"Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Speckled Band" are two very different types of murder mystery. Describe some of the ways in which they are different and some of the ways in which they are the same.
"Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Speckled Band" are two very different types of murder mystery. Describe some of the ways in which they are different and some of the ways in which they are the same. "Lamb to the Slaughter" is a short murder mystery story written by Roald Dahl a Norwegian author, in 19 54. It is a Black comedy and was very macabre and startling for its time, and still is now, but it isn't seen as quite so shocking and politically incorrect "Did they kill them both- mother and child?" Roald Dahl is more famous for his children's stories such as "James and the Giant Peach" and "The Twits", than his stories for adults, these include "Kiss, Kiss" and "Tales of the Unexpected", which was also televised as a series of short stories. "The Speckled Band" is also a relatively short murder mystery story. It was written in 1892 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It features Sherlock Holmes, who is the detective that Conan Doyle writes his murder mysteries about, he is the stereotype of a Victorian detective. He is what Victorian people would want all detectives to be like, he always solves his cases, he respects others and is strong, in body and in mind. "He unravelled problems which were submitted to him." He makes "rapid deductions...founded on a logical basis." and is admired by many for this, "I have no keener pleasure than in following Holmes." The stories
"Love Poetry"
"Love Poetry" Coursework Poetry is an idiosyncratic way of a person trying to articulate their feelings or other in a different way about a variety of topics, love, past experiences, politics etc. With the use of metaphors and similes, one can show diverse things without having to be precise about them. Not just words can tell us about the poem, a lot of the time we can learn how the poet is trying to express themselves, by looking at the sentence composition, how it is laid out, how many lines there are, etc. The roles of the masculine and feminine civilization in society were remarkably dissimilar through a long period between the 16th and 17th century. They saw women as objects and objectified and discriminated them, men and women both had expectations and duties, which they were expected to live up to. The modern day views on love and relationship are diverse when compared to the views during 16th and 17th century. The modern era sees relationships as being equal and in some cases women are seen as the prominent and powerful out of the two. Class division were defined by the upper classes base on the way people spoke, acted, dress etc. A lot of the poems which were written in this time, talk about upper class men manipulating lower and middle class women to fall in love with them. Through out the16th and 17th century men saw women as sexual symbols, women had to accept
"Male and Female Poets Have Very Different Ways Of Expressing Their Attitudes To Love And Relationships".
Pre 1914 Poetry English Literature Coursework Essay "Male and Female Poets Have Very Different Ways Of Expressing Their Attitudes To Love And Relationships" In this essay I will discuss the attitudes of the poets by deeming what the poem is describing, thus coming to the judgement of whether the comment is true or not. I will talk about three poems by three male poets and three poems by three female poets. Firstly I will discuss the poems by the male poets and then the other three poems and hopefully I will have made a decision about the comment. The first poem I will discuss is "When We Two Parted" by Lord Byron. Byron starts his poem with a describing his relationship with his ex wife or ex lover. In the next paragraph he describes how he felt about their relationship, he uses the word "chill" to say that he had a cold feeling about their relationship and that he really didn't love her. He then makes nasty comments about their relationship and her; he uses the following phrases "thy vows are all broken, and light is thy fame", he is basically saying that it's her fault that the relationship didn't work. In the third paragraph he states that every time he hears her name it reminds him of funeral bells, this is shown when says "they name thee before me, a knell to mine ear" this shows that he thinks that it's her fault and that he never really loved her or that he
Loneliness.
Loneliness The sun blazed down from the clear blue sky on to the window. I lie in bed listening to the bird's voice. Its singing is remarkable; I could sit and listen all the time if I had nothing else to do. But what have I got to do? I ponder on what I might achieve today, nothing comes to mind. I rise with a sudden feeling of emptiness. I dress slowly into the faded jeans and the blouse that I had worn the day before and equipping myself with a pen and pad, I get to work on another poem I'd started earlier but had not finished. It's not as though I don't have the time but I just become impatient and bored. After browsing through the empty fridge, I decide to go shopping and treat myself with some delicious foods. I check my reflection in the mirror, my brown hair falls down at shoulder length and my green eyes glisten in the light. I make my way to the door unaware of the stack of bills I haven't yet paid. Twix rushes past my feet to his bowl, I promise myself that I'll feed him when I come back. I give him a quick stroke and he says thank you with a friendly meow as I rush out of the door. * Meanwhile, on the other side of town Bob was already on his way to work. He was walking briskly through the crowds unaware of the people surrounding him. He stopped abruptly to place a fifty pence piece into a donation box. The smile that had entered his face came just as
Choose three pilgrims to show how Chaucer uses clothing, cloth, texture and choice of horse to convey character.
Choose three pilgrims to show how Chaucer uses clothing, cloth, texture and choice of horse to convey character. Chaucer's prologue to the Prioress is generally concerned with her appearance. The clothes worn would have been black. She wore a headdress which is what would have been expected of a Nun 'Ful semely hir wimpul pinched was' However, the fact that it is pleated shows how she is succumbing to the fashion of displaying her forehead. To follow fashion trends of the time is not what would have been expected of a Nun. Her cloak was neatly made which is perhaps supposed to be representative of her respectability. Accessories are also very revealing of her character. 'Full fetis was hir cloke' Chaucer explains her rosary - as string of beads used in reciting prayers. 'A peire of bedes, guaded al with grene'. Rosaries are typically black and the green of the Prioress' would have been very decroative. In terms of clothing and accessories, she seems to generally conform to what is expected of her, however she does so with a twist. As well as the rosary she decorated herself with a 'brooch of gold ful sheene'. Chaucer is describing it as being bright and shining. The words on it read 'Amore vincit omnia'. The words are translated to mean 'love conquers all things'. The broach is more symbolic of a romantic heroine than a religious figure. Chaucer is using the broach
Choose three sonnets, which have made a strong impression on you and explain they have achieved this impression?
