...The British Political Reflection through The Westminster Alice by Saki, The Parody of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Lecturer: Dr. Novita Dewi, M.S., M.A (Hons) by: Miranda A. R Siregar Student Number: 136332007 THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2014 The British Political Reflection through The Westminster Alice by Saki, The Parody of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland I. Introduction Alice and the adventure in wonderland and Alice through the looking glass are the master pieces of literary work by Lewis Carroll. The characters in the story, particularly Alice herself become such an iconic character. Alice is basically a girl who has a high imagination and able to see the world differently, out of general border. We may discover several works based on Alice in wonderland, from the day the story was published until this present time. There are a lot of books and movies that inspired by Alice. In this essay, I would like to discuss is “The Westminster Alice” by Hector Hugo Munro (Saki) in 1902, The specialty of this book is so much different from any other work adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, which most of them are actually similar story or the adult version of Alice. This book is a parody of British politic based on Alice in Wonderland character. The Westminster Alice is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published...
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...* Page: 3 Para: 1-“Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?'” * Page: 4 Para: 3-“For, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over.” * Page: 6 Para: 3-“Alice was not going to do that in a hurry.”No, I'll look first," she said, "and see whether it's marked 'poison' or not"; for she had read several nice little stories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts, and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them.” * Page: 7 Para: 2-"Come, there's no use in crying like that!" said Alice to herself rather sharply. "I advise you to leave off this minute!" She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pg.3: When I was a little girl, I used think books with out pictures were boring. Now that I’m older books with pictures bore me and books without pictures make me excited because I can use my imagration...
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...Individuality is the vibrant streak of starlight in the black night. Individuality makes you the distinctive duckling in the crowd of adorable chicks. Yet is “different” truly such an atrocious thing? Tim Burton--renowned director and producer of movies such as Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--rebels against this common assumption by revolving his cinematic works around the importance of uniqueness. Inspired by Ray Harryhausen classic horror films and Roger Corman’s Vincent Price, he fused his contrasting light and dark moods to develop powerful themes behind his films, enhancing the value of individuality. To this day, his cinematic works empower many people with a new sense of pride in themselves. Tim Burton’s films use non-diegetic music, shot-reverse-shot, and close-up techniques to convey his thoughts about individuality and uniqueness. As long as Tim Burton uses close-ups, the unique traits of certain characters are repeatedly highlighted. Close-ups are when the images being shot take up at least 80% of the entire frame. Edward Scissorhands is a key example of Tim Burton’s ability to utilize close-up shots to add to the overall theme of individuality. Whenever Edward is using his scissor-hands--whether it’s to cut hair or chop lettuce--the scissors are consistently shown in a close-up. As a result, Edward’s hands are established as an significant feature that sets him apart from others. Similarly, in Charlie and the...
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...adventure of the main character Alice Kingsleigh to Underland, where she visited thirteen years ago when she was six. At that time the Underland (or Wonderland as Alice calls it) was the White Queen's reign, but now being controlled by her easily-irritated sister the Red Queen who hates animals and uses them as servants. Alice is foretold to be the only one who can slay the dragon-like creature Jabberwocky which is controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants, and finally with her courage restores the White Queen to power. The film Alice in Wonderland has showed different meaning of femininity by the three main characters Alice, the Red Queen , and the White Queen, who play other than traditional gender roles of women as expected by the society. Like Alice who is brave to confront the society's expectations of a young woman by being strong and courageous to choose her own life. Also, the Red Queen and the White Queen have shown the opposite situation of patriarchy when men usually act as superior and are dominant or controlling most situations, by playing the role of the other gender in being in-charge of Underland and having command of the soldiers and other male characters. Finally, the Red Queen has acted contrary to expected female personalities of being loving and patient, as shown by her easily-irritated...
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...an excellent job of directing. Alice realizes at her engagement party that its not meant for her to get married, she follows a bunny into a hole leading her to under land, not remembering that she had been there in the past. Her old friends aren’t sure if it’s the real Alice or not because she is so much older, but after she starts to go along with it, she is able to defeat the Red Queen and become the savior. Although, her friends don’t want her to leave, she returns back to the real world and takes what she learned from under land back with her. Tim Burton movies are one of a kind mainly because of his settings. He is known for always having dark, dreary settings, which is clearly shown in Alice in Wonderland. Most of the scenes are gloomy and dull, except for when Tim decides to incorporate some accent colors into the scenes. When Alice first enters Wonderland, the background is very grey and dark, but there are accents of blues and reds in flower friends and animals. Also, when Alice has tea with the mad hatter and the rabbit, everything is monotone and dreary, except the mad hatters red hair, red...
