...somber poem that expressed a son’s love for his father, despite his father’s alcoholism and abusive ways. Although the poem states playful interactions between the father and son, the majority of the poem focuses on the father’s drunken aggression towards the boy. After discussing the poem in class, I realized, it is about a young boy, remembering a night with his father when they danced around the house aggressively. With this analysis, there is no intentional abuse on the father’s part, yet there is clear evidence of alcoholism, (“The whiskey on your breath”). Now I believe the poem is about that of my second interpretation, but both interpretations are satisfactory. There is a wide amount of evidence that, “My Papa’s Waltz,” is the story a young boy revealing the trouble he has lived through with his alcoholic father, while still possessing a great love for his dad. The boy would then be the narrator of “My Papa’s Waltz” and thus the son of an alcoholic father. It is easy to focus on the physical abuse, and anger the father has, which was targeted at the boy. In the first line of the poem, the son is speaking to his dad and says, “The whiskey on your breath/could make a small boy dizzy.” The son is telling his father, that his drinking is a problem, and the boy is worried. In the next line, he says, “But I held on like death: such waltzing was not easy.” Apparently, the thoughts here are aiming towards abuse. The son is telling his father, that he struggled to survive...
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...ASSIGNMENT 7: Critical Reading Text Event Management Communication Craig Sherlock Part A (5%) 1. How do you know the father loves his son? List four words or expressions that refer to the son and that express his father’s love. The four words that refer to the son and that express his father’s love are. Protective, the bond, fragile and innocence. 2. What are the main ideas of the poem? How do you understand this poem? The main ideas of this poem are the love the father has in the poem for he’s son but this poem relates to every father about he’s son a father would do anything for he’s son know matter what. The unbreakable love the father has for the son is clear in this poem the father is protecting (even though it may not look like it) he’s son by doing all that he can so he’s son will not wake up from he’s sleep because he’s child looks peaceful and happy while he sleep the father doesn’t want to ruining this beautiful site. I understand this poem greatly because me being a male and having my father when I was a child and seeing what he would do for me just to see a smile on my face, no matter how I acted thought the years he would just forget all the bad thing and try make me happy. That’s what a father does undying love for their child know matter what and to take care of their children. Part B (5%) A) What the three steps in managing an event that are listed in the text? The three steps in managing an event are communicating the Vision and Mission...
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...The Gift (An Analysis of The Gift) We decided to read a few poems today that were written by great, influential poets. Out of which the one that spoke to me the most was “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee. he was born in Indonesia after his parents were exiled from China. In 1964 him and his family moved to the United States. I chose this poem because it showed a father’s compassion, a husband's compassion, and how through the generations one learns from the ones before him. First off, this poem shows a father’s love for his child. The speaker talks about how when he was a young child, his father removed a metal splinter from his hand. He said that in his childish mind he thought he was going to die. His father, in a calm, cool and collected voice...
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...PROBLEM 1. What college courses will best suit Mr. Mallari’s sons? a. Will Mr. Mallari’s sons accept their father’s idea? 2. How will Mr. Mallari established his own assembly plan? OBJECTIVES * To be able to determine the right college courses for each of Mr. Mallari’s sons * Persuade Mr. Mallari’s sons to take the college courses their father picked for them. * Pursue Mr. Mallari’s dream to have his own well established plant ANALYSIS Areas of Considerations: * Personal Opinion of Mr. Mallari’s sons * Interest of Mr. Mallari’s sons 1. Demand * External- the demand for electronic parts that are used in the assembly and maintenance of radios, tape recorders amplifiers and various selected appliances in other towns. * Internal-the demand for more man power to serve all the customers various needs in terms of repair or sales 2. Competition * External- about Mr. Mallari’s former classmate Estelito Chan well – established appliance assembly plant in manila and other factory outlets * Internal - about Mr. Mallari’s employees who are striving for higher position or salary. 3. Traditional Attitude * External-the trend in the towns he wants to establish his factory * Internal - his company’s rules and regulations 4. Total Financial Investment * External-total investment in putting up more stores * Internal- own more assets for investing 5. Possible earnings SUGGESTED COURSES...
