Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in The Shoehorn Sonata and one other related text of your own choosing. War is indeed an unconventional and traumatic experience that anyone would be ruined to endure. These experiences of war can be lived out through memory of hardships and war time acts of injustice and through the post-traumatic stress that is developed due to the experience. John Misto, play writer of “The Shoehorn Sonata” and Wilfred Owen the composer of “Dulce et decorum est”, have both undoubtedly condensed this thematic perception of war and how individuals can live out their experiences. This concept has been achieved through the employment of both visual and language techniques.
January 5, 2011 Cold War Constructivist View During the end of World War II, areas of frustration were still being shown as a new war had been presenting its face on the other side of the world. As a war between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union began, neighboring countries showed fear of a possible world war. From 1945 to 1991 this war known as the Cold War, put millions in fear for their lives. As a result of fears that many had during the first and second world wars, many became afraid of the continuation. Along with fears of the past came the difference of politics as the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR was a communist country and the United States was a capitalist society.
Explore the ways that Tennessee Williams constructs the character of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire and Willy Russell constructs the character of Rita in Educating Rita in light of the opinion that they have the desire to escape reality and fulfil their fantasies. Despite being set in different periods of history, both plays ‘Educating Rita’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ share similar themes of the fine line between fantasy and reality, and losing yourself in the former. In 1945 Tennessee Williams began work on the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, and with the war ending in the same year, the play to reflects the cultural tensions of World War 2. Many felt uncomfortable being an environment with so many nationalities they were only a few years ago at war with. Cultural tensions are present in Blanche’s remark that Stanley is a ‘Polack’; during World War 2, the Polish were seen as the enemy; Blanche using this insult is not because she is against Polacks, but is her taking advantage of the frequently used insult at the time.
Explore and evaluate how texts represent conflicting perspectives through the eye of the composer. In your answer refer to your core text and at least one other related text. Composers represent conflicting perspectives through their own unique experiences and values as their political and social contexts. Geoffrey Robertson's self styled memoir 'The Justice Game' written in the late 1900's heavily reflects these conflicting perspectives in the 'Trials of Oz' and 'The Romans in Britain' through the employment of emotive and persuasive language and ridicule in the form of satire to which convey Robertson's view through his eyes. Such conflicts also portrayed in Charles Waterstreet's article' It's a long fickle road to justice' which similar to Robertson's use of persuasive techniques utilizes satire to challenge and question the myopic procedures of the legal system.
They were all trying to find their balance through the response of mental toughness. However, as athletes their ability to focus, rebound from failure, cope with pressure, and persist in the face of adversity positioned each of them on different individual levels during their journey. Dottie Hinson displayed the characteristics of the “fear of success” athlete. She wanted to quit the team and sport numerous times because of external factors. She became extremely uncomfortable with the tensions between her sister, the thought of her husband in combat at war, and the expectations of the team.
Irony is used in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. In addition to Jackson’s use of irony, the black box and the story’s title represent the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, Shirley Jackson is able to highlight important dramatic events within the plot. Reading this story allowed me to better understand the importance of questioning society. If people would have questioned Hitler’s plans before he gained too much power perhaps we could have prevented the horrible mistreatment face by the
The author, O’Brien, seemed to shape the line between truth and story in a different direction. He explains it is difficult to differentiate what actually happened from what seemed to have happened. The author emphasizes that with writing war stories, there comes a complexity to it that most do not understand. The author, O’Brien, is very resentful of the Vietnam War. His past consisted of getting drafted into the war against his
Is America still the bully? This poem is really interesting combining history and imagery at the same time. Irony is a central theme in the poem. Roosevelt statue seems to be assigned with a role of the bully since we know who the weaker party was during the Spanish American War. The imagery of war is associated with the sounds of the poem.
Delaney Rasner Mr. Larkins DATE \@ "MMMM d, y" October 6, 2014 Power Hunger over Human Rights Individual rights vs. governmental rights In the United States of America, as well as multiple other places in the world, human rights has been a topic argued over since what seems like forever. Whether Governmental laws can override the individual laws or which one is more powerful is also a common conflict. These problems date back to the 400 Bc’s when Sophocles, a playwright, wrote a tragedy called Antigone. In both Antigone and the current conflict with the NSA, it is shown that the people are denied their rights because of the Government or ruler. The NSA is an association which is wiretapping phone calls and emails of the USA.
These are just some of the things they weren’t allowed to do. If they didn’t abide by these rules, they would be punished even by death. How would you feel being so constricted by this, living life throughout the day, being timed and moving to the next thing when sounded by a bell? This dystopia was very constricting, not letting you make your own decisions or have your own free time, time for yourself. They also always have to be with someone, like one of their brothers.