Alfieri has a small part. Explain why, despite this, he is so important dramatically to the play be discussing the scenes he is in.
Jon Battams 14/5/02 Alfieri has a small part. Explain why, despite this, he is so important dramatically to the play be discussing the scenes he is in. Arthur Miller is an American playwright. He got his ideas for the play 'The View from the Bridge' from his own experiences, such as working as a longshoreman, and from things that happened around him. His parents were immigrants to New York and Arthur was born in Manhattan in 1915. He lived in poverty from the age of 16, he had a hard life, but worked hard to get through it. The appearance of family means a lot to Arthur Miller in his plays and in real life. 'A View from the Bridge' is a play about a longshoreman, Eddie Carbone and his family. When distant cousins come to New York as illegal immigrants, one of them, Rodolpho, falls in love with Catherine, Eddie's niece. Eddie, with his obbsesion and unconditional love for Catherine, is driven to take action, which results in his own death Arthur Miller has used the character Alfieri to divide each act into unofficial scenes, and inform the audience on any missed action. 'A View from the Bridge' involves the audience and their emotions. Arthur Miller has used various methods to develop these emotions. He has used calm scenes between those of high tension, but the main method is the chorus figure. The audience listens to Alfieri, for many reasons.
What do Jem and Scout discover about Atticus in Chapter 10 and what does this contribute to the novel's concern so far?
What do Jem and Scout discover about Atticus in Chapter 10 and what does this contribute to the novel's concern so far? In Chapter 10, Jem and Scout go through a phase where they're ashamed of their father, as everyone else's fathers are achievers, while Atticus has no attribute with which the children can show off at school with. So the children, especially Scout, feel that when their father is insulted in school, in connection with the Robinson case, they can't help by standing up for him, as they don't think that he has anything creditable to his name. The first thing that the children learn about Atticus is that he's very old. He says he "got started late", and is old compared to her classmates' parents that Scout sees at school. This mean that the children don't see their father as special, and that he is just ordinary, and they can't boast about him in school either, 'there was nothing Jem or I could say about him when our classmates said, "My father..."'. He can't play football with Jem as he's "feeble", and refuses to play for the Methodists or the Baptists in a game of touch football, as he would "break his neck". We can see that Atticus doesn't really have any experience in raising girls so far, as his wife died, so he has no-one to show him how to. So he raises Scout as a boy. He allows Scout to wear pants, treats her the same as Jem (when he gets them both
Compare and Contrast Tennyson's 'Mariana' with Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover'. What is the emotional state of each speaker and how effectively is this conveyed?
Compare and Contrast Tennyson's 'Mariana' with Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover'. What is the emotional state of each speaker and how effectively is this conveyed? Tennyson and Browning were contemporary Victorian poets. During his lifetime, Tennyson was made Poet Laureate. His poem 'Mariana' is very cyclical and minimal. The mood is depressive, which reflected Tennyson's family traits, as Tennyson himself was very susceptible to depression. However, Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover' is very linear as the action clearly moves from one stage to another and is not so repetitive. The remote and rural location of each poem portrays a sense of loneliness and isolation that is directed towards the central character. This heightens feeling and emotion and enables them to be introspected and egocentric. Both Mariana and Porphyria's Lover as people are unhappy with their current lives. They both desire love, as they feel frustrated because of their lovers. However, the two are slightly different. Mariana has been dejected whereas Porphyria's lover needs to control the relationship. In verse one of 'Mariana', the overall theme is one of isolation and neglect. The 'rusted nails' and 'broken shed' set the scene that Mariana too is neglected throughout the poem. 'My life is dreary' is Mariana showing her depression and also turning the misery in on herself; her lover 'cometh not'. Verse two
Lord of the Flies - Visual appeal versus intense description.
