Perspective is a complex matter, as it is derived from each individuals’ context and understanding of the nature of the issue. Thus, the concept of perspective is relative, meaning that each person’s views will be different from another, which creates, but does not necessarily impose, conflicting perspectives. For the purpose of this speech, the poems The Minotaur by Ted Hughes and Daddy by Sylvia Plath will be used to example the extremities of conflicting perspectives created. The Minotaur shows how Plath was a violent and manic person through the allusion of the myth about the Minotaur, a creature from Greek mythology, throughout the poem. Imagery is used to show Plath as an aggressive person, such as through the line “smash it into kindling”.
The sooner people accept that we are all human, the better. Moving on, the author’s style was unusual, criticizing, and degrading, and the tone was less than likeable. However, it was a direct approach to displaying human faults and how people turn the other way rather than acknowledge them. Lady Montagu, clearly took offense to Swift’s poem and so, wrote her own riposte to put him down for writing such an unflattering poem. She certainly did not “pass in silence without matching wits”(292) with Swift.
There is also the essay by Jeffrie G. Murphy’s “Jealousy, Shame, and the Rival” which discusses the jealousy that was expressed between each character and how it led to the outcome of the tragedy as exposed through tragic flaws. Each of these three essays discusses different aspects of the play to provide an overall greater understanding of the actions that led up to the resolution. In the essay by A.C Bradley, he discusses Othello and justifications to his actions. Bradley notes in Act 1 “Now, by heaven, My blood begins my safer guides to rule, And passion, having my best judgment collied, Assays to lead the way” how Othello chose to find explanation between Cassio and Montano. Although, based on the diction and tone that was chosen it also shows the self-control Othello used in order to remain calm and retrieve the information that was important for him to
It is ridiculous to argue that McEwan makes Jed Parry anything other than terrifying. What do you think of this view? Jed Parry as a character raises key questions and ideas in ‘ Enduring Love’ as well as upbringing contrasting emotions amongst the readers. The actions , such as kidnapping Clarissa are evidently seen and are able to form an image of a terrifying human being which we lack sympathy for.Although this is true, there are many factors which I believe are able to reflect on the vulnerability of his character. The whole novel is written from Joe’s point of view which could mean that it is an interpretation that is exaggerated.
Conflicting essay A study of conflicting perspectives can show that all representations are ultimately acts of manipulation. The texts that will be used to support this statement are Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters and Cat Steven’s song Father and Son. The Ted Hughes poems’ that will be examined are The Minotaur, Sam and Your Paris, these poems will show how to a large extent, that representations are acts of manipulation. Cat Steven’s Father and Son also supports this statement, but to a lesser extent. Both of these texts offer varying conflicting perspectives, which ultimately shape the audiences view of the situation, events and people involved.
The sheer number of insults and implications made by the author coupled with a healthy sprinkling of aristocratic inside jokes would indicate that he essentially wrote this book for himself and other like-minded intellectuals of the enlightenment that disapproved of the status quo or could at least appreciate his cheeky sense of humor. I found the book very enjoyable and caught myself laughing out loud many times at the boldness of Voltaire’s slickly woven asides. He spent so much time attacking other people and their ideas though, I began to wonder if he would ever express his own ideas. Amid all of his negative commentary, I think it
He uses numerous words to express ideas and emotions instead of quickly being straight forward and conclusive. He uses diction in almost every sentence to boost our intellect; make it seem more real. In the passage Hawthorne writes “Although she hid the secret from herself, and grew pale whenever it struggled out of her heart, like a serpent from its hole,” instead of simply writing a conclusive passage such as “She hid the secret from her mind and grew sick to herself whenever she thought of her committed sin.” Hawthorne also uses devices such as syntax in his writing of The Scarlet Letter; his sentence structure is often very weighty. Hawthorne’s paragraph includes one-two drawn out sentences. With an abundance of asides, which the whole passage is, and bits of detail that create and amazingly complex set of ideas, Hawthorne manages to successfully conjure his image of Puritan society and how they treat Hester.
At several points in the story, he all but addresses us directly, imploring us, for example, to notice how bad Aylmer looks in comparison even to an animal like Aminadab. The narrator can also be characterized as a moralist who condescends to his readers. Rather than trusting us to figure out the symbolism of the birthmark, for example, or allowing us to draw our own conclusions about the soundness of Aylmer’s experiment, the narrator rushes to explain every metaphor and symbol as if we might miss his point. The strong narrative voice of “The Birthmark” epitomizes a key difference between modern American short stories and nineteenth-century American short stories. Modern stories are often told in an objective, distant, even ironic voice, whereas nineteenth-century stories were usually told by passionate narrators who infused their own strong opinions.
2.) How is the piece structured? Orwell structured this as a critique and persuasive essay, clearly stating his opinion, supports it with evidence, and creates a solution. The thesis is located within the middle of the second paragraph as he declares “It becomes ugly…concern of professional writers.” His tone is rather frustrated throughout this piece as he points out the “sheer incompetence” of writers as well as analytical as he criticizes other pieces of work and describes their many faults. He uses apposition to emphasize that “Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation” as well as several other schemes such as chiasmus to convey the connection that if “thoughts corrupt language, language can also corrupt thought” along with antithesis to criticize how “political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.” This piece is satirical because he ridicules our society and its usage of “modern English” illustrating the various “mental vices from which we now suffer” and continues to point out our “sheer
The female persona is the catalyst of the chaos but it is from the male’s perspective that readers experience the protagonist’s anger, desire and competitive nature. Donne often tries to break writing conventions all while maintaining his heavily narcissistic themes for which he is well known throughout all of his texts. This is communicated through his rhetoric which is extremely self-involved and microcosmic despite emphasising that his personal relationship microcosm and the public world of politics are inseparable (Guibbory, 1990). Being so acutely focused on