In crime writing, composers not only scrutinise justice but also experiment with textual forms and features in response to different contexts. Evaluate this statement with reference to two prescribed texts and two texts of your own. According to Fiske, genre’s ‘embody the crucial ideological concerns of the time in which they are popular.’ Throughout our study of crime fiction it is incontestable that each text, despite the context in which they are composed, focus on the overriding theme of truth and justice and how this is achieved – a popular concern in our time. Michael Ondaatje’s revisionist crime novel, Anil’s Ghost is a reflection of its late 20th century context of war torn Sri Lanka where through its subversion of structure and resolution justice is never administered, despite what the truth may be. Secondly, Stoppard’s 1968 ‘Absurd’ and Post-modern Real Inspector Hound focuses on iconoclasm, the questioning of identity and the abandonment of realism.
Finally, a cartoon about the Occupy Wall Street movement describes how the truth can mislead and warp meaning, thus creating perspectives that generate diverse and provocative insights. The role reputation plays is an idea that influences perceptions relevant to conflicting perspectives. In The Justice Game, Robertson accentuates his own perspective by juxtaposing the more progressive attitudes of his side of the case. Sarcastically, Robertson writes, referring to Judge Michael Argyle’s “novel campaign to end burglary by sentencing burglars to prison for life.”The word ‘novel’ provides sarcasm from the beginning, by discrediting Judge Michael Argyle QC, and pointing out that Argyle is a failed politician, ‘whose judgeship was a career consolation for the Tory MP he had tried several times to become’. Hence, Robertson’s perceptions influence the readers’ mind, which is exactly what he wants, and he continues to sway the reader’s perspective.
Jenna Giammalva English 3 per.2 February 1, 2010 Ms. Lindroth Thesis: In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain exposes how ignorance causes violence, and how personal gain overrides moral deeds through the use of satire. Mark Twain’s Notice and Pap’s ongoing diatribe reveals how ignorance undercuts one’s credibility. For example, In Mark Twain’s Notice he cites, “Persons attempting to find a plot will be shot” (2). Twain is exposing the truth in satire throughout the novel and people who don’t understand that are ignorant. In more simple terms, if you only go away from the book with only the plot then you are stupid.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "Notice": "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot." This quote from the very beginning of the novel indicates that this book is classified as satire. This is a red flag to the reader that this story is not as it seems. It may seem like a child’s book, yet it manages to address larger and more complex issues like slavery and racism. The author’s writing style is very informal and colloquial.
Title The play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell does not only tell the audience about a mystery crime case but explores the inequality between the genders in a male dominant society and the sympathy for the female destiny of the two main characters, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. The play has the same style with other mystery stories as the important trivial evidences are always passed over by the police officers and only noticed by the intelligent and careful detectives. Mr. Peters affirms, “Nothing here but kitchen things” (Glaspell, 1916, p. 938). Ironically, the detectives in the play are not the attorney or the sheriff who is supposed to investigate the case. Nonetheless, the sheriff’s wife and the neighbor’s wife who come to the house to take in some stuffs for Mrs. Wright have found out the motive and the real murderer.
Moreover, Bateman is given another reason to exterminate; having a friend who “has the nicest business card” symbolically represents an ultimately successful yuppie, who challenges Bateman’s subjectivity of the “everyyuppie” and thus, jealousy reflects much of his actions. The composers, through the archetypal characters exemplify how the darker side of humanity may be unleashed from anyone and the ability it has to dehumanise
/ And oftentimes, to win us to out harm, / The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence” (I.iii.121). Macbeth ignores Banquo’s idea, and instead further investigates the concept that he may one day be King. He considers whether the crown will fall into his hands, or if he will have to complete a dark deep in order to obtain it. The witches successfully plant the destructive idea into Macbeth’s head. Macbeth has a huge character flaw.
A critic from the Literature Network said “Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" consists of a monologue in which an accused murderer protests his sanity rather than his innocence. The point of view is the criminal's, but the tone is ironic in that his protestation of sanity produces an opposite effect upon the reader. From these two premises stem multiple levels of action in the story. The criminal, for example, appears obsessed with defending his psychic self at whatever cost, but actually his drive is self-destructive since successful defense upon either implied charge— of murder or of criminal insanity— automatically involves admission of guilt upon the other (1).” In summary, when Poe creates two personalities within one character, one part of the character will blame the other part of the character. Eventually on part of the character will give in and accept everything.
In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain satirizes his opinion of the flaws of Romantic Literature in the person of Tom Sawyer. In his supportive role, Tom Sawyer sacrifices speed and efficiency for extremely elaborate style and adventure as he performs many of his tasks. These include using unsuspecting people to ferry certain objects to Jim when Tom could easily sneak them in himself (141). Romantic literature also deviates toward the idea that exaggerated style in writing is more important than the actual content of the piece of literature. Another aspect of Romanticism that Tom Sawyer displays is his reason and logic being replaced by unrealistic and fanciful thinking: "Every animal [including rattlesnakes] is grateful for kindness and petting, and they wouldn’t THINK of hurting a person that pets them.
In two of Poe’s stories, The Black Cat and The Cask of Amontilado, he writes of angry men who ultimately kill the ones who cause them trouble, then proceeding to wall them up behind stones and mortar. While Poe’s stories are filled with anger and rash actions, Doyle writes of how Sherlock Holmes calmly discusses his cases, solving them out with rational though. A big difference in Doyle’s and Poe’s writing styles, though, is the amount of emotion put into the stories written by either of them. Poe uses more emotion to attach the main character to the reader, to make the protagonists appear more real as well as keeping it in