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...Character Analysis Lear, the King of Britain, is a powerful and important man. But he's getting near retirement age. Lear thinks he can hand over the hard work of ruling the kingdom to his children and relax. He wants to enjoy the power of still being king without any of the responsibility. That's Lear's first mistake, separating power and responsibility. His two eldest daughters are ready to run their own lives – and their own kingdoms. They resent Lear acting as if he is still in charge. Yet the King is shocked when his daughters assert their independence from him. After all, he gave them everything they have. Lear's second mistake is to exile the people who love him the most. He chooses to stage a "love test" among his three daughters so he can give the biggest slice of the kingdom to the one who loves him most of all. When Cordelia refuses to participate, Lear is so angry that he orders her out of the kingdom. And when his advisor, Kent, warns him that this is a terrible idea, Lear throws him out, too. So Lear has to deal with the power struggle his retirement sparked without two of the people who could have smoothed the transition. (Kent does come back disguised as Caius, a peasant, but this means he only has a peasant's power – enough to take care of Lear, but not enough to soothe his political worries.) Lear realizes his stupidity soon enough. His retirement starts a series of conflicts that lead the whole country to civil war. Two of Lear's own children turn...
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...on watch duty. The ghost appeared dressed in his armor and suddenly disappears. Because the ghost appeared, Horatio thinks it’s an omen of bad luck. He thinks the ghost king was trying to warn them that something bad would happen to Denmark soon, perhaps in the form of a military attack. The ghost then appears again and Horatio tries to talk to it. It would respond back and just disappears again. Horatio decides to tell Hamlet to try to talk to it because Hamlet was the ghost son so he can’t refuse to talk to his son. Quote Analysis: “No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm” Marcellus said this when the ghost appears. When the cock crowed at the first break of dawn, it was believed that it has the power to get rid of the evil powers. The morning light compels all evil because the light was believed to be good. Character Comment: Horatio – Horatio believed in thing s like ghost and witches. He believed in the world beyond ours. When Old King Hamlet came to visit in his ghost form, Horatio thought it was a bad omen for Denmark and the oncoming war with Fortinbras’ army. Act 1 Scene 2 Summary: Claudius and Gertrude get married and they have a feast to celebrate their new marriage and new life together. Claudius’ excuse for marrying Gertrude was to balance out the sadness toward Old King Hamlet’s death with the happiness of his marriage with Gertrude. Also, with Fortinbras coming to avenge his father’s death, Claudius hopes to make the kingdom seem...
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...Literary Analysis: Hamlet In the tragedy Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, Hamlet is this young man who experiences close relation death which was his father. He later finds out it was his uncle who murdered his father just to take heir to the throne. Hamlet constant brooding about death and humanity comes ahead. (Tennen) Hamlet is arguably the greatest dramatic character ever created from the moment we meet the crestfallen prince we are enraptured by his elegant intensity. (Mabillard) William Shakespeare hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. (Stockton) In “Hamlet” the tragedy hamlet the prince holds a great internal conflict throughout the play. (Studymode) On a dark winter night a ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore castle in Denmark. (Sparknotes)The first edition of hamlet was published in 1603 from a previous sketch composed several years earlier the second one following 1604. (Bates) Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy Bernado’s question betrays the mood of uncertainty that prevails throughout the play. (George) So speaks Shakespeare’s prince hamlet of the transient nature of all mankind throughout the play humanity and frailty is a common theme. (Mortensen) In Hamlet the tragedy, hamlet, the prince of Demark with holds a great internal conflict throughout the play. (Directessays) Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play and the play responsible for the immortal lines “to be or not to be that is the question” (Taylor) The story...
