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Touching the Void quotes

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… Continue Reading →

Journal entry “Dexter”

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… Continue Reading →

Abolishment of nuclear weapons

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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… Continue Reading →

Touching the void summaries

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… Continue Reading →

Controlled Assessment

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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… Continue Reading →

Comparison of “Hamlet” and “Do not go gentle into that good night”

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… Continue Reading →

Comparison of “Hamlet” and “On my First Son”

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… Continue Reading →

On my First Son

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… Continue Reading →

Comparison of Hamlet and Futile

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… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Analysis

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… Continue Reading →

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