Within “The Bloody Chamber” Carter demonstrates how her characters are a form of exploration into base human instincts but also explores the idea of their subconscious desires playing a major part in the development of the story. Subconscious desires are the desires of the characters they often don’t voice; in Carter’s tale these are heavily sexual. On the other hand much of Carter’s tale is a reflection of basic human nature and instinct and how that can affect the way men and women interact. The concept of Carter exploring base instincts within “The Bloody Chamber” is mainly apparent through her use of language to describe her main characters. The Marquis’ description is particularly animalistic; Carter uses phrases like “(his) dark mane” to describe his hair.
The supernatural themes especially portrayed in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Macbeth, show the complexities of the human mind and the conflict between good and evil. This theme and the idea of having two sides are in relation to the Victorian society in the context of when these novels were written. The novels together show how judgement can be impaired by ambition, greed, and intrigue and how in turn remorse or regret can be a result of listening to an influenced mind. There are many differences between these two novels but despite this there are also many features that when combined together support the common theme among them both, the duality of human nature. The context in which both novel and the play was written was a time of conflict between science and religion, the scientific revelation opposed the belief that God was the earth’s creator.
The result of the actions they have committed or what has been done to them, they react similarly but at different approaches, creating an idea of violence. Lady Macbeth and the protagonist from The Laboratory both used the convenience of their femininity to gain what they desire most, which is power. Considering they both want to inflict pain on a man to gain what they want. Lady Macbeth uses a persuasive technique to get what she wants, she does this by challenging Macbeth through questioning his manhood, ‘’When you durst do it, then you were a man’’. This challenges Macbeth emotionally causing him to reconsider his manhood, ‘’Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man’’.
In what ways is your appreciation of both texts enhanced by a comparative study of ambition on Frankenstein and Blade runner? Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ridley Scott's Bladerunner both project dystopian images of society and morality, propelled by the main characters' ambition and egotism. It is through this that an audience’s appreciation for texts is enhanced. These complex texts can be seen as a pair that differs in context, seeing as they are separated through time. Frankenstein driven by romantic imagery and set in historic context, that analysis the European divide in society perpetuated by superficiality.
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
Practice Essay Question – Othello How do composers use archetypes to achieve their purpose? Use your related text as well. Archetypes allow composers to reveal characteristics inherent in all individuals and augment our understanding of the text. William Shakespeare’s Othello and Mary Harron’s American Psycho both utilise the villainous archetype to represent our universal potential for evil, as both archetypal characters live a life driven by self-interest and jealousy. They create opaque facades to deceive and manipulate others to claim self-superiority.
In both poems gender conflict is demonstrated between through the emotion of betrayal in a relationship. For example in Les Grands Seignurs she talks about “little woman” which could show the great depth of thought about how she feels towards men. The word “a toy, a plaything” suggests that’s once she got married she has became powerless and feels like she is a toy, this shows her betrayal as when you get married you expect the marriage to be fantastic and not to feel like a toy. In contrast, Medusa also demonstrates this when she says “wasn’t I beautiful?” this Is effective as I can infer that she feels insecure about her looks. It also suggests that she misses her past through the use of a rhetorical question which makes the reader feel sympathy for her.
As one reads the poem “Bedecked”, by Victoria Redel, a red flag is raised about the different approaches to parenting in a situation where a parents son is seemingly more flamboyant then society deems socially acceptable. Redel depicts two different types of mothers. A mother that is more open to her sons desire to be more feminine and a mother who will not accept nor allow such behavior in a son. This is troubling and provokes the reader to think about which mother they would be, and how they truly stand on this political issue. Is a caring mother one that gives into her sons affinity towards female accessories and the like?
This is also why he is unable to realize the business he does is corrupt and evil." He is live not for himself, but for his dream, for his vision of the good life inspired by the beauty of a lovely rich girl."(71). In the past, Daisy's parents deemed Gatsby unsuitable for Daisy because he lacked a background of status and wealth. Because of this, Gatsby was determined to make himself wealthy and achieve status all to chase down a relationship from long ago that is now very unrealistic. Gatsby sees Daisy is the perfect woman and is very stubborn in that he is unable to realize that she lacks compassion and love.
The source tells me that men and women have brains that are “by nature equal” to each other, yet society will not allow them to develop equally. She claims that, “Intellectual powers should be ranged under these four heads- imagination, reason, memory and judgment” (Foner 155). Murray explains that even though women are not given the ability to show their intellectual talents, they are demonstrated through fashions and inventive scandal, since they cannot be shown anywhere else. From birth, men are led through “the flowery paths of science,” while women are forced to sew, cook, and clean. Women are ultimately unhappy because of this because they want to develop a “cultivated mind.” Women will never be able to match levels with their significant other because they were denied this strengthening of the mind.