Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Lady Macbeth paragraph

    I think lady Macbeth is presented as cruel in this scene and this is shown as in this scene as she says things such as when she says “come to my woman’s breasts and take my milk for gall you murdering ministers.” This uses techniques such as alteration and metaphors to make the reader picture…

  • This Flesh is Mine

  • Animal farm essay

    Animal farm is a story written by George Orwell in 1954 and is an allegory of the rise to power of communism and the u.s.s.r,each character represents someone or something during the Russian revolution. In this essay I will explain the roles and beliefs of napoleon and snowball who were in a race for power…

  • Pee paragraph

    I think that squeal uses rhetorical questions during his speech to make the animals be with his ideals but to mainly help the pigs gain privileges such as apples or milk making the excuse of needing the nutrition for there brains to work and run the farm, as the pigs run the farm the animals…

  • Character

    1. This character is jones who represents the old Russian king the tsar 2 also when it refers to his boots it tells us he is human 2.old major who dies before his fulfilled dream just like Carl Marx the creator of Marxism 3.boxer and clover as they have big hoofs 4. Napoleon as he…

  • Animal Farm – Plot Synopsis

    1.farmer jones’s rule over the animals was similar to the tsars as the tsar took everyone’s money and jones took the animals produce. 2.snowball and Trotsky were both exiled and both were popular with the public( sheep) 3.stalin and napoleon both ruled over there Kingdom harshly by purgeing animals and adjusting the rules of communism…

  • 20 steps of animal farm

    1. Old major talks of animalism “this is my message to you: rebellion!” 2.the animals over throw jones at the battle of cow shed 3. Napolean and snowball battle over leader ship 4.snowball creates windmill idea 5.snowball is chased out by Napoleon his dogs “I hope you all appreciate comrade napoleans sacrafice” 6. Napolean revivals…

  • lecture on Shakespearean techniques

    language used by Shakespeare in his plays is in one of three forms: prose, rhymed verse or blank verse, each of which he uses to achieve specific effects (more on the functions of prose, rhyme and blank verse below). To recognize these types of language and understand how Shakespeare uses them in his plays, you…

  • scene from a play using Shakespearean techniques

    Ben and Alfie enter the room looking sad after there dog had been hit by a car: Ben: I don’t know how i will live without lucky he was the best dog ever Alfie: I will miss him like the sea misses the shore      No other dog will ever take his place,      I…

  • Act 2 scene 1 translated into modern English

    Romeo: Can I leave while my heart stays here? I have to remain where my heart is Romeo moves away Benvolio and Mercutio  enter Benvolio:  Romeo, my cousin, Romeo, Romeo! Mercutio: He’s a bright boy I bet he slipped away and went home to sleep Benvolio: He ran this way and jumped over the orchard…

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