Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism¦Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole, George Orwell, [1984].
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"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism?óÔé¼?ªAnimal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole," George Orwell, [1984]. The criticisms and protests Orwell has against the dictatorship of Napoleon, a pig who tricked his animal society into believing equality was the greater evil, are vibrantly shown throughout the novel. The change of life citizens endured during their stay on Animal Farm enlightens its readers with the true purpose of...
received less food than any animals in the country," Animal Farm, pg. 125.
received less food than any animals in the country," Animal Farm, pg. 125.
While life following a dictator might have proved to be successful and reasonable for a short amount of time, after the actual conditions are understood by its inhabitants, it is almost impossible for it to prosper. The lack of voice and resources Napoleon provided for the other animals was simply leading to another rebellion. Power through the people is the only successful way for a society to prosper, as the people are the only ones who can complete the grudge work for the community to succeed.
In his plays, Shakespeare uses many forms of imagery. Many forms of his imagery are used in his play "Macbeth," including the forms of clothing and darkness. Each detail in his imagery, it seems to me, contains an important symbol of the play, and symbols that we must understand if...
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Is he mad or sane? Or just mad in craft, yet punished with sore distractions. Perhaps Hamlet is the victim--as we all at some time feel to be--of the world"s sane view of insane perplexities. He is the man at war within himself; a traveler with a passport into strange,...
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Evil prevails through life as a thoroughbred of disease that has unholy a grip on the ways of people through the passage of time, namely with Barbaras in the Jew of Malta. The evil grip on his person that manifests into a person of high revenge and a person who...
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"They seek him here They seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell That damn elusive Pimpernel!" -Percy The Scarlet Pimpernel is a fascinating expose of the inner workings during the French revolution. This realistic play illustrates the terror and victimization...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne"s The Scarlet Letter, a dark tale of sin and redemption, centers around the small Puritan community of Boston during the seventeenth century. In the middle of the town market place is a " . . .weather darkened scaffold. . . 234" where sinners are made to face the...
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