Cormac McCarthy uses many different techniques to tell the story in his novel ‘The Road’. He uses a very limited palette in an attempt to make the reader interrogate the plot themselves, as I found myself doing so whilst reading… Continue Reading →
The figurative language is being used to create an ominous atmosphere by the way that things are being said. The ominous atmosphere is showing that something bad is about to happen, you can tell because Caesar is being informed that… Continue Reading →
Three writers that I have been privileged to have studied over the last seven months are Scott Fitzgerald, Christina Rossetti and Cormac McCarthy. All of which have used a completely different style of narrative to one another, and this is… Continue Reading →
What is a dystopia exactly? Well as a definition, ‘an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one’ – or so the Oxford dictionary believes it to be. In terms… Continue Reading →
Christina Rossetti has a very unique style of writing. Not only does she add a lot of descriptive elements to her writing, but with clever use of religious or biblical references, she separates herself from many different poets. You must… Continue Reading →
Rossetti uses many forms of religious imagery spread throughout the poem, with the reader being able to interpret the contrasts between heaven and hell, sin and virtue. ‘Blood’s a bar I cannot pass’ – with bar representing a barrier, or… Continue Reading →
Christina Rossetti was born in 1830 and passed away in 1894 at the age of 64. As demonstrated in the majority of her poems, she took a rather religious stance whilst writing them. She used this as ‘inspiration’ to write,… Continue Reading →
On my first reading of Goblin Market, it was easy to interpret it as a poem written for children. On closer inspection, it becomes harder to maintain this view. The text within this poem led me to believe this at… Continue Reading →
Welcome to your student blog, where you will be able to use the power of technology to display the power of your mind. I cannot wait to read your postings and to communicate with you about your work. All the… Continue Reading →