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...SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSEWORK CANDIDATE’S NAME: PRISHITA CHANDARIA CANDIDATE’S NUMBER: - CENTRE NUMBER: 94130 CENTRE NAME: JALARAM ACADEMY ASSESSOR’S NAME: MR. OLANDO CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE: TASK: How successfully does the writer present the close family relationships in A Hero? You should write about the following relationships: * Swami’s relationship with his father. * The relationship between Swami, his grandma and his mother. * The relationship between Swami’s mother and father. * The writer’s use of words, phrases and techniques. You should refer closely to the text to support your answer. You may use brief quotations. R. K. Narayan was born on 10th October 1906 and died on 13th May 2001; his full name was Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami. He was an Indian writer, best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English (alongside Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao), and is credited with bringing the genre to the rest of the world. Narayan’s first four books include; the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends; the Bachelor of Arts and the English Teacher. Narayan’s works also include Expert, hailed as one of the most...
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...Ronald Moreau September 29, 2014 Literary Analysis Paper #1 An Examination of Norton, Sheppard, and Rufus Flannery O'Connors' “The Lame Shall Enter First” is a story about a boy's struggle to find true parental affection from his father, while trying to find a way to prove to his father that he is not the selfish and hateful person his father thinks he is. While living in a day to day struggle to pry his father's eyes open to who he really is Norton is confronted with a fate that may be inescapable. This fate is hidden in the eyes of the characters. Through the eyes of the characters, not only do we get different perspectives, we are able to see deeper into who each of the characters really are. Norton's eyes are especially important, where they play a role into defining the path he takes as our protagonist. Norton is young boy who has faced a hardship children should never have to deal with, the loss of a parent; his mother. After having lost his mother Norton is often seen grieving and simply trying to find a way to get through each day, is often a challenge. His grief is seen by his father Sheppard as being selfish. Because of this view of his son he tries to find ways to mold Norton into what believes is a model citizen. He goes as far as bringing in another child to force Norton to share everything he has. But as we see this second child we learn he is truly the selfish one and is nothing but a menace. He uses Norton as his butler or slave. Ultimately Sheppard's plan...
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...Imminent Death (An analysis of the theme of death in the fifth act of Hamlet) Death, no one likes to hear the word, but none of us can escape it. The death of someone or even ourselves is all a part of the life that we live. It is impossible to avoid death when the time has come. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet¬ there is much death throughout the play. The play itself starts out with the knowing of the death of the King, Hamlet’s father. Throughout the play more and more characters die in their own way. In act five of Hamlet death appears in three different ways: through suicide, through accidents, and through revenge. Initially, the first way death appears in act five is suicide. In the beginning of the fifth act the two grave-diggers are digging the grave of the once love of Hamlet, Ophelia. They are talking whether or not she is being buried in the right place or not. “Is she to be buried in...
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...related to the theme. Use quotations from the novel to support each analysis. 1. The family business of the Pondicherry Zoo in India 2. The narrator’s study of the three toed sloth 3. Young Pi’s dedication to three religions 4. Father’s statement at the beginning of chapter 34, “We’ll sail like Columbus.” Can you identify any more threads? Can you tie any into the Quest pattern? Father’s admonitions to stay away from the tiger in the zoo In chapter 8 Ravi, Pi and their parents are at the zoo and Pi’s father is teaching his sons a lesson on the dangerousness of a tiger by letting a tiger brutally kill a goat right in front of him. He is trying to teach Pi how incredibly dangerous the Tiger is and that he should avoid them entirely; this is made evident by his accompanying speech: “Tigers are very dangerous. I want you to understand that you are never—under any circumstances—to touch a tiger, to pet a tiger, to put your hands through the bars of a cage, even to get close to a cage. Is that clear?” This thread, initiated at the very beginning of the novel, remains through to the ending moments of Pi’s trip across the sea. The thread like Pi’s experience develops and changes throughout. Initially Pi is warned of the dangers of a tiger and made to see it firsthand, this event foreshadows the mid-story where Pi is stuck on a lifeboat with the tiger he was made to fear, at this point he is forced to decide: obey his father and flee from the ship or, against everything he has been...
