Never was there ever a more ambiguous term than Power. To single out any one definition of power would limit the words potential‚ however‚ the ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something‚ is succinct in entertaining its polysemic nature. Power is subjective to its holder‚ wether it be the individual‚ the people or the position. Through the quote‚ “I am not interested in Power for Powers sake. I am interested in power that is moral‚ that is right‚ that is good”‚ Martin Luther
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Discuss the importance of memory in the Handmaid’s Tale Memory and its loss is one of the main characteristics of dystopian literature. This concept is essential for writers to effectively portray the way in which a totalitarian state attempts to gain absolute control over society through the psychological manipulation of its citizens. In the dystopian novel‚ “The Handmaid’s Tale”‚ Margaret Atwood discusses the important issue of women’s rights‚ by offering a strong feminist vision in order to warn
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Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are two different books with a lot of similarities and although written years ago‚ can still be applicable to the world today. Several conflicting frames of mind have played defining roles in shaping humanity throughout the twentieth century. Visions of a bright future held by humanity were taken advantage of by the promise of a better life through the sacrifice of individuality to the state. The trickery and the treachery by both ruling government shows their similarities
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George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale are both novels in which the state‚ namely Oceania and Gilead‚ attempts to exert totalitarian control over the lives of its peoples. Through Orwell and Atwood’s subsequent portrayal on the ensuing dystopias we are clearly able to see the respective states desire to control love and emotion‚ which are considered undesirable distractions‚ as a means of achieving the totalitarian control that they so desire. It is thus in
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Stasis Doctrine as Invention The inheritance of a stable rhetorica from the Greeks gave the Roman rhetoricians of the first century BCE‚ the structure on which various new appendages were attached‚ one of which was the theory of stasis which was first formalized by Hermagoras of Temnos in the late second century BCE. Although the notion of stasis predates Hermagoras‚ Antoine Braet writes that he is due credit for developing “the doctrine of stasis as a closed procedure of inventio” (79) and that
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has all the elements of a cult-like and totalist society. Oceania‚ which is the Americas‚ the Atlantic islands including the British Isles‚ Australasia‚ and the southern portion of Africa‚ is where Winston Smith lives in the book 1984. Ingsoc‚ newspeak for English Socialism‚ is the political ideology of Oceania. "War is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ ignorance is strength‚" is the slogan of Oceania‚ which is displayed on the pyramid of the Ministry of Truth. The Ministry of Truth is where they change
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‘Which writer creates the most disturbing dystopian vision of the future- Orwell or Atwood?’ We perceive the idea of dystopia as a state or place in which there is oppression‚ dehumanisation and a totalitarian force: in 1984 and the Handmaid’s Tale this is true. However‚ both writers create this sense of dystopia in different ways. Orwell creates the civilisation of Oceania which governed by the looming totalitarian figure of Big Brother: whose society is under constant surveillance and undergoing
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Just look at Winston in George Orwell’s 1984. He had his own opinion of Big Brother and when he decided to start to do something about it‚ the government took him and Julia away and abused them. The government in 1984 also was trying to develop Newspeak‚ this would be a way to eliminate specific words and phrases that target the government in a negative way. It is bad enough having an opinion or thought on something that you cannot share‚ and now they are taking away language to express those thoughts
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IF THOUGHT CORRUPTS LANGUAGE‚ LANGUAGE CAN ALSO CORRUPT THOGHT (Orwell 1998). I am going to conduct an experiment by comparing and contrasting the linguistic choices between two newspaper articles with different views on the same event but different representations of the event and other aspects strategically placed to determine whether words have the power to manipulate or persuade ones thoughts through the ideologies of their own. Article 1’s headline is more elaborated and uses much more animated
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1984 For as long as governments have existed‚ the people they ruled feared them. This fear and the desire to improve these governments have let to countless different attempts to perfect government. From the most liberal democracy to the most crushing dictatorship‚ governments have all faced some shortcomings. Because of the faults inherent in all governments‚ various types of governance have been the topic for many authors. The late novelist Ayn Rand wrote many books on the trouble that
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