Renee, I saw strong comparisons with the continual day to day drudgery that Dickens presented us with in Hard Times. The factory smoke is continual, the days are long and meaningless. When speaking about Coketown (the name of which I find ironic considering our worlds current over consumerism of the brand and softdrink and the mass industry that ( Read more... )

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I have been thinking about how the romantics wanted to reignite a love for wonder and passion and life itself, particularly how they conveyed the beauty of rural settings and subjects. Looking at ‘Pandaemonium’ in class I realised that some of that wonder was about seeing beauty and awe in our every day life as Coleridge did in ‘Frost at Midnight ( Read more... )

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Anu, Anu, Anu! She has really captured my curiosity. For the few days after michael told us that she lives in Straithfield I felt a shift in my perception of Helen Garner's 'Joe Cinques Consolation". It all became closer, more real. Anu suddenly became less mentally ill and more 'evil' in my thoughts even though this is not what I truely believe. ( Read more... )

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