Comparative Text Essay
General Vision and Viewpoint
I will begin my introduction by discussing my comparative texts and how it relates to the general vision and viewpoint. The general vision and viewpoint conveys an outlook on life. As each character strives to achieve a certain goal, he/ she can be thwarted in a variety of ways. It also refers to the emotions expressed by the readers/ viewers and their views on the characters and as well as their view of the society expressed in the texts. The following are the comparative texts I will discuss in this essay, “How Many Miles to Babylon?” (HMMB) a novel by Jennifer Johnston, “The Kings Speech” (TKS) directed by Tom Hooper and “All My Sons” (AMS) written by Arthur Miller.
The opening scenes of all three texts be it optimistic or pessimistic, can have an indication on the way we perceive the world of the text to be. In the novel, HMMB, the opening scene could not be more pessimistic. I was taken aback by the dramatic opening paragraph, “I love no living person...I have no future.” Johnston immediately creates a grim and negative view on life through Alexander (Alec) Moore “an officer and a gentleman” by his own account, as he writes his memoir during a time of war, in military prison, isolated, while awaiting execution. Similarly, TKS opens to a painful scene where is it highlighted that King George VI (Bertie) has a severe stuttering problem. He struggles to give his inaugural speech at Wembley Stadium. He attempts to overcome his speech impediment, however he fails. A depressing outlook on life is conveyed as his stammer forces him to be unsure and makes him distance himself from those around him. In contrast the opening scene of Act One in AMS shows unexpected normalcy. The Kel...
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LIONEL: Yes you do. You have such perseverance, Bertie; you’re the bravest man I know. And you’ll make a bloody good king.
This scene illustrates the importance of their friendship.
In variation Chris and Annie have a romantic relationship in AMS. Chris’ feelings for Annie come across as pure. He is an idealist and believes that he can provide a better life for Annie to make up for what she lost in Larry. Annie encourages Chris to be more assertive and helps him forget about the past. Like the relationship between Alec and Jerry, outside influences prevents the two from being together. Chris’ mother Kate Keller is strongly opposed to their new found love because in her eyes, Annie is “Larry’s girl. The presence of Larry’s ghost represses and restricts their feelings and actions at the beginning. In my opinion, society negatively impacts the characters.
admission. The work I have chosen to compare this novel to is the classic play
Social pressures change as time passes, therefore it is interesting to see how these three texts whom differ by almost four hundred years perceive society and the effect this has on the protagonists; Shakespeare’s King Lear which was first performed in 1606 during the Jacobean era, presents a patriarchal society. Whilst, Arthur Miller uses the characters in ‘Death of a salesman’ to show the failure of the ‘American dream’ during the “golden era” of America in the late 40’s. The ‘American Dream’ was a set of ideals which suggested that anyone in the US could be successful through hard work, and had the potential to live a happy life. The sense of the deterioration in the equality of opportunities links to the fall in power and hierarchy in King Lear. Arudanthi Roy, however, uses her contemporary Indian novel to illustrate, using a proleptic and coalesce structure, the lives of the protagonists living in a post – colonial society. In each of these three texts there are characters who fit the stereotypes that society has instilled in them, but then there are those characters who noticeably differ from the norm; According to 19th century novelist Alfred de Musset “how glorious it is – and how painful – to be an exception.” Hence this statement can be seen as applicable to these characters, because in all three texts these characters do end up losing a lot.
This essay showed the similarity and difference of the endings in these two masterpieces, and how they shared morals.
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