Compare and analyse two short stories - Old Mrs. Chundle and A Visit Of Charity
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The stories I shall be comparing are The Superstitious Man's Story written by Thomas Hardy in 1894, and Night Fears by L.P.Hartley in 1924.
The supernatural stories essay. In this essay I will be comparing which of the two stories is the more effective. The stories I shall be comparing are The Superstitious Man's Story written by Thomas Hardy in 1894, and Night Fears by L.P.Hartley in 1924. Society had changed between the times they were written and People in the 20th Century have a better scientific knowledge of understanding psychology. Therefore it's unexplainable. Thomas Hardy's stories were set in England (West country), where folk traditions and superstitions survived longer than in other areas, because the development of railways and industry came late to Hardy's home village. Thomas Hardy's story is an oral story. 'William, as you may know, was a curious, silent man.' This suggests that Hartley was the narrator and is talking to another person. L.P Hartley's story is told through the thoughts and feelings of the night watchman. The difference these narrative structures have on the reader is Night Fears is more psychological then The Superstitious Man's story, because of the time difference and the new interest in the working of the mind. Both stories deal with aspects of the unknown. I shall be looking at the ingredients of each story to see how far they conform to the reader's expectations of a `horror` story, and which of the stories is the more effective. The Superstitious Man's story is about
Who Was the Most Responsible For Thomas A Beckets murder?
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Compare and contrast 'The Great Horned Owl' by Simic, and @The Owl and the Pussy Cat' by Lear.
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Discord in Childhood, by the British poet D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), is a poem at least as interesting for its sound effects as for its content.
“Discord in Childhood,” by the British poet D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), is a poem at least as interesting for its sound effects as for its content. It is a work that illustrates how a skillful writer can intensify meanings through sounds, imagery, diction, and structure. Even the title of the text is memorable in its sounds and rhythms: the words “Discord” and “Childhood” both feature strongly accented first syllables as well as heavy emphasis, through alliteration, on the consonant “d.” It is as if Lawrence wants to stress the similarities between the sheer sounds of the words in order to imply how strongly the concepts of discord and childhood are also associated in the speaker’s mind. When the poem begins, sound effects are again immediately emphasized. Thus the first three words (“Outside the house”) use assonance (or similar vowel sounds) to link two of the poem’s key terms. This is a poem, after all, that will begin by focusing on the “Outside” (the world of nature) and then move into the interior of a “house” (the world of human beings). Yet neither world, as it turns out, is especially appealing or attractive, and the poem can in fact be seen as anti-Romantic in realistically depicting an absence of beauty and a lack of love. In poems such as this, Lawrence and other twentieth-century “modernist” authors were reacting against the
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Fatherhood in the eyes of Thomas, Plath, and Roethke A father is the most effective person on one’s psychological condition. Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, and Theodore Roethke tell their own stories about their own “dads”. We start out by Thomas’s “Do not go gentle into that good night”, moving to Plath’s “Daddy”, and eventually arriving to Roethke’s “My papa’s waltz”. This piece of writing will focus on the theme of Fatherhood with which the three poets have dealt with in their dramatic monologues. “Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night” is what Dylan names his poem. Thomas- in a firm voice tone- demands people not to surrender themselves to death easily. Well, first of all he commands old men not to die peacefully or just slip away easily from this life. He rather asks them to “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” He then starts categorizing me into 4 types: Wise men, Good men, Wild men, and “his dad”! Hence, the poem addresses many types of men; however, he thinks of his father not as the grave, wild, or good, but that he is a category by himself. The fact that he is not concerned whether his father curses him or blesses him before his death or not shows that he is not necessarily concerned with what his father wants to say, but that he wants him to “rage against the dying of the light”. So, the father-son relationship that
TMA 1 Read Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est then answer the following questions.
TMA 1 – Read Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ then answer the following questions. Question 1 (a) Describe what effects the poem has on you. My immediate response is one of detachment; it is a completely alien situation which I find hard to relate to. The vividness of the poem is shocking and the description of the soldier’s death invokes more pity for soldiers than I have felt before. (b) Say what you think the subject matter is. The poem depicts a platoon of soldiers who come under a chemical weapons attack in the First World War. The narrator uses his account of watching a man die in agony to dispel the propagandist lie that it is lovely and honourable to die for one’s country. Word count: 91 Question 2 (a) Identify and list in note form three of the techniques used in these lines. Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia (b) Comment in complete sentences on what the effects of the three techniques you have identified might be. The use of similes such as “like old beggars” implies the war has robbed the soldiers of their dignity and reduced them to vagabonds without honour or respectability. “Coughing like hags” is used to revolt and disturb the reader, it illustrates the soldiers as diseased and grotesque but it also suggests the war has aged them prematurely and these men are as fragile as old women. Metaphors such as “drunk with
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Analysis of "Holiday Memory" by Dylan Thomas
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How does Dylan Thomas succeed in conveying a very strong visual impression? Under Milk wood.
How does Dylan Thomas succeed in conveying a very strong visual impression? Dylan Thomas succeeds in conveying a very strong visual impression in the book 'Under Milk Wood', by using many different techniques. The book is 'a book for voices', and directed particularly towards radio broadcasting, so when the book is heard, its layout and techniques are much more effective. Thomas is mainly known due to his works of poetry; however, he also enjoyed writing prose. In the book, Thomas achieves a medium, which is intermediate between a play and a poem, which allows and calls for the story to have the characteristics of both. Examples of his poetry can be found in the discussions between Captain Cat and Rosie Probert. Thomas talks directly to the audience by having a narrative voice called 'First Voice', and which keeps the audience's attention by using a lilting Welsh accent. He changes the mood of the play regularly, simply by change the intensity of the voices. In the book, there are three main voices - First Voice, Second Voice, and Captain Cat. Captain Cat is the main character in the book, and the audience immediately associates with him because he is blind and he is a natural bridge between eye and ear for the listener. Captain Cat shares his central position with two anonymous narrators. First Voice is unbiased and only narrates the scene and what is occurring there,