He paints a picture that shows this life as a wasteland for the soul; he writes, ‘I will show you fear in a handful of dust’, portraying dust, similar to Fitzgerald, as something corrupt, creating a sense of foreboding for the society in that era. Moreover, the line, ‘April is the cruellest month’, is quite uncanny, as it is normally distinguished to be a pleasant time of year, when everything grows again. However, this could be a way of Eliot illustrating that
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is about the loss of innocence. Discuss Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist talks about the loss of innocence in which a person’s simplicity is lost and replaced by guilt and corruption. The novel illustrates the loss of innocence by showing how the main characters change from being optimistic and carefree into becoming corrupted by terrible realities of life. Firstly, the author uses the protagonist, Changez, who was blinded by the luxury and power that America can offer to him, to reveal the realisation of reality and how he changes as he finds out that he was guilty. Secondly, loss of innocence is also portrayed through Erica and her nostalgia as she keeps on clinging in the past when she still has her innocence.
Through his use of the damaged theatre Nowra provides the audience with the suggestion that failure is inevitable, living up to the stereotype that the mentally ill are not capable of many things. The powerful metaphor of ‘the burnt out theatre’ as the setting, is contrasted with the chink of daylight that is let in when Lewis enters, this symbolises a slight glimmer of hope suggesting Lewis is the character that can break through the fear and uncertainty that the audience have with the patients. We can relate to Lewis as he is also afraid, nervous and uncomfortable of what lies in the darkness with the mentally ill. But it is this slight possibility that is presented to the audience that unknowingly makes them question the depressive atmosphere of the theatre and as a result question the stereotypical view of mentally ill patients. It is sometimes the negative actions of others that make us look back upon and question our actions.
In the novel We All Fall Down written by Robert Cormier, some of the characters do not accept change and hence pay a consequence, as seen by the study of these texts. The introduction of the novel uses violent images to describe the trashing of the house. The mixture of short sentences quickens the pace of the event and creates suspense, whilst long sentences describe the extent of the damage to create irony. “In forty-nine minutes, they shit on the floor and pissed on the walls and trashed their way through
The capacity for society to revert back into accepting atrocities is why Wiesel’s formulates his speech to caution the audience. When Wiesel states that, “these failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity” (Wiesel 533), he is implying that these moments of darkness in history have been justified in people’s minds. Humanity’s illusion is that this was just brief periods in the past that will not happen again. That is the confusion that Wiesel hopes to discard through his speech by informing the audience through multiple examples of indifference. He induces a state of depression to make the audience receptive to his persuasion through pathos.
Their common nostalgic natures, imperial backgrounds and longing for ‘home’ contributed to Changez and Erica’s ultimate decision to assimilate to one another. Hamid conveys nostalgia as a contagious disease that condemns Changez alongside Erica to the same fate. The course of events begins with a ‘younger’ Changez who utilises his nostalgia ‘restore’ his ‘glorious past, denoting the good in nostalgia. However, this growing nostalgia causes him to ‘become resentful’ communicating to readers that nostalgia ultimately leads its bearer to a gloomy fate. Erica demonstrates this aspect further as she is implied to have symbolically drowned in her ‘murky waters’.
The Guilty Downfall Of Macbeth An analysis of the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare Guilt is the moral conditions one experiences when they feel that they have done something wrong. It is a self destructive mindset that cannot be offset by reoccurring actions or denial. Doing so is an addition to the problem that can lead to psychological issues. In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, guilt presents a dramatic role in the downfall of the Macbeth’s mental health. The reader soon finds out that guilt caused by one’s own indiscretion will lead to mental issues such as hallucinations, sleep disorders and imprudent behaviours.
To a modern audience, the treatment that Heathcliff received would have made him feel isolated and the psychological effects from that can be very damaging. Therefore it could be argued that Heathcliff’s rude and soulless nature is a product of the bad nurture as a child. In addition to this, Heathcliff is also portrayed as a typical gothic protagonist due to his actions being
Slavery's Impact: Diminishing human identity There are a multitude of reasons why slavery is morally wrong, but in Beloved by Toni Morrison slavery obliterates characters self-governance and value. Slavery's diminishing of human identity is a recurring theme that affects Paul D's ability to leave the past at rest. Paul D's painful "rememory" begins with Sethe, but the throbbing of the past is too much for him. He fears the past emotionally and therefore develops a defenses mechanisms: a "tobacco tin" that locks his emotions and memory. (86) Paul D functions by imagining his heart as a tobacco tin where he keeps painful memories and emotions in " rest where it belonged: in that tobacco tin ...in his chest where a red heart used to be...rusted shut."
That said, even as it taps into our emotions, it forces us to wonder about why and what we fear. In the story, something as seemingly inconsequential and mundane as thirst strikes fear into the narrator. As we read, we can't help but think, "What would I do in this situation?" And the most frightening thing of all may be the answer to that question, it's not only about how the characters feel, it's about how we feel too, as readers. In this case: totally and completely freaked out.