coursework dotheboys hall
Coursework 4: Prose - Nicholas Nickleby - Chapter 8 In Chapter 8 Dickens creates sympathy for the victims in several different ways. He creates sympathy for the children because of the way in which they are treated. He uses effective descriptive detail telling the reader just how badly the children were treated. In the Victorian times the quality of education received was poor as they were totally mistreated. A lot of children grew up not knowing how to read or write. Children were often scared of their teachers, as they were very strict. The children also had to endure cruel canings from their terrifying teachers. The whole school package was very saddening. Chapter 8 is about a corrupt boarding school in which the owners aim to use the children as a business for their welfare. The name of this boarding school is 'The Dotheboys Hall'. This immediately strikes you and the implication of the name is very much the opposite of the purpose of a boarding school. This suggests that the chapter will focus particularly on the way the Squeers try to use and cheat the boys in every way possible. This isn't an education for the children; it's an opportunity to make money and success in the Squeer's lives. The manner in which the children are treated by the Squeers is absolutely appauling. There definitely isn't a good relationship between the Squeers and the children. Infact the
Who and what are the targets of Jane Austen(TM)s satire in Pride and Prejudice(TM) and is it effective?
Who and what are the targets of Jane Austen's satire in 'Pride and Prejudice' and is it effective? In 'Pride and Prejudice' the main target of Austen's is satire, are the characters with money and the characters that have to prove their position because they feel they deserve respect due to their money and position. Also Jane Austen uses religious hypocrisy, snobbery and the concept of 'proper' social conduct to show her personal views of society. She didn't believe the idea that education and money resulted in intelligence. In Austen's time, religion was predominately Christian and so most people would go to church and also one of the most popular jobs then was a clergyman. At the top of the social scale were the aristocracies: they had titles, owned land and did not work. Then below them were the gentries: they inherited their fortunes and did not work. In Austen's day, women of the gentry were almost entirely dependent on men. The only employment they were likely to get was to become governess and this was not viewed as a satisfactory way of life. Most women who did not marry remained financially dependent on their male relatives, like Jane Austen. Through marriage, a woman could have her own house and enjoy some status in society. Austen ignored the Napoleonic wars raging over in France at the time because they simply didn't affect her directly, despite occasional
My Memory
My Memory Lightning stuck and rain poured in the late hours of a Barcelona night. A father and son cowered in their car by the shore side. They waited for the rain to die so they could make their way to the nearest train station and head back to a grubby little hostel were they would meet blistering heats and beds like a gravel road. As time ticked on they got more and more impatient so they decided to go for a swim to cool of. In a bag they packed a towel, the car keys, a brand new music system and finally the father's glasses. Down to the beach they went to leave their shirts and then make a small trip to a beautifully warm sea where the dark sky magnified the city lights. This was truly a city that never sleeps because the roads were as busy as any road in the day. Police and civilians were as active as ever accept for a strange young man, who seemed more at home in the shadows then a fish seemed in water, he had been watching the pair since they had stepped foot on the beach. He waited for the time when both of their backs were turned and then moved like a silent cat towards their unguarded bag. He dived on the bag and walked off as casually as if he owned the beach. Never would anyone have suspected this man was a thief. Not even the hundreds patrolling police around the vast Spanish city. For a few more blissful minutes the pair relaxed in the warm Mediterranean
Looking at the social comments Bennett makes examine his use of language and literary devices to convey his point.
Looking at the social comments Bennett makes examine his use of language and literary devices to convey his point. Arnold Bennett uses his stories to comment on the way of life in society, leaving the reader to question and think about the life he is commenting about; although, he does not convey his message in a critical manner but merely comments on the matters leaving the reader to decide their opinion on the topic. In the opening of 'news of an engagement' Bennett establishes the relationship between Phillip and his mother as being only a dutiful one. This is shown as within the text Phillip states 'I wrote to my mother regularly every week, telling her most of my doings'. This conveys that although Phillip wrote to his mother every week, he only told her 'most of his doings' not actually asking her personal things that a son asks his mother, which implies that by regularly sending her letters telling her most of his 'doings', he was just fulfilling a duty that he has been brought up to fulfil which is to regularly write to his mother, as she is believed to be his responsibility. This is also shown as at the end of 'news of an engagement' , Phillips mother ironically proves that her relationship towards her son is also only a dutiful one by doing exactly the same thing that Phillip does at the beginning of the story. This is proved as Mr Nixon talks to Phillip by
What is the role of Ammu in the God of Small Things?
