Compare the role of the fathers in Captain Corelli's Mandolin and The Shell Seekers
Compare the role of the fathers in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" and "The Shell Seekers". In "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by Louis de Bernières and the "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher there is a strong reference to the importance of a father in a woman's life especially in difficult situations such as war. In these books the women's lives are powerfully influenced by their fathers. "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by Louis de Bernières is set during the Second World War in Cephallonia a small Greek island. It is the love story between Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter and Captain Antonio Corelli, an Italian officer. The "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher is about Penelope Keeling, an artist's daughter's life experiences. She looks back on her life. A bohemian childhood in Cornwall, an unhappy wartime experience, a true love and a present family dilemma are the main features of the book. The views on the fathers are affected by the structure of the books. "The Shell Seekers" is in retrospective, the story is focused on Penelope. Lawrence Stern is described in the way that she remembers him to be, she is old and nostalgic therefore she only centres on the good things about her father (as it is the overall view she has got of him). On the other hand Bernières tells the story as it happens. The story is told from a wider point of view and it
The genre of "Tickets please" is a short, fictional story with a primary purpose of entertaining an adult audience. The outline of the story is set in the Midlands in war time.
The genre of "Tickets please" is a short, fictional story with a primary purpose of entertaining an adult audience. The outline of the story is set in the Midlands in war time (World War 1) and concentrates on the lives of young girls who are short of eligible young men; the men having gone off to "fight the good fight" and defend their country. The women have had to take over the masculine roles at this time and this passage demonstrates how brave and adventurous they became at a time of changing social values. There is a strong bond and comradery as they stand united in their job and in their view of John Thomas as a gallivanting lothario. Laurence uses powerful, descriptive sentences to create tension by building up what starts out as a tussle and turns into a full-blown fight between John Thomas and the girls. Annie is the instigator of the piece and she encourages and rallies the girls with her "Come on" cries. John Thomas is obviously not expecting what is about to befall him as "he went forward rather vaguely" explains. Lawrence has already introduced him as a "fine cock of the walk" and up until this point the imagery that John Thomas could be likened to is to the dominant male in a herd of animals whose sole purpose has been to provide sexual gratification for the females of the tribe. He has been able to have his pick of the girls and "love them and leave them" when
Comparing And Contrasting D.H. Lawrence Short Stories
Comparing And Contrasting D.H. Lawrence Short Stories In my opinion, the main and most significant difference between the two stories is that the first, 'Strike Pay' is mainly concerned with a male-only excursion, which shows male dominance and strength of mind. 'Tickets, Please', however, shows female strength and power over men. 'Strike Pay' is the story of a group of four men who, after receiving their strike pay, walk to the nearest town to watch a football match. The event becomes a very stereotypical male outing, involving betting, sports and consumption of alcohol, as similar outings do today. This, in contrast to 'Tickets, Please', shows very conventional male behaviour. 'Tickets, Please' shows very dominant, albeit not conventional or stereotypical, female behaviour. An example of which is the line "He was uneasy mistrusting them. Yet he had not the courage to break away," shows the dominance that the female characters have in the story line, as the line describes the only male character's suffering in the hands of seven female characters, who trap him in a room and violently attack him. 'Strike Pay', however, includes lines such as: a male character addressing his wife: "Are you goin 'ter gi' e me ony bloody tea'', which shows the male dominance. 'Tickets, Please' uses sexual subtexts to establish the female dominance. For example, the main male character is
D.H. Lawrence's' "Odour of Chrysanthemums" - review
ENGLISH LITERATURE ODOUR OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS "Language creates a particular atmosphere and raises certain expectations" D.H. Lawrence's' "Odour of Chrysanthemums" is a short story of life and death in the small mining village of Selston, in Nottingham, where life is harsh and sometimes unnecessarily cruel. In the opening paragraph onomatopoeia is used to set the scene of the heavy, oppressive atmosphere that pervades the village and surrounds its inhabitants. "The small, locomotive engine came 'clanking and stumbling' down from Selston. 'The trucks thumped heavily past'. The woman, who stepped back from the train as it thundered by, 'stood insignificantly trapped between the jolting black wagons'. This is symbolic of the way life was for the women of the village; trapped in their mundane lives of drudgery and grime, unable to escape the harsh reality of their lives. The assonance used in the phrase 'trucks thumped heavily past' echoes the sound of the woman's heartbeat as she breathlessly steps aside for the inevitability of what is to come. The fields take on the mantle of personification when they are described as 'dreary and forsaken'. The literary devices employed in the depiction of the pit (the heart and life blood of the village) in the sentence "The pit-bank loomed up beyond the pond, flames like red sores licking its ashy sides in the afternoon's stagnant
Write a study of the opening of D.H. Lawrence's short story 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. Comment in detail on the way in which Lawrence's use of language creates a particular atmosphere and raises certain expectations.
