be dominating in the relationship and take charge of the situation. Furthermore, these words reveal that the murderer is not thinking clearly anymore. He has become so obsessed by control
Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard - review
Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard The Context Of The Poem Tom Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944, where he has continued to live ever since. He studied English and Scottish Literature at the University Of Glasgow. His first publication was "Six Glasgow Poems" written while at university in 1967. His collection of twenty-years work, intimate voices, shared the Saltier Scottish book of the year award in 1984. All though his passport identifies him as a British Citizen, Tom Leonard sense of his own cultural identity is thoroughly Scottish. Almost Leonard's poetry is written in his Glasgow dialect. His aim has always working class "West of Scotland speech that is still poetry". My focus on "The voice: in my work Leonard has written, two buy products over the years. An involvement in performance "Sound poetry" and an increasingly explicit awareness of the political nature of voice in British culture. "Unrelated Incidents" is a set of six poems each of which looks at some aspect of the way we use language it was written in 1976. Vocabulary Widney wahnt - Wouldn't want Wanna you scruff - One of your scruffs Widny thingk - Wouldn't think Tokn - Talking Yooz doant no - You don't know Yirsellz - Yourself Canny - Can't
I am going to compare two poems from diverse cultures. The first is called 'This Is The Six O'clock News'. It is by a Scottish poet called Tom Leonard. A Caribbean poet named John Agard writes the second, called 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'.
English Diverse Cultures Essay I am going to compare two poems from diverse cultures. The first is called 'This Is The Six O'clock News'. It is by a Scottish poet called Tom Leonard. A Caribbean poet named John Agard writes the second, called 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'. The two poems are not written in a 'Standard English' way. The poem by Tom Leonard is written phonetically for a Scottish accent. The poem by John Agard isn't written phonetically but is still written in a Caribbean dialect. Both poems are mocking people think they speak 'properly' or with Received Pronunciation. When Tom Leonard wrote his poem he knew that people who have a Standard English accent would read it. He is trying to put his readers in his shoes. He is saying that we laugh at him because of the way he speaks. Now he is laughing at us trying to speak in the same way. The title of John Agard's poem is mocking these people aswell. He uses the stereotype of an Oxford don as a substitute for everyone who speaks with a Standard English accent. Both poems rely heavily on the idea of stereotypes. Tom Leonard's poem is trying to tell us that we shouldn't stereotype people because of how they speak. 'yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice like wanna yoo scruff.' He is saying that people who speak properly never tell lies and whatever they say is always the truth. However when 'scruffs' talk
How is the relationship between visuality, the body, and knowledge explored in this film, and to what ends?
Word Count: 1,099 How is the relationship between visuality, the body, and knowledge explored in this film, and to what ends? The film Memento offers an interesting yet ambiguous insight into the relationship between visuality, the body, and knowledge. Through the use of clever, complex cinematography, director Christopher Nolan explores this relationship, which leaves both the protagonist, and the audience constantly challenged, constantly searching for the truth. We come to realize that there is no single and absolute truth, every story has many colours and the black and whites of truth are personally constructed. The elements of visuality are not only used to create Leonard's truth, but ultimately shape the way the audience view and understand the film. The body is another important theme used to explore the truth. The film explores the way the body is used as a means of interpreting and judging a person. Knowledge is generally regarded as evidence, or concrete truth. However in the film this notion is deliberately challenged as the responder can never be certain that the knowledge that Leonard has, or the knowledge that they pick up throughout the film is the truth. Thus the relationship between visuality, the body, and knowledge can been understood as an exploration to find the truth and of truth, as the responder finds out, truth is ultimately subjective. The
Unrelated Incidents and Half-Caste
UNRELATED INCIDENTS & HALF-CASTE Many of the poems deal with the narrator's feelings. Compare the way the poet conveys these feelings in two poems from the selection. The narrators in both Unrelated Incidents and Half-Caste are proud of their cultural heritage and feel that they are judged incorrectly because of it. The poets, Tom Leonard and John Agard use similar techniques to great effect in order to convey the narrator's feelings accurately. The first obvious similarity in the two poems is the deliberate use of the vernacular or dialect, illustrating the value of their respective cultures to the narrators. However, in the poem Half-Caste, only the first stanza is written in Standard English, which implies that the narrator attempts to conform but switches back to his Caribbean dialect, which is then revealed as part of himself that he feels tht he cannot deny and accepts. Leonard's use of Glaswegian dialect is ironical as the point of the poem is that someone with Received Pronunciation or a "posh" accent should read the news. This causes the reader to understand that people who speak with a working class accent are not inferior and should not be regarded as such. Structure is manipulated by both poets in order to convey the narrator's protest about the prejudices faced by peoples indisposed to change to be thought of as 'normal'. Half-Caste is written in free verse
Comparative essay between two poems namely, Half - Caste by John Agard and Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard.
