Hitler captured people in his speeches with his promises of a better Germany, but he also taught his hatred of Jews in the process. “It was Hitler’s belief that the Jews had too much money, land and the power of the press.” (library.thinkquest.org) Hitler caused mass hysteria against Jews by creating this frame of mind that they were the cause of all things bad just like Abigail and her posse did to Salem. Unfortunately, the people who are completely innocent in these cases get punished the most. In both the Salem witch trials and the Holocaust many people were killed who were not
Throughout the poem, Plath objectifies her persona through repetitive use of concrete nouns. She describes her face as ‘featureless, fine Jew linen’ and her right foot ‘a paperweight’. In doing this, the identity of the persona is lost, as her body is compartmentalised into separate objects of death, each representing a mused detachment from physical life. Alongside this degradation, there are dark contrasts between ideas of purity and morbidity. The personas skin is described as a ‘Nazi Lampshade’ with the contrast between these terms insinuating more of a sinister glow, and in turn, a sinister opinion on her own suffering.
The source details illustrate the doctor’s opposition the NHS through the sick faces and general unhappiness of the cartoon doctors as they line up to take their ‘medicine’ from the NHS labelled pot. “It still tastes awful” this quote shows the doctors unwilling acceptance of the NHS as they are swallowing the ‘medicine’ but the nasty taste it leaves in their mouths show that it wasn’t happily done. Source two has the same impression as source one; medical professionals were forced to accept the National Health Service by Bevan. Details from this source show this as it says, “…there will be a considerable degree of ratting…” This means that the doctors will give up the fight because Bevan is too powerful to stand up to. Source 3 also referrers to Bevan being powerful as it says ‘I won only by stuffing their mouths with gold” This implies that the doctors had no choice with the language used, for example ‘stuffing’.
The poem, written from the perspective of J. Alfred Prufrock, is positively saturated with diction that suggests that Prufrock is plagued by enormous social anxiety and entertains an especially poor self-image. Indeed, Eliot goes so far as to make Prufrock compare himself to an insect, cured and pinned to a wall for meticulous scrutiny. Poor, wretched Prufrock cannot even allow himself the mere semblance of favorable reflection- he describes seeing his severed head on a platter but hastily disavows any comparison to the prophet John the Baptist. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders describes the social symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder (henceforth to be referred to as APD) as such: Subject is “shows preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situation” and ” views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others. [1]” Those souls afflicted with APD frequently engage in fantasy and disjointed thought in order to interrupt painful thoughts [2].
Plath is able to strongly convey a central theme of suicide by relief of pain, and the result of abandonment and inactivity. Relief of pain through suicide is one of the most common themes used in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. In “Lady Lazarus”, Plath writes about her attempts at suicide. “And like the cat I have nine times to die. / This is number three (Plath 21-22).” In the poem she describes the two previous attempts at killing herself when she says “The first time it happened I was ten.
Daniel Dennett (philosopher and cognitive scientist) likens religion to cancer – it grows and is destructive. The late Christopher Hitchens (literary critic and journalist) wrote an entire book denouncing religion titled God is not great: How Religion poisons everything. In it he argues that religion is immoral, man-made and is grounded in nothing more than wish fulfilment. What do all these writers have in common? They are the leading figures of the so-called New Atheist Movement and they want to abolish religion from the face of the earth.
Essay: Robert Browning - My Last Duchess Write an essay in which you show how Browning uses the style and structure of the dramatic monologue to convey both the meaning and the intention of the poem. Comment on his use of specific poetic techniques to enhance understanding and intention of the poem: Robert Browning writes his poem, The Last Duchess, in the form of a Dramatic Monologue. The style and structure of this poem adds significant importance and relevance to the message and intention of the poem. Browning's intentional use of specific poetic techniques such as tone of voice, diction, flowery language, rhetorical questions, enjambment and rhyme are vividly explained in this essay. Robert Browning attains a reputation for “oddness”, as the novelist Henry James termed it, for his difficult and obscure written poems.
Lady Lazarus Analysis The poem “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath is a disturbing attempt of humoring the speakers counted suicide attempts. Death, or the act of killing one’s self, is spoken upon as an “art”, a jovial cat-like experience and circus-like spectator sport. The poem is immersed with the self-mockery and irony of the speaker bragging about her almost suicides as successful. The tone makes the reader wonder the real intent of the speaker because if suicide is truly genuine death is the outcome. The piece begins with the speaker addressing possibly a shrink or psychiatrist and informing the reader of her latest “managed” suicide attempt (3).
When Rochester’s tells his tale (pg429-437), Jane’s narration portrays him as beastly, blaming his situation, on the unfortunate, lunatic Bertha, when the union was concocted by Rochester’s father. Religious sincerity is a constant presence within Jane Eyre, Brontë examines corruption, authenticity and the threat of religious beliefs. “My Uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you and think; …” (pg31, Jane Eyre) this comment by Jane is a threat to Mrs. Reed that on the monumental Day of Judgement, she will be condemned for her harsh treatment of Jane. The character Mr
“Fie, my lord,fie!- a soldier, and afeard?”(V.i.33) “Here’s the smell of the blood still! All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O ! Oh- oh (V.i.44-46) (V.i.65-67, 69-72) “Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets, more needs she the devine than the physician.”(V.i.65-67) Throughout the play and forwarding to her suicide plan, she slowly weakens. Yet, in the beginning of the play, she is shown as a superwife/superwoman portraying that she is