Shakespeare's Use of Language in Act 3, Scene 1
Discuss the way Shakespeare uses language to portray the characters Mercutio, Tybalt and Romeo in Act III, Scene 1. The compelling and tragic drama of "Romeo and Juliet" tells the story of two young "star-crossed lovers" whose blossoming romance is forbidden and jeopardised by the age-old rivalry of their families, which together, with chance and accident leads to fast-paced action on Verona's streets. Ultimately this leads to the premature deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt in Act III, Scene 1. The scene is a pivotal point in the play as the unfolding events trigger a chain reaction. However, it will eventually create a silver lining, which despite the surrounding heartbreak; will result in the resolution of the "ancient grudge." Throughout the play, as is evident in Act III, Scene 1, the main characters were given language by Shakespeare which would intensify the drama, set the scene and portray their emotions. Mercutio's greatest strength lies in his facility with words. This aspect of his character is illustrated when Benvolio says: "By my head here comes the Capulets." and Mercutio replies: "By my heal I care not." (3.1.30-31) Mercutio takes Benvolio's word "head" and replaces it with "heal" showing that he holds the completely opposite view as head and heal are opposite ends of the body. The word "heal" further shows Mercutio's care free quality and disinterest in
Persuasive argument against school dinners
School Dinners-Should We Have a Choice? Which would you rather, your children staying in the safety of the school premises and not eating, or them travelling out of school to find the snack foods which they cannot get in school due to the new initiative set down by the government to rid schools of "snack" foods. I am here to argue whether school children should have a choice about the switch to healthy meals in school. This year, education Secretary Alan Johnson has published nutrition guidelines banning meals high in salt and fat. These guidelines have been set to improve the overall health, behaviour and concentration of pupils. The standards were based on recommendations made by the School Meal Review Panel, following the campaign by TV chef Jamie Oliver to improve the quality of school dinners. The recommendations were, that from September, caterers must ensure that high-quality meat, poultry or oily fish are served on a regular basis, replacing" turkey twizzlers and chicken nuggets". Pupils must also get a minimum of two portions of fruit and vegetable with every meal and fried products are to be served twice a week. This has caused many problems as children in secondary schools are leaving school grounds to eat at their nearby chip shop instead and primary school children are giving up on school meals and taking a lunch box, this is putting the school meals
Alan Bennett
How does Bennett use dramatic techniques to characterise his speakers in 'talking heads 2'? Talking heads is a series of monologues that are aimed for working to middle class, middle aged adults. The monologues try to make you have sympathy for the characters even if they have done something wrong. This is to show how they think and we feel more open to other people with the same problems. In 'Playing Sandwiches', Wilfred starts out as a normal, working class man that seems very nice and smart. This shows that actually, on the outside, he is a normal, well-educated person. Throughout the monologue we realise, by the use of dramatic techniques, that Wilfred has something wrong with him or that something weird is happening in his environment that he is not telling us about. My initial impressions of Wilfred start out as him being a normal, working class man. Alan Bennett achieves this by making him wear smart clothes, well shaved and he has a pleasant face. We see him working as a park attendant, wearing his park attendant uniform which shows he has a job and he talks about his wife and his family, these make us feel open to him. He has lighting all around him and a nice tone of voice that makes the audience certain he is nice. Narrative clues are given throughout the monologue, such as when his family are looking for a godfather they say 'No, Wilfred wouldn't be a possible
Swine Flu - what should the government of Hong Kong do?
What SARS has bought is not only the physical damage on human bodies who were suffering, but also mental disaster on Hong Kong residents' confidence. This can be seen from the fact that people start to rush mask when a single case of newly discovered disease is confirmed. Despite the outbreak of H1N1 is already a fact in Mexico, the Hong Kong government have never try to close all borders in order to avoid the stepping in of the disease. Is it a wise decision? Or HKSAR should close all borders during flu pandemics? Being an international city, Hong Kong itself should consider the consequences if all borders are closed during flu pandemics. Close all borders may be in some degree a good plan. Nevertheless, this measure is no difference with ruthless and stony. Mexican would felt they are being discriminated and abandoned, no matter they are infected or not. Is this really a must to keep any foreign out of Hong Kong boundary? No matter if the image of Hong Kong would be damaged? All tourists cannot enter Hong Kong, which would severely affect the financial income of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is an international financial centre; it depends much on the exchange of wealth with foreign countries. Once all borders are closed, how can Hong Kong maintain its financial stability? In other words, the policy of closing all borders during flu pandemic are no differ from adding pressure to
Discursive writing assignment
H/W Discursive writing assignment Introduction In this piece of discursive writing I will be explaining the good and bad points of video gaming. Video games have been out for a long time. They have been said to be out in the late 1950's but really nobody knows when video games were invented. Video games have had a huge impact to our human nature. Are video games a good or bad thing? It depends really they can be looked at in a bad way but also in a good way. Video games can be a good thing for children but also a bad thing it depends on how you view the evidence. Video games have boomed in the gaming industry and some video games more than others and we will see why. Video games have become an attraction in today's modern world and we will see why it has caught the eye for our entertainment. Computer games are very popular with young people, but they are also controversial. For example, some people argue that they are harmful to brain development, cause children to neglect reading and other social activities. Video games can encourage violent or anti-social behaviour. Other people claim that the games help to develop advanced thinking skills and are often played with other people rather than alone. What is the truth of the matter? Research published in 2000 shows that computer games are
Screaming. She was screaming again. In her head, but much louder than before, much louder than yesterday and far louder than last week
SCREAMING She hesitantly began. "Natasha screamed. She knew the answer but she couldn't pluck it from the sea of muddle that was her head. Slamming down her pen she agreed with herself that a break would be the best option. She made her way towards the kitchen. Their large family house is scattered with family photos, walking through the hall she stopped to look at one such picture, showing her family smiling and joyful, happy. A perfectionist - Natasha straightened the frame and continued, thinking about nothing much in particular." The girl paused, took a deep breath and continued. "Downstairs her mother was in the kitchen, the telephone cradled between chin and shoulder. A glass lay on the counter. As Natasha entered her mum put down the phone, Natasha caught sight of the glass and stared at it. She scanned the room and immediately caught sight of the inevitable, a bottle of wine, nearly finished sat inconspicuously behind a cooking book by the stove. Natasha looked briefly at the bottle, and then left without saying a word. She was screaming again. In her head, but much louder than before, much louder than yesterday and far louder than last week. She felt like hitting herself for caring so much and when she reached her bedroom, cradling her head in one hand she did just that. Repeated thumps to her head, as if trying to push out painful memories or painful reality.
