'Enoch Powell’s infamous rivers of blood speech was made in opposition to the passage of the first Race Relations Act in 1968.' Photograph: Getty Images Diane Abbott didn't even use all of her 140 characters, but she still managed to provoke a backlash that speaks volumes. After tweeting, in an exchange with Bim Adewunmi about the political implications of the "black community", Abbott commented that "White people love playing 'divide & rule' We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism". Twitter is a poor medium for reflecting on the complex history and contemporary structures of race. Abbott captures a central political fact, which is that white people in western societies have benefited from their histories of colonial exploitation.
Despite Crooks initial hostility to Lennie, he is obviously desperate for company and invites him in, telling Lennie how he fears for his own sanity and that “books ain’t no good” for company. As he tells Lennie, Crooks is so desperate for “just talking, being with another guy” that he tolerates a visitor who has no idea about what he is actually talking about and cannot offer any real sympathy or company. Steinbeck is very explicit about the fact that Crooks is separated from the others solely because he is black (even the similarly crippled Candy gets to share the bunkhouse with the men) and shows the social injustice with Crooks innocent childhood memories of life on his father’s
In Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, main antagonist, Stanley Kowalski, can be described as an unrefined alpha male. Unlike the other characters, which we have somewhat of a background on, we only have his every day actions and words to judge him upon. The conflict of the play arises when Mrs. Kowalski’s sister, Blanche stays at their flat. Stanley's defining actions in the play all stem from his hatred for Blanche, who he sees as a threat to his normal way of living life and his relationship with his wife. What Stanley wants more than anything is for his world to go back to the way it was before Blanche arrived and he is willing to do anything in order for that to happen, even destroy her.
In Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and Seneca’s Oedipus, dramatic irony is used to demonstrate and emphasize a character's disloyalty, ignorance, and blindness. Oedipus starts out as a prosperous king at the beginning of the play but ends up torturing himself at the end of both plays. Except for the almighty Teiresias, all the characters in the plays such as Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, the Messenger, and the Chorus know nothing about what is to come therefore their speeches contain a lot of dramatic irony. However, the most dramatic irony is brought to light within the speeches of Oedipus. Oedipus specifically states, “no special favors and no personal ties will tear the guilty party from my grasp,” (Seneca 210).
Major Themes Appearance vs. reality This issue is especially relevant to Iago. Although he is called "honest" by almost everyone in the play, he is treacherous, deceitful, and manipulative. Also applies to Desdemona, as Othello believes that she is deceitful and impure, although she is really blameless and innocent. Race Race is an extremely important theme; it has a great amount of influence on how people regard Othello‹for those who distrust black people merely on looks never like Othello, like Iago. Race also determines how Othello perceives himself as a rough outsider, though he is nothing of the sort.
After all bullies usually only pick on people they know they can make feel bad to make themselves feel good. Ishmael didn’t feel good about himself, he hated his name he hated hearing the story of how he was born. Ishmael squirmed every time he heard his mother and father tell the story of how he was born and where he got his name from. At school Ishmael spent most of his time, as he says “making himself as small a target as possible” to avoid the bully Barry Bagsley and all the names he called him. Names like Le Spewer, Fishtail Le Sewer and Manure.
Are not thy bills (degrees) hung up as monuments?" Unfortunately he is still "just Faustus" and "just a man" P. 14ish Faustus is blinded by his pride and feels that he can live his life away from God. He continues to try to convince himself that hell is not real, it's not a scary place. He calls it his "Elysium" where he can converse with all of the old philosophers (who were pagans) P. 23 "I think hell's a fable" He is so blind he can't even bring himself to believe that hell is real even though a demon (Mephostophilis) from hell is standing in front of him speaking to him-giving him warnings Malice/Wrath:he's just plain old mean for no good reason He slaps the Pope because the Pope makes the sign of the cross p.44 "Pope: O, I am slain! Help me my lords!"
From the outset D.H. Lawrence uses descriptive use of imagery in order to make the character of Paul more effective. Throughout the story Paul’s eyes change with his nature. At the beginning the writer describes Paul’s intense journey on the wooden rocking horse: “Wildly the horse careered, the waving dark hair of the boy tossed, his eyes had a strange glare in them. The little girls dared not speak to him.” The reference to “waving” suggest the power and energy Paul is putting into riding his rocking horse, just as if he was a real jockey, in a focussed imaginative area, putting every little of his strength into winning the race. In Paul’s case his eyes signal that he can see the winning horse going over the winning line.
Sue Ahmad AML 2301 Professor Mitchell 21 Oct. 2013 Full of Moral Dilemmas At the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, right before the explanatory, Mark Twain writes a “notice” that suggests his book is not written to persuade or send a subliminal message of any kind and anyone who interprets it as such will be punished, so to speak. Is this message factual, or is the humor a way to get the audience to view the book as such? The novel contains many moral predicaments at almost every turn. Some would say that’s not the case or the only moral issue is indefinitely racism, but there is much more depth and meaning to why this book became one of the greatest American novels with universal meaning. Some specify the morality of Huckleberry Finn is in the instance of slavery being portrayed, and even claim that it was flawed and misinterpreted to the point where it was a mockery.
Invisible Man Daryl Subran Mr. Levine English 12H 11/25/2009 The theme that stands out the most in Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man is racism. Throughout the novel racism affects the main character is such a way that he cannot seem to find out who he is and where he belongs. As a result of this the narrator describes himself as being “invisible” because of the unwillingness of others to notice him. Situations and events in multiple chapters enhances the readers’ awareness in understanding why the narrator feels this way. Some scenes include the battle royal, the disciplinary action with Dr. Bledsoe, the hospital, and the riot in the city.