Miss Julie: Examining the Nature of Pathos

Miss Julie: Examining the Nature of Pathos Miss Julie is an adaptation of August Strindberg's play - directed and composed by Mike Figgis. Overall, the film remains faithful to the play. However, an indispensable distinction is the addition of a sex scene. After Julie and Jean hear her servants singing a lewd song, they copulate. Because Strindberg's audience would have had different sensibilities, the act is merely hinted at in the original. For example, Julie says "there are no barriers between us now" (87) In the film however, the act is explicit, raw, and degrading. In Strindberg's original, the act stems out of mutual lust, with Julie as the seductress. However, in the film, it is initiated by Jean, out of a desire to ascend social rankings and to see Julie toppled from her pedestal. Hence, the proper term for their act is not "love-making", not "sex", but - defilement. The net effect achieved by the sound effects, camera angles, and casting invokes pathos towards Julie. After the sex scene, the violin refrain is layered with complex chords in the minor key, conveying a poignant sentiment. Conversely, in the sex scene, the only soundtrack is the ambient noise- the feral panting audible. After the bawdy tune, the fiddling fades, replaced by a violin playing one sustained note in the minor key to augment tension. The music stops just as the camera zooms into Jean's

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Fasting Feasting by Anita Desai Detailed Study Notes

An Inner World pp38-43 and pp137-140 Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting explores the different aspects of Indian, and American culture. The title explains the two parts of the book, Fasting in India and Feasting in America. However this is not necessarily the case, as in both of the two countries, elements of fasting and feasting can be seen. For example, Mira-masi who is physically fasting yet feasts obsessively on religion. In America, it is the opposite, where there is in fact plenty of food, but the family Arun stays with is fasting spiritually. Mira-masi's entrance in the novel begins with a description of a sweets, Uma exclaiming how she 'makes the very best ladoos'. And if we follow Mira-masi, her last appearance describes her as being 'gaunt, ill.' Although Mira-masi has been feasting on her religious beliefs, this has not led her to being fulfilled. Much rather, it has left her hollow. Like all the characters in the book, their quest for whatever it may be: intelligence, a lost Lord, freedom, all ends in a sham. Their journey only ends with the realisation of complete limitation in everything. Mira-masi's religious devotion is echoed in her first appearance, where she is accompanied by Uma to the temple for daily puja. It is described brightly, with 'pink stucco' and 'lit with blue fluorescent tubes'. This bright colours are so artificial, which

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Literary Analysis Essay

Literary Analysis Essay-Laurie Chan A key theme in Great Expectations and April Raintree is the growth and change of the characters towards their acceptance of social class. This will be proven by Pip not accepting himself in the lower class and April not accepting herself in the native class. Then, there will be proof of how Pip and April attempted to change their social class. Finally the proof of how Pip accepted himself in the social class he was in and how April accepted herself as a Métis. Pip did not accept himself in the lower class. He wanted to be in the upper class just like Miss Havisham is. Pip was ashamed of his family and its lower class status. How he wasn't as fortunate as Estella who is a member of the higher class, especially when Estella insulted Pip saying that he is "common" and how he has "coarse hands". He did not have a reason to think about his class status before this, and now that he does, he's disturbed to think he might be just "common." This ensured Pip to not accept himself in the lower class. He didn't see any good from it. Pip felt he needed to impress Estella. She was the one who changed Pip's perspective in everything. Before meeting Estella, Pip really looked up to Joe, blacksmith or a gentleman, Joe's class status makes no difference. It is not until later, when he learns that the world cares about class, that's when Joe's status

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Les Differenciations Academiques

