Kirstinpillay

This essay will discuss how the concepts of "Poetry of the Present" are illustrated in D. H Lawrence's poems and the correlations between D. H. Lawrence's poem "Fidelity" and his essay "Poetry of the Present". As well as discuss the quotation by Van Wyngaard, with reference to "Mountain Lion" and "Poetry of the Present".

With particular reference to William Wellington Gqoba’s poems “A Great Debate on Education” and “A debate between a heathen and a Christian”, this essay will illustrate the above and discuss the concerns of both poems, namely the impact of colonial education, the treatment and administration of black people; as well as Christianity, traditional leadership and white domination. Moreover, the style and structure of his poetry, within the context of writing under the strict, non-politica...

This essay discusses South African foreign policy's overzealous nature and the significant challenges faced by South African foreign affairs due to policies' that lack “solvency” regarding their balance of diplomacy, economic and social issues, political and military abilities. Additionally, the essay explores possible proactive measures that need to be implemented to remedy the situation.

In this essay, the role of gender within African societies in the major, urban South African cities such as Durban will be explored. The essay will focus on and discuss the reasons cities often developed into masculine spaces in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the beginning of a shift in the gender dynamics in the 1930s; as well as using an analysis of Cato Manor as a case study, to illustrate the influence African women had in the urban area by the 1950s.

This essay discusses the significance of the settings in ‘Great Expectations,’ namely the mist over the marshes in Kent, Satis House, and London, referring to the symbolism utilized by Charles Dickens and how the setting enhances the reader’s understanding of significant characters.

An in-depth four-page essay that examines the Bucolic tradition in English poetry. Poems such as C Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to his love" and " Michael” by William Wordsworth, which exemplify the different definitions of the pastoral in poetry, are examined. Additionally, the anti-pastoral in poetry, represented in Seamus Heaney’s poem, “Death of a Naturalist ", is analysed. Furthermore, the post-pastoral in poetry, epitomized in Derek Walcott’s poem,” Pastoral," i...