Comparing Snape and Mr Creakle in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Mr Creakle is the headmaster at Salem House, "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens. Snape is the Potions Master at Hogwarts, Harry Potter series by J K Rowling. It is because of the education system that Mr Creakle and Snape meet the main characters from both books (David and Harry). Whilst Snape teaches his pupils, Mr Creakle's main aim is to inflict physical punishment upon his pupils. Attitude towards Education Both Snape and Mr Creakle are portrayed as frightening teachers. Snape is very strict in his classes although he does not need to use physical punishment to keep his class in order. His frightening character is enough to keep his pupils in order. "I don't expect you will understand the beauty of the softly, simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate powers of liquids…I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach" - this shows Snape as patronising, not caring about his pupil's feelings and lacking respect. On the other hand, Mr Creakle is very physical towards his pupils. "At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe" - this shows that Mr Creakle believes that discipline is the only way to keep the children in order. He cuts jokes before he hits the boys, "Mr Creakle cuts a joke before he beats him". This portrays that he likes beating them. Snape is willing to teach his pupils his potions subject and the pupils are not in fear to attend his class, whereas Mr Creakle enjoys punishing his pupils and not a lot of learning takes place in this classroom. Mr Creakle's pupils are in total fear of attending his classes. Behaviour In class, Snape likes to single out and blame Harry for things that are not his fault, "You Potter, why didn't you tell him not to add the
The books Redwall by: Brian Jacques and the Harry Potter Series by: J.K. Rowling share many similar and different character traits, themes and symbols. Redwall takes place place during a medieval time in an abbey and the characters are woodland animals. The Harry Potter series takes place in modern day England primarily in school of magic where teenagers learn how to harness their magical powers and abilities. The two may not be similar in terms of plot, but Redwall and Harry Potter both share the themes and symbols of courage, compassion and evil.
Within Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling the selective use of language accentuates various ideas and notions, demonstrating the capability words have in manipulating perceptions. It is the strategic placement of double-entendres on behalf of DeFlores that greatly affect consequences, as disguising his lustful intents as honesty aids in the damnation of himself and Beatrice. Although deceiving in nature only to Beatrice, through the insertion of asides, only the audience remains knowledgeable of these entendres, causing troublesome irony. Furthermore, it is the manipulation of language that really accentuates the effects of Beatrice’s ignorentia, causing her to descend the social order, and, incite her objectification. Hence, it is through manipulated connotations and differentiating overt and covert intentions that leads The Changeling to expose the impact and ramifications of deceptive language and dissonance present in articulating the internal alongside external factors.
An important rhetorical device that appears throughout the entire Harry Potter series is symbolism. There are many names and items that stand for something else and many are introduced in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. First, Harry’s scar represents the true love parents have for their children and how they are willing to do anything, including being killed, in order to save them. Next, the Mirror of Erised shows a person their truest desires and everything he or she would want in life. Thirdly, each wizard’s wand is representative of his or her character and personality and if the improper one is used, terrible events will occur. Finally, the names of the founders of the four Hogwarts Houses are symbols of the core beliefs and values of each.
Liesel, a young girl who faces the challenges of coming into a foster family in 1939 Nazi Germany. To make things worse her foster parents are not for the Nazi Party. Day after day Liesel swallows down secrets like hiding a Jew in her basement and stealing from the rich. The author of The Book Thief writes about how when Liesel arrives in Germany and when she starts to steal, “Liesel’s world is both opened up and closed down” (Back Cover).
“Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread.” (Dickens, page 9) Is there anything that can change the dreadful fate of the man who doesn’t believe in the Spirit of Christmas before it is too late? The famous story written by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Story, is very similar to the movie version. Scrooge is an old man who doesn’t believe in Christmas and thinks it is a “humbug.” Scrooge will suffer a horrible fate if he continues the cruel path he is on. Marley and the Christmas Spirits show Scrooge the true meaning of Christmas. The themes of the versions are discovery and change. There are many resemblances and some diversity between the play and the movie, A Christmas Carol.
In 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien introduced the world to a boring unadventurous hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins with his novel The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins does the unpredictable and goes on a journey with Thorin and Company to recover the stolen treasure. Bilbo isn't the only unorthodox mythological hero. Up to the present time it was not long ago that J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone we are introduced to a mettlesome young wizard known as Harry Potter. Harry Potter continues his family legacy and joins other young wizard and witches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although, both are like night and day in many ways Bilbo Baggins and Harry Potter are comparable.
Great Expectations and Oliver Twist are representative of the works produced by Charles Dickens over his lifetime. These novels exhibit many similarities - perhaps because they both reflect painful experiences that occurred in Dickens' past.
. . . [H]ow everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, But for him it was not an important failure (Lines 14-17).
A Comparison of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY Of the many authors to emerge during the nineteenth-century, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen were among the few who would make a lasting impression on the literary world for generations. Hard Times, often referred to as Dickens’ ‘Industrial novel’ and Austen’s Pride and Prejudice have been much read and well-loved classics for many years. It is the purpose of this essay to compare and contrast the different worlds depicted in both Hard Times and Pride and Prejudice. It will also look at the literary development between the early and late nineteenth-century. The essay will end with the examination of the stylistic characteristics of each author.
Both Great Expectations and David Copperfield are characterised by the close relationship between the characters and their immediate environment. This is emblematic of all Dickens' novels, reflecting Dickens' own life, recreating his experiences and journeys, using people and places to symbolise feelings and emotions.
In the novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K Rowling introduces her main character, a 11-year old British wizarding student, Harry Potter. Harry is described to have jet-black hair, green eyes, and to be pale, skinny, and bespectacled. While Harry was still and infant, he was responsible for the downfall of a dark and powerful wizard, as a result his name is known to everyone wizarding world. In the novel, despite all the fame and admiration he has, Harry only recently finds out he is a wizard, and that he is famous. Therefore Harry feels burdened and insecure with all the attention he is receiving, and at the end of the novel, he proves himself to be an incredible wizard. Throughout the novel we learn Harry is brave, curious and modest.
Many people ask, “who was the greatest English writer in the 19th century?” An abundance of people would agree that Charles Dickens was indeed the greatest English writer of the 19th century Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England, over the course of his extraordinary writing career, Charles wrote many beloved novels. A few of Dickens’ beloved novels includes, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’ writing career began in 1836, with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Dickens was known and loved for his use of humor, satire, and his major observation of characters and society.
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While the novel does act as a social commentary on the disparaging treatment of the poor in England, Dickens fails to do more than comment on the situation. The fact that the social classes are fighting for survival against one another provides for the establishment of a further embedded social caste system of us against them. The very poor in David Copperfield, are at times overlooked by even the middle class characters in the novel. While some of the middle class characters do look out for a few of the lower class characters, these actions are taken as a result of their need to feel needed by others. My paper will examine the desire for the author to write a social commentary on class inequality, survival, and the search for happiness at all costs in David Copperfield.
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