Characterisation

When we consider a pair of texts together, despite their different contexts, the new can give us a greater appreciation and understanding of the old and the old can give us more insight into the new. To what extent have you found this to be true of the two texts you have studied in class? It is generally true that when a pair of texts are considered together, they are both able provide a deeper insight into and understanding of the other as the unchanging nature of the human condition allows…

The disorder pertaining from a chaotic state of society can function as a medium for individuals to undergo the process of discovery. Such revelations can greatly alter the perspective of individuals, which can ultimately lead to them developing a greater understanding of their own context and wider human society. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities each involve the structure of society becoming fluid due to the onset of chaos. They examine the…

The communists during the Russian Revolution believed that human nature is inherently good, and the government is what causes people to do wrong. Yet, during that period in communist Russia millions of people died as a result of Stalin’s purges. Also, in 1945 the German regime was revealed to the world, Auschwitz and all its horror was released. Both totalitarian governments, and we are meant to believe human nature is essentially good. This was the context in which George Orwell wrote his book,…

The benefits and risks of the scientific method of genetically modifying crop species Since the emergence of agriculture over 10,000 years ago, humans have been altering the genomes of the crops they produce in order to increase the crop quality in many ways, with fruit size and palatability being two obvious examples. Whether this occurred incidentally through the techniques used to cultivate the plants or intentionally through artificial selection, humans have created strains of domesticated…

The image i have chosen to analyse is a piece from the series 'Jesus is my homeboy' by David LaChapelle entitled 'The Last Supper', a modernised version of DaVinci's piece by the same title (1498). This piece of writing will explore comparing and contrasting and will identify the characteristics of the image and what helps create its structure. This series of photographs explores the idea of Jesus being placed into a modern day setting, which in this case is an urban neighbourhood, where he is…

Vonnegut's fiction exposes the reality of the Vietnam War as dehumanizing and horrific towards one's ability to acheive individuality and liberation to form an identity. In Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 anti-war novel "Slaughterhouse Five" (SF) he shares many truths of fiction from his own experiences such as confinement is a barrier for personal growth, collectivism is not the key to acheiving liberation and identity is ultimately determined one's ability to detach themselves from others. This is…

Individual texts are influenced by specific contexts of which they are produced, alas they are representative of their given society’s politics and prevailing ideologies. Fitz Lang’s silent, black and white film, ‘Metropolis’ and George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, similarly delve into differing dystopic societies reflective of their individual contexts. Both texts effectively explore autocratic control imposed on societies through the manipulation of technologies, oppressive nature of fascist…

Shakespeare’s representations of women in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew are still highly relevant in our present context despite society and technological development. The societal expectation for women to marry before a certain age is reflected in Beatrice, Hero as well as Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew this coincides with the repeating motif of a women’s value being based on her marital status and virginity. This is still evident in our present society where…

resorted to corrupt dealings in order to find acceptance and help. Another illustration of moral corruption is when Basie due to his opportunistic behaviour leads to Jamie using the deceased woman’s bowl to get food rations. These implementation of characterisation to convey the message of the moral corruption of innocent individuals effectively communicates to the viewer that no one remains innocent in a war and that even children begin to grapple with difficult moral dilemmas which they…

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