Write a study of the opening of D.H. Lawrence's short story 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. Comment in detail on the way in which Lawrence's use of language creates a particular atmosphere and raises certain expectations. The opening of 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' tells us about the domination of industry over nature. It presents nature at its worst and the dominance of technology, symbolized by the engine. The focus of the story is on the engine, the people, nature and its description and the mood of the story is gloomy, despondent. The struggle of the people parallels that of nature, which highlights the story. The themes revolving around the story are tension, struggles, dominance, disappointment and loss. At first glance, the title captures the attention of the reader with a sense of irony. D.H. Lawrence used the title 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' to set the tone of the story and provides a sense of forewarning. The word 'odour' suggests a strong, bad smell but chrysanthemums are not scented. Only when chrysanthemums are dead do they give off a smell which is strong and pungent. This implies to the reader that something terrible will arise soon after. And the story starts with the locomotive 'clanking, stumbling', and moving clumsily and noisily. It sets the basis of the story (industry, machinery) which is antithesis with the title. This engine is shown as something
Discuss the part played by the narrator in two, or more texts. The two books I have chosen to compare are The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and A Fragment of Stained Glass by D. H. Lawrence.
Discuss the part played by the narrator in two, or more texts. The two books I have chosen to compare are The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and A Fragment of Stained Glass by D. H. Lawrence. This essay, will give a brief outline of both text, I have studied, and show any similarities or differences, I have found between them. Kazuo Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day and had his book first published in 1989. He was a post war time writer. The story is set in the summer of 1956. Our narrator and lead character is an ageing butler called Stevens. The story is of Stevens six day trip to the westcountry. During his travels, he reflects over his past history, remembering his old, now dead employer, Lord Darlington. Stevens is also remenising about Lord Darlington's old housekeeper Miss Kenton whom which he now has very deep feelings for and is hoping to see during the course of his journey. D. H. Lawrence wrote A Fragemnt of Stained Glass in 1914, obviously sometime before. Lawrence was a pre war writer. The story is really broken into two parts. The first part is set in a vicarge of Beauvale where a vicar called Mr Colbran who is also an archaeologist and his guest are both dining. The vicar's guest is the original narrator. However the second part of the story is told by the vicar himself. The vicar tells his own written story. The vicar's story narrator is a stable
Poetry discussion on
" The Best Of School" I recently studied " The Best Of School" by D. H. Lawrence. I made this piece my choice as I found it not only poetic but also informative. It gives you some insight as to how some teachers possibly think in their day in school. D. H. Lawrence was once a teacher and therefore had prior knowledge to the theme this poem was based on. The poem was written in the early 1900's but still would be appropriate in present day schools. " The Best Of School" is written through the eyes of a teacher. It is an optimistic view of young boys learning in the classroom I was impressed by the way Lawrence made many references to soothing natural imagery and that is what made this poem my first choice. He uses water imagery to explain his relationship with the boys. He refers to the teacher as " Sitting on the shores of the class," saying that the boys were like the seawater coming into the shore. The second and third lines are a contrast to each other. The second line says that " The boys and the room in a colourless gloom." The classroom is described as a dark and gloomy place but " Bright ripples run." The second line gives a negative description of the gloomy classroom but the third line gives us a positive contrast for although the room is dark the boys are bright. " The Best Of School" gives us a sense of children growing which I felt was very optimistic and
Compare in detail two of the poems from the section on animals in the OCR anthology And indicate what interests you about them.
