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“An Introduction” by Kamala Das is a renowned poem from her first book, Summer in Calcutta (1965), that serves as a powerful critique of the patriarchal society still prevalent today. With a reflective and confessional tone, the poem enlightens us about the hardships and oppression faced by women. Although the poet disclaims any political inclination,…

Transcript of the movie scene will be used for his analysis as well. The aim Of this paper is to analyze the chosen scene with the focus on different linguistic segments which are interrelated. This analysis will be based on knowledge acquired from the Stylistic course. 2 Data and Method For this seminar paper I…

Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses the numerous stereotypes that exist against Hispanic women. She begins by recounting an incident in London, where a drunk man impersonated “Maria” from West Side Story. Despite feeling irritated, Cofer remained composed, even as everyone around her laughed and applauded. She proceeds to share her personal experiences of growing up in…

The concept ‘magical realism,’ which was originally introduced by Franz Roh during the 1920’s, was originally meant to portray a ‘counter-movement’ in art which aims to present a different account of reality as opposed to that which is presented by realist theories of art (Simpkins 146). The distinction between the two-realism and magical realism-is evident…

Tuesdays with Morrie’ has irrefutably changed my view on life. Morrie Schwartz was a teacher and an educator until the end. In fact, even after death, Mitch Albom’s book has animated and enlightened people far and wide. In the book, the activities of life given by Morrie are told. In his last minutes, Morrie was…

For my self-select book, I chose Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. It is about an oppressive government that forces citizens to fight to the death in an arena every year. I selected this book for a number of reasons. First, I read the prequel to this book, The Hunger Games, a couple of years ago…

In the novel Lord of the flies, Golding associates civilization with inherently good and savagery with inherently evil; but believes humans are inherently evil. In the novel Lord of the flies by William Golding, Ralph is the one who has order, leadership, and civilization. Piggy has the scientific and intellectual aspects of civilization. Jack represents…

Two weeks with the Queen is a fabulous book written by Morris Gleitzman. The main character is Colin, a 12 year old boy that is different to many other 12 year olds because he thinks outside the box. Colin is very jealous of his brother Luke. Firstly because he got his MiG fighter plane for…

Conceived and bred in blackened pits of hell, The poems come that set the stars on fire; Born of black maggots writhing in a shell Men call a poet’s skull – an iron bell Filled up with burning mist and golden mire. Robert E. Howard, “Which Will Scarcely Be Understood” Having finished my previous post…

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the word blood has many different meanings. Its meaning seems to change from good to evil as the play progresses. It also is a reoccurring theme throughout the play. I think that it helps strengthen the theme of the tragedy. It’s about a young war hero with the dream of someday…