This is a comparative essay between two poems namely, Half - Caste by John Agard and Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard. You can clearly see before you begin to read these poems that they are set out differently to your average poem. For example in Unrelated Incidents that there are no more than four words per poem. The punctuation in Unrelated Incidents is based on the phanetic way of spelling, this means that you spell the way speak and pronounce words. The poems is also meant to be spoken in a Glaswegian accent. In Half - Caste it's spelt and meant to be spoken in a Caribbean Patois. In both poems they're defending the way that they are (The colour of his skin in Half - Caste and his accent in Unrelated Incidents). In Half - Caste he defends himself by saying that you don't discriminate against a Picasso painting or a Tchaikovsky symphony because they're half - caste, but in Unrelated Incidents his defence is slightly difference claiming that there are never any over news readers apart from ones with posh and standard English accents. Unrelated Incidents Tom Leonard was born in Glasgow. He has described his childhood upbringing as 'working class West of Scotland Irish Catholic' (his father was from Dublin). Although his passport identifies him as a 'British' citizen, Tom Leonard sees himself as thoroughly Scottish. Unrelated incidents, the poem. Is set out as if it
How does Tom Leonard present his Views about Language and Culture?
How does Tom Leonard present his Views about Language and Culture? The poems from 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard explore different prejudices and social attitudes regarding his culture. The poet uses different methods and means to show the reader his thoughts; they use different techniques for different reasons to help convey their message. Both of the poems use mainly non-standard English, which is written phonetically, this is because Tom Leonard come from an area where there are accents and the poets want to show the readers that they are the same as everyone else, their accent and culture makes no difference. Accent is very important in the poems 'Unrelated Incidents' this is because this is the main prejudice that Tom Leonard is dealing with. He wants his readers to know that there no language or accent that is better or more sophisticated than another. The most obvious technique that Tom Leonard uses is phonetic language, we can see this in a number of his poems for 'Unrelated Incidents', for example: 'this is thi six a clock news'. 'this is thi six a clock news thi man said n thi reason a talk wia BBC accent iz coz yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice lik wanna yoo scruff. if a toktaboot thi trooth lik wanna yoo scruff yi widny thingk it wuz troo. jist wanna yoo scruff tokn. thirza right way ti spell ana right way to
Referring to 'Half-Caste' and Poems You've Read By Tom Leonard, Write About the Humour and the Anger in Their Poems.
Referring to 'Half-Caste' and Poems You've Read By Tom Leonard, Write About the Humour and the Anger in Their Poems. John Agard's poem develops a simple idea which is found in a familiar term. Half-caste as a term for mixed race is now rare. The term comes from India, where people are rigidly divided into groups (called castes) which are not allowed to mix, and where the lowest caste is considered untouchable. At the start of the poem John Agard uses the phrase, "Excuse me". He is trying to seem polite so that he can get into the conversation and then get his point across. However this politeness is not used in the rest of the poem. In the poem John Agard pokes fun at the idea, he uses humour in this poem to break the barriers of people's minds so that they will listen to what he says and not just take the term stereotypically. He does this with an ironic suggestion of things only being "half" present, by puns, and by looking at the work of artists who mix things. The poem opens with a joke - as if "half-caste" means only half made (reading the verb as cast rather than caste), so the speaker stands on one leg as if the other is not there. John Agard ridicules the term by showing how the greatest artists mix things - Picasso mixes colours, and Tchaikovsky use the black and white keys in his music, yet to call their art "half-caste" seems absurd. He playfully points out how
Film Analysis: Memento
Donald Havard Dr. T. Gould English 111 24 March 2005 Film Analysis: Memento Columbia Tristar Films starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano released "Memento" in 2001. The movie was produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd, and was directed by Christopher Nolan. Christopher Nolan also wrote the short story and screenplay. This film is about a man named Leonard, played by Guy Pearce, who suffered a major brain injury to the hippocampus that left him with a rare memory disorder called anterograde amnesia. This disorder causes Leonard not to be able to form any new memories. Leonard is now trying to find and kill the person who murdered his wife to avenge his wife's death. Carrie-Anne Moss plays a friend of Leonard, or so he thinks, that assists him in finding the person who killed his wife. Joe Pantoliano plays another friend of Leonard who takes advantage of his memory problem. "Memento" accurately depicts some of the problems associated with a person diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. Leonard, played by Guy Pearce, suffered a brain injury to the hippocampus during a struggle with an attacker that leaves him unable to form new memories. Having "damage to the hippocampus, fornix, or mammillary bodies can result in anterograde amnesia, suggesting that they are involved in the process of laying down long-term memories" ("Enpsychlopedia"). The
How Do The Two Poets HighlightThe Difficulties Of Living In A Different Culture In the two poems 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard and 'Half-Caste' by John Agard?
Rachael Elliott 11D. How Do The Two Poets Highlight The Difficulties Of Living In A Different Culture? In the two poems 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard and 'Half-Caste' by John Agard the obvious connection is the language is written phonetically to emphasise the dialect and contrast in culture to the real English language. In order to convey their opinions on the prejudices they face they take an almost humorous approach to ridicule their opposers. Both the poets' use of punctuation means that when spoken aloud there is an aggressive tone as in 'Unrelated Incidents' there are no capital letters, this emphasises the 'wrongness' of his dialect. He pokes fun at the way people would presume that news given by someone who doesn't speak with a 'voice of authority' is lying, it is clearly wrong and he shuns this assumption: 'n thi reason I talk wia BBC accent iz coz yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice lik wanna yoo scruff.' As the poem progresses the language becomes more and more dialect-like, this is to make it seem as though the poet is translating the 'BBC accent' into his own way of speaking. The words run together to convey the characteristics of colloquial language. Te poet ends the poem with 'belt up.' It seems that either he is disinterested with anyone who labels him because of their accent or he's directly telling them to shut up. The poet