Contrast Essays

After studying a number of poems by the Welsh poet R. S Thomas, I have decided to analysis two in detail which share the same theme of work but convey different attitudes relating to the way this work is conducted. The poems I have chosen are ‘Cynddylan’ and ‘Lore’ through …

Mrs Kay is the form tutor of the progress class. She is in her early forties. She is a very caring teacher and is admired by her pupils and most of the other faculty. Although some teachers are not so sure of Mrs Kay’s teaching methods one of these is …

One of the most prominent Victorian values present in both novels is the issue of purity in a woman. Both novels contain a ‘fallen’ women as a protagonist, however, Charles in ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ seems to be drawn to this flaw where Angel in ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ finds …

In Fat Fryers I play a supermarket helper and a woman who has joined a Fat Fighters group. I went to see the play Treasure Island at derby Playhouse on the 17th November 2007 on a school trip. Fat Fryers contains lots of information about health issues, as this is …

Why are sitcoms so popular? Why do so many people find them so amusing? Maybe it’s the fact that they’re based on day to day events or because they are so humorous. Whatever the reason, it seems we all love them, but the big debate is, which are better, the …

The Prime Ministers are influence the decision-making processes through their leadership styles. Leadership style includes how the leaders relate to those around them, how they like to receive information, and how they make up their minds such as Vision and ideology are important here. In this essay, I will discuss …

At the centre of Keats’s imaginative achievement lie his odes, in particular ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’. Owing to the fact that they were written within months of one another, one might reasonably expect to find similarities of interest, theme or mood between them, however …

Tennyson and Owen have very different views of war. In “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, Tennyson shows an attitude which focuses on duty and the army working as a team. It also portrays ‘the 600’ as brave and valiant, and tells us that they were glorious and that we …

The war poetry of Wilfrid Owen and the novel Catch 22 by Joseph Heller contain many creditable and individual features that have helped cement their reputation as two of the most illustrious ‘anti-war’ writers of the 20th century. However, I feel in order for one to thoroughly acknowledge and appreciate …

‘Death of a Salesman’, ’Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ and ‘The Glass Menagerie’ are three American domestic dramas in the style of Ibsen and Strindberg that attempt to explore the idea of masculinity in America in the mid twentieth century. Masculinity in the time of the plays’ creation was defined …