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...Angela Romero 1226344 English IX Tim Keppel An analysis of the characters of Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, revenge is the central topic, which breathes life into the play. As his main objective in life, Hamlet craves to avenge his father’s death, the king of Denmark, betrayed and killed by his own brother. Throughout the play, Hamlet comes across two other main characters in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Laertes and Fortinbras, whose fathers are also murdered. Even though there are differences between these 3 characters, this series of unfair deaths puts them in the same situation and makes them have aspects in common. Thus, the purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras in terms of behavior, the honor for their beloved fathers, the desire to revenge their fathers’ death and their modus operandi of vengeance; as well as to explain the perception they have of each other. On one hand, Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, is characterized by his eloquent behavior, his philosophical thinking, which constantly leads him to questions that cannot be answered easily, such as his famous one “to be, or not to be”. He is smart and lets others think he’s just mad. One of his other characteristics are his constant thoughts about existence and the duties of a man. “What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more.” “For there are actions...
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...youngest son of the recently deceased Sir Rowland de Bois, describes his unfortunate state of affairs to Adam, Sir Rowland’s loyal former servant. Upon his father’s death, Orlando was bequeathed a mere 1,000crowns, a paltry sum for a young man of his social background. His only hope for advancement is if his brother, Oliver, honors their father’s wish and provides him with a decent education. Oliver, as the eldest son, inherited virtually everything in his father’s estate, yet he not only neglects this charge but actively disobeys it. Although he arranges for his other brother, Jaques, to attend school, Oliver refuses to allow Orlando any education whatsoever, leaving the young man to lament that his upbringing is little different from the treatment of a piece of livestock. Orlando has long borne this ill treatment, but he admits to Adam that he feels rising within himself a great resentment against his servile condition and vows that he will no longer endure it. Oliver enters, and the hostility between the brothers soon boils over into violence. Orlando claims that the system that allows the eldest son to inherit the bulk of a father’s estate does not reduce the ancestral blood in the other sons. Oliver, offended by his brother’s insolence, assails Orlando, while Orlando seizes Oliver by the throat. Adam tries to intervene, seeking peace in the name of their father, but the brothers do not heed him. Orlando, undoubtedly the stronger of the two, refuses to unhand his brother...
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...Dathan Anders Drewry, author of “HAMLET’S FATHERS: AN ANALYSIS OF PATERNITY AND FILIAL DUTY IN SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET”. Drewry emphasizes King Hamlet and Polonius' role in being a father figure to their respective sons and how King Hamlet and Polonius led Hamlet and Laertes to their own demise. Drewry begins his criticism between the connection of King Hamlet and Hamlet. Drewry criticizes King Hamlet as a character for having a poor paternal influence towards Hamlet. Drewry supports this by examining the quotes made by Horatio such as that King Hamlet was “a goodly king” (I, ii, 186), separating King Hamlet between his royal title and role as a father. Drewry suggests that since King Hamlet was absent most of Hamlet’s life when the Ghost...
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...Literature Analysis of Hamlet U5A1 Letitia Stevens Introduction to the Humanities (HUM1000) Unit 5 Literature Analysis of Hamlet Capella University May 2016 Introduction During the last years of Queen Elizabeth, “The Tragedy of Hamlet” was written by William Shakespeare. The father of Hamlet appeared outside of the Elsinore Castle on what seemed to a very cold night for the season that they were in. His appearance was referred to as of a warning that was leading to the killing in ancient Rome of Caesar. The presence provided Horatio and his company a suggestion that something threatening or evil had previously taken place and the would have been an offset to nature in Denmark. There was a transfer of power post the death of the king that led some to believe that the future of Denmark was in trouble. It is proven by the later appearance of the ghost that there would be a Denmark tragedy. What is a soliloquy? A Soliloquy defined is the disregard of the people around while speaking to themselves about in-depth thoughts, usually in a play or drama. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, n.d). In dramas and play, when this is used, the people or characters are not mindful of things that person speaking is speaking about. When realism was introduced in the late 1800’s, soliloquies was not as prevalent. In the play, “Hamlet” soliloquies were used throughout to disclose his most in depth feelings to the viewers. William Shakespeare uses soliloquies in not only “Hamlet”...
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