James'+Grade+12+page

=This is James' Grade 12 page, where higher level of works will be filed=

This is a commentary I wrote reflecting on Julie Moore's //Themes of W.H. Auden's 'The Unknown Citizen'.// In this essay, I show my disagreement with some of Moore's ideas, and backed up my opinions with solid reasons.



In Book 2 of //1984,// which is written by George Orwell, we can see that Winston has changed both mentally and physically after he met Julia. He depended less on his logic and more on his feelings when doing things, hence at last trapping himself in the thought police's snare.



This is the analysis of the fifth choral ode of the famous play written by Sophocles: //Oedipus the King// (Oedipus the Rex).



Dramatic ironies are significant elements in the play Oedipus the King. They not only function to bring up the Greek audiences' emotions, but also serves to underscore the thematic ideas that are addressed in the play.



Ultimately, all entities on the earth belong to the nature--we are all going to die in the end. No matter how great we are, how much we have achieved, we are all tiny existences with trivial significance on the world.



This is the translated script of our group of the famous play //Hamlet.// We are doing ACT III scene 1, in which the well-known "To Be Or Not To Be" soliloquy is placed.



Before entering the novel of Voltaire //Candide,// we have to first get a sense of what enlightenment is. Thus, we read the essay "What is Enlightenment" by Immanuel Kant and wrote a reflection on the subject.



In the novel //Candide//, by the famous philosopher Voltaire, we have encountered numerous specific terms, which more than half of them are obscure. In order to help the class better understand the background of the story, each of our classmates has to explain one term or word, and I am responsible for //The Spanish Inquisition.//



Voltaire did not oppose religion itself, what he opposed was the superstitions and abuses of power that existed in organized religion. His Deistic views are clearly seen in the novel //Candide.//



Was Tess's life a tragedy? Indeed it was. Although she had fulfilled her wishes and duty as a wife, the sufferings she had gone through were too severe for her life to be called a happy one.