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...Flag: The Flag of England Anthem: The Full version of the British National Anthem: ‘God Save The Queen’. 1. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! 2. O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all! 3. Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign; May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen! 4. Not in this land alone, But be God's mercies known, From shore to shore! Lord make the nations see, That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world over. 5. From every latent foe, From the assassins blow, God save the Queen! O'er her thine arm extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our mother, prince, and friend, God save the Queen! National animal: Lion National flower: Rose National tree: Oak tree Currency: Pound (rate £1 = R11.13) Leader of country: David William Donald Cameron was born on 9 October 1966 and is the current Prime Minister of England. He is aged 43. David was narrowly elected PM in 2010 after A first candidacy for Parliament at Stafford in 1997 ended in defeat, but Cameron was elected in 2001 as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency...
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...first Dairy Queen store in 1940 in Joliet, Illinois. While this Dairy Queen has not been in operation since the 1950s, the building still stands at 501 N Chicago St. as a city-designated landmark.[11] Since 1940, the chain has used a franchise system to expand its operations globally. The state with the most Dairy Queen restaurants is Texas. The Texas Dairy Queen Operators' Council facilitates marketing and the food system in Texas. Dairy Queen International is the parent company of Dairy Queen. In the US, it operates under American Dairy Queen.[12][13] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. At the end of its fiscal year 2006, Dairy Queen reported over 5,600 stores in more than a dozen countries; about 4,600 of its stores (approximately 85%) were located in the United States.[12][13][14] DQ was an early pioneer of food franchising, expanding its 10 stores in 1941 to 100 by 1947, 1,446 in 1950, and 2,600 in 1955. The first store in Canada opened in Melville, Saskatchewan, in 1953.[15] The red Dairy Queen symbol was introduced in 1959. The company became International Dairy Queen, Inc. (IDQ) in 1962. In 1987, IDQ bought the Orange Julius chain. It was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 1998. Dairy Queens were a fixture of social life in small towns of the Midwestern and Southern United States during the 1950s and 1960s. In that role, they have often come to be referenced as a symbol of life in small-town America, as in Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen:...
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...separated by the Irish Sea, and a lot of small islands, the main of which are the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, Anglesea and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, the Hebrides – a group of islands off the north-western coast of Scotland, and two groups of islands lying to the north of Scotland: the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands**. The total area of the United Kingdom is 244 square kilometres. 2. State symbols of the UK 2.1. The flag of the UK The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack*** is made up of three crosses. The upright red cross is the cross of St George, the patron saint of England. The white diagonal cross (with the arms going into the corners) is the cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The red diagonal cross is the cross of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The national flag of Wales is a red dragon on a background of white and green. Wales is not...
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...Hello,everybody Now, I talk about symbols of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom a lot of symbols such as symbols of the England,Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales.However, I only talk about main symbols of the United Kingdom. There are fours symbols of the UK: _first, national personification _second, national animal _third, coat of arms _finally, motto of the UK The first, national personification is Britannia. Britannia is a old name of British and this is a name of the young woman. She wear a classical dress,she put on a helmet, and she is holding a trident and shield with the union flag. Britannia became a popular figure in 1707 when Scotland , Wales and England were united to from Great Britain. She is used as a symbols of power and unity British. The second, national animal is a lion. Lion is a symbol of England and also a main symbols of the United Kingdom. In twelve century, The King Rechart used lion as a powerful symbol of the English during the time of the Crusades. The third, coat of arms of the united Kingdom There are two coat of arms. This is used in England, northern Ireland, and Wales This is used in Scotland. Both of them are used by Queen Elizabeth the second from 1953 to the present. However , they are many differents Look at the picture: On the left, this is stand for English lion, on the right, this is an unicorn ,stand for Scotland(the unicorn is chained because in mediaeval times a free unicorn...
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...There are winged cobras extending from baskets holding a hieroglyph of the name. The semblance of these serpents is of the control of both Upper and Lower Egypt. One has a white or silver crown for upper and the other a red or gold crown for lower. The name of the Pharaoh is placed on the throne at the time of carination. King Tut began his reign at the age of 9 at this time his name was not Tutankhamun but rather Tutankhaten. This is even more proof of the location. Akhenaten named his son Tutankhaten at birth which translates to “living image of Aten”. If the location would have been in Thebes then the images of Aten would not be present. After a short reign King Tut realized the wasteland of Amarna was not going to sustain his people, he moved the capitol back to Thebes. At this time the worship of Aten was abandoned reverting back to the polytheistic religion of Egypt. At this time Tutankhaten changed his name to Tutankhamun which means living image of the...