English Coursework Choose three sonnets, which have made a strong impression on you and explain they have achieved this impression? The three sonnets I have chosen to use are, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" by William Shakespeare "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning "Since brass, nor stone, nor boundless sea" also by William Shakespeare. I have chosen these three sonnets because I think they all convey undying, untouchable love and yet they are all described in such different ways but somehow have the same effect. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shakespeare starts this sonnet with a question and all through the sonnet seems to linger on the answer instead of answering strait away. He starts the sonnet by asking himself a rhetorical question in which he compares her beauty with the most beautiful natural thing such as summer before he goes on to answer his rhetorical question as if saying why or why not. However throughout the first two quatrains he seems to explain that she is,
Compare the ways in which three poets explore the nature of rejected and isolated individuals.
Bryony Hughes 11 RSW English Homework Compare the ways in which three poets explore the nature of rejected and isolated individuals. 'Education for Leisure' by Carol Ann Duffy. This powerful poem explores the mind of a disturbed person, who is planning murder. We do not know if the speaker is male or female, though this barely seems to matter. What we do know is that he (or she) has a powerful sense of his own importance, and a greater sense of grievance that no one else notices him. The poem contrasts the speaker's deluded belief in his own abilities with the real genius that is creative. We do not know if the poem is based on any real person. The Laboratory by Robert Browning has a similar subject - a person who kills (or is about to kill) her rival, in the presence of her lover, who appears to be connected to the speaker in some way, perhaps her husband or an ex-lover who has spurned her for the rival who is soon to die. It is in the form of a monologue, and once more the silent listener is important, too. He is an expert in poisons who sells his services to a wealthy woman. We do not know for certain that the speaker is female, but this is suggested by the things, listed in the fifth stanza, in which she will carry her poison ("...an earring, a casket/A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket..."), and by her offering a kiss to the poisoner, when he has finished his
What are the similarities and differences in the two stories? (Roald Dahl-Lamb to the slaughter, The Speckled band-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Comparative Stories Essay By Owen Convey What are the similarities and differences in the two stories? (Roald Dahl-Lamb to the slaughter, The Speckled band-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Theses two stories have many similarities and differences at the same time. First off we start with Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl. This is a story about a housewife who finds out that her husband is cheating on her and plans to leave her even though she is pregnant. Mary Maloney is a normal woman who has everything timed to perfection she knows when everything will happen. She is in the last few months of pregnancy and is at peace with the world. When her husband comes in and tells her he's leaving her she is shocked. "This is going to be a bit of a shock to you, I'm afraid, he said. "But I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is tell you right away. I hope you don't blame me too much" And he told her. It didn't take very long, four or five minutes at most, and she sat very still through it all, watching him with a kind of dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word. "So there it is," he added. "And I know it's kind of a bad time to be telling you but there simply wasn't any other word. Of course I'll give you money and see you're looked after. But there needn't really be any fuss. I hope not anyway. It wouldn't be very
Anne Hathaway and Sonnet 130 are Two Love Sonnets, Comment on the Different Approaches of the Poets.
Rachael Elliott 11D Anne Hathaway and Sonnet 130 are Two Love Sonnets, Comment on the Different Approaches of the Poets. "Anne Hathaway" by Carol Ann Duffy is a love sonnet that describes a fond love. It is taken from the point of view of the famous play-writes wife, Anne Hathaway. It is a very passionate love sonnet although it doesn't take the traditional form of a conventional sonnet; it is more of a monologue. In fact there is only one rhyme, in the last couplet. "Sonnet 130" is a poem written by William Shakespeare himself, this is an immediate connection to Anne Hathaway but there is a clear difference in the style and content of the two poems. Duffy's approach is far more a romantically powerful and passionate, where as Shakespeare takes a rather unstereotypical approach to his feelings for his wife. In the first line of "Anne Hathaway" there is a clear passion and an instant reference to five of Shakespeare's plays: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest. The general feel of the first stanza is that of an enormous bond and earthly involvement in his love for Anne. Carol Ann Duffy mentions dramatic events such as "shooting stars fell to earth as kisses". This is how many people would imagine a love poem written by Shakespeare to be, using strong, passionate words. The fact that kisses were mentioned brings an instant romantic theme into
Comparison Between Wild Oats and Broadcast
Comparison Between Wild Oats and Broadcast Introduction Philip Larkin has once again created two magnificent poem and they are both three verses, as are many of his other pieces, such as: 'The Trees' and 'Cut Grass' ' Broadcast' and 'Wild firm and stable relationship with any women. The main theme of both these two poems is love but neither of the titles indicates anything about affection or passion. 'Broadcast' is more virtual reality than reality because Larkin is imagining a beautiful woman standing amongst a crowd in a concert, from the music, which is vibrantly coming out of his radio. This shows that the poem is written over a short time period: about three to four minutes, which is the average length of a piece of classical music. Whereas, 'Wild Oats' was over a long period of time: about seven to eight years, involving two girls and how Larkin was not able to keep a close and solid relationship with neither of them Both these poems were written in the late nineteen sixties, early nineteen seventies due to the evidence, which is shown in both of them. In 'Broadcast' it shows that before the concert: the national anthem of England was played. This was only done in that time period. Also in 'Wild Oats' it is written that they were still using Guineas as their currency, which proves that 'Wild Oats' was also written in that time period. Oats' are extremely enjoyable
