Reflection on Human Acts

The book ‘Human Acts’ by Han Kang provided a different type of book to my literature repertoire. The use of grotesque imagery really helped exacerbate the severity of the Gwangju Uprising by highlighting the true inhumane acts and descriptions of...

Philosophical English Questions

Can a nation ever fully recover from a dark past?   I think that to some extent there will always be things left behind from a dark past and so it is almost impossible to completely ignore actions that have occurred in the past. I think, however, that it is key...

The Handmaid’s Tale – CONTEXT

Context  “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them, Women are afraid that men will kill them” – Margaret Atwood  Feminism – negative connotations in the past 1910-1920 women started to work  1963+ creation of birth control pill – women started to...

Carol Ann Duffy Poem Links

Carol Ann Duffy Poems Carol Ann Duffy is known for her collection of poems that aim to show how identity is misrepresented within women especially and helps highlight existing stereotypes present in our society. She is able to effectively portray her ideas about...