be no such thing as differences between people‚ no colors‚ no feelings‚ no religions‚ etc. In the dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry explains just this‚ the idea of complete equality throughout a community. Displaying many examples of social commentary. In the novel The Giver‚ everyone is similar. Being unique or different is unheard of. People who failed to fit in with the society’s “norm” were released. Imagine‚ living in a society where everyone was the same. According to an article by Live
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Commentary Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is the factual perception on what human’s ignorant minds accept whatever they perceive without envisioning the reality. His use of “dark” imagery illustrates how a person is trapped and isolated in his own “cave” and conceives everything without visually seeing the “light” outside the cave. He conveys the idea that the “prisoners” are stuck and “chained” in their own reality because they were only shown one perspective from “childhood”. Plato wisely suggests
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‘The Divided Self’ by R. D. Laing Commentary In ‘The Divided Self’‚ Laing examines schizoid and schizophrenic people and attempts to make their situation more understandable in existential terms. In order to understand Laing’s work‚ a person must first understand the concept of existential phenomenology‚ in which a person is characterized by his way of being-in-the-world. It involves the way he reacts to his environment and himself as a part of his world. It must also be mentioned that
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Macbeth Commentary: Macbeth’s Conflict In Macbeth’s soliloquy of act II scene 1‚ William Shakespeare affectively utilizes symbolism‚ allusions‚ and personification to depict the conflicting elements of fate versus freewill on Macbeth’s decision. Shakespeare uses the hallucination of the dagger to symbolize the beginning of Macbeth’s descent into madness‚ a point where he is unable to make rational decisions. Macbeth describes the dagger as a “fatal vision” (2.1.36) which is significant as it shows
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Commentary on Hamlet’s soliloquy -- On Hamlet’s character We can know a thoughtful‚ tough‚ and affectionate Hamlet from this soliloquy. In this soliloquy Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of existence‚ and whether it is one’s right to end one’s own life. He first asks himself thoughtfully whether it is nobler to bear the miseries of life or to take arms against them. And then he explains like this: he says maybe death can be a way to end one’s sorrows
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Animal Farm Commentary This extract was taken from the book‚ Animal Farm written by George Orwell. The scene holds in the second chapter of the book‚ after Snowball proclaims the seven commandments for all the animals in the farm. This demonstrates the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon. The animals are all hyped and getting prepared for the harvest after driving away their farmer‚ Jones and his men. Snowball and Napoleon use strong military language when they are talking about work (the Harvest)
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The Stone Horse Commentary It is obvious that Lopez has a passion for history‚ especially when it comes to the cultural aspects in history. Having said this‚ it’s no surprise that when cultural history is being destroyed‚ Lopez is writing to bring awareness to the problems faced by unguarded cultural artifacts in the Mojave‚ and Sonoran deserts. The reading itself was dry when it came to the parts about the Stone Horse because Lopez kept describing the horse over and over. As the introduction told
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Mending Wall Commentary Robert Frost’s Narrative poem‚ “Mending Wall” is a light-hearted yet tense depiction of opposing views that brings together two different people. Written in blank verse with simple structure and strewn with images alluding to myths and human history‚ this poem reveals the men’s customs and furthermore the never ending ritual of man‚ which guides the reader to conclude that In this poem Robert Frost does make an allusion to the famous Greek myth of Sisyphus. For those of
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follow an alternating rhyme scheme‚ then the last six lines of the stanza have an alternating rhyme scheme. Keats utilizes this pattern in such a way where the first four lines provide the basis of his argument and the last 6 lines provide the “commentary” or explanation as to why such actions must be taken. Another technique that Keats uses in his poem is the use of the second-person. “Ode on Melancholy” is written in second person‚ as shown through words such as “thy” and “your”. Because he writes
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Aliona Fezoua My Expert Commentary ‘The Bat’ – Theodore Roethke: By day the bat is cousin to the mouse. He likes the attic of an aging house. His fingers make a hat about his head. His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead. He loops in crazy figures half the night Among the trees that face the corner light. But when he brushes up against a screen‚ We are afraid of what our eyes have seen: For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear a human face.
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