It’s obvious that his main points had to do with the Five-Paragraph-Theme. But in the lines after, instead of following up on what he was saying, or even trying to prove them wrong, he would change the subject and just put in a run-on sentence or some other form of bad writing. To me, that made his approach look like it wasn’t thought out very well. My next complaint would have to be the points that he made. Even though this wasn’t his intent, they seemed to actually show the Five-Paragraph-Theme in a very positive light.
Critiquing an Essay with George Orwell’s six rules In Orwell’s essay he states that it is easy to slip into the bad writing that people have become accustomed to. It is difficult to go against the temptation of using the easy way out with meaningless words or hackneyed phrases that make things easier and require less thought. Orwell concludes that the progressive decline of the English language is reversible and he offers six rules which can help avoid most of the errors in poor writing. In Brenda Chow’s essay The Writer at Work, she breaks many of the six rules that Orwell wrote to avoid the continuation of our language decline. Chow breaks the following 3 rules: never use a long word when a short one will do, never use a simile, metaphor, or other figure of speech which you are seeing in print, and never use a foreign phrase, a scientific or jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
The actors speak Shakespeare’s dialogue eloquently and beautifully which I can personally deem as poetry in motion. Having Macbeth interpreted this way; I believe that it makes it much more relatable and easier to understand. Often times, people have trouble when it comes to Shakespeare’s choice of words and how he lays out the discourse of his plays. In this film, that dilemma seems to be thrown out the window and the words paired with the actions, actors, and setting in the film, make it effortless to follow along. The acting is spot-on in this film.
The examples provided in the text illustrate just how easy it is to be redundant and not realize it. For example, phrases such as “absolutely essential “or “a total of 68 participants” are errors regularly committed on my part. Being able to identify redundancy will be a focus as I work towards more clear and concise writing. As a commitment to reducing bias in writing, the rule I will remember is “recognizing that differences should be mentioned only when relevant” (p. 71). I did not realize how easy it is to unintentionally use bias language.
It is through these ideas that composers convey the growing complacency of those who receive the truth as the value of truth is diminishing behind the shadow of personal opinion. The subjectivity of the truth is explored in Geoffrey Robertson’s “Oz” as individuals are seen to have differing interpretations of the truth. The multiple versions of the truth make it indefinite and undefined, contributing to the complexity of truth. This is reflected in the slightly different definitions of ‘obscene’ as Judge Argyle “…read to them from the Oxford English Dictionary, which said it meant… ‘indecent’. In law, that is precisely what obscene does not mean”.
People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times. Brown’s Work protested the classical folklore in the way it was written. “He infused his poetry with genuine characteristic flavor by adopting his medium geniality and optimism” was James Johnson reaction to his
“I thought all for the best.”(Act 3, Scene 1, line 99) Romeo had the best intentions however; best intentions in Shakespeare’s plays always have a negative impact. “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me
In the 1920’s Sandburg began one of his most ambitious projects including his study of President Lincoln. Lincoln was an idle to Sandburg and Sandburg admired what he did. Sandburg’s early writings dealt with his belief in social Justice and equality and were written in such a way that they barely resembled what most people thought of as poetry. Sandburg’s early poetry not only tended toward unshaped imitation of real life but also copied other poets as well. Now to think that Sandburg Would steal work from other poets is outrageous, people just don’t know good poetry when they see it.
Abigail is the inciting villain of the story; the play lacked the proper 'punch' in the first half because the audience wasn't able to hate Abigail's deceit as Miller intended. Likewise, the old man playing Judge Danforth had a great persona for that character but apparently knew only a few of his lines -- the courtroom scene dragged despite evidence of good directing. Overall, the cast's Southern accents worked against their attempts at realistically portraying 1690s Salem, Massachusetts. And a few of the actors were just downright annoying. However, I was impressed overall with the directing of Smiths.
The moral of being human is to necessarily be flawed, and to strive for perfection is to deny one’s own morality. The themes of both narratives can be understood as morality. The morality of Aylmer in “The Birth-Mark” can be seen through his journals. “The volume, rich with achievements that had won renown for its author, was yet as melancholy as record as ever mortal hand had penned” (Hawthorne 220). This example shows the reader that Aylmer is trying to hide his imperfections by trying to make his wife completely perfect.