The Seagull is a play that takes place on a Russian farm in the late 1800s. The farm belongs to Sorin, a man whose sister Arkadina, a famous actress, has just arrived at the farm for a visit, bringing along her lover Trigorin, a writer. Over the course of four acts, tensions between family members and neighbors play out on the stage. Arkadina's son Konstantin also plays a major role in this play which explores existentialism, the role of the artist, and the need for self-evaluation.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the story of the title character, a seagull named Jonathan who dislikes fighting over food and prefers to perfect his powers of flight. Becoming estranged from seagull society, Jonathan finds a society of like-minded birds and eventually attains enlightenment with their help. This forms a metaphor for death, with Jonathan moving back and forth between his new idealized home and the world he left behind in order to help others make the journey.
In the short story What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie a character by the name of Jackson Jackson sets out to collect money to purchase his grandmothers long lost regalia Jackson Squared as he is so often referred to in the story is a homeless Spokane Indian His efforts at raising the money needed to buy back the regalia are strong However throughout the story he squanders the money her earns Allowing the reader to see his generosity is counter intuitive to his cause and leaves him wi
When I think of the sea I picture the cool breeze blowing on my face the peaceful sound of the waves or the sun setting in the background However when I read the newspaper a different picture of the sea has been painted There are reports on the Tsunami splashed across the front page or how a ship has capsized due to the furry of the sea In the poem Seascape by Stephen Spender we come face to face with this two faced nature of the sea Spender has described the two contrasting views of the ocean
Give detailed description of Polanskis treatment of Act One Scene One of Macbeth State how effective you found this realisation Roman Polanskis version of Shakespeares Macbeth is very different in interpretation of Act I Scene I He made many changes in opening scene When comparing Roman Polanskis version of Macbeth with the original text written by William Shakespeare we can see that his work is in keeping with Shakespeare to a an extant however Polanski adds innovations to show of the more nat
Comparing and contrasting the subjects of Neither Out Far Nor In Deep by Robert Frost and Waterfront by Roo Borson People by the sea On first reading Robert Frosts Neither Out Far Nor in Deep Geddes 55 and Roo Borsons Waterfront Geddes 763 the subject seems clear Both authors describe with cool detachment people beside the sea However differences in form use of imagery diction and tone ultimately lead to subtle differences in the theme Perhaps the most visible difference between the two poems i