Who is the hero of 'Arms and the Man'? Give your reasons.
Who is the hero of 'Arms and the Man'? Give your reasons. Raina and Bluntschli are both the heroes of 'Arms and the Man' due that the play starts and develops around them. However, a definition of a 'hero' must first be identified and in this case a 'hero' is "someone who inspires through manners and actions; an individual who leads through personal example and accomplishments requiring bravery, skill, determination, and other admirable qualities" as well as "the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem". Therefore, by looking at this definition, Raina and Bluntschli can be quickly identified as heroes because both have those "admirable qualities" such as bravery, skill, determination, intelligence and responsibility. One the most important qualities of the play is bravery. Both Raina and Bluntschli risk their lives for each other. Raina, at the start of the play shows her bravery by saving Bluntschli from the Bulgarian army and allows him to stay in her room even when she knew that if she was found she would be in trouble with the government and she would lose her reputation because it was seen immoral by society for a woman to have a man in her bedroom. However, Raina is very courageous and intelligent, therefore, when she first sees Bluntschli, she reacts very calmly and doesn't get hysterical or shouts even when a revolver is pointed at her. She knows
My Grandmother is a modern poem by Elizabeth Jennings.
INTRODUCTION My Grandmother is a modern poem by Elizabeth Jennings, which is about her relationship with her Grandmother. The poem is written using ordinary language making it easy to understand. Jennings is an extremely prolific poet. She does not write autobiographical poems, but her religious concerns, mental illness and other personal experiences influence the themes and insights expressed in her poetry. She was born in Boston, Lincolnshire. There are 4 verses known as sestets of six lines each. The sestets rhyme AB, AB, CC e.g. Grass and Brass, Refused and Used, Prove and Love. This applies through out the poem. Some of the lines are full rhyming and some half, using a speaking voice not a singing voice. There is repetition in the poem e.g., if you look at the second and the fourth paragraph, the words used and refused have been used twice. The poem is very simple; the style she uses is very relaxed - like talking to a friend i.e. "Only the guilt of what I once refused". The poem is divided into 4 stanzas. The stanzas describe firstly the similarity between the grandmother and the antique shop, secondly the relationship between the author and her grandmother is described more acurratly. Then thirdly, the giving up of the shop by the grandmother, and finally the death of the grandmother. The four stanzas describe the history of the grandmother in four stages.
A palpable feeling in the air, anxiety for the babies to be born. As a little head starts to appear, it seems just like a phantasm that the babies are arriving, to the many people watching this birth.
A palpable feeling in the air, anxiety for the babies to be born. As a little head starts to appear, it seems just like a phantasm that the babies are arriving, to the many people watching this birth. As the first baby appears, the new mother starts crying, so happy to have a new little girl to welcome into this world. Then as she unwillingly hands her new daughter to the nurse for cleaning up, she goes back into labor. She puts all of her effort, strength, and love into bringing her remaining child into this world. As the last toe comes out, the new mother of the twins sighs seeing her perfect baby boy with all his fingers and toes. As she holds the new twins close to her, she gives up her life to taking care of these two, with all of her love and affection. "Suzy and Bob," she murmurs. At the sight of their mother's kind eyes and open arms, the two infants fall in love with her. And this is just the beginning of their life of love. As they go from their first doctor appointment to the time when they turn eighteen months, they experience a lot of love. Every night their mom and dad come and tuck them into their individual wooden cribs. As the twins snuggle down under the warm pink and blue blankets, their mother kisses them on their forehead and whispers "I love you" into their delicate ears. Then their dad comes along, says "Good night, sleep tight," and kisses
"The Flea" was written in the 17th century and "Valentine" in the 20th century. What similarities and differences do you find in their treatment of the subject of love?