Les Differenciations Academiques Dans les écoles d'aujourd'hui, il existe un systeme educatif qui ne convient pas a tous le monde. Neanmoins, malgre l'evidence de problemes au sein de ce systeme, personne ne semble veritablement preoccupe, ni pret a faire de changements. Tout le monde a l'air de vouloir preserver les traditions du systeme educatif, qui n'est malheureusement pas centre sur l'eleve. Bien sur, il comporte des inconvenients et des avantages mais ces derniers sont plutot reserves pour les eleves privilegies. Que faire alors pour reunir les eleves de tous niveaux sociaux et scolaires dans un etablissement afin que l'enfant et ses interets soient la preoccupation majeure de l'enseignement et des enseignants. Afin de pouvoir atteindre ce but, la differenciation au sein du systeme scolaire est primordiale. Ceci inclut la differenciation des eleves problematiques, handicapes ou ayant des lacunes scolaires, ainsi que les differenciations linguistiquses et des transfers dans les differents etablissements. A l'ecole, on nous apprend a travailler en groupes et on nous enseigne aussi en groupes. Pour certains eleves, cette methode leur convient a merveille tandis que pour ceux qui ont des difficultes telles qu'un handicap ou tout simplement des lacunes, ceci n'est pas un systeme ideal. Il faut donc parvenir a trouver une solution pour qu'ils puissent se rattrapes au sein

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Poetry Commentary "Carpets"

Comparative Study A comparative study of the two poems "Carpet-Weavers, Morocco" and "Ispahan Carpet", brings us into an Eastern culture of young girls working skilfully, their small hands creating woven carpets of great beauty. Both poets create different environments by injecting emotionally charged descriptions of similar scenes. I believe that the success of these poems results from their splendid use of themes, emotive vocabulary and contrasting as well as similar issues raised. The poem, "Carpet-Weavers, Morocco" is, as I see it, the lighter of the two poems, has three lines in each of its four stanzas. The first line contains the main theme seen in both of the poems; it talks of "another world", which as is followed up later in the poem, refers to the constant differing between the East and the West. The poem continues and in the first stanza there is reference to the second theme, that of the children being like machines, working constantly. There is more reference to the East versus West contrast opening the second stanza. This stanza also contains the poem's constant reference to the future, what is to happen. It also talks of the children being responsible for creating something that is more beautiful than them and their situation. It discusses the issue of the vast time taken from their lives, the children working "in the school of days." It deals with light

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Holden Caufield Character Analysis

Actions Although Holden is a very bright and intelligent young adult, he hides behind a facade of bitterness. One of the most famous quotes in the book describes this well. [Ackley] took another look at my hat . . . "Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake," he said. "That's a deer shooting hat." "Like hell it is." I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. "This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat." There is a lot of meaning behind this quote. It is very clear from the beginning that Holden uses the hat as a sign of being an individual and unique person. He feels very alienated and separate from the rest of the world, and has a certain indignation towards the rest of the world. Because of this, Holden does not literally shoot people, but instead he does it figuratively. He uses his energy into insulting and putting down others, or 'shooting people down'. Holden is also a very big hypocrite. He often says that other characters are phony. For example, when he talks about his principal at Elkton Hills. For instance, they had this headmaster, Mr. Haas, that was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life. ...He'd be charming as hell and all. Except if some boy had little old funny-looking parents. You should've seen the way he did with my roommate's parents. I mean if a boy's

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My experiences and Socrate's allegory of the cave.

Elle Macy Mrs. Theriault English Honors 2 Period 4 4 May 2009 The Little Fish A big fish in a little pond is a person who is important, but only within their limited circle of influence.This is the feeling that one tends to get when they have the ability to achieve anything within their small area in which they live. I had a similar feeling before I traveled to New York for the prestige Grand Prix Nationals Competition. This process I endured leading up to and after the competition followed the steps of Socrate's The Allegory of the Cave. He believed that one must be released from the state of not knowing and then, on there own, derive an idea that leads them to find a sense of goodness.This learning process lead me to a newly found form of determination, or goodness, to want to be better than just my little pond of competition, and to attempt to guide others in the same direction. Two years ago, the regional Grand Prix competition was held in Huntington Beach. In previous years, I had done exceptional, but this year I placed in the top three and was able to continue to nationals to compete against the best dancers in the United States, as well as other selected countries around the world. At the time, I was only aware of this regional dance competition, and had no idea that there were even other regional competitions elsewhere. In addition to this, many of the girls,