Lord of the Flies- Final Essay Honors English- Fall 2002 Visual appeal versus intense description Both the Lord of the Flies novel and the 1963 Peter Brook film were amazing pieces of prose. Both mediums truly depicted the theme that savagery exists in everyone if one was given the chance to show it. Throughout both mediums the civilized boys that landed on the "island paradise" slowly became uncivilized and barbaric since they were not under the strict power and rule of their elders. They blamed their savagery on a pretend fearsome creature, when the evil that was contained within them was brought on by themselves. The movie left a stronger impression than the novel due to the fact that its story line was far more obvious and overblown. Both mediums were extremely alike with some minor exceptions. The 1963 Peter Brook film was more effective than the novel. This was so because it gave a visual depiction of what was actually being portrayed. Due to its obvious structure it gave an expected and intended result. In both mediums the plot was that small boys crash into a tropical island. In the beginning they are all ecstatic that they are without rules and restrictions on this tropical island. From their on the problem was their struggle against the brutal forms of savagery which possesses the quality of evil. They all slowly become uncivilized and barbaric causing chaos
Analyse three pre 1914 love poems and explain which you prefer and why?
Analyse three pre 1914 love poems and explain which you prefer and why? I am analysing three different poems. Two of which are by the same author, William Shakespeare, they are Shall I compare thee? And let me not. The other poem is written by John Clare and is called First Love. All the poems convey a feeling of love. Shall I compare thee? Is a poem in which Shakespeare compares his lover to a summers day. In this poem he does not mention weather his lover is a man or a woman. Shakespeare says that his lover is "more lovely" and "more temperate" than a summers day. He is saying that a summers day is lovely but his lover is more so. He would prefer to be with his lover than to be in a summers day. He says that summer is "too short" whereas his lover is there all year round. The best parts of summer only last a few weeks but his lover is there all year round so Shakespeare would prefer to be with his lover. Sometimes summer can be too hot and not really pleasant at all. Summer also "declines", it does not always stay beautiful, unlike his lover who will not "fade" like the summer because the beauty of his lover is superior and will stay for longer. At the end of the poem Shakespeare uses a rhyming couplet. He says as long as men are breathing and eyes are seeing, this poem will live so everyone knows what she looked like in his view. This will be all that people have to know
English Coursework - Oliver Twist - Fagin
Presentation Of Fagin In Charles Dickens's Novel Oliver Twist In the novel Dickens makes his personal opinions well known. He felt very strongly that the laws were unfair for poor people and that the way children were treated in those days were also extremely dreadful. Oliver is portrayed as a typical orphan of the Victorian era, in that he is placed in the workhouse after his mother died and is given food and shelter during his childhood, However he is treated very badly by the head of the workhouse. It is important to understand that the way Dickens uses his language to illustrate his views on social reform and how loose the laws were that allowed characters such as Fagin to exploit the system. Dickens wanted the laws changed to help he poor and also wanted children to be treated . In Victorian times the attitudes towards Jews were extremely negative, Jews were viewed as the lower class. Dickens also appears to have this attitude as he describes Fagin in a very negative way. Dickens describes "the Jew" , Fagin, in an extremely bad light, as a dirty red haired man who uses children to pick pocket for his own living. The area around where Fagin lives is also dreadful; Dickens uses his language to describe the area in a very dreadful way. Dickens describes the area where a Fagin life as the worst place Oliver has ever seen. He starters off by saying "A dirtier or more
Poe's intention when writing
Poe's intention when writing "The Fall of the House of Usher" was not to present a moral, lesson, or truth to the reader; he was simply trying to bring forth a sense of terror to the reader. All of the characters in "The Fall of the House of Usher" are linked to death; by physical objects or by other people. The physical aspect of the House of Usher symbolizes death, in the chain of events, during the story. Even Poe's description of the house has deadly characteristics. Poe describes the house as having "eye-like windows" and being covered by "minute fungi...hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves (fungi eats off the dead remains of other organisms); a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn". This "fissure" is presented to the reader, early in the story, to represent that Roderick's love for his twin sister, Madeline, was dying, because she was suffering from a mysterious malady, or disease, that baffled her doctors. This caused Roderick to be emotionally and physically depressed, and was described as a madman at this point. "He was convinced that his whole surroundings, the stones of the house, the fungi, the water in the tarn, the very reflected image of the whole, was woven into a physical oneness with the
