The Great Gatsby & Enduring Love ‘Obsessive love has the capacity to drive a person to insanity‚ leading to irrational behaviour‚ alienation and despair’ Compare and contrast the ways McEwan and Fitzgerald present the complexities of human love in light of this comment. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ian McEwanpresent obsessive Idealised love as deranged and harmful.Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ published in 1925‚epitomises the euphoric atmosphere which permeated consumerist attitudes after
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to go get the doctor again John Turner shows on her doors. For a few brief moments Emma allows herself to believe that she could be happy again‚ and that John Turner still loves her. She is promised a marriage even though she has an illegitimate daughter. John promises her that he will take them both in‚ and that he will love her daughter as his own. He doesn’t seem to be surprised that her daughter was a mulatto. John tries to reassure Emma that everything will be fine and that they will be happy
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Compare and contrast the aspects of an optimistic message in both Arcadia and Enduring Love One aspect explored in these two texts is how humans‚ no mater how malicious and unpleasant‚ are always glad to be able to repair and forgive. This is particularly explored in Enduring Love‚ how Joe feels almost forgiving when he learns of Jed’s condition‚ De Clerambaults Syndrome. Once he understands that Jed is not mad‚ just ill and suffering from a condition‚ this gives Joe relief and sometimes even forgiveness
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Novel: ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan Social structures‚ upper class façades and the meaning of truth are just some of the themes that Ian McEwan reveals in his book‚ ‘Atonement‚’ through the various interrelationships of his characters. The characters and how they relate to each other help us as readers come to a better understanding of our own lives as through the novel we are forced into the tumultuous lives of the wealthy‚ naive and deceitful. Although this may seem far extreme compared to our
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Enduring Themes There are seven basic questions about child development. These questions‚ also referred to as Enduring Themes‚ are examined using such things as theories‚ concepts‚ research methods‚ and data. The first of seven is the Nature vs Nurture debate. How do nature and nurture interact to shape the developmental process? (p. 11) Next‚ The Active Child‚ how do children shape their own development? A third question: in what ways is development continuous‚ and what ways is it discontinuous
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confirmed by the diagonally ripped poster on the easel. And just as she predicted‚ Briony had been outside somewhere‚ sulking and impossible to find. How like Hermione Lola was‚ to remain guiltless while others destroyed themselves at her prompting (McEwan 138). Like Briony‚ Emily completely misinterprets a situation‚ and as always‚ views Briony as completely innocent. This is not unlikely‚ as the household revolved around Briony‚ and she could do little wrong. Emily‚ her mother‚ adored her innocence
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Atonement by Ian McEwan Part One: Introduction Atonement by Ian McEwan falls under the genre of fiction‚ mystery‚ and suspense. The word Atonement means reparation for a wrongdoing. The book is set time of pre‚ present‚ and post World War II. The book references many well know works including Grey’s Anatomy‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet. Briony Tallis plays the role of both the protagonist and the antagonist in this piece. She is the main character and the story is told primarily through her eyes. Briony
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Imagery Imagery is the language and poetry that is often visual and with big discrete words bring an image to the reader’s brain. In the two poems “Kind of Blue” by Lynn Powell and “That time of year thou mayst in me behold” by William Shakespeare it is clear that in both of the poems that they use adjectives and are concrete in there writing in order to spark the five senses in imagery. In both of these short poems it is clear that the type of imagery that they use is visual imagery. In “Kind of
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Imagery in “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe is best known for ominous short stories. In “The Cask of Amontillado” ‚ Poe uses imagery to enhance the mood‚ setting and characters of the story. Poe uses imagery to create a horrific and dark mood. For example‚ Poe writes‚ “ We had passed through walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”. By using words such as “bones” and “catacombs” Poe incites thoughts of horror and death
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Discuss the narrative voice in the opening two chapters of Enduring Love. Which is more important here‚ plot or narrative technique? Enduring Love‚ by Ian McEwan was first published in 1997. It details‚ from the former’s point of view‚ the story of Joe Rose and Clarissa Mellon as they experience the effects of an obsession suffered as a result of De Clerambaults Syndrome by Jed Parry. We can draw a lot from the narrative voice in the opening two chapters‚ and it really does give the reader
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