Characterisation

Despite texts being written in different eras, they can still reflect similar enduring values that can transcend their own contexts. These values are the subconscious ideals that influence the way all human beings behave and act. Such ideals are shaped by the sociocultural, economic and historical contexts. This idea is clearly seen through the comparison of the novel, ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald and the Sonnets of the Portuguese, XIV and XXII by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.…

promoting physical activity engagement across the lifespan is a priority (WHO, 2014). The present belief is that physical literacy may have broader representation and greater focus on self-sufficiency, thus maximising student potential beyond the characterisation…

In “The Tempest”, Shakespeare’s characterisation of Miranda reinforces that the individual reassesses their understanding of their world through the discovery of knowledge of the world while maintaining her innocence. Miranda grew up isolated within a physical and emotion sphere of insularity…

Barrie employs the characterisation of Peter to facilitate the novel acting as an allegory of childhood. Pan epitomises childhood in the way he will forever remain a child, but also in his endearingly realistic portrayal. He is selfish, impulsive, and rude and is only capable of…

Flawed characters often more memorable than the moral lessons which we learn as readers and audiences. This is because we can relate more to them as the imperfections/flaws of the characters often mirror our own. Characters can be unlikeable and still be interesting, and it is their flaws, which often are born out of some defect, that make them interesting. In the Songs of innocence and Experience Blake comments on the flaws in society like the flaw in religious institutions such as the church,…

Through-out the last few years, many have observed the rapid growth of social networking into culture and its integration into many daily lives, (Ofcom, 2008). Social Media are forms of electronic communication in which users can produce communities online in order to share information, personal messages and their ideas. (Yap, Perez and Ayson, 2015). Social media has profoundly changed the way the world thinks and how organisations think, especially surrounding advertising and recruitment (The…

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ explores the concept of injustice in society and to achieve equity individuals must challenge the derisive views of society. The novel intertwines the social and racial segregation prevalent in the town of Maycomb. This discrimination is fortified through an honourable lawyer Atticus who defends a wrongfully accused black man. Atticus conveys moral fortitude and strength of his convictions of the prevailing views of society and disagrees with the ingrained…

Byron uses the image of the gondola as a synecdoche for the city of Venice. No other symbol fully encapsulates the fluidity and restlessness of the city, nor the pervasive intermixing of life and death that characterises Venice so fully. This is particularly true of Beppo, in which the gondola functions as a demonstration of the thin boundaries between the two seemingly antithetical states of life and death in Venice. The connection between the gondola and Venice is established in the opening…

tale of a young woman living in Mexico. Both texts explore the notions of cruelty and restrictions imposed upon women. Analysing the two texts from different cultures and their context allows us to explore the role and status of women through characterisation, the setting, and events that take place. Violence against women was, and continues to be, one of the world’s most widespread human…

Part One: Conductive behaviour of graphene/carbon nanotube and graphene oxide/ carbon nanotube hybrid materials Experimental Introduction Although many CNTs and graphene based electrodes have been developed with outstanding properties, drawbacks are still noticeable using some methods. For instance, EPD method commonly produces unsatisfied CNTs film strength and on the other hand, CVD technique is costly. Moreover, graphene based electrodes needs lots of labour works which is time consuming…