Category: Communication

53 – “As if, in some way, the nature of the game was controlling me taking me towards a logical but frightening conclusion” The use of the game metaphor comes up when two climbers reach the Summit and it supports the idea that the risks of climbing come as a result of some kind of…

Dexter is a crime based series that revolves around the life of a man who may seem as normal in society but at night indulges in his addiction of murder. Dexter was traumatised at a young age seeing the bloody death of his mother, which may have left a bloody imprint on him turning him…

Nuclear weapons. The ultimate maker of peace, and stopper of wars. Who would have known that a weapon of mass destruction was not only capable of wiping out nations from the face of the world, but also the key to stopping any wars from happening in the first place. The name weapons of mass destruction…

Chapter 1: A mountaineering team have got together and are preparing an ascent to climb a mountain nobody has climbed before. In the beginning the mood is relaxed and everybody is joking around with each other. The team start to plan the routes they are going to take. However, even though the team feels very…

In the three texts “Hamlet”, “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “On my first son” all the authors use language devices and features to portray messages to the audience about powers they cannot control. The author ideas are based on their life experiences which will be explored as part of the context,…

Do not go gentle into that good night is about the authors view on how death should be battled against and how he does not accept death willingly. The meter used is iambic pentameter which is the same as in Hamlet. However, the iambic pentameter degenerates in “Do not go gentle into that good night.”…

Both the poem and the play share a common theme which is about the sufferings of life. For example in Hamlet the first line is “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Hamlet is contemplating the choice of living or to kill himself, because of all the suffering he is feeling. It…

Goodbye my child that has given me joy. My sin was that I loved you too much and for seven years you were with me and and now fate has taken you away on the day. I want to abandon all thoughts of father hood. Why should I be sad for what most people envy.…

In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses metaphors to express his distress towards life in his famous “to be or not to be” soliloquy. Here he debates the question of the choice whether to live or to die. Shakespeare give characters a three dimensional structure where Hamlet expresses his “Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” The language device…

Hamlet begins his soliloquy with the first line “to be, or not to be…” Hamlet is questioning his desire whether to live or to die. However, Hamlet doesn’t directly refer to himself or his choice as it is written in the passive tense, making the question appear more like a philosophical argument. Hamlet lists many…