Utopia, 1984 Comparison
.... Then, Mr. Charrington turns around and betrays Winston, by turning out to be a member of the notorious thought police! ¡§It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life, he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the thought police¡¨ (234). Love in 1984 does not exist and has been eradicated because the inner party knows that it is dangerous. Feelings towards other human beings can sometimes compel us to do things that we would not normally do. Emotions such as rebellion, and loyalty all .....
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12 Angery Men Essay
.... was his personal goals. Unlike some of the other jury members, Mr. Davis wanted to find out if the boy really was guilty or not. The fact that Mr. Davis did not allow physical factors into his decisions was an important point, but equally important was how he emerged as a leader at critical points.
Another important part of Mr. Davis’ effective communication was how he arose as a leader during the case. One such time was at the beginning when Mr. Davis asked everyone their opinions of the case, .....
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12 Angry Men
.... number six looks very rough
and presumably unintelligent; very large in stature with a strong jaw line
and wearing his shirt unbuttoned at the top without a tie. We can also make
assumptions about Henry Fonda’s character(juror #8) based on his
appearance. He looks very intelligent and almost angelic in his all white
suit and with his tall and slender build. Later in the movie these ideas are
reinforced by the other three methods of characterization. However, there is
one charac .....
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12th Night Explication
.... O time, thou must untangle this, not I;
It is too hard a not for me t' untie.
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is a comedy of mixed signals and romance. Viola is the character who is at the very heart of this confusion. She has taken on the disguise of a gentleman in order to perpetuate her survival as an unknown woman in a foreign land. She becomes Cesario, a gentleman with intelligence and wit, servant and confidant to Orsino. Her intentions are innocent enough, but her actions create an entanglem .....
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13th Warrior Plot Summary
.... cave was discovered and the five warriors planned a nocturnal strike on the cave. The warriors successfully infiltrated the cave, butchered the ruler of the beasts, and escaped back to Rothgar. However, later that night the beasts returned and murdered only the ruler of the warriors, Buliwyf. The beasts fled never to be seen again.
Michael Crichton carefully entwined his tale with descriptive details to illustrate the central theme of the power of prayer. Ahmad exercised contemplative worship thr .....
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16th And 17th Century English
.... The use of the pastoral convention concerned itself with love, pursuit of contentment, and freedom from pride and ambition, rather than the gloomy ideas of war and politics.(lit. background site) As this convention came into use there were also several forms of literature during the period that vanished from use. Sonnets would be one example of this, known to most thanks to Mr. William Shakespeare, although used afterwards by Donne and Milton before being discontinued.(lit. background site) As well, a .....
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18th Century Poem Analysis
.... century literature and
romantic poems, their descriptive natures and ideas they portray to
the reader through their writing.
Pope has written an eighteenth-century poem which he calls,
"An Hero-Comical Poem." This poem has exalted an over all sense of
worthlessness for common rules. The mentioning of Achilles and the
ever-popular Aeneas, are symbols of Pope's Gothic style. Pope speaks
(almost) G-D like throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Contrary to Keats,
who is m .....
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1916 By Morgan Llywelyn
.... While in New York,
Ned was so taken aback by the tragedy that he cannot take in the sounds and
sights of America. He is shell-shocked by the greatest experience of his life so
far. Ned finally builds up the inner courage to go back to Ireland. He is in
horrible shape. The Titanic tragedy had really affected the way he chose to
look at life. When Ned returns to Ireland, he takes it upon himself to tell .....
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1984 - Success
.... their own complete success. They didn’t just persecute or punish their enemies, they turned them into supporters of their own cause.
The success of the general population, when compared to the Inner Party, was the opposite. They could not think for themselves. All they could do is what the Inner Party wanted them to. They were watched constantly and “converted then killed” if they tried to go against the Inner Party. Their own personal success was forbidden. The degree of their .....
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1984 10
.... They are objects that not only allow you to watch them and hear them like a television but in return you yourself are watched and heard by the party. Other ways in which privacy is taken away is by the use of little sound devices called “Bugs.” In one scene Winston and Julia are talking and Julia says, “I bet that picture’s got bugs behind it” (Orwell 122)1. When she says this she is implying that the party is listening to everything they say and do. The final .....
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1984 2
.... in a Communist state or a Democratic one, can result in an autocratic and overbearing rule. When government lies become truths, and nobody will oppose, anything can simply become a fact. Through the control of the mind and body the government attempts, any hopes of achieving an utopian society are dashed. The peoples’ minds are essentially not theirs’ anymore. The government tells them how to think. Conformity and this unilateral thinking throughout the entire population can have disast .....
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1984 3
.... was ruled by Benito Mussolini (1922-1943). He was the founder and leader of Italian Fascism. While Germany was ruled by Hitler with his Nazi party. In the story, the government put Big Brother pictures everywhere with the saying, "Big Brother is Watching You,” and also the famous propaganda, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.” This is done by the Ministries of Truth, a department that deals with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. They .....
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1984 4
.... who watch every citizen at all times for the least signs of criminal deviation which may consist simply of unorthodox thoughts.
Winston Smith represents Orwell's view on totalitarianism. Winston rebels against the government of Oceania by starting a diary and constantly having bad thoughts against the government. Winston knows that he is doomed from the moment he has his first heretical thought. The tensions of the novel concerns how long he can stay alive and whether it is possible for Winston to die .....
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1984 6
.... system at all. People could be held against their will for months to years with no explanation at all. The punishment was mostly torture and death.
The main character is Winston Smith. He is everyman as symbolized by the name Smith. He is thirty-nine years old and is suffering from a varicose ulcer on his ankle. He is a member of the Outer Party, and works for The Ministry. He is kind of a rebel in his own sort of way. Winston keeps and writes in a journal that the government has outlawed. He stays aw .....
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1984 7
.... fact that thought can lead to the destruction of the government. Speech is also restricted due the Newspeak. Newspeak limits the words one can use to eliminate thoughtcrime. Without words, one cannot fully express themselves.
The people of Oceania do not have the freedom of expression like we do. Without thought, there is no expressions of any kind, which makes him or her a goodthinker. A goodthinker is one that knows naturally, without thought, how to behave or act according to the government. I .....
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