“The Truth about the Justice System in King Arthur’s Court” In both Lanval and Wife of Bath’s Tale, the justice system of the Arthurian court is featured as a crucial part of the story. Chaucer, a male author having grown up in service to the crown, and Marie De France, who was a member of the court of Henry II, both were likely educated and inspired toward their observations of justice and injustice within their contemporary courts. As it clearly would have been dangerous to criticize their current courts, the authors likely used Arthur’s court, still regarded with some nostalgic mystique as an avenue for expression of their ideas related to justice within a royal court. Both authors, despite their different backgrounds, present King Arthur as passive concerning the decisions pertaining to justice. Within the trials featured in Lanval and Wife of Bath’s Tale, the queens use their power and position to influence the court’s decision both directly and indirectly.
Corey Noble Pre AP English II 23 September 2011 Analytical Essay: Lord of the Flies Since the beginning of time and recorded history, humans have had constant strife with the concept of morality. With transcendental skill, the ongoing struggles of the human race are addressed in the novel Lord of the Flies, which chronicles the survival of a group of castaways, their lasting hardships, and the ever present internal battle between good and evil. In the masterpiece Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses a combination of characterization and symbolism to convey the existence of righteousness and malevolence in the world. Foremost Golding employs various devices in the characterization of the principals in the novel, to assert their specific
Shinsky1 Chloe N. Shinsky Mrs. Graham Honor’s English 6 February 2012 East and West: The Eggs in The Great Gatsby As the authors of many novels do, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses contrasting locations to denote forces that are essential to the meaning of his work, The Great Gatsby, an American novel. East Egg and West Egg are used to signify contradicting elements that assist the author in conveying the meaning of the story; society’s moral decay resulting from the possession of vast amounts of money (wealth) or the greedy desire for more money. These two locations are used not only to characterize this aspect of 1920’s American society but are also used to correspond to the types of characters encountered. East Egg and West Egg are "…identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay…” (1:9). But East Egg differs from West Egg because the people dwelling on East Egg have a
Power is a force exhibited and feared by many. Prevalent since the dawn of time and abused since the dawn of man. Power is the ability to use authority, whether it be physical or psychological, to control, enforce, persuade or provoke an idea within a community or group. Power can be used for good, and is on many occasions, but I will be talking about examples of the extreme use and abuse of power that lie predominantly throughout the texts; Wag The Dog directed by Mimi Lu, and Nineteen-Eighty-Four, George Orwell, Themes of power include the power of media and slogans and fear of power. These themes are demonstrated throughout these texts in the form of speech, exaggeration, use of perspective, various language techniques and, specifically in Wag The Dog; camera angles, mes en scene.
Critical Lens Essay Stated by Vince Lombardi, “Individual commitment to a group effort- this is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” This quote is saying that, if one person does not help out or put in their part of the group effort, everybody in the group will then have to suffer the consequences. Many people believe that this quote is true, because, it relates to The Lord of The Flies, By William Golding, and “The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allen Poe. In both works of literature, the authors propose that everyone’s commitment contributed to the group effort is important and needed for teamwork; without that one person’s help, many people suffer. William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies, is a novel where there are plenty of themes addressed within the plot. Since, theme is a recurring idea within a work of literature, one of the most obvious themes in Lord Of The Flies, is savagery vs. civilization.
Tanner Vinson Carroll English Comp. II 28 May 2010 Symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” we see the use of symbolism at its finest. Although the symbolism in this novel can be seen physically through the character’s eyes, the symbolism must be further analyzed to understand its significance in the story. The list of symbols in this novel is relatively lengthy, but among the most important are East and West Egg, the green light, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg gazing over the valley of ashes. The conflict of interacting social classes is seen through the symbolism of East and West Egg.
William Golding’s first novel, Lord of the Flies, is a book that has been challenged repeatedly. It’s an obvious statement when I say that people can argue for both sides of this debate, but there are several points that can be made for the interest of the people that do not want the book to be challenged or banned. This novel is one of a fictional setting and plot, but is based upon an underlying theme of reality. William Golding applies the times of war and the struggling society to the beginning of this novel, and the idea of both of those aspects to the children on the island. When the first copy of the novel was in print, and being distributed, the book began with an introduction as to how the children ended up on the island.
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March 3, 2012 The Cold War was an event that change the twentieth century The Cold War was between democratic and communism that was started by Senator Joseph McCarthy. While discussing anticommunism and McCarthyism they will find the differences between the two. The paper will also discuss how the media point of view covered anticommunism and McCarthyism, also how Americans foreign was determined anticommunism. Finally, they will discover how Americans’ lives have changed because of the Red Scare. The Cold War is discussed widely around the world and as huge impact on the fight between Republicans and Democrats about communism and anticommunism.
We each have our own identity and personality that is made up of who we are and what we stand for. It is this identity of ours that defines us and makes us. Losing such a things, as ones identity is devastating and can lead to turmoil. The main characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding experience a loss of identity throughout the story that eventually causes the devastation and death that prevail. One sees this specifically in Jack, Ralph, and Roger as the war between civilization and savagery take hold of their entire world on the island.