discuss the feelings in the poem my ants from pakistan
Discuss how the girl feels in the poem 'my aunts from Pakistan'. The poem is about a girl who was born in Pakistan. She came to England when she was small. When she got older she received gifts from her aunts in Pakistan. She received traditional Pakistani clothes. When ever she thought about her nationalities she did not feel whole. The poem was written to show how the girl felt when her friends laughed at her clothes. It was written because if we were in that situation what would we do? Would we be unhappy or happy? This confused her about her split identity of half Asian, half British. There are a lot of different emotions in the poem. The girl feels confused about her nationalities. She says, 'my costume clung to me', when she tries on the salwar kameez she feels like it doesn't suit her. It's like wearing a costume. The girl feels embarrassed when her friend asks her to see her 'weekend clothes'. The structure of the poem is a free verse this means there is no set structure. This reflects the confusion about her identity. The lines are short, this also shows her confusion. There are lots of images in the poem to do with colour, 'peacock-blue', apple green saree' this shows how colour full and bright Pakistan is and compared to the dull denims and corduroy of Britain. Some of the images about Pakistan are not very good 'camel skin lamp' she thinks about how cruel
Corruption-A fact of life in the indian society
Corruption: A fact of life in the Indian Society The consequences of corruption are well known. But, in India, these consequences are not well-realised. The public has not had an adequate realisation of the dangers of corruption. Corruption is Anti- national and Anti- economic development. We, as the inhabitants of this nation, have either given up hope of making our country less corrupt or, we have accepted corruption as a fact of life. It is not easy to define corruption. But in a narrow sense, corruption is mostly concerned with bribery and it takes several forms. Corruption has progressively increased and is now rampant in our society. Now, corruption is not only confined to politicians or the government alone. The fact is that most of the Indians are involved in corrupt practices in one way or the other, either due to greed or due to so called compulsion. There are not many causes of corruption. But amidst these few causes, there is one main cause. That one main cause is us, the people of India. Just so that our work becomes easy and fast going, we pay bribes and make sure our wanted work is done. The main cause is growing competition in this growing country. As the country grows, so does the corruption and blocks the growth. This is one of the reasons for India still being a less economically developed country. From small time clerks to the high profile politicians,
presude people to donate blood
The purpose of these advertisements is to persuade people to donate blood. The first 'excuses' advert is a little sketch about a four year old girl dying in hospital because people were giving excuses to avoid donating blood. Similarly the 'Victoria' advert is also a little girl who is talking about when she was a baby, she nearly died but a family saved her by donating their little boy's heart which saved her life but she also owed her life to an unknown blood donator. Both the adverts attract the audience's attention by using emotive subjects like two little girls who may die or who nearly died. They are different as the first 'excuses' advert uses an unhappy message aimed at making the listener feel guilty using reverse psychology whilst the second one tries to stir your emotions making you fell happy that a little girl has been saved encouraging you to become one of those 'unsung heroes'. In the same way, both adverts use simple language with commands such as "we need more excuses, NOW"! Both adverts involve the listener by using simple dialogue especially the Victoria advert which personal pronouns which involve the listener such as " give excuses not blood, if that makes you feel better" and " so please keep your appointment" and a personal message thanking the listener for "saving my life". However, the audience is kept involved as the drama builds up in the first
Alcohol Argument
Alcohol Arshad Bhoyroo My fellow citizens, I stand here today in order to express my views of the growing concern that is destroying our civilization at a global scale, alcohol. At a time when our community strives during tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace, alcohol has rapidly taken us amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. Alcohol has lead to some of the worst problems that our society has ever experience. For example, out of 1,000 adults, 47 are likely to be dependent on alcohol; this is double the amount of people who are dependent on illegal drugs. This is very worrying for our society as people will tend to be frightened of such disorderly community. Alcohol also causes health, social and economic problems and is blamed for causing death, disruption and damage. Although alcohol is seen as a socially acceptable drug, it is in fact an undermining substance which causes chaos and if not stopped, will continue to cause catastrophic outcomes. Alcohol is the complete antithesis to an entertaining drug as it tastes anything but soothing and most people take it knowing that they will lose their conscious self to this world. When a person is under the use of alcohol, it can be concluded that the devil himself is operating inside you. You are completely taken out of this world and cannot control yourself, so what other assumptions can we make?
