Prompt: How is the theme of appearance versus reality dealt with differently in A Streetcar Named Desire and Blue Jasmine? “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.” However simple these words may seem, this is perfectly epitomized by Tennessee William’s theatrical masterpiece, ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ to the modern adaptation ‘Blue Jasmine’ directed by Woody Allen. A streetcar named Desire and Blue Jasmine touch on…
throughout the novel to exemplify the natural relationship between man and nature. During Santiago’s journey he encounters other creatures, like the marlin, to support the claim of nature and man working against and with each other. This novel, not only is a captivating story of man’s ongoing battle with the natural world, but also contains a deeper truth about the world order. In The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway portrays nature as human’s equal, living in a competitive harmony,…
Analysis of Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” “The Trial” by Franz Kafka is a novel of total meaningless living, wandering through court labyrinths and meaningless death. It was written in 1912 and published posthumously in 1925 by his friend Max Brod. Its manuscript was left unfinished and the author left his covenant to his friend to destroy it after his death, therefore, the novel was not intended for printing. However, despite the author's last wish, his friend decided not to obey him and not…
I think that zoos should not be allowed because they need the freedom to roam around without boundaries of zoo walls. Animals in captivity may live longer, but they have the lack of the quality of life, don't get their natural instincts to hunt, and may not have the right care that they need to be able to live a happy and healthy life. The animals in captivity may live longer, but live an unhappy life due to lack of freedom due to zoo walls and other animals. According to Petakids.com “In the…
Animal captivity is a cruel, miserable, and an unhappy thing for animals in zoos. Zookeepers are not feeding animals enough food or giving animals enough space to play in the cages at zoos and aquariums, too. Animals all over the world need more care, more safety and more room to play with their type of species. Animals keep dying because zoo keepers and owners can not take good enough care of the animals, or have the time to feed the animals, or take the time to take good care of the animals.…
between the human kind and nature in a reversal reflection comparing what we are living in relation with nature. This relation in this photo is shocking because humans these days are mobilizing the nature for their benefit, The age of nature supremacy is ended, we live in an era when humans can exploit everything. Taken In 1993, the photographer insisted and focused to show the evidence of the inequality and the duality by the eyes of a human who is a slave to the nature, he’s inferior to…
Imagine Earth as a place where everyone in it has magical powers. Would life in it be the same as we are living now? Even the animals and the trees have power too and can talk. While you are thinking about it or imagining Earth like that, I want to tell you that there is a place like the one you are imagining right now. It’s Narnia. The unbelievable land where it’s always dark and cold. It’s a place where four siblings went during World War II as C.S. Lewis mentioned in his book. He wrote the…
leaves all belong to nature, yet one does not fit in with the others. In most Romantic works, nature radiates a positive vibe. Characters immerse themselves in nature as an escape from the expectations of the towns people and to have a place with freedom. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne uses positivity with the forest where Hester and Dimmesdale can interact without the people of the town watching them. However, Hawthorne also explores negativity associated with nature by using the…
An epic struggle between God and nature takes place within Alfred Lord Tennyson’s mind in his elegy, In Memoriam A.H.H.. Tennyson brings to life his own world of grief and suffering in a quest to discern man’s purpose on earth. He draws on his own experiences and knowledge of the natural world to challenge his personal beliefs on both God and nature. Tennyson wrote In Memoriam A.H.H. following the death of his close friend, Arthur Henry Hallam. Devastated by the abrupt loss of life, he began to…
both “The Road not taken” (756) and “Nothing Gold can stay” (654) have different meanings they are also similar in many ways. Robert Frost tends to use a lot of nature imagery in most of his poems including both of these. Usually the nature imagery he uses has nothing to do with the true meanings of his poems. He is well known for using nature to describe a situation or place. In the poem “The Road not taken” (p.756), he is not really referring to two roads that run through an actual forest.…