Comparison of 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction'
Jen Pascoe 22nd January 2002 Comparison of 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction' I will be comparing the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley. After reading both of these poems I have found that there are many similarities but also many differences. 'The Seduction' and 'Cousin Kate' are both written in a narrative style and set in stanzas. 'Cousin Kate' is split up into six stanzas, each with eight lines. 'Cousin Kate' is in the form of a letter from the maid to Kate to explain how she feels. The first two stanzas talk about meeting the Lord and their relationship. The third and fourth stanzas talk about Kate breaking them up and Kate's relationship. Finally stanzas five and six talk about how the maid feels she is better off than Kate and how she has her son. The poem is split up in this way to give a sense of pace and rhythm. What happens to the girl is predictable and so the rhyming scheme reflects this. 'The Seduction' is split up into fifteen stanzas, 14 with 14 lines each and one with 8 lines. The 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th and 8th stanzas talk about what happens after the party, at the Docks. This is fairly unorganised, representing how unorganised the girls feelings are and how she keeps looking back hoping to change the past. Stanzas 2, 3, and
The Ethereal Plane
The Ethereal Plane Lightning struck the tower pinnacle, and briefy the city's main square was drenched in light. A violent storm was brewing around the city of Magelan, of the world of Ralon on the choas planes. All around the city the guard, dressed in mail of shadowy black, were attempting in vain to surpress the riots that where in place. People had taken the oncoming storm as a sign from the gods, to rise up and overthrow the evil Maraj who ruled their city. " The foolish mortals have taken our bait, their city is in choas my Dark Lord Iekkob" The bodyless voice echoed around the dim moon-lit entrance chamber of the great palace. Suddenly, with a blaze of flame and inpenitrible black smoke, a figure appeared. Slowly becoming less hazy the figure walked towards the base of the stairs, leaving scorched foot prints in the shining marble floor. As the the figure reached the thresh-hold of the crystal staircase, one of the statues that lined walls lazily walked towards him. The statued man was no longer a granite grey but shrowded in black and dark crimson robes. " My Lord Iekkob " The voice sounded again, but it was no longer bodyless. The statued man spoke it, softly, stealthily, yet clearly. " I am pleased, Liwl, you have fooled these pathetic mortals well. The planes of choas are now aptly named thanks to your teachery." The one named Liwl smiled at his apparent Dark
Analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad.
Lorna Edwards English media coursework 2002 Shrek In this essay I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad. I will also explore the different presentational devices used by the film creators of Shrek to craft an unusual fairytale. This film cost $6 million to produce. It is based on a traditional fairytale type story but subverted. The film was produced by Dreamworks - Steven Spielberg's production company. Dreamworks make animated films. It has a rival animation company in the form of Disney. It was Disney who first brought out a long animated film which was Snow White in the 1950's. The first computer generated animation was also brought out by Disney called Toy Story in the 1990's. In traditional fairy tales princes are tall, strapping, handsome and charming. They are the good natured characters in the story who would ordinarily rescue the princess. Ogres or giants or any general evil being would be big, ugly, horrible, nasty creatures and would be the wicked characters in the story. For example the story of Jack and the beanstalk' where the nasty giant is chasing Jack shouting "Fe Fi Fo Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman!" and obviously trying to eat Jack. He is evidently an evil character. The prince in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' is a fine example of a typical classic fairytale prince. He comes to rescue Snow White and kisses her
Compare and contrast the poems "Cousin Kate" and "The seduction".
Compare and contrast the poems "Cousin Kate" and "The seduction" The seduction is written by Eileen McAuley and tells the story of a young schoolgirl from Liverpool in her mid teens who has a one night stand after a party. The young girl falls pregnant after this has occurred and the poem deals with her reaction towards her pregnancy and the way society perceives her situation. In Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti we are told the story of a "Cottage Maiden" who engaged in a brief relationship with a Lord. As a result of their intimacy the cottage maiden gives birth to a child, the Lords son. This poem details the Maidens feeling towards her son, the lord and her cousin Kate who is now married to the father of her child, again the Lord. Just from the Brief outlines of the poem we can see that they both deal with unplanned pregnancies, the way the woman have been treated by the men they had relationships with and the way they are seen by society. But it is made obvious that the Cottage maiden was further along in her relationship with the lord than the young girl was with the youth she had just met previously. The poems are both about relationships but the two relationships differ entirely. The young girl hardly had any relationship prior to the baby being born and does not make contact with him afterwards whereas the cottage maiden knows the Lord before she engages in any
Lord of the Rings book report. Plot outline and themes.
The lord of the rings door J.R.R. Tolkien Part one First book September 22nd 3001, Bilbo Baggins celebrates the birthday of himself and his cousin Frodo. On this occasion, he insults nearly all his relatives and acquaintances and suddenly he vanishes. Frodo inherits all of his property, including the ring. Frodo worries but realises that Bilbo will be alright. For Bilbo it's very difficult to part from the ring but after some angry words by wizard Gandalf he lets it go. Nearly 17 years later, Gandalf returns to the Shire and tells Frodo the history of the ring. He tells Frodo that it is dangerous to use or even possess the ring. He says it is Frodo task to go on a quest to Orodruin, the fire-mountain. There is the only place where it is possible to destroy the ring which, so Gandalf tells, is the one ring created by Sauron the great himself. So Frodo sets out, along with Sam and Pippin, Merry has gone ahead, for Crickhollow and later to Rivendel, an elf-home. On their way they encounter an black dressed rider which sniffs as if he is looking for something. They also meet some elves, but they will not tell Frodo much because they are afraid he would not dare to go on his quest if he knew the danger that lay ahead. After trying to take a shortcut they meet farmer Maggot who takes them on the way to the ferry over the brandywine river. There they meet merry and they decide to
How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse the tradition, to reveal the ogre as good and the prince as evil?