"The Flea" was written in the 17th century and "Valentine" in the 20th century. What similarities and differences do you find in their treatment of the subject of love? "The flea" is a metaphysical poem about a man trying to argue a virgin into bed to have sexual intercourse with him. This poem was most likely written to amuse the readers and probably more for a larger male audience. The poem was written in the late 17th century in a period where sex within marriage was like a household chore, but socially, sex before marriage was like a sin, because society was extremely religious. John Donne is attempting to get these thoughts out of her head and persuade her to have sex with him. Metaphysical poets use a lot of elaborate and extended comparisons. They wrote energetic and vigorous poems that went against the common literature of the time. There are three stanzas in the poem; all 9 lines each, making it a regular stanza and rhyming form. Each stanza consists of three rhyming couplets and one rhyming triplet. The first stanza is strong and persuasive and is the introduction to the poem. In this stanza he makes the girl look at the flea. "Mark but this flea, and mark in this" "How little that which thou deniest me is" With the flea being the title, introducing the word flea into the first line of the poem gets straight into the poem. There is no build up; it is just like
Statement of Intent
Statement of Intent This assignment is based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It is a diary entry which will allow the reader to enter Angela Vicario's head and get a completely different side of the story. This entry also intends to focus on the details of Angela's and Santiago's relationship, since in the book it isn't even made clear whether they are engaged or not. This diary entry explores Angela's feelings of guilt, the motive for her actions, and most of all, her love for Santiago. This is a creative piece of work which was written to fit into the context of the story and to explain things that Garcia Marquez decided not specify in the novella. Dear Diary, The stench entered my nostrils and flowed into my lungs, invading and marking its presence on every inch of my body. There was no escape. The fresh smell of death lingered in the air, reminding me of the best and at the same time worst memories of my life. The musky scent of his body was infinitely replaced with the aroma of guilt. I can recall numerous times where I'd wished he would die. That he would burn in hell and never return. I had fooled myself into believing that his absence might make the eternal pain leave. He's gone, murdered by my own flesh and blood, but the pain still lives. It reigns my body, only now it is stronger. My thoughts feed it constantly and it grows inside me,
'Crime in the Neighborhood' by Suzanne Berne - How Marsha , makes up stories about her neighbour Mr Green seemingly to vent anger out against he father leaving her
'Crime in the Neighborhood' by Suzanne Berne 'Crime in the Neighborhood' by Suzanne Berne is set in a suburban Washington community in the seventies. The story revolves around Marsha , a young girl who makes up sick stories about her neighbour Mr Green seemingly to vent anger out against he father leaving her. Through-out the novel Marsha suffers from the dilemma of whether she still loves her father. At the beginning of the story Marsha worships her father. 'He was a mostly mild man with a weakness for passion, a suburban father burdened with the heart of a Russian hero...' She clearly believe that her father is different from other fathers , better than other fathers. I feel that she is implying that to other people her father looks ordinary but to her he is different. To her he is a hero with so much love that it is a weakness. She is also implying that it was not her fathers fault for the affair as he was so overloaded with love. This shows she feels her father is so perfect that he can do no wrong. She emphasises this point of view by using alliteration in the phrase 'mostly mild man.' Marsha certainly loves her father at the beginning of this story and so much so that she feels he cannot do any wrong. But her father soon leaves the family making Marsha heart-broken. 'Then my father left , and a few months after that Boyd Ellison was killed behind the Spring Hill
How love is presented differently in various poems
Select three or four poems and explain and compare how the theme of love is presented and explored The oxford dictionary defines the over-used word 'love' as 'a strong feeling of affection'. The poems that we studied all refer the word 'love' however they explore the different dimensions of love. In 'A Subaltern's Love Song' love is presented as an excited energy between two lovers. On the contrast, "One Flesh' is about the emptiness of a love 'grown cold'. The types of love presented in the poems explore very controversial views yet are all very meaningful and have a sense of truth to them. This essay shall examine how the various poets have presented the idea of love between lovers and will compare how love is presented in each poem. Hopefully, through the comparison this essay will be able to distinguish the different dimensions of 'love'. 'A Subaltern's Love Song' by John Betjeman demonstrates very positive imagery of 'love'. The poem contains eleven quatrains, which are a traditional form of English love ballads. Each quatrain follows a rhyming scheme of AABB, which creates a sense of certainty for the reader as it becomes quite predictable. The full rhyme also makes it psychologically satisfying for the reader so it creates a happy atmosphere just through its rhyming scheme. The sense of certainty suggests a healthy love between the Subaltern and Miss J. Hunter Dunn.
