techniques that inevitably shape their representation of the truth. The film text ‘Sylvia’ (2003) and Ted Hughes poems ‘The Shot’ and ‘Sam’ (Birthday Letters) display conflicting perspectives of the relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes‚ which has become world renowned as a long standing literary controversy. The ‘Birthday Letters’ poems harbour poignant emotions such as pain and self-pity‚ whereas the film ‘Sylvia’ uses visual techniques to convey the anguish and torment endured by Plath. These
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escape her predicament through attempted suicide‚ she married a surrogate father‚ "a man in black with a Meinkampf look" who obligingly was just as much a vampire of her spirit—one who "drank my blood for a year‚ / Seven years‚ if you want to know." (Sylvia Plath was married to the poet Ted Hughes for seven years.) When she drives the stake through her father’s heart‚ she not only is exorcising the demon of her father’s memory‚ but metaphorically is killing her husband and all men. "Daddy" is a poem
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” seeks to determine the relationship of human beings to one another across time and space. Whitman wonders what he means (not as a poet but as another anonymous individual) to the crowds of strangers he sees every day. In stanza 3 the speaker says‚ “I am with you‚ you men and women of a generation‚ or ever so many/ generations hence”. He assumes that they see the same things he does‚ and that they react in the same way‚ and that
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A Mark Slouka Crossing When we hear the title "Crossing" it will give us a feeling of someone who is still crossing something. This is due to the ing-form because this form will always give us a feeling of an uncompleted or unfinished action. The short story "Crossing" is by Mark Slouka who is an American novelist and critic. A relationship between a father and a son is the starting point of the story but it has many other angles too. We live in a post-modern society which means we
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English Essay Plan How do the symbols/the way the text ends reinforce Barkers ideas‚ values‚ and beliefs in Border Crossing? Ideas: Children and Violence‚ Rehabilitation versus punishment‚ crossing of personal and professional borders‚ possibility of change. Symbols: Water‚ fire‚ rabbits‚ chickens‚ the fox‚ dreams‚ Danny’s background‚ Lindesfarne episode‚ Danny at the end‚ ambiguous ending Water/River Tyne: Possibility of change Water symbolises uncertainty‚ power control (How Tom feels with
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Mark Slouka‚ Crossing A strong and trustful father-son relationship‚ I suppose‚ is any father’s greatest wish. But how do you get such a close relationship that binds the father and son faithfully together? With such a close relationship to each other‚ you will‚ when you turn into a grown-up man‚ really appreciate the family bond‚ and might have the desire to pass it on‚ to your own son. That is one of the main themes in Mark Slouka’s short story “Crossing”‚ where you gain an insight into a father
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Sylvia Plath was born near Boston‚ Massachusetts on October 27‚ 1932. She was the daughter of Otto and Aurelia Plath and she had a younger brother named Warren. She wrote fiction as well as poetry during her lifetime. Plath lived a very short life that was tainted with several dreadful events. Sylvia Plath had to deal with the death of her father‚ an awful marriage‚ various suicide attempts‚ and bouts of depression. Plath used her life experiences in her writings to evoke feeling from her audiences
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or family harshly. Suicide is one of the highly common ways of death. Umpteen teens much like adults think that suicide is their answer to all their troubles. While several do receive help and overcome this action‚ sadly‚ numerous lose their life. Sylvia Plath uses symbolism‚ imagery‚ and characterization in order to support the theme of suicide. To begin with‚ Suicide is high in cause of deaths‚ primarily in teens ranging from thirteen through nineteen. Teens go through stress‚ bullying‚ and heartbreaks
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Crossing Heaven’s Border An international pariah or the “Hermit Kingdom”‚ these names have been used to describe North Korea (Jacob and Benzkofer 1). In North Korea‚ the leaders‚ and those that are considered to be upper class and loyal to the regime‚ dine on gourmet cuisine‚ expensive cigars‚ and other luxuries while 4 out of 5 children are suffering with malnutrition (Msnbc.com Staff 1). Their living conditions are unfathomable. The North Korea regime and its military make the decisions on
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Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities or situations are represented in your prescribed text‚ ‘Birthday Letters’ and the film‚ ‘Sylvia.’ In your response you should refer to at least two poems from the “Birthday Letters” Anthology and the ONE related text‚ “Sylvia.” Conflicting perspectives on events‚ situations and personalities are created when respective composers write for a different purpose‚ directly linking back to their context‚ both personal and of production
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