Conflicting perspectives – bias and self interest "More than anything‚ conflicting perspectives are the result of bias and self-interest" When it comes to literature‚ conflicting perspectives are often woven artfully through the fabric of the text. The Shakespearean tragedy ‘Julius Caesar’ and Rob Sitch’s film ‘The Castle’ are two such pieces of literature that examine a range of conflicting perspectives. Humans are innately biased and self-interested‚ and it is our inability to separate a situation
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Stolen! What if you were ‘stolen’ from your family… but the kidnappers thought they had ‘rescued’ you? The kidnapper/s then tried to brainwash you to make you like them and eventually you started to be confused about what the truth was … These are the conflicting perspectives that I have experienced in my chosen text which is a stage play called ‘Stolen’ written by Jane Harrison. What makes this text more frightening is the fact that the scenario is real and that it happened in our own backyard
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War saw the prevailing assumptions about society reassessed such as Sigmund Freud questioned the rationality of mankind. Edward James "Ted" Hughes‚ OM (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children’s writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death. Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath‚ from 1956 until her suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. His part in the relationship became controversial
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beautifully compelling pieces‚ particularly in recognition of World War I. (PP #2 – Ted Hughes) Ted Hughes was an English Poet‚ famously known for his marriage to fellow poet Sylvia Plath. His poems remained as complex and intricate as his tangled personal life. The work of Ted Hughes belongs to the post-modern period‚ as he was born in 1930 and died in 1998. Arguably one of the greatest poets of his generation‚ Hughes’ poems cover a broad range of themes and subject matter revolving around nature
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alternatives viewpoints as conflicting perspectives are fundamental to our human desire to raise questions about sensitive or controversial issues. In Geoffrey Robertson’s‚ “The Justice Game”‚ his own attitudes and beliefs towards issues such as the censorship of pornography as well as the nature and fairness of the legal system is represented. In the chapters “the Trials of Oz” and “Roman’s in Britain” our human desire to raise questions is evoked through the conflicting perspectives presented through the
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Conflicting Perspectives: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Ambitious Tyrant or “Noblest Man that Ever Lived in the Tide of Times”? An Into English Presentation Conflicting Perspectives: The Theory • All texts are deliberately constructed to convey an agenda and a set of values. • This means that every composer has a purpose‚ which is based on the issues arising from their context and audience. • To that end‚ the composer uses conflicting perspectives as a vehicle for successfully conveying
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Through looking at the Crow and its connotations and implications‚ Hughes has created an image of this sinister animal that challenges one’s innate mistrust of the bird through presenting the crow’s own point of view. This evokes both empathy and sympathy in the reader by posing questions which induce consideration of an alternate standpoint as well as a feeling of helplessness and vulnerability. This vulnerability is denoted firstly by the title: ‘Crow’ has lost his ‘nerve’‚ leaving him devoid
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Hughes’s poetry constitutes a moral project. It demands that we see our world and ourselves differently. Discuss. Together‚ ‘Crow’s Account of the Battle’ and ‘Wodwo’ by Ted Hughes detail aspects of human nature that Hughes is calling the readers to reflect upon from external viewpoints. Hughes is asking a generation exposed to the horrors of war‚ the destruction caused by the atomic bombs and the Nazi holocaust to consider such pointless destruction and how so much of it is caused by our alienation
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"Hawk Roosting"‚ by Ted Hughes is a poem that focuses upon a benevolent hawk‚ who believes that the world belongs to him. The poem written in first person as a dramatic monologue‚ creates a comparison in the readers mind‚ between the hawk and an egoistic dictator. In the opening lines of the poem‚ a very negative impression is given‚ beginning with the visually threatening lines: "Between my hooked head and hooked feet". This image has a strong effect‚ because sharp claws and sharp beaks are often
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selections‚ often resulting in conflicting perspectives” Discuss this statement in reference to Ted Hughes ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s ‘Whiteness I Remember’. Composers construct their own representations of events‚ personalities or situations; they manipulate the features of their texts in order to achieve a particular effect/impact on the responder. These constructions can be influenced by many factors and thus this leads to conflicting perspectives amongst texts. Ted Hughes poem ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s
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