Racism, classism, and internal conflicts are all symptoms indicative of a society with problems that affect some people more than others. The rapper Akala tackles all of these issues, using both personal experience and imitation of another person in his song âFind No Enemy,â released in 2011. He confronts the connotations of his mixed-race heritage in a society thatâs supposedly post-racial, misconceptions about people groups like adherents of Islam or Africans, the bad sides of foreign policy, growing up around...
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Throughout ‘Gretel in Darkness’, Louise Gluck employs the medium of poetry to describe the intense emotional turmoil that a survivor of traumatic experiences can go through, weaving the audience through the flashbacks of a distressing experience and interjecting the all too real alienation that one can feel when recovering. The author’s expert word choice and rhetorical questioning invites the audience to explore trauma through themes of memory and isolation. The imagery of the witch’s house and the forest is recalled...
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In Shakespeareâs play âRomeo and Julietâ, the intense conflict between the families of the Montagues and Capulets illustrates the theme of internal conflict present throughout the play. It is this conflict that led to the downfall of Romeo and Julietâs relationship and their inevitable death. In the play, Shakespeare uses a rhetorical question when Juliet states, ‘What if it be a poison, which the friar Subtly hath ministered to have me dead?’ This illustrates Juliet’s doubt of Friar Lawrenceâs intentions,...
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There is no doubt, the media has the power to shape how we view a particular issue or belief, but the question must be asked, is it always impartial? The MEAA Journalist Code of Ethics states that writers must remain honest, independent, respect other rights, and be fair. Is the media following this code? And if not, what is their agenda? Australia Day is now well known for the overwhelming mass of articles and news reports that follow in its...
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Both âThe Charge of the Light Brigadeâ and âExposureâ deal with the topic of war in vastly contrasting approaches. âThe Charge of the Light Brigadeâ details the account of the six-hundred and seventy cavalrymen and officers that were given an ambiguous order to attack Russian troops armed with cannons during the Crimean War. Tennyson accentuates the cavalryâs bravery and heroism against the seemingly immeasurable enemy in ânoble six hundredâ and âboldly they rode.â Alternatively, Owen describes a different aspect of...
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Seducing women in the 90s is a current struggle for all men. âHow to attract women without even trying!â is an article written by an unknown author and later published in FHM magazine, in November 1994 with the aim to persuade all male readers to buy this book. There are many ways to seduce a woman without seeming as if the man is trying too hard. The use of visual and written features contribute to the persuasion of all single...
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Wilfred Owenâs poetry ensures that the poems always remain relevance in society today as conflict through war is still taking lives causing loss and grief uses the empathy of the solider suffering at war to encourage engagement from the readers through the dehumanising ways, and the irreconcilable mourning to demonstrate the intense consequences of war enduring the relevance of war today, while still questioning the religious beliefs as one of Wilfred Owens poems âFutilityâ reveals the pointlessness of war and...
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With a rise in the popularity of online gaming in the last 10 years, there has also been a subsequent rise in phishing, grooming and the manipulation of minors. Breckâs Last Game, directed by David Whayman and globally released in 2019, tells the story of Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old whom was manipulated online over a number of years and lured to a flat by Lewis Daynes where he was brutally murdered. The text employs the use of symbolism, rhetorical questions...
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