The Shakespearian play ‘Hamlet’ and the poems ‘On My First Sonne’ written by Ben Jonson, ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ written by Dylan Thomas and ‘A Song in a Storm’ written by Rudyard Kipling are all layered… Continue Reading →
Hamlet V Futility Both Hamlet and Futility are war poems that delve into the idea of despair and hopelessness. The narrator in Futility is in despair because he is upset that a soldier won’t wake up- he is dead. The… Continue Reading →
“When we have shuffled off this mortal coil” Hamlet likens ending life to the feeling of being freed of chains that have been around you. This clearly represents Hamlet’s feelings. Hamlet feels that he is being weighed down by something,… Continue Reading →
The Tories have been in the news a lot these past two weeks. Firstly for the new tampon tax. A move described best by comedian Katherine Ryan, “the government are introducing taxes on luxury items such as tampons… Obviously this… Continue Reading →
NB: As this book takes 50 years to read, I have not yet finished it, however I feel I know enough about to start a report about it. The thing that stands out to me in most prominent anti hero… Continue Reading →
DURING RUSH HOUR Beads of sweat surf their way down my forehead. Finally, the doors open, I am swamped by a huge wave of commuters flooding the narrow platform. My initial relief of exiting the 8 carriage transporter is quickly replaced by the… Continue Reading →
Diary entry: Dear Diary Today was a boring day. So when I got home I quickly made myself some toast but then a wretching smell filled the room, I had burnt the toast. I rubbed my hand across the bristley… Continue Reading →
The poem “Futility” is a war time poem written by Wilfred Owen in 1914, and is one of the first and most famous war poems ever written. It is therefore a very traditional war poem that is centered around the… Continue Reading →
The world is currently watching in shock at the corruption claims being fired left, right and right in Football’s biggest governing body, fifa’s, direction. These are clearly some very shocking revelations, and I must say, hats off to Fifa for… Continue Reading →
Harper Lee uses this passage to present Miss Maudies views about Maycomb by adding biblical traditional Christian ideas and values that give light on Miss Maudies characters and overall moral compass. Harper Lee draws a lot of attention to Miss… Continue Reading →
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