politicians used to deal with the case. Analyse how Blake Morrison presents the James Bulger case in text 2. Here you must use your knowledge of stylistic analysis and give examples from the text to support your analysis. Blake Morrison’s “Life after James” challenges the steadfast, sardonic and accepted view of the public and the media. By using various stylistic techniques, Morrison succeeds in pointing out that the sympathy shown by the public should not only regard James Bulger and his
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The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost English 102 B23 Liberty University 16 June 2014 The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost A stylistic and exploratory analysis of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” uncovering the message from the work received by a diverse audience. There are a few themes in the poem The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost. The author communicates that he is faced with a choice to take one path or another and faces apprehension, hesitation, fear, indecision and regret as
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speaking to; throughout the entire speech, he addresses his audience in the right way. From the very first sentence , he has set the tone of the speech. He starts out by making himself approachable by speaking less formally, which is an important stylistic device, as he is the president of the United States of America, and therefore not someone most people can relate to. He continues to make himself approachable, by putting in a personal story, of when he says: “I know that feeling” and then continues
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The text under analysis belongs to the tragedy genre of drama. I have chosen an abstract from the Shakespearean play “Romeo and Juliet”, especially the conversation between the protagonists. Key words of especially this abstract are “name” and “love”. They are repeated many times. And no wonder, we know, that one of the main themes of this play is unhappy love of the main characters. Concept of love is percepted by the reader in two meanings: something high and beautiful and dark, unlucky at the
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America, specifically the sexual exploitation of female slaves. Northup’s persona towards the dire treatment of black female slaves is that of extreme animosity and disgust. His stance against female marginalisation was presented through the use of stylistic features; namely, the inherent employment of figurative language when discussing
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The text under analysis is a short story "The Smile"written by the prominent American writer Ray Bradbury. Raymond Douglas "Ray" Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. He is best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American
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Essay on “Owl” by Jackie Kay “Owl” is a story about two friends and their childhood encounter with an owl. It is a story about a childhood friendship that lasts longer than they could have imagined. Barn and Tawny is what they called themselves when they one holiday discover an owl together. These nicknames and the encounter with the owl stays with them all the way till their forties. Now they are all grownup, but did their childhood have an influence on the way they are today? It is a tale of
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Analysis of Big Throughout the film Big (1988), director Penny Marshall uses different manners of characterization, film and story structure, and symbolism to convey the movies themes and ideas. The film opens up in the everyday life of a 13-year-old boy, Josh Baskin (David Moscow, Tom Hanks), who’s going through the typical motions and struggles that a 13-year-old would be expected to go through. He still acts like a child but doesn’t want to be treated like one by his parents, he can’t catch
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Analytic comparison According to society, a woman is often described as a feminine and delicate flower. During the earlier times women were depicted as weak and in need of a man to rescue them from life’s problems. Women were expected to do household chores and take care of children. As an infant, gender roles were assigned to children and certain games showcased the roles that women had to follow. In Jamaica Kincaid’s short narrative “Girl” the duties and responsibilities that are associated with
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party scene. Despite the lavish glamour of the novel's party scene, Fitzgerald effectively uses figurative language, choice of diction, and sensory language to depict his purpose. At the beginning of the party scene, Fitzgerald uses a variety of stylistic devices to
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