Also, Jean Rhys in her novel Wide Sargasso Sea, and Spike Jonze in his film Her, provide us different perspectives of love and the way our culture, race, or differences alienate us from each other. ... Moreover, Wide Sargasso Sea is a magnificent novel where two strangers who get married become alienated when they familiarize with each other. ... In this case, love from two different worlds and perspectives. ... The real world separates Theodore and Samantha. ... This leaves Theodore with a broken heart, but ready to face the real world. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although a Radio play, Embers successfully creates the setting through the use of sound, the 'sea scarcely audible'9 combined with the sound of 'Henry's boots on shingle'10 creates the image of the sea in the mind of the audience, which is continued and expanded upon throughout the play. ... Nonetheless I believe that the world created through these sounds and the dialogue is an insight into the mind of Henry as he awaits his daughter Addie. He seems trapped in his own head, finding it difficult to move away, even when he received his inheritance he only relocated ac...

• Word Count: 3587
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Christina Rosetti seems towards the dark side of life." Choose three poems and consider how far they support this view of her work. A common interpretation of the work of the 19th century poetess, Christina Rosetti, is that her work is depressing, morbid and highly pessimistic. However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the sta...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate