It is the universal whore, the pander between men and peoples.’ Karl Marx, ‘the economic and philosophical manuscripts’ (1844). This is saying that money makes society function, it not only binds us together, but separates those who have it and those who don’t. - The issue of storytelling, how stories are received, who they serve, is an important theme in Othello - Individuals create stories about themselves to establish an identity  sometimes our stories are imposed on us - Othello states he ‘Saw the handkerchief’ (Act 5, Sc2, Ln66), but what he really saw was a mute fact – facts are meaningless until placed into context – Othello used the wrong story to interpret what he saw. He takes Iago’s lies as facts, believes everything else - Marxism emphasizes the link between power  storytelling  economics. Eg.
How does T.S Eliot influence our response to Prufrock in his social and cultural isolation and how effective is he in doing this? Eliot has effectively influenced and enforced the fact that J. Alfred Prufrock is an isolated individual in society both socially and culturally. He achieves this outcome through the extensive use of an array of language features and devices, which relate directly and indirectly to the structure demonstrated in the poem. The poem is an inquest into the mind of Prufrock, who is seemly brought across as an ineffectual communicator who struggles to come to terms with his place in society. The techniques Eliot disposes throughout the poem ineffectively illustrate Prufrock’s social reclusion and cultural detachment.
The Box Man The Box Man by Barbra Lazear Ascher is a story told from an observers perspective on a homeless man’s unique way of overcoming his solitude. Throughout the essay Ascher uses many rhetorical devices to uphold the main argument in her essay. She begins by describing The Box Man as “grandmotherly “to convince the reader that homeless people can too live a dignified life and is humanizing The Box Man. She then describes The Box Man as “dignified” and at “ease” which shows that he has chosen the path of solitude and has defeated it by becoming his own best friend. Acsher purpose, speaker, and intended audience isn’t evident until the end of the essay.
She re-defines it as being misleading. She states that normally we define “privilege” as being a favored state, either earned or with luck, being born privileged. McIntosh explores the interlocking of hierarchies and determines that they are both active parties in oppression, because it is imbedded in both. The dominant race are imbedded in believing that there is equality, and that racism comes in forms of actual intent of harming and being mean to other not included in the dominant category. The non-dominant of the races are led to be “unconfident, uncomfortable, and alienated.” This is what the different social classes are brought up to
This can be interpreted as Ron’s way of “coming out of the closet” and embracing his identity as a gay, black male. Even though Ron has a lot of status through the play, he also seems to have put on a permanent mask for the outside world while falling out of his roots as an African American. At the start of the play when the family was partying, and eating food yet Ron was not interested because his paper had taken priority over family time. Also on the eve of Nat Turner’s rebellion as Turner was getting the
Genevieve Clay’s Tropfest short video Be My Brother (2009) epitomises the notion that connection is moulded by cultural attitudes, as well as exemplifying belonging as ultimately being a choice through the social interaction and sheer will of the marginalised protagonist Richard. Through his social interaction, Richard creates a relationship that fosters understanding and acceptance, allowing him to effectively challenge his initial ostracism based on prejudicial criteria. Initially, Richard is rejected by Amanda which conveys the cultural bias as she views him as a misfit.The body language of Amanda depicts her unwillingness to converse with Richard as an outcome of the stereotypes associated with Richard’s condition. Her body movements are a metaphor that represent society turning on the idea of treating disabled people with equality. The wide shot at the bus shelter highlighting the distance between Amanda and Richard, further symbolises Richard’s distance and dejection from society.Consequently, Richard is tasked with the struggle of developing a relationship between himself and someone society views as being on the other side of the social spectrum.
Faulkner talk about a writer not writing from his heart, and how “His griefs grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars.” I believe that by bringing us into is world, Richard makes his pains our pains, thus doing as Faulkner says a writer should do, “grieving on universal bones”. Next, in his second paragraph, Richard reverses the feelings of the reader, shedding new light on the topic of his parents, making them out to almost seem like bad people for not being educated. What’s really special about this essay is that we know the parents have done nothing wrong, and don’t deserve the poor treatment they receive from their son, we can understand it
Written in 2006 by a Lehman graduate, Angel Dillemuth, this play has to do with Cain, a younger brother to Andrew who drew Cain into using drugs just because Andrew’s girlfriend, Marissa uses drugs. Well Cain got hooked to drugs and rehabilitation couldn’t stop him from going back to his old habits. Until he finally tried living reality and leaves off his imagination-- that he’ll never be a better person without drugs, Cain insists that he and his big brother will stay in the hood for the rest of their lives. The stage production made by Chaunice Chapman is a great reflection of a lower class family renting a one bedroom apartment during the new millennium, which transmits the lives of two brothers: the younger one is a drug addict and
These body guards could very well have been the exact same people who threw him in prison for twenty three years. Despite this, Nelson Mandela not only hired these body guards, but astonishingly, trusted them with his life. Mandela truly had to forgive the white people and rise above the circumstances that were before him. Surely no one would have judged Mandela for not wanting white body guards, but Nelson, was able to rise above his resentment and forgive the terrible grievances they had placed upon him in the past. Another scene that really exhibited a theme of racial integration was the part where the black and white body guards were playing rugby together.
In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury describes a world in which owing and reading books is illegal. The characters focus on a futuristic life filled with entertainment and immediate gratification. Anyone who has any type of interest in books is considered strange and also a threat to their society Montag tells Granger and the rest that he left his wife back in the city and worries that something must be wrong with him, because he does not miss her and would not be sad if she were killed. Granger tells him a story about the death of his grandfather of how he was, a sculptor. Granger believes that when people change even a small part of the world thoughtfully and deliberately, they leave behind enough of their roots to enable other people to mourn them properly.Granger’s story about his grandfather, with its moral about the importance of leaving one’s mark on the world, resonates with Montag’s desire to leave a meaningful legacy.