Property law report - Whether Carol has rights in the property
PROPERTY LAW REPORT (a) WHETHER CAROL HAS RIGHTS IN THE PROPERTY In the absence of evidence of express agreement, an agreement to have beneficial share may be implied from contributions to the purchase of the property. Therefore, Carol has satisfied this requirement as she is paying the monthly sum to David equal to the mortgage payments and therefore, it would be inequitable to deny the agreement. The facts that have been given in the question with regards to Carol are similar to the case of Carlton v Goodman1, in the sense that Carol has supplied the 10% deposit on the flat as well as pay the monthly mortgage, although the mortgage is in David's name, Carol had intended to acquire beneficial interest in the flat and the David be the nominee as his name is used for the purpose of the mortgage. Also it seems more probable than not that Carol and David had a common intention to live together in the flat. This is because Carol is paying the monthly sum and also David has lent his name to be on the mortgage. In Midland Bank Plc v Cooke2 Waite Lj recognised the inference of a common intention can be from financial contributions (which Carol is doing). But the significance of Cooke appears to be that the relationship between the parties can be used to justify finding common intention. Therefore, it seems more probable than not that Carol and David had a common intention to live
Compare the way Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
Compare the way Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are presented in the opening of Emily Brontë's novel 'Wuthering Heights'. The novel 'Wuthering Heights' is set in Yorkshire in 1801, which is the start of a new century. Emily Brontë was influenced by the genre of the Gothic novel. It is set on the bleak, wild, austere Yorkshire Moors. Brontë uses pathetic fallacy to enhance the setting. The Gothic Genre in the novel includes nocturnal scenes in graveyards, ghosts, visions, violence, obsession, horror, the supernatural, peasants and the Gentry, love and revenge, all set against the dramatic backdrop of Penistone Craggs, an isolated region of the Yorkshire Moors. We, also, have a dark mysterious stranger and a powerful demon-like character. All of these are features of the Gothic Genre and can be found in Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights is isolated on the summit of a bleak moor four miles from Thrushcross Grange. It is exposed to the elements as the quote "The power of the north wind" states. It is, also, said that "The architect has foresight to build it strong" suggesting that there are high winds and severe weather. The Heights has grotesque carvings of gargoyles to ward off evil spirits, this does not make it very welcoming and also quite gloomy. The Heights is a practical working farm that has no luxuries and is very austere, "The apartment and
Memoirs of the innocent.
Memoirs of the innocent. CHAPTER 1 I jolted, as I felt a wet, slippery canine tongue slide down the side of my polished cheek. "Are you ok, Emily?" My mother enquired, with concern. "Fine mum, Basil just scared me. That's all," I replied, wiping my cheek of the thick slobber down the side of my face. Something had obviously excited Basil. "Nearly there, I can already see the mailbox outside our new home." My mother enthusiastically shouted. "Bet it feels just like home, doesn't it dad?" I asked, knowing well that he and mum used to live in this village, years ago. "Indeed," He plainly replied. He never wanted to move back, not after Sophie's death, it was always Mother's plea that made him agree. I never knew why though, it was described to me to be such a communal and bliss town, and I was never really told what happened to Sophie, she would have been twenty four this year. "Describe it to me, mum. I want to know everything." I pleaded, joyfully. I heard the car window unwind. "Ok dear, on either side of the long, concrete path leading to our wooden front door are two, great oak trees, surrounded by two fields, covered vastly with lush green grass." I sat anxiously, visualising the home, and beautiful surroundings in which soon, I would be able to gaze upon with my own eyes. I felt the car grind slowly to a halt. "Here we are, your dad will help you out of
