The books Heart of Darkness and Blood River both show connotations of physically and emotionally challenging dangers that they are faced with during their journey through Africa. Heart of Darkness is a work of fictions, whereas Blood River is a work of non-fiction that describes Butcher’s journey through the Congo. Blood River’s primary purpose is to entertain however its secondary purpose is to inform and Heart of Darkness’s purpose is to entertain; however shows subtle hints of a secondary purpose of informing. Heart of Darkness presents a war like environment and Conrad employs a lower register in comparison to the rest of the text, to convey the fact that the narrator is in a dangerous situation; this is seen in the use of the minor exclamatory, ‘Arrows, by Jove!’ and the simple sentence ‘We were being shot at!’. This shows that the narrator is in shock and there for his use of language is less considered than in other parts of the narrative where a higher register has been employed.
This point of view is formed by Shelley’s experience of Romantic Idealism and sublimity. Because of the significance of nature, the unnatural being is exiled from humanity. In contrast with “Frankenstein”, Scott’s film “Blade Runner” is the complete opposite in terms of nature. It is set in a post-apocalyptic, over-industrialized wasteland. This is displayed in the opening extreme long shot of the dystopian Milton’s City filled with darkness,
“Patrolling Barnegat”, composed in 1856, is a poem that explores nature in all its rage during a storm at sea. The poem is set on a beach on a stormy, cold night. Someone is walking alone along the beach through snow, looking out to sea across the wild waves. Through the dark and snow he is not quite sure what he sees - possibly a shipwreck, and a distress signal - then what seems to be a group of walkers, braving the storm. There is a real sense of danger and fear.
The classic Gothic novel includes horror, the supernatural, and a dark and gloomy atmosphere. The Hound of the Baskervilles has all of the elements of a Gothic tale. The Hall, where Sir Henry is now traveling with Watson and Dr. Mortimer, is surrounded by the gloomy moors, and wild countryside with "brambles", and rushing streams. Watson is to stay with Sir Henry in case of danger. Autumn has come, and the leaves are falling.
The Light Reflecting Darkness Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is a movie inspired on the novel Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad. In both works the director and author emphasize the light and darkness of every event. This imagery of light and darkness is used to represent the good and evil in everything. With each detail one can realize how light can cause a sense of good, while darkness shows evil in many ways, the contrasts of both also convey a deeper meaning in a situation or place being shown, in this case that of the movie and the novel. In the Heart of Darkness Conrad describes how the sun sets upon London and how the lights “began to appear along the shore” (67).
Shelley makes use of literary allusions in her novel, drawing parallels to her characters and other literary figures, such as the mariner in Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, published in 1798. The lines, “Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread,” and “Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread,” directly from Coleridge’s Romantic poem, which is linked with the novel, as both the mariner and Victor are cursed by exceeding the boundaries of man; as Victor creates the fiend who haunts him, kills his family and friends in retribution, and the mariner kills the albatross which results in the death of his companions. Both are punished with the penalty of remaining alone on earth, displayed in Frankenstein, as Victor states, "I had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity desolated my heart." In Blade Runner, Scott also makes a literary allusion to William Blake’s America a Prophecy, written in 1793, which embodies the theme of retribution. The misquote of Batty from Blake’s novel, “Fiery the angels fell.
Printing news differs because the visuals are flat, has more text to read on, and actually provides more important news. In the novel written by Postman and Powers, “How to Watch TV News,” it talks about how the TV stations just simply want to make profit for their own benefits by creating “their” input in the stories. TV news does capture the audiences in watching because it consists of moving pictures, gossips about celebrities, and is actually a “theatre” of news than an information source. The novel also states that at random and unneeded times; the news would just talk about the celebrities’ lives, such as Britney Spears or Oprah. There is several important news that needs to be heard and seen, but the TV news wants to bring in more audiences.
How does Michael Moore use the techniques of Satire in Bowling for Columbine to achieve his purpose? By using film techniques such as irony, juxtaposition and sarcasm, in a remarkably powerful way, Moore leads the audience through a deeply emotional and informative journey in his film, bowling for Columbine. He clearly highlights the flaws in American society and the terrible fact, that American gun culture is based upon fear which is leading to the knocking down of much of their society. Through these techniques, Moore invites the viewer to reflect on the values and attitudes about human frailty and depravity and to question whether the gun laws in America need to be altered. Moore outlines the flaws in American society simply by using juxtaposition as a technique of satire.
Hyperbole is the first device that postman uses. The title Amusing Ourselves to Death is a good example. Of course it would be very difficult to actually kill yourself with amusement, but the point he is trying to get across is that our culture responds to entertainment more than to facts. He further shows how this is true in chapter 9 – Reach out and Elect Someone when he states that, “... it was not until the 1950’s that the television commercial made linguistic discourse obsolete as the basis for product decisions. By substituting images for claims, the pictorial commercial made emotional appeal, not tests of truth, the basis of consumer decisions.” (Pg.
Upon arriving in the colonized country and during his travels up the river he begins to see the truth about the company’s “trade” as well as the “cultivation” of the “uncivilized” inhabitants and culminates his enlightenment during his encounter with Kurtz. Conrad’s descriptions of the cruelties he encountered, albeit as a backdrop more than the main subject matter, point out that imperialism, contrary to popular belief at that time, was not a noble endeavor to civilize savage people but rather it was simply a horrific display of exploitation and man’s cruelty to man. Joseph Conrad’s novella contrasted the European’s view of imperialism as a noble, principled pursuit to bring culture to an uncivilized world with the stark reality that is was materialistic and evil in nature. Marlow begins his journey as a business man, going on a business trip. He slowly discovers through his observations that “business” in the Congo and his ideas of how his own “civilized” world is actually the savage one.