Dramatic monologue

Both Wilfred Owen and Seamus Heaney present the power of nature in their poems “Exposure” and “Storm on the Island”, respectively, as overwhelming and uncontrollable. Between the two, they both emphasize nature as an unparalleled power, however, Owen’s poem is a visual representation of life in the trenches of WW1, contrasting from existing government propaganda glamorising the adventures of war and emphasizing the futility of the situation by depicting the fate of soldiers suffering from…

According to the new curriculum for Junior High School, narrative text is being taught in the eighth year. The basic competence is the students can use various kinds of language, i.e.: either written or verbal in smooth and accurate transactional and monologue texts especially on the form of recount, narrative, procedure, and descriptive. The elements of narrative: a. Function There are some functions of narrative text, according to Maggot (2007:6) the social function of narrative text is…

in the Rye, a post-war era novel, remains prevalent in education and society more than 60 years after its initial publication, greatly due to Holden’s personable thinking and behavior. At its core, the novel is a compilation of Holden’s interior monologue which is…

Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the first great English poet. He lived during a time of war, plague and social revolt. Despite these terrible things, society was very vibrant, creative, and increasingly literate (“Chaucer and His Works”). There is not a lot of information about Chaucer`s early life. He was probably born in London, sometime between 1340 and 1345. His father was a successful wine merchant, but there is no further information about his childhood or education. In 1357, he served as…

Since the beginning of the human race there has always been social problems and cultural conflicts. Parts of these social and cultural problems changes within the following generation. However the one concepts that doesn’t change is racism. This is shown in social media such as play and in speeches as well. Two examples are Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello and the speech made by Frederick Douglass which was called “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July. These are shown brilliantly for…

Children early years are very crucial for a successful learning process. While it is true that personality and individual genetic characteristics of children make them different from one to another, it is also true that they learn according to the environment, the stage they are, the stimulation, and of course the interaction with others. There are two constructivist theories about children learning developments. They were proposed by Piaget (1896-1980) and Vygotsky (1896-1934) Piaget studied…

The poem is written in heroic couplets, which usually use a masculine rhyme, emphasising the dramatic nature of the monologue and making a series of logically progressing statements and ideas. The second couplet sets the tone of the poem by creating imagery of a scene of destruction through the use of the adjective ‘levelled’, drawing on connotations the responder…

Despite offering a different character’s point of view, several of the dramatic techniques resident in Miss Julie are exhibited. Even more importantly, Strindberg again insists on placing the family of the play in the context of a Darwinian battle of the strongest. It is natural for us to expect similarities between The Father and Miss Julie due to the close proximity of their writing, but the points made about Strindberg’s later work help provide an additional insight into the playwright’s…

"Othello" is the best representation of the great tragedies of William Shakespeare; the Moor of Venice, a military with strong character. Shakespeare enhance the barbarity of the Moor, but from my point of view, Othello has essentially been nothing more than a simple soldier, naive, basic, black mindset. On the other hand, William Shakespeare also presented us the beautiful young wife of Othello, Desdemona, and her conflict with her father Brabantio, because of Othello 's race. Desdemona…

In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is social monster because of her ruthlessness and desire for power. She is the first to jump on the ‘murder King Duncan’ train and encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan in order to become king and queen of Scotland. Lady Macbeth encouraged her husband to, “look like an innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” (Macbeth 1.5.76-77). In As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Duke Frederick is a social monster because he betrays his daughter Celia and…