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Medea episode 2 ELP Post

How do we decide in our own lives who belongs and who doesn’t? Medea doesn’t have a home anymore, Creon decided that she didn’t belong there because he is scared of what she is capable of. it seems like Jason still thinks of Medea and his children as his family and that they should stay,…

Ethics and Morality (Antigone and home fire)

Where should Isma’s loyalty lie: with her brother or country? it depends on your situation. I believe there isn’t one right answer and that there aren’t any moral facts. it depends on your values, past and current situation. I think her loyalty should be with her brother, her family has been through so much and…

Is Ismene a weakling, a mere fence-sitter, or does she represent a reasonable position?

Ismene doesn’t want to not bury her brother because she agrees with Creon, but instead because she is worried about her sister’s life. something that is completely reasonable and shows her love for her family and how she cares for her sister. she is not a weakling, she is protecting what she still has. this…

My Photo inspired by Yumna Al-Arashi

I took this photo during our netball match the other day. this photo shows my friends breaking away from gender stereotypes about sport. either people think girls shouldn’t do sport or they don’t take it seriously. I chose to edit the photo to make it look warmer with an orange tint. compared to a colder…

Analysing Political Cartoons

This political cartoon is an analogy which depicts the difference in income and workplace experiences for male and females. This is firstly shown through the symbol of the tilted desk that has the picture of money on it indicating the difference in income. the incline on the table allows for man’s coffee and things to…

Exploration of a home fire extract and Yumna Al-Arashi’s photos

A big difference between their two text types is the location/setting. In the photo, a Muslim lady is seen in front of mountains in a rural area of Yemen, compared to Home Fire which is based in cities in the US and UK. the difference in where the woman in the photograph and Aneeka grew…

In what ways is ‘Napoleon Leading His Army Over The Alps’ a challenge of traditional canonical representations of power?

With Direct parallels and distinctions between the original work and Wiley’s piece, the message is pretty clear. It almost says that we are powerful too. in all these classic pieces the representation of white men through portraits, show how ‘powerful’ and ‘amazing’ they are. but they always leave behind minority’s, and never celebrate other achievements…

In what ways is the advert “The Look” ‘a story about bias’ in contemporary American society?

the look communicates the prejudice and racism black men face daily. without any words, proctor and gamble tell a story about a man who is constantly followed by a specific look given by ‘white’ people. with the use of camera angles and setting the story makes the viewer feel almost uncomfortable in the way they…

The talk and Mother to son

In the poem, Mother to Son, and the advert The Talk, Hughes and P&G both celebrate the strength of black women whilst … sending a powerful message through tone and language of both pieces in both stories, the mother/s are giving advice and guiding their children through the world which they will have to live…