Lord of the Rings
The film I am analyzing is called "The lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Peter Jackson is the director of the film and also the others in the trilogy. The film is about a young hobbit called Frodo Baggins, who inherits a ring from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins. The ring has ultimate power to rule all the other, lesser rings, which were given to the elves, dwarves and men. These rings were less powerful than the one ring that ruled them. If Sauron got his hands on this ring then he would use it to destroy middle earth. The film is set in Middle earth where battles are still fought with swords, bows and sorcery. There are three films there are three parts to the books. In the first part-film one- it shows the fellowship being formed and the start of their journey. The second part is where the fellowship parts ways and two hobbits, Frodo and Sam, make their way to Mordor to destroy the ring. The final part is the battle for Middle Earth and the film in which the ring is destroyed. This causes the end of Sauron and evil has been overcome. As the ring is destroyed the other less powerful rings are also destroyed. Sauron dies because Sauron lives off the ring as though it contains his soul. The Ringwraiths play such a big role in the film because they are the nine kings of men, who are hunting for the ring. The power draws them to it. The Ringwraiths used to be the nine
Gothic Story
Gothic Story 2002 Rozabella struggled faithfully on, her hand firmly clasping that of little Edwin. The trees around them were blacker and darker then the night itself, every crack of a branch, every owl's hoot made Rozabella's maiden heart flutter and convolse with a terrible, otherworldly terror, for it was no ordinary man who would be on their trail tonight and already her weak limbs were failing her, but terror drove them on into the black, savage woods. The thick black mud hindered their progress and Rozabella was soon sobbing with exhaustion and despair. Every sound made the pair start with fright. It was still a long way to the road and rescue when the howling of wolves silenced the night air, both stood as if frightened rabbits, the boy shaking with terror, Rozabella struggling to keep her wits. The howls were bloodthiristy and wild, their voices promised a terrible death for the prey of tonight. The prey that even now they were tracking, bounding along the track, bloody saliva dripping from their jaws, luminous red eyes piercing the night and illuminating the path before them. The path was muddy and Rozabella's dainty feet were not made for such an ardoruos and dangerous journey. She first stumbled, then fell, a groan escaping her lips, her ankle sorely hurt, she could go no further. Even now faintness gripped and enticed her weary heart, but Edwin was beside her;
Compare and contrast the themes of loss of innocence, betrayal and motherhood as portrayed in the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley
Compare and contrast the themes of loss of innocence, betrayal and motherhood as portrayed in the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley The poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley both portray young women who lose their virginity to men through naivety and innocence. Both men in the poems use the women for sex and don't care about the consequences of their actions. However, the women are in love with the men and are left pregnant and alone, and these are the themes of the poem - loss, innocence betrayal and motherhood. Christina Rosetti wrote 'Cousin Kate' around 1860. She was the daughter of an Italian refugee and wrote poetry from an early age. Although she later had two offers of marriage, she declined both. Many of her poems reflect sadness and grief. 'Cousin Kate' is a narrative poem, a story told in verse. The rhyme scheme is pretty consistent; every other line rhymes, starting with the second line in each verse. Most of the poem is written in the past tense, this tells us that the narrator is reflecting on a past part of her life. The theme of the first verse is naivety and innocence. It opens with 'I was a cottage maiden' this line suggests she is young and probably virginal, and highlights the theme of innocence. By living in a cottage it is likely that she was a peasant. 'Harden by
The Hobbit
The Hobbit: A Dragon's Curse "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" (P.1). This is how J.R.R. Tolkien starts his world renown book The Hobbit, published in 1966. This book is a tale of a small hobbit named Bilbo and his ever-memorable journey through the evil world during his time. Living in the Shire, as his homeland is called, it is very calm and pleasant for Bilbo, but once the outer limits of the land are reached Bilbo is in for a great surprise. Needing a burglar on his journey Gandalf the Grey, who is famous for his magic with fire and light, came to ask for Bilbo's assistance. Gandalf was accompanied with thirteen dwarves who were after their long ago taken, but never forgotten treasure. The last evil dragon, Smaug, who overtook the dwarf kingdom of Lonely Mountain many years ago, took this desired treasure. Bilbo wanted not to go, but with his, along with all other hobbits, ability to escape quietly, quickly and easily in the woods and mountains, Bilbo was a perfect burglar for the journey. The adventurous group of now fifteen set off to find trolls, orcs, goblins, wargs (evil talking wolves), aggressive elves, giant spiders, dragons and numberless natural disasters including wind, snow, rain and scorching heat, None of these obstacles came to be the one most powerful and dangerous enemy to Bilbo and the others, though. This ever powerful enemy was the greed
Cousin Kate.
Cousin Kate The poem 'Cousin Kate' is about a young cottage maiden who falls pregnant b the 'Lord of the manor', she thought he loved her but he didn't and when he found out she was pregnant he 'changed [her] like a glove', now he is marrying her cousin, (Kate) 'bound you with his ring' and she is left with no' one because as she pregnant and not married no-one wants to speak to her and everyone where she lives thinks she disgusting an 'unclean thing' The poem is written by Christina Rossetti and is set in the 19th century; the setting is a small plantation in a small village. The main themes within 'Cousin Kate' are love and relationships and how people can get hurt and let down easily by the other person. The cottage maiden's love I think was naïve but I think she did truly love him, he obviously didn't feel the same way and used her for what he could get from her, and he succeeded, he took he virginity from her and thought nothing of ending the relationship with the cottage maiden even though (I think) she was a young innocent girl. The relationship between 'Cousin Kate' and the Lord is true love, he has finally realized he cannot keep getting young girls into trouble and must be serious about Kate if he is prepared to marry her and as Kate is a 'good and pure' girl it is even better. Their love is described by the Cottage Maiden as being 'writ in sand'. I think that