Characterisation

experiences with life in Australia and the first world war that follows. The author revolves the text around events such as the meeting of new friends, war and death. He presents many contrasting themes that connect with central ideas, highlighting characterisation, change of setting and symbolism. There is clear emphasis on the use of contrast and it is a common literary device used throughout. The contrast of setting made between the Australian swamplands and the European battlefields…

As well as settings, scenic properties, such as doorway, windows, mirrors or chairs, using in the scene were also created asymmetrically, for instant, those chairs and tables which were set in the scene with civil officers or town clerks are unnaturally tall, while the doors or stairways used by characters in film are such unrealistically distorted. Moreover, light is also projected through painting in this film, to draw the highlight in the scene. In every scene, besides using paint on the…

depression. They move to the town of Soledad (which translates from Spanish to ‘solitude’ to look for work on a ranch. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to explore the theme of loneliness in the novel through the use of setting, symbolism and characterisation. Steinbeck uses various examples to show the theme of loneliness through the setting of the novel. For example, Crook’s is isolated from all the other ranch workers primarily because he is black. He lives alone in a little room with…

Though only a brief episode in the Theogony, Hesiod’s characterisation of Gaia’s oppression under and plot against Ouranos provocatively ingrains the future gender relations in classical Greece into the very birth of the world, and provides a framework by which to understand the cosmos through the mind of an ancient Greek. The easiest analysis of this episode of the Theogony casts Gaia and Ouranos respectively into the maternal and paternal roles. Gaia, as the mother, is “strained and…

Lawrence gain uses another motif in Lantana to educate his viewers about relationships adrift. Using the motif of the dance and through the characterisation of Sonja and Leon Zat, the viewer soon becomes aware in The studio scene .Regardless of how Leon tries to pretend some interest in the dance , it becomes obvious in The lovers scene that he cannot hide the truth and the fluorescent lighting makes the truth apparent because his disinterest cannot be hidden. Lawrence’s jump cuts between…

Reputation is a concept that can make or break a man. In Shakespeare’s Othello, the damage that can be caused by reputation, or the lack of it, is very severe and is evident through the characterisation of Michael Cassio. Shakespeare portrays emotional damage that can be caused by the lack of reputation through dialogue “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!…

The casting of the characters Rubin Carter, Lezra Martin, Lisa Peters, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton and Lt. Jimmy Williams was necessary to create the image of goodness, as we associate attractive people with being good and kind hearted. Athletically appealing actors have been cast in all these roles in order for us to automatically assume them to be good. However, Det. Sgt. Della Pesca and the Prison Warden (the major villains) are cast as old, overweight, balding men to assure us of their…

Will at the beginning of the novel didn't want to help gardening, as it was an inconvenience to him. However, as the chapters progress, Boyd manipulates Will to grow mature through subtle characterisation, which grew his identity. Will then came to help gardening, which itself represents his willing growth of character that is only matured, when supplied with nourishment, revealing the symbolism. This developed maturity opened doors for communication…

This essay will focus on Susan Wolf’s attack on deontic moral theories. She argues that we cannot accept deontic theories as they prescribe moral sainthood. For Wolf, this is an undesirable model of life that is unrealistic to strive for. I will put pressure on the third premise of her argument. Arguing that she makes an inductive leap from her opinion, that the moral saint’s life is undesirable, to the theory that prescribes it can’t be accepted. For Wolf, deontic moral theories promote a…

Another striking factor embedded within the novel which contributes to the memorability of the novel is its fascinating language. A fairytale should be happy however, Yolen uses it as an allegory for the Holocaust. According to tradition, a fairytale by nature is didactic or moralistic; 'Briar Rise' does so on both an internal and external level. It teaches children that good will triumph over evil. There is much use of the traditional and original fairytale terms throughout the novel for…