Compare in detail two of the poems from the section on animals in the OCR anthology And indicate what interests you about them. The two poems I shall be comparing are "Snake" by D H Lawrence and "Jaguar" by Ted Hughes. "Snake" is about a man encountering a snake in his water trough. His feelings and possible reactions are conflicting throughout the poem. "Jaguar" is about a jaguar and how the poets moves past all the various animals at the zoo and reaches the jaguar and focuses on its beauty. I shall cover D H Lawrence's poem first. This poem is written in free verse, there is no obvious word rhyming with in the poem. This poem may not have a regular form, but the lines were designed to fall that way. The poem is set in Sicily on a hot day. He almost immediately sees the snake at his water trough and almost instantly has some deal of respect towards him. The second stanza of the poem really sets the image "In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob-tree" makes the shade seem almost cooling from the blistering heat of the day. There two was which Lawrence emphasised the long, slow movement of the snake. One is "And trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down" and the other, which I see as more graceful is "He reached down from a fissure in the earth-wall in the gloom." Both of these quotations elongate the length of the snake. The poet then
Through the identification of the forms of language Lawrence used in Odour of Chrysanthemums, such as sentence structure, imagery, and vocabulary, I have attempted to duplicated his style and maintain the tone of the story
D.H.Lawrence: Odour of Chrysanthemums As they went towards the house he tore at the ragged wisps of chrysanthemums and dropped the petals in handfuls along the path." Don't do that-it does look nasty," said his mother. He refrained and she, suddenly pitiful, broke off a twig with three or four wan flowers and held them against her face. When mother and son reached the yard her hand hesitated, and instead of laying the flower aside, she pushed it in her apron-band. The mother and son stood at the foot of the three steps looking across the bay of lines at the passing home of the miners. The trundle of the small train was imminent. Suddenly the engine loomed past the house and came to a stop opposite the gate. From the metal carriage, appeared a ghost-like man, all blood appeared drained from his skeletal body, a burgundy briefcase was carried. She looked at the medium sized man, her father. His faded black hat, grey suit and pants reminded her of his polished dress sense. His hair was white like snow; his eyes were like rocks, cold and concentrated. The train driver signalled for departure. Seconds later the train whistled away into the distance from its stopping point, just one destination in a list of many. The old man glanced at his watch and raised his head slowly to search the distance for meaning. He removed his spectacles and wiped his wrinkled forehead with his
Box Office Systems And Procedures
Box Office Systems And Procedures The main purpose of the box office is to sell tickets and process bookings that have been previously booked. It is the responsibility of the box office to deal with the following; * The sale and bookings of tickets/seats. * Problems associated with the sale of tickets, i.e. exchanging tickets when the customers can't make that particular showing, or to re sell tickets when customers can't attend at all. * Hand out admit slips when customers have lost of forgot their tickets. * Dealing with cash. * Collection of tickets on night of performance. * Mailing out letters informing people about the show and tickets prices, and dealing with any replies. * Dealing with lost property. * Dealing with customers. Due to the college not being a well established venue for shows there isn't a set box office area within the building therefore we originally decided to set up ticket sales within the Greenham Theatre, however staff and students aren't all aware of where it is situated due to it still being known as the hall. Due to this we weren't getting much interest in ticket sales, we then decided it would be a better idea to set up a box office area within the reception area of the college. This would hopefully attract more attention to the Fame display board, as we set up the box office underneath it. The box office consists of a table lined