Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” offer a good depiction of the state of humanity’s relations with nature. Huxley’s 1932 book “Brave New World” reflects the controversial view of Huxley in response to the omen of industrialisation upon humanity’s relationship with the wild. Similarly, Scott’s film “Blade Runner” visually showcases the threat of globalisation upon humanity’s relationship with the wild. Both texts act as allegories for totalitarian systems, attitudes towards progress, and the unachievable concept of utopia, as well as the loss individuality and community as a result of the bereavement in the relationship between humanity and the wild. Both Huxley’s novel and Scott’s film offer a unique insight into relatively revolutionary ideas
Matthew Lymbers; 17463270. 1. Fanon, Diamond. The post-colonisation works of Frantz Fanon can be contrasted and compared with the canon of Gayatri Spivak in her book 'Can The Subaltern Speak' and Jared Diamond's 'The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race'. Frantz Fanon's 'The Wretched Of The Earth' characterises the rashness of the bourgeois after the governing body or governing control of post-colonisers has left the country.
Belfast Confetti - Ciaran Carson What do you think the poet feels about his experience of conflict and how does he present those feelings to the reader? Immediately, from the title it is clear that the poet, Ciaran Carson, wants to convey his feelings of irony: ‘Belfast Confetti’, using the location ‘Belfast’, to help the reader establish the Northern Irish setting, and ‘Confetti’, to portray the tremendous amount of chaos taking place. The use of the word ‘confetti’, provides an immediate contrast as confetti is commonly used during celebrations, where as in this context ‘confetti’ is a slang word for debris that was put together to make homemade bombs, this clever structure creates a sense of immediate horror. The reader is then driven straight into action and panic with the use of the first word: ‘Suddenly’,quickening the pace and enhancing the chaotic atmosphere. The second line of the first stanza highlights the feeling that the riot squad and also the situation in Ireland at the time, is unstoppable: ‘raining exclamation marks’, the use of enjambement portrays the overwhelming and overpowering storm (war) occurring.
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Writers used the spirit of the revolution to distinguish their poetic sensibilities. The affects of war are apparent in my review of the following sources on the subject of war and rebellion in Mary A. Favret’s “Coming Home: The Public Spaces of Romantic War,” Nancy Rosenblum’s “Romantic Militarism,” J.L. Talmon’s “Introduction and Romanticism” in Romanticism and Revolt: Europe 1815-1848, and Samuel Coleridge’s “Fears in Solitude.” Although these works concern themselves with different themes, the central subject depicted in each is the perception of war from those who were involved—directly and indirectly—and the ways in which they were affected. Favret’s chapter depicts war from the perspective of the English public and discusses the effects it had on the domestic front, as well as the ideology of the “war-widow”. In contrast to this, Rosenblum’s article explores the perception of war from the view of the solider and the tension between “Romantic militarism” and liberalism.
To what extent does the time in which the composers live influence their response to enduring human emotion? Our morality shapes us and forces us to explore new avenues, but our crude desire to unravel and expose the mysteries of life will drive and reveal a future void of moral and ethical compassion. It is this fatal warning which Mary Shelley and Ridley Scott seek to convey in their retrospective texts, Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Drawing upon their personal contextual concerns, both composers uniquely inform an ambitious humanity of that the implications of the ruthless pursuit of knowledge and our innate craving to penetrate the secrets of nature will inevitably drive humanity towards a dystopian future. Shaped by their distinctly different contexts, Shelley and Scott strive to convey this notion, through bold cinematic and literary techniques, characterisation and themes, of the fatal path humanity has placed itself on.
Foreshadowing is used here as Lear's fool predicted the series of unfortunate events that would take place after his rotten decisions. He literally sinks deeper and deeper into insanity. (end of second paragraph) The conflict between Gloucester, Edmund and Edgar (his two sons) mirrors that of Lear and his daughters in terms of the loss and gain of power. The text depicts an unjust attitude imposed towards
In Brighton Rock Greene uses the setting of the novel to explore various wider themes and to make implications, often revealing his own beliefs as, perhaps clumsily, he interrupts the fictional events on occasion. Therefore, it could be argued that Greene uses the fictional landscape as a way of commenting on the social and political events of the time; the 1930s, where social injustice, poverty, distinct divides in wealth, and criminality were rife. This can be seen as early as the first chapter, where the setting explores the theme of artificiality. Hale’s “inky fingers and his bitten nails” convey that “anybody could tell he didn’t belong”. Therefore, Hale is contrasted to the “glittering air” and “the silver paint [that] sparkled”, which have connotations of tackiness, and polishing over the truth with artificial objects.
‘Piggy was dead and the conch smashed to powder’ enforces that Piggy represented the need for science and intellectual endeavour in society so the break of both of these symbols at the same time shows a sudden corruption of civilisation. Loss of hope: The rules that hold together a civilised society can easily break down due lack of hope. Golding’s novel of lord of the Flies explores the complexity of hope in keeping citizens committed to the chosen path. When hope is lost, savagery ensues. Golding portrays this through symbolism.
By Carol Anne Duffy. Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘Shooting Stars’ is a poem in which a sense of menace is effectively portrayed. Duffy uses the situation of Nazi persecution of the Jewish people to underline this. Duffy’s use of an ambiguous title, together with her imagery and effective word choice effectively explores this mood of menace the Jewish people suffered and fully develops the theme of the holocaust. The poem’s title ‘Shooting Stars’ creates a sense of ambiguity.