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...Doctor Manette becomes a symbol for the cruelty that French laws followed during this time. Unlike England, he had no leniency and so he was forced to bear insanity because of a justice system that failed him. By embodying a failed justice system in Doctor Manette, Dickens allows for the reader to truly understand how easy it was to end up in jail during that time for absolutely no reason. This broken justice system is yet again represented when Charles Darnay is close to being put in jail simply because of the word of some man. Of course, Sydney Carton prevents that by stating that he resembles Darnay. But in the end, it just delayed the corrupt justice system from wrongfully imprisoning him because Darnay does end up getting sentenced to...
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...S.B.A on Rastafarian Symbols Name: Miguel McCarty Grade: 11o Subject: Religious Education School: Bridgeport High School Teacher: Mrs H.Wheatle Introduction This S.B.A is about Rastafarian (symbols). I am going to tell you about the Rastafarian symbols and how it affects them during worship and leisure time. Aims To examine three symbols in Rastafari. To discuss the effect the symbols have on Rastas. To examine the origin of Rastafari. Information Collection How information was collected: Greater Portmore branch library Time span: Start: Thursday, May 29, 2013 Finish: Secondary Data Where was information collected? The internet; Books Primary Data Information was collected at: At the Rastafarian village in Montego Bay The Cannabis Plant According to: The marijuana leaf is one of the most popular symbols in the Rastafarian religion. It's presence in the Jamaican culture is thought to have influenced it's inclusion into Rastafari religious practices. Some adherents believe marijuana aids their meditation as well as others aspects of the spirituality. The Colours According to: The colours associated with Rastafarianism are known as "pan-African" colours. There are either three or four colours, depending on the tradition: green, yellow (or gold), red (as in the Ethiopian flag), and sometimes...
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...Symbols and allegories are used to promote a deeper engagement with morality, discuss this statement in light of The Snow Queen and Thumbelina and by Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen promotes a resounding meaning of morality throughout his fairy-tales, (1), as eighteenth century author Schiller stated “deeper meaning resides in fairy tales told to me in my childhood than the truth that is taught in life.” (2) He is able to present various morals specifically targeted towards children by using an intricate web of symbols throughout his tales. The underlying roots of Andersen’s tales could be ascribed to Christian ideology and teachings which are depicted in the Bible. The symbols are used individually in order to implant Christian ideas subtly in the mind of the child reader which otherwise may be concepts which are too large for the young reader to grasp. Andersen also uses his tales as allegories for Bible teachings. They stand as “metaphorical representation(s)” (3) of various Christian teachings, mirrored as they are written in the Bible. The symbols and allegories used allow a deeper engagement of the text and explore morality issues in hopes of educating young children in terms of Christian morality. Critic Ruth Eshbaugh remarked upon Andersen’s work that “there is no real evidence he is trying to teach spiritual lessons in any of his works.” (4) However in disagreement with this statement I have explored the symbols and allegories that Andersen uses to...
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...British Lit / Test Two Review Essay Questions 1. The genre of “The Fairie Queen” is a romantic epic. Epic poetry is the highest form of poetry; long and episodic. It is a narrative that contains many adventures, a central character, journey to hell, gods and goddesses, and it starts in the middle (in medias res). The Fairie Queen is allegorical of the Protestant Reformation. It contains many biblical allusions supporting the Protestant faith and criticizing Catholicism. It is written in Spenserian stanza, stanzas of nine iambic lines; the first eight are pentameters and the ninth is hexameter with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc. 2. The term Renaissance translates into “rebirth”. This was a great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe; marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. The Renaissance began in Europe around 1390; this was around the same time of the Canterbury Tales. The Renaissance did not begin in England until1485. It was so late coming to England because of the civil war due to the “power struggle” between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. This Civil War was called the War of the Roses. The two houses fought until they killed each other off and in 1485, King Henry took crown and this was the beginning of the Tudor Dynasty. England finally had a level of peace allowing its people to acknowledge and then take part in this renewal of life, vigor, and interest. 3. The difference in doctrine between Protestantism...
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...The crown for initiation is from the group called the Yoruba. They are located in the western part of Africa called Nigeria. In Nigeria, this crown for royalty is known as an adenla and is worn only by Yoruba kings and queens called the oba. The Oba would wear these crowns to mediate between the worlds of the seen and the unseen. Once an Oba places the crown on his/her head, they become connected directly with their ancestors. The crown is also a symbol of the Oba’s power and commands over the people. At first glance, the crown screams Yorba, from the materials used and the figures used in the design. In the Yoruba culture, they had many different materials such as beads, thread, feathers, fabric, wood, and shells. For some reason, beads...
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