What is the role of Ammu in the God of Small Things? Ammu plays a pivotal role in the novel and is presented as the original transgressor. She is the twins mother and also a daughter, niece, sister, wife and lover. Ammu's story represents the main themes in the novel; through her character the reader is able to experience not just the cruelty and injustice of her world but also the happiness she experiences through her relationship with Estha and Rahel and also with Velutha. Velutha and Ammu's romance provides a political and social context in order to view the social caste system and the Untouchables place in society. Ammu is presented throughout the novel as a repressed victim of prejudice against women within the society where she lives in Kerala. She was treated violently by her father, 'bullied all their lives by Someone Big.' Both Ammu and her mother 'were beaten, humiliated and then made to suffer the envy of friends and relations.' After she leaves her abusive husband and returns home she is tolerated, not welcomed by her own family and, as a divorced woman with children, has no rights in her own house and 'had no claim to the property.' Roy uses Ammu to demonstrate the injustice brought against women at the hands of men. She dies, young and alone, after her children are almost forced away from her. The fact that we learn about her death at 'a viable die-able age'
Steven Spielberg Movie Review
Steven Spielberg Movie Review Spielberg's latest epic, Saving Private Ryan, has shocked audiences around the world with his brutally realistic, down-to-earth World War II invasion of Omaha beach. The film opens with the landing boats full of petrified, white-faced, conscripted soldiers, who struggle to cope with the pure terror imposed upon them from the enormity of the task they face. No sooner do you see a close up of their trembling faces and each person's emotions and worries, the doors opened and the first wave of men were torn to shreds by German machine gun fire. Many men drowned as they were dragged under by their heavy equipment, and those who made it to the shore found themselves seriously outnumbered and out gunned. Specially-designed, frantic freehand camera-work creates the impression you are in the middle of the carnage, so Spielberg puts the audience on the beach with the Allies. Eventually the soldiers complete the takeover of the beach but as the scene draws to a close, the former hand-held camera is now far more panoramic, scanning the beach from a height, but regardless of the thousands of bodies strewn across it, you do not see one face showing war de-humanising all the real people involved in it, who have families back home, but also turning those real people into just numbers and cannon fodder. The scene ends with a close-up of a dead soldier's pack
The perception of the perfect body image
The Perception of the Perfect Body Beautiful A young woman with her back towards the executive producer walks into an audition. Her long, blonde, bouncy hair, and luxurious choice of designer clothing makes the producers anxious to see if their "star" has walked in through the door. The air of anticipation is of great magnitude. The beauty uses her light, elegant feet and turns herself around to see a look of ghastly horror swipe across the faces of the producers. So rapid but intense was there glaring stare of disgust and contempt. Yet again she had been judged, her nose ring protruded at the side of her right nostril, her eyebrow bar glinting off the light. Her tattoos covering both forearms and the scar of her childhood burn down the left side of her face where the bath had been too hot. Her hair balding at the front as the result of Leukaemia. A disease she had only learnt to cope with. Yet the look of dismay that could not be hidden brought a tension and it rippled through the air, as the faint sound of a tear droplet hits the wooden floor... Nowadays every woman endures many predicaments. This is not our fault; this example of a young woman not only feeling worthless but also being bullied with an air of prejudice against her looks is disgraceful. Her feeling off self worth wallowing into nothing. She may not be considered beautiful in the media's world. But in God's
Much Ado About Nothing
How Does Shakespeare Create a Sense of Conflict in the Opening Scene of 'Much Ado About Nothing'? Although it is a comedic play, Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' depicts a continuous underlying sense of conflict, which is conveyed using a variety of writing techniques and skills to develop character and character relations. The theme of conflict is used in examples of dramatic irony, inter-character relationships, the masks and schemes of true personalities and physical conflict to create a witty yet thought provoking comedy. The play also draws to question whether or not deception can be a good thing. Shakespeare creates a sense of conflict in the opening of the play by the introduction of characters, their relationships with each other and the underlying tensions created by physical conflict. Dramatic tension is immediately created by the arrival of the messenger who delivers news of a war to Leonato at his home in the Florentine town of Messina. There is no detail of the war or its cause, only the success of losing no gentlemen of importance, and this omission instantly interests the audience and creates a sense of underlying suspense which is carried throughout the play. Shakespeare's introduction of physical conflict is a dramatic device used to prepare the audience for forthcoming events. However this tension is lifted by the report that 'none of name' have been
Confession Found in Prison
How Does Charles Dickens Create Tension Charles Dickens starts his story with a very light atmosphere with him describing a man who was sent abroad to fight for his country and how he was sent home and so he retired from the service. He doesn't expand on his experiences from the war at all, which maybe could be due to shame or loss of character. His wife and he then withdrew to the estate inherited by his wife which then belonged to him, as this was the done thing in at that time. After such a light hearted opening the atmosphere drops dramatically as he says "this is the last night I have to live", this then causes the reader to want to read on with the question in the back of their head, why is that the last night he has to live? In that same paragraph he says "I was never a brave man, and had always been from my childhood of a secret, distrustful nature" this straight away informs the reader of the nature of this man, but I found this strange that a man who has come out and said that he was never very brave as a child, but years later found himself enrolled into the army. "I speak of myself as if I had passed from the world", this indicated to me that he has come to terms with the fact that he is going to die, for whatever reason that may be, which builds increasing tension even this early in the story. The next paragraph explains the abstracted relationship with his
Supernaturals in Macbeth
DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPERNATURALS IN MACBETH The supernatural is a powerful theme running through Shakespeare's Macbeth. Shakespeare uses the supernatural in many scenes and it vital to the storyline of the play, injecting horror tension and suspense into the play - are these supernatural events inside Macbeth's mind, or do they really take place. In this essay I will explore the theme of the supernatural in Macbeth, how Shakespeare uses the supernatural and how it affects the play. The first major use of the supernatural is in the opening scene Act 1, Scene 1. In this scene we view three witches meeting on a moor. Here they discuss where they plan to meet Macbeth. One of the biggest examples of the supernatural is introduced here - the witches. At the time Shakespeare wrote Macbeth the idea of witches was something that was taken very seriously by his audience - witches were believed to be real beings, living in secrecy among the good, Christian citizens. Witches were the spawn of the devil, and so this scene would have been very likely to scare, and excite Shakespeare's audience. This opening scene is a key scene as it sets the mood for the play - from the opening scene we can tell that Macbeth is not going to be a comedy. Shakespeare uses the supernatural in many other subtler ways is this scene - the witches are on an empty moor, for example, and there is a