Latin American culture and ritual in the works Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Marquez.
In the Latin American cultures represented in the works Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Marquez, ritual plays a major role in the lives of the people. The authors use the rituals of religion and love to show the power it possesses over the people. The rituals that the characters in the novels live by shape who they are and what they do. Manifestations of love in Chronicle of a Death Foretold are ritualistic, and the novel itself is a ritual which re-enacts Santiago Nasar's death. Pedro Paramo uses the ritual of religion to show how corrupt the town becomes. The message of corruption, through ritual, is being portrayed by both authors to show the downfall and fallibility of man. The characters take rituals and corrupt them to fit their needs and wishes rather than respecting the rituals for what they represent. The first example of ritual found in Chronicle of a death Foretold is the courtship ritual carried out by Bayardo in his search for Angela's love. When Bayardo San Roman first comes to town, he decides to marry Angela Vicario, whom he has never met. His courtship of Angela demonstrates the rituals of Latin American marriage in their culture. He brings her a gift of a music box inlaid with mother-of-pearl for her birthday, and obtains everything his future bride asks for. Marquez writes "He, just to impress her, had bought
"In the end it is the haunting sadness of regret and loss which is the pervading emotion that remains with us when we read love poetry."
Poems of Love and Loss "In the end it is the haunting sadness of regret and loss which is the pervading emotion that remains with us when we read love poetry." We get a feel for many emotions from the poems of love and loss that we have studied. On the one-hand, there are poems such as 'First Love' and 'A Birthday', which give us a sense of happiness, joy, excitement and awe. They leave you warm and glowing inside. On the other hand, there are the feelings of regret and loss that we gain from poems such as 'When you are old', 'Cynara' and 'The Voice'. This essay shall look at the language, structure and the 'pervading emotion' that remains with us once we have read the poems, and in particular 'loss and regret'. When reading the poems 'First Love' and 'A Birthday', we are moved by the symbols and the way that they are used to build up a picture in your head. Much of the metaphors are very fruity and naturist. For example, in 'First love' John Clare describes the woman's face as 'a sweet flower' and again in 'A Birthday' the imagery is packed in line after line: 'My heart is like an apple tree'... 'My heart is like a rainbow shell.' These similes are critical to 'First Love'. However, when compared with the other poems and their similes and metaphors it does not dominate our opinion of the love poems. For example, the way in which
Through Close Analysis of Language, Structure and Theme, Compare and Contrast the Poet's Attitude Towards Love in
Through Close Analysis of Language, Structure and Theme, Compare and Contrast the Poet's Attitude Towards Love in "Valentine" and "The Flea." The two poems "Valentine" and "The Flea" are about the two different ways in which the poets portray their views about love, however the poems are still linked in a few ways. "The Flea was published in the seventeenth century and was written by 'John Donne'. "Valentine" was published in 1983 and was written by 'Carol Ann Duffy'. Both poems are addressed to an unknown lover. The poem "Valentine" is written in free-verse form. Carol Ann Duffy could have used this irregular pattern because of the irregular present that she is giving to her lover. "Not a red rose or satin heart. I give you an onion." When you first read the poem you think that an onion is an absurd present to give to a lover but after analysis, you realise that she is trying to portray a message to us: It is not what is on the outside that counts. Duffy uses quite a lot of imagery in her poem to explain her message to the reader. "It is a moon wrapped in brown paper." This could be referring to the moon as a pure object that you first have to unwrap and explore before you can find the real meaning of it. It is also linking back to her point that it may look a bit unromantic from the outside but it is really what is inside that counts. She could be saying this