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- 12071: Big Brother In The Media
- ... in a very subtle manner within the news item. The article, using such words and phrases such as “...a conspicuous ratings hit”, which suggests how the show has had a huge ratings hit within its new series but The Australian seems to doubt the shows authenticity and seems to believe it has ulterior motives towards the viewers. The article also writes how the show is using “new hard-edged commercialism”; now obviously television shows have a right to provide commercialism but The Australian once again seems to believe its intent is objective, as the shows commercialism is seemed to be “hard-edged ... all that is said is about the products within the show and how the show is purely product based and how direct references are made to products within the “Big Brother pantry” such as the new lemon flavoured Pepsi twist. In comparison with each article they are all reasonably sized and all articles have pictures that attracts attention to the readers of the newspaper as it shows importance of each ...
- 12072: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... on the Western Front An anti-war novel often portrays many of the bad aspects and consequences of war. Erich Remarque s All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel set in the First World War that is against war. Remarque describes the terrible reality of the war, focusing on the horrors and involved. The novel portrays an anti-war perspective as it brings up issues about the brutality of ... s friends. In the novel, Remarque presents the brutality of war. Early on in the novel, he describes the sound of the wounded horses and how brutal the war atmosphere is. There is a whole world of pain in that sound, creation itself under torture, a wild and horrifying agony (p44). The brutality of war in the novel, however, is mainly shown through human suffering. Baumer talks about brutal things that ... before the war and his life at the present time, it becomes clear that he has changed a great deal. He says, We were eighteen years old, and we had just begun to love the world and to love being in it; but we had to shoot at it. The first shell to land went straight to our hearts We don t believe in those things anymore; we believe in ...
- 12073: All The Kings Men 2
- ... deals with the past in a different way. It costs some relationships. It costs some their careers. It even costs some their lives. I believe that Cass Mastern says it best when he says the world is like an enormous spider web and if you and if you touch it, however lightly, at any point the vibration ripples to the remotest perimeter and the drowsy spider feels the tingle and is ... some unjust political moves as governor. He found that his sister, Anne Stanton, was the mistress of present governor Willie Stark. Because of this, he felt that he was given the job to build the new hospital as a favor to his sister. At this point, he was completely entangled in the spider s web. As result to this, Adam takes the life of Willie Stark and his own. In this ...
- 12074: Taronga Vs Children Of The Dust
- ... the book. The story is then told from a different person’s view, which happened to be Catherine’s father taken to a government bunker. The novel explains of life in the bunker, and how new generations are bought up there. In part three of the novel, the characters change again. These characters are connected to the ones in previous parts but much later in the future. Survival is the number ... place in Sydney that is under control. “As he penetrated deeper and deeper into what was left of suburban Sydney, the atmosphere of madness grew even stronger” pg. 37. Similarly, Louise Lawrence also creates a world where there is no control and the city and its people are free to do anything. This creates chaos, as it is displayed in part 1 of the novel. The society will do anything and ...
- 12075: Owl Creek Bridge
- ... the ticking from his watch with an unknown sound, similar to the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil. He describes the sound in great detail. ‘And now he became conscious of a new disturbance. Striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore or understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil ... This shows the man is obviously unaware of the general atmosphere and is now focusing on minute sounds which seem extremely exaggerated to him. I think this tells us that he is in his own world and completely obnoxious to the basic surroundings. We see that the man is falling deeper and deeper into a deprived state. The man was focusing on this sound, as it was the closest sound to ...
- 12076: A Homicide For Emily
- ... explore the room. This suggests that Emily may have had a secret entrance to that specific room. Emily s room above the stairs was a sanctuary for her. In that room, Emily shut out the world. In it the living Emily and her dead boyfriend remained together forever. Even death could not separate them. However, in the end death wins out. After her own death Emily s secret would be shattered. Her rose colored world is invaded by the curious inhabitants of the real world.
- 12077: Shakespeare - Comedy
- ... They usually end in weddings and a feast which is exactly what happens in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lysander and Hermia, Helena and Demetrius, and Theseus and Hippolyta all get married which signifies a new beginning. The working men end the play with a Bergomask dance and the fairies join in the dance and bless the marriages. A Midsummer Night's Dream contains many elements of a comedy. The most ... word and orders Claudio's head delivered to him at once. The Friar helps keep Claudio in hiding so everyone would think he was dead. The Friar then returns as the Duke and Angelo's world begins to unravel. He is publicly exposed so everyone will know what king of a person he is. He has been tricked into marriage and is now a very miserable person. Although he had the ...
- 12078: Romeo And Juliet - The Role Of Love
- ... Act III, Scene 1, Line 83), however, does not heed to the warnings and thus arrives upon and early death. The love Romeo showed for his friend does not end at his death. The young, brave man rushes off to avenge the death of Mercutio. He starts a battle with Tybalt in order to take vengeance on his Mercutio's life: "Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?/ Away to heaven respective ... of Romeo and Juliet ("Examples of Love in Romeo and Juliet"). Shakespeare's understanding of this emotion allowed him to set the tone for many romantic and tragic playwrights to follow. His impact on our world can never be measured, but the play Romeo and Juliet was, no doubt, a revolutionary play in the history of literature.
- 12079: Othello - Values And Attitudes
- ... attitudes and values are indicative of what a culture believes in and supports. By the time Othello was written the English were becoming more and more aware of the existence of other races in the world besides themselves. There had been a lot of travelling and blacks were beginning to be used in Europe for the slave trade. During the time the play was written, the Queen of England had banned ... as the plot would no doubt stand the same if you remove all the racist remarks, but I can't imagine approaching the play or the role from that perspective. For one thing, the Venetian world is somewhat racist, and Othello is widely considered the token "exception to the rule." More specifically , Iago knows how to fuel the racist fires in both Brabantio and Roderigo showing that those racist views were ... myth of women's insatiable lustfulness and women were seen as voracious monsters. It was thought that female sexuality was a threat to the patriarchal society, and must be safely contained. In the Encyclopaedia of World Mythology it says "Women in male eyes, are supposed to be contrary and mysterious creatures, bewilderingly combining all sorts of characteristics, as changeable as chameleons, and yet somehow vexingly in touch with reality through ...
- 12080: Othello
- ... was right and virtuous and in contrast, the animal was representative of all that was wrong and self-serving. When Iago made the comment that, "Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light," (I, i, 394-395) his calling upon the forces of darkness to achieve his goal illustrates the imbalance in the conflict that rages in his soul. Iago is an individual who’s perspective of the world is dominated by his animal nature. Due to his own lack of virtue, Iago does not believe that any virtue exists at all. In his actions, he seeks to bring all around him to the ... not understand that there was more to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona. Thus his lack of virtue limits his ability to see the intentions of the people who are around him. To him, the world around him is one that is governed by the basic rule of evolution, only the strong may survive. As far as he is concerned, there is no dignity in human beings; thus he sees ...
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