Great wits are sure to madness near allied thin partitions do their bounds divide Although John Drydens words were not spoken in regard to William Shakespeares Hamlet these words closely relate to the argument of Hamlets questionable state of mind and whether or not he surrendered to insanity When a character such as Hamlet is under scrutiny it can be difficult to determine his mental state in particular moments in the play Nevertheless Hamlet merely feigns his insanity so that he can calculate
My Reflection of Hamlet was very brief and descriptive on the matter of understanding the language My opinion on the language would be at first it was difficult but as I started to listen to it started to make perfect sense Some of the language was very difficult One example of how I understood the language was the part of To be or not to Be that is the question I didnt get what it was saying or what it meant until Mr Boland broke down the language when we did the soliloquies when I started to
Double take No one likes the idea of being told what to do and how to do it but in some stories both real and fiction there are many people who cannot speak or act for themselves One of the best examples to use is George Orwells book 1984 which describes a totalitarian government at an extreme In 1984 a man named Winston begins to realize the type of society he is living in and he wants out He goes through numerous issues from falling in love with another rebel trying to discover the truth of w
How does T S Eliot influence our response to Prufrock in his social and cultural isolation and how effective is he in doing this Eliot has effectively influenced and enforced the fact that J Alfred Prufrock is an isolated individual in society both socially and culturally He achieves this outcome through the extensive use of an array of language features and devices which relate directly and indirectly to the structure demonstrated in the poem The poem is an inquest into the mind of Prufrock wh
Its like 1984 all over again Smith yelled a voice from the telescreen 6079 Smith W Hands out of pockets in the cells 1984 In 1948 Eric Blair better known as George Orwell wrote a book with chilling insights into the future 1984 This book did quite a number on the literate world People who have read this book have had mixed reactions from fear to hatred of our governmental system However 1984 came and went and no signs of the tales told in the book were realized by the mass population There is n
War is peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is strength In George Orwells 1984 a light is shining on the concept of a negative utopia or dystopia caused by totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a form of government in which political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life and any opposing political and or cultural expressions are suppressed Having lived in a time of totalitarianism regime Orwell had a firsthand account of its horrific lengths and negative affec
Governmental Mind Control Nonsensical Myth or Startling Reality He gazed up at the enormous face Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache O cruel needless misunderstanding O stubborn self willed exile from the loving breast Two gin scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose But it was right everything was all right the struggle was finished He had won the victory over himself He loved Big Brother 297 In this powerful scene from his inf
There are so many dreams to be fulfilled but Ultima says a mans destiny must unfold itself like a flower with only the sun and the earth and water making it blossom and no one meddling in it Anaya 223 A man should fulfill his dreams without anything or anyone inferring in it A mans destiny is chosen by him not by his surroundings A man who is happy and has blossomed like a flower without any interference has reached his dream The novel Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya takes place in rural town
The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer sets out to expose the major themes of late medieval society The dominant ideologies and elements of the time are revealed through character description as well as narration By merging various different social classes together in one cohesive story The Canterbury Tales provides the reader with a panoramic view of how medieval society truly was The first aspect of medieval society that the reader is introduced to is the idea of classes or estates
Chaucers Use of Satire In the reading The Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer one will find that satire is the most used literary device throughout the entire story The definition of satire is the use of irony sarcasm ridicule or the like in exposing denouncing or deriding vice folly etc Dictionary com Strictly following that definition the satire in the prologue is brilliantly used to break down the characters lives and reveal their flaws and human errors Every one of the pilgrims on the journey is s