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Two Hands

Two Hands The poem "Two Hands" by Jon Stallworthy depicts the inadequacy and loneliness felt by a son in a distant father son relationship. Through the poets diction, use of stylistic devices such as alliteration, enjambment and his vivid use of sensory imagery, the poet paints a sad picture of loneliness and inadequacy. By following the speaker''s soliloquy of emotional turmoil, the reader is able to understand the speaker''s feelings of isolation and his desperate, yearning desire to establish a relationship with his father. The poem initially describes a series of objects as taking progressively anthropomorphic actions, from nodding, to dancing and finally sobbing. Then its focus shifts to the surgeon whose hand has caused these actions. Next, its focus broadens to the narrator, the surgeon's son whose poetry vocation and personality compare poorly with the great public services of his father, whom the son longs to be of service to. Finally, some of the original objects recapture the focus of the poem and of the father, again leaving the son in his customary and demoralizing position of being left at home suffering from comparison with his absent father. A personified object seems like an equal partner with the hand holding it, and the hand seems separate from its owner, in the first two lines of the poem: '"My father in his study sits up late, a pencil nodding stiffly

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Comentario de texto Siddhartha Siddhartha es una novela alegrica escrita por Herman Hesse en 1922 en la India tras la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Comentario de texto "Siddhartha" "Siddhartha" es una novela alegórica escrita por Herman Hesse en 1922 en la India tras la Primera Guerra Mundial. Fue escrita en alemán en un estilo simple pero poético y poderoso. Esta obra pertenece a la corriente literaria denominada "Existencialismo", la cual perteneció al "Vanguardismo", durante el siglo XX. El existencialismo es un movimiento filosófico que postula principalmente lo que son los seres humanos, en forma individual, los que crean el significado y la esencia de sus vidas. Debido a que "Siddhartha" perteneció al vanguardismo, la obra también toma aspectos de otras corrientes mismas del siglo XX, como el "Neorrealismo". Hesse vivió algún tiempo en la India y por eso la intención de relatar lo que el había vivido dentro del Budismo en la obra. Como la mayoría de las obras de Hesse esta también aborda el tema del individualismo dejando atrás cosas materiales para dedicarse al yo. "Siddhartha" es una novela que tiene como género el narrativo. Está escrita como narración en prosa, lo cual nos lleva a leer de forma continua la obra. Dentro del relato se nota que el autor narra de forma subjetiva, ya que conoce perfectamente el mundo interno de los personajes; Hesse también participa como narrador en tercera persona omnisciente, sin embrago hay un momento en la obra en donde participa en primera persona dentro del

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Island Voices

English Essay Island Voices "The use of symbolism is interestingly used to express the theme of 'seeing' and the effects of modernism in Tanjong Rhu and Lee" The stories in Island Voices were compiled to highlight the consequences faced by Singaporean as the city transformed from a traditional society to a cosmopolitan Asian city. Many of the authors of these short stories use literary devices to emphasize their message. I feel that Tanjong Rhu and Lee both use symbolisms to emphasize the speed at which our world is changing. It also tells us how the different generations view or 'see' their culture. Tanjong Rhu tells us of the relationship between a successful executive named Mr Li and his mother. Tanjong Rhu also looks into the different meanings of 'seeing'. We learn about this when we read how Mr Li buys a pair of binoculars for his mother, who has cataract, to see clearly. Lee, on the other hand, is a story of how a Singaporean Chinese father explains to his Americanized, street-wise daughter how Singaporeans and immigrants have to try extremely hard to be respected in a competitive world. The theme of 'seeing' is prevalent in the entire story of Tanjong Rhu. The first example of symbolism used to express this theme of 'seeing' in Tanjong Rhu is the binoculars itself. When he first informs his mother about the binoculars, he is instantly rebuffed. This is one of the

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