Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Discuss how three authors you have studied bring an end to their narratives.
The ending of a literary work is one of the most effective plot devices used by authors and poets; but writers choose to bring an end to narratives in a number of ways. I will focus on the works of McCarthy, Auden and Fitzgerald and how the endings they produce not only differ but are…
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Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in ‘Maude Clare’ (21 Marks)
Rossetti initially tells the story through setting, that of the wedding as well as flashbacks detailing experiences within natural surroundings. The poem opens with the description of ‘the church’ this is indicative of the wedding which is running theme of the poem. Presenting the scene so abruptly shows the reader the basis for most of…
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Write about McCarthy’s methods of telling the story from the top of page 284 to the end of the novel
One of the main methods employed by McCarthy in bringing the story to a close is tone, for the majority of novel the tone varies from emotional to to factual through which McCarthy is able to convey the most minute details pertaining to the daily lives of the two men as well as showing their…
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The Road and Nuclear War
1. One of the most prominent ways in which the contents of the novel suggest that the post-apocalyptic world is the result of nuclear war is in the ubiquitous presence of ash. The man and boy are explained to be ‘shuffling through the ash’, taking into account that often the most identifiable effect of nuclear…
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Feedback on essay about significance of places
Jamel Essay on Places
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The limited linguistic palette and repetitive techniques echo the monotony of the post-apocalyptic world that is described
The Road is a harrowing tale of the journeys of an unnamed man and his son, it features major themes including spirituality, violence, isolation and a continuing idea of good vs. evil. However one thing that remains constant is the structure within the book which all revolves around the continuing journey of the dual protagonists.…
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Write about the significance of the ways three writers you have studied have used places in their narratives
Place is a narrative device paramount to effectively helping the plot progress but also conveying ideas about mood, themes and time-period. Rossetti, Fitzgerald and McCarthy are three writers with three very different writing styles however the one constant is the importance of location in their writing. Christina Rossetti was a notoriously religious poet known for…
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Nietzsche and Dystopia
The value attached to hardship by Nietzsche at times seems overbearing and harsh, however it can’t be argued with that the views espoused by Nietzsche and his approach to life are undoubtedly true. The theme of suffering being a catalyst to greatness permeates innumerable philosophies and views of life,the great ‘prophets’ of Abrahamic religions and…
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Analysis of ‘The Road’
Number Crunching Connectives – the connectives within the books sentence structure seem to be quite consequential; words like ‘although’ and ‘but’ suggest that following a main point there is another side which in-line with the general structure of the book is almost definitely negative. Aside from consequential negatives there are also leading connectives which make…
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Discuss the Relationships in the ‘Sister Maude’
The foremost relationship presented in the poem is that of the unnamed protagonist and her sister Maude, the narrator seems to have a deep-seated resentment towards the aforementioned sister. The poem begins with a rhetorical question which is answered with the revelation ‘Oh who but Maude, my Sister Maude’: although a simple answer the fact…
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