Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines both the horrific and the romantic elements which intertwine and present the reader with a sense of escapism that is as pleasing as it is terrifying When gothic novels first emerged in the eighteenth century upper society looked down upon them labeling them just as they did novels in general as trashy sensationalist forms of literature for they merely existed as a form of entertainment while more serious types of writing such as historical o
A coward is one who lacks courage in facing danger difficulty opposition or pain In the piece Shooting an Elephant the author George Orwell outlines the contrast involved with imperialism The narrator and protagonist is a British police officer situated in India that helps maintain British imperialism over the Burmese people Although he is completely against imperialism he continues to participate in it Faced with the task of taming an elephant the officer is forced to deal with the reality of
Explore the ways a central character is affected by external influences in the texts you have studied In both texts I have studied Macbeth and A Christmas Carol both central characters are affected by a number of external influences which in turn leads them into drastic characteristic changes What is meant by this is that the plot and story of each texts would not have unravelled if it wasnt for these significant and controlling influences which caused and put pressure and emotion on these Char
The extract from Great Expectations is a scene where the character Pip is giving his perspective of the other character Jaggers who is a lawyer and his office and Pip very much sees Jaggers room as synonymous to Jaggers character The atmosphere of the room is best described by the repeated descriptive adjective Dismal Dickens writes from Pips perspective through 1st person His impression of Jaggers room is not a positive one and as Pip searches through the room it develops and this little world
How Fitzgeralds Life Influenced the Novel In the novel The Great Gatsby there are similarities between Fitzgeralds life and Gatsbys Gatsbys life revolves around Fitzgeralds real life experiences Their motivation to do well in life and become wealthy both comes from their desire to please the women that they love and live the American dream of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness Fitzgerald and Gatsby sacrificed their moral values their integrity and their honesty to create a perfect life t
F R Leavis claimed that a habit of self approving self dramatization is an essential element in Othellos make up Do you agree with this description of Othellos character Many critics have disagreed over whether Othello ever actually experiences a catharsis and acknowledges his own culpability This debate dates back to T S Eliots view of Othello as only cheering himself up and not thinking about Desdemona only himself and although Eliots argument is focused on Othellos final soliloquy Leavis ech
Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a miracle recounted in the Bible where Jesus restores Lazarus to life after four days of being dead Plath sees herself as the female Lazarus who has been raised from the dead three times and thus a miracle Like the sense of miracle Plath sees her deaths like Lazaruss for they dont fall into the category of usual deaths Sylvia Plath completed her masterpiece Lady Lazarus in the days before her suicide in 1963 while in a condition of disturbance suffering and
Science fiction is a very popular theme in todays society Many see science fiction in books movies and TV shows However few know that this genre has its own motifs repeated ideas in a story Science fiction motifs include freedom of the mind unnatural creation and utopia dystopia Ray Bradbury is a great science fiction writer who utilizes all three of these science fiction motifs In his novel Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury uses symbolism to prove the idea that a utopia is impossible to create Books are
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1953 members of society focus only on entertainment immediate gratification and speeding trough life If books are found they are burned and their owner is arrested If the owner refuses to abandon the books he or she often dies burning along with them People with interested outside of technology and entertainment are viewed as strange as possible threats The authors three warnings to contemporary society are technology mass entertainment replaces literacy and fa
Fahrenheit 451 a fictional novel written by Ray Bradbury in the mid 50s deals with a futuristic world where ideas knowledge and books are burn A world where reading is forbidden by law and so the act of learning where all are equal if not they are made equal Montag the protagonist is a fireman who instead of putting out the fire he starts them One day he meets a girl who tells him that long time ago firemen were suppose to stop the fire instead of starting them From there Montags view of fire c