Shrek Title: In traditional fairytales Ogres are man eating beasts, the prince usually rescues the princess, they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the ogre as good and the prince as evil? Shrek is obviously not a stereotypical fairytale because of its language and the features of the characters. The characters aren't what they seem to be. Shrek is an ogre who is supposed to be bad and cruel, they are uncivilised just like the ogre in Jack and the beanstalk; he chases Jack saying 'fee fie foe fum; I smell the blood of an Englishman'. The princess is supposed to be in distress and desperate to be saved. They have a beautiful voice which is supposed to attract the prince and they are normally scared and not demanding at a stage of crisis. The prince which in this case is Lord Farquaad is supposed to be kind, charming and his main job is to rescue and marry the princess. In Shrek the whole idea of a fairytale has been turned around by making the ogre Shrek the good guy the Lord Farquaad the bad guy and Princess Fiona not a damsel in distress. The filmmakers use a different technique to make the ogre seem good and the lord seems bad. To make this successful they used language, camera shots at different angles and special effects such as sounds and light effects. The film starts of with
Compare two film trailers, 'Lord of the Rings III' and 'The Gladiator'.
Media: Coursework A film trailer is a sequence or progression of captivating, mind-clutching scenes from a film. Trailers usually encapsulate the film and end with a cliff-hanger; capturing the viewer's attention and attracting them towards the film, encouraging them to watch it. My task is to compare two film trailers, 'Lord of the Rings III' and 'The Gladiator'. 'The Lord of the Rings III' is an imaginary, wizardry, legendary, sort of film. It consisted of things such as dragons, gremlins, old men with long white beards and also castles and warriors. The trailer contained many missionary scenes of bravery like determined young men fighting with bows and arrows and also a horse running in an open filed with a man on it, holding a white stick with a luminous, vivid light on top it. The trailer also had calm gentle scenes for example, when the small gremlin spoke, whilst the man was climbing up a high rocky cliff and said 'come master', the gremlin sounded so innocent; but do we know whether or not the gremlin is good or bad? A scene like this get the viewer tense and makes them anxious to watch the film. The first clip shown is of some open land with some rocky hills and a sort of tall tower in the corner with a bell at the top of it. There is also a bright turquoise light behind the hills, entering the sky vertically whilst the sky next to it thunders and a small portion
In this essay, I will be comparing the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley and also asking the question, "How do the two main female protagonists of the poem feel betrayed?"
Cousin Kate and The Seduction In this essay, I will be comparing the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti and 'The Seduction' by Eileen McAuley and also asking the question, "How do the two main female protagonists of the poem feel betrayed?" 'The Seduction', was written as part of a competition and was based on a water theme. Eileen McAuley's poem starts down on the banks of the River Mersey, with a young boy and girl. They have met at a party the night before and the girl becomes so enchanted by him that she agrees to follow him down to the Birkenhead docks. They then proceed to have sex and the poem ends with the young girl becoming pregnant and inevitably questioning and regretting her actions. Christina Rossetti's poem begins with the narrator describing herself and introducing a "great lord". She then talks of how he "lured" her to his palace home and took away her virginity only to discard her "like a glove", once he had what he wanted. The poem then goes on to tell how the lord fell in love with the narrators Cousin Kate and in turn married her. The narrator then goes on to say that had she been in her Cousin's position she would never have accepted the offered hand and she also questions her Cousin Kate's love for the lord and claims that her hand in marriage was bought. 'Cousin Kate' ends with a change in mood and the narrator seems almost to be childishly
Shrek - a review.
In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts; they are regarded as being one of the most evil and hideous creatures in fairytales. The prince is derived as a charming and handsome young man who is on a quest to rescue a beautiful Princess who has been held captive for many years in a tall tower, guarded by a fire breathing dragon, awaiting the arrival of a brave Prince. The makers of Shrek have decided to reverse the tradition of a stereotypical fairy tale, by creating a completely different story line while trying to incorporate some tradition into the story. In traditional fairytales the makers start with an elaborate book which opens up to tell the introduction of the story, gradually each page of the book turns to reveal the next page. The book starts by telling the reader the background about the fairytale "Once upon a time there lived a lovely princess". The book contains writing which is being read by a narrator along side the writing are beautifully painted illustrations. In Shrek the makers have incorporated this same tradition by including a leather binded book which is being read by a narrator, starting off with the words 'Once upon a time', and also being accompanied by gentle soothing music. Just as the audience think that Shrek is going to be another stereotypical fairy tale, a large green illuminated hand reaches out and rips the page, the
How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the ogre as good, and the Prince as evil?
Presentational Devices Used in Films In traditional fairy tales, ogres are man-eating beasts. The Prince usually rescues the Princess; they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition, to reveal the ogre as good, and the Prince as evil? In this essay, I am going to analyse the characters of Shrek and Lord Farquaad, and write about how the filmmakers use different presentational devices to create an unusual fairy tale. In traditional fairy tales ogres and giants are horrific, man-eating beasts who grind bones and rips flesh. In 'Jack and the Beanstalk' the ogre tries to kill Jack, with a giant club, and he intends on eating jack once he has killed him. Also, Princes are always conceived to be good, majestic, and always rescues the princess with his noble steed, and end up getting married and sharing their first romantic encounter with each other. In 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the prince awakes snow white with 'loves first kiss', closely followed by the two getting wed, and living happily ever after. Language is an important device, and I am going to write about how language can create the impression that good and evil is present in both characters and in films. The film 'Shrek' opens like a traditional fairy tale, using the well-known beginning, 'Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...'