“Sex and violence are always linked in the stories of The Bloody Chamber.” To what extent do you agree with this view? Sex and violence are irrefutably linked in the stories of The Bloody Chamber due to the nature of the gothic genre wherein tales contain elements of horror and romance. In most stories in The Bloody Chamber, sex and violence do run parallel to each other. Therefore, I agree with the statement that sex and violence are linked within The Bloody Chamber. However, there are some exceptions to this.
From the opening letters of the novel Walton comes across as extremely ambitious and determined to ‘tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man’. The reader is also made aware of how dangerous Walton’s expedition is as from the very first paragraph it is associated in the reader’s mind with words such as ‘disaster’ and ‘evil forebodings’. Thus, once Frankenstein is introduced in the story, the reader can see how similar the two characters are, as Frankenstein also wants to ‘pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers’. The parallels between the two characters show to the reader that Frankenstein’s story is not just a “one off” but that it could happen again; therefore forcing the reader to take note of the message of his story more seriously. Frankenstein also realises this and so feels he has to tell his story so as to stop Walton making the same mistakes that he has; hoping that he will ‘deduce an apt moral from my tale’.
Pg 40 from; ‘It’s war. They’ve attacked’ to the end of the chapter. Comment on the importance of this extract and its relationship to the novel as a whole. Confusing and shocking, to the reader as much as the characters, this extract from ‘The Siege’ by Helen Dunmore is essential to the structure and development of the novel and also the novel as a whole. In this extract, Dunmore introduces war into the novel.
Steven king has written many classic novels. His main theme has always been mystery, but his novels both frighten you at times and can tug at your heart other times. By using his talented writing skills, King can bring all emotions to the surface. In his novel Cujo, the reader experiences terror and worry and in The Green Mile the reader experiences sadness and empathy. In exploring his many published novels, I have discovered not only that King is an experienced writer, but also very talented at exploring many different genres of writing.
In spite of what the old cliché asserts, Crime and Punishment is a book that you can judge by its cover. For at the center of its intricate plot, tying everything together is plenty of crime and plenty of punishment. To achieve those ends Fyodor Dostoevsky created several villainous characters, three men that break both moral and legal laws. Their names are: Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, and Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Dostoevsky has great skill as writer, so each character is unique and different as an actual human being.
Folk Hero in America? The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of great proportions; it is great in all aspects of literature. The story is the driving force behind Gilgamesh and it can captivate anyone who reads it. Tragedy is the ultimate fate and because Gilgamesh goes through his trials and tribulations but meets death in the end. This would make him a tragic hero, and many stories written in this time period revolved around this same theme.
The point of terrorism is to cause a wide and extreme sense of fear and also to prove a point or purpose, which mostly is another person or country. Terrorism is always carried out in a way that it draws an audience. Differences in terrorism involve to people who are being targeted and how terrorism is carried out. The next think you should be informed of is the term “justification”. What is justification?
Chapter 3 in John G. Cawelti’s book Adventure, Mystery, and Romance entitled “The Mythology of Crime and Its Formulaic Embodiments” seeks to explain the “great imaginative obsession (with crime) of nineteenth and twentieth century Englishmen and Americans”(51). Throughout the chapter Cawelti works to examine how crime is viewed in the western cultures and its changing nature over time. Different types of crime have been viewed differently by successive generations. Cawelti also seeks to explain why crime has come to be viewed in modern cultures as entertainment although he does emphasize the fact that crime has been involved in major literary works as evidenced by the Iliad written by Homer. Discussed in this analytical summary will be the evolution of crime as entertainment from the 17th and 18th centuries, to the late 19th centuries, and now in the more modern era.
Question: “Macbeth” has all the ingredients of a compelling drama. Write a response to this statement commenting on one or more of the ingredients, which, in your opinion make Macbeth compelling. The play Macbeth is indeed a compelling one, featuring many of the key ingredients which so often make Shakespeare’s plays the greats that they are known as today. It features many different themes, the theme of evil, the supernatural, of war and the ever corrupting nature of power. These components are further brought together by the overhanging sense of mystery in the play.
Violence is everywhere in the world it can either be in wars, fights or even in homes. In the novel Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard violence is an important theme as the book relates to the Troubles in Ireland. In the novel violence portrays an important part and has many effects. For example violence, breaks friendships, causes many deaths and can split households apart. Firstly violence can break friendships.