The “Color Purple” and “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ a poem by Robert Browning‚ are very thematically similar. Both have very closely related but different examples to show the effects and the power of possession. The first example of possession in “Color Purple” is exposed in the relationship between Celie and the man she had grown up calling her “pa”. This man had treated Celie as one of his animals‚ acting as if he had owned her. After spending years of forcing Celie to do many of his duties‚ Pa (otherwise
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In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ the center of the speaker’s focus is the beautiful‚ blooming girl called Porphyria. The speaker acknowledges the girl’s passion and contrasts her against the storm outdoors. I believe the emphasis on the raging weather is used repeatedly to create the feeling of stark opposites. Even though she is wet and cold‚ Porphyria is glowing with passion. She is a roaring fire inside the cozy cottage. Then pride and pain come into the picture and the emphasis is put on the moral responsibilities
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‘Porphyria’s Lover’ shows the shift of power in a loving relationship. The poem begins by telling us that the speaker is sitting around in his cottage listening to a storm outside‚ ‘The rain set in early tonight‚ the sullen wind was soon awake’. Waiting for Porphyria to enter‚ ‘I listened with heart fit to break’ this here shows that the reader was in some way obsessed with her Porphyria‚ I say this because he sounds like he is on the edge of desperation to see her as he says his ‘heart fit to break’
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concepts of love and war are inextricably linked with the similar attributes and emotions that are concomitant to each idea‚ however their paradoxical relationship suggests divergent ideas when involved in variant contexts. The love poem‚ ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning conflates passion and violence‚ reflecting notions of obsessions‚ hunger for ownership and abusiveness within a relationship whilst Bruce Dawe’s ‘Homecoming’ investigates the anonymity and insensitivity for the deaths of the soldiers
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Professor Baldwin-Hench English 100 18 February 2012 Compare and contrast my parents Both my mother and father are good parents and play a major role in my life. My mother’s name is Tha Pham‚ and my father’s name is Thanh Le.They have lived together in perfect harmony for 30 years. Knowing them for a long time‚ their friends assume that my parents’ marriage is a God’s work. They cannot understand why God put my mother and my father together‚ for my parents are so vastly different. They differ widely
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Country Lovers The story portrays the apartheid system. Paulus: * He is a white upper-class Afrikaner. * Truly in love with Thebedi‚ his love for her is growing. The love is genuine. They have grown up together‚ therefore they have a strong. His love for the white girls is only of a physical love‚ it is superficial. Is Thebedi just entertainment? * He is not as emotional as Thebedi. Thebedi: * She is a farm worker. She is from the worker-class. * Strong love for Paulus
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COUNTRY LOVERS PAULA SCOTT ASH FORD UNIVERSITY ENG 125 JOAN GOLDING A story of forbidden love on a South African farm‚ one child nothing more than a farm worker‚ as the other one prepares for boarding school. Both ignorant to the color of their skins‚ all they knew they were best friends playing together until they grew up
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MY LAST MOMENTS WITH MY FATHER In the year 1992‚ Senegal was‚ for the first time‚ the capital of the African football. The African nation football cup was taking place in Dakar and Ziguinchor. Everybody was very exciting to have the best players of the continent in Senegal and it may be the year to win the African cup for the first time. With all that excitement‚ I kind of forgot that my dad was very sick and he too wanted people to forget that he was seriously ill. It began‚ one cold night
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impossible to change; last names being one of them. Quite few people care about what their last name really means. Last names are most commonly accepted and owned as they are‚ without the necessity of changing them‚ and seen as those who have been simply passed down by generations. It doesn’t go far beyond that… for most people. This was my case until the day I got interrogated at the airport when an
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‘My Last Film‚’ a statement on stereotyping The independent film circuit has always been a place for filmmakers to bring to life their darkest and most honest observations about life‚ or in this case‚ the independent film industry in itself. Zia Anger‚ renowned filmmaker and music video director‚ is making a big statement with her latest short film My Last Film‚ an eerie short that paints a sobering picture of the state of things in show business. The nine minute film is separated into two segments--one
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