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The author－Ian McEwan, one of the most influential writers in modern Britain, was born in a poor working family in Alder shot and graduated from Sussex University. He has resolute characters, sharp mind and assiduous exploration spirit. By delicate and trenchant writing style, he is adept at outline a variety of anxiety and fear on people’s mind, and he focuses on violence, death, sensual desires, good and evil. The majority of his novels reflect the dominating forces of sex and the distortion…

twists the Fool’s original archetype(the comic relief) and turns him into Lear 's loyal friend. Shakespeare turned an old tale with a happy resolution into a solemn tragedy that explores complex human themes that defy perceptions of moral upcomings. Ian McKellen said in an interview on the PBS series Shakespeare Uncovered that “King Lear is neither good nor bad, he is simply a man”(10:24). Shakespeare believed it was time for drama to evolve, it was time for a truly human story to be…

In what ways does Ian McEwan’s use of setting reinforce the central ideas of Atonement? Ian McEwan spends a great deal of time describing the setting his characters inhabit. The descriptions are so in depth and thoughtful that the houses and buildings almost become characters in their own rights. This attention to detail comes from McEwan’s use of setting in reinforcing the central themes of Atonement, such as love, pretence and order and chaos. Although he used many techniques, descriptive…

The complexity of the human mind is very hard to understand. McEwan’s Atonement, is a novel beginning in 1935 when Briony Tallis, a thirteen year old girl commits a crime that sends Robbie Turner, an innocent man to jail. Consequently Briony seeks redemption and atonement throughout her live, initially during WWII and later in the late 1900’s in a form of a book that Briony writes of Robbie Turner’s and Cecilia Tallis’s undying love. On the other hand, DeWitt’s The Sisters Brothers, is a story…

Power Destroyed (The Prologue) King Lear was the King of Britain. He had three daughters to take over his kingdom. He had a long white beard which showed his age, patience, and his wisdom. He also had glossy blue eyes. Showing that his vision was becoming clouded. Since he could no longer see truth himself, he believed the flattery of others. He dresses lavishly wearing a fancy red robe and heavy gold crown. Over time the crown puts too much pressure on the sides of his brain and causes…

However, Cordelia’s reckless behaviour gets her in trouble, and she moves away so her performance in school can improve. When Elaine and Cordelia meet again, Elaine is surprised to see Cordelia’s current state. She is described as “a wreck. Her hair is lusterless, the flesh of her face pasty. She’s gained a lot of weight, not solid-muscled weight, but limp weight, bloated and watery. She’s gone back to the too-vivid orange-red lipstick, which turns her yellowish.” (275) Cordelia still maintains…

word justice can mean many things for many people. It is up to the people to deem it a minor or serious issue.How justice and injustice are displayed affects how a person will understand it. This all depends on the type of person, criminal or hero. In Ian McEwan's Atonement, Briony's understanding of justice changes over the course of the novel and she does not stop trying to achieve it. First, Briony's first encounter with injustice shows her partial understanding of it. Briony finds Lola one…

their creations. The dinosaurs run amuck, and as the book shows, with the death of John Hammond, it is wrong to play god; it only leads to chaos. Often mentioned in the book, and a few times in the movie, is the theory of chaos told respectively by Dr. Ian Malcolm. He explains reverentially that any outcome will differ, and that when it seems like things are okay, they lead to more chaos. Crichton has created a world where science hasn’t been monitored and both versions of Jurassic Park show the…

In Ian Kershaw’s The ‘Hitler Myth’ Kershaw goes to argue the facts behind the myths about Adolf Hitler and his position in Nazi Germany. Kershaw does not try to focus on the man himself but more along the lines of “It is not, in fact, primarily concerned with Hitler himself, but with the propaganda image-building process, and above all with the reception of this image by the German people-how they viewed Hitler before and during theThird Reich;…” The book itself is split into three parts. The…

Pfizer and Hospira being a subsidy. With Hospira being the world’s leading producer of injectable drugs and infusion technology and a world leader in biosimilars, Pfizer’s acquirement of Hospira will of be of great gain to them (www.prnewswire.com). Ian Read, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer says, “Coupled with Pfizer’s global reach, Hospira is expected to drive greater sustainability for our Global Established Pharmaceutical business over the long term." Read appears to have great hopes for the…