James Astle

James Astle
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Articles Published

James is a scholar and writer that specialises in a variety of topics. He is a subject matter expert in areas like politics and international relations, and also offers insights into education, art, media and literature.

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PoliticsInternational RelationsEducationArtMediaLiterature

Articles by James Astle

Phantom Thread’s Synthesis: The Gothic in Elements of Fairytimes

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

This essay will seek to examine and analysis Phantom Thread’s synthesis of fairy-tales such as ‘Bluebeard’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Little Red Riding Hood….

Gothic Elements in Jane Eyre and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson are both examples of nineteenth century works that employ the use of the gothic tropes and motifs in order to elicit a sense of uneasiness and horror in its readers…

Pursuit and Punishment of Happiness in Jane Eyre

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Though Jane learns that life can be bearable at Moor House, she also realizes that she cannot be happy unless she spends her life with Rochester. …

Symbolism in The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Literary critics have analyzed the symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” with vast and varying degrees of interpretation. However, some have argued there is no underlying meaning conveyed in the story at all due to Poe’s strong opposition to the use of allegory as a tale of parable (Roppolo 134)….

Language of Imprisonment and Liberation in The Tempest

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

In conclusion, Shakespeare uses characters who are equally complex and with different motivations to explore human nature. …

Ernest Hemingway’s Literary Techniques

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

One of the many ways that Hemingway executes literary techniques within his short stories is through his common theme that displays the struggle of social acceptance and social conformity within various cultures. …

Representation of Females: A Thousand Splendid Suns and A Doll’s House

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Compare and Contrast the ways in which Khaled Hosseini and Henrik Ibsen represent females in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ (2007) and ‘A Doll’s House’ (1879)….

A Feminist Lens Critique on Bradamante’s Role of Gender and Being a Warrior

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

In Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem, Orlando Furioso, Bradamante is an important protagonist because she is a woman warrior. She is a progressive and transgressive protagonist because she was at the forefront of this evolution in women’s roles and women being represented as warriors…

Informational Interview to Learn about Games Industry

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

The main focus of this paper is to look at the games industry and what it is like to work in it as well as the history of the industry that is so big now….

The Effects of Technology: Analysis of Horizon Zero Dawn

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

What is changeable of Technology? How are humans wired and how do they respond towards unsafe measures? On the assumption that it can fall into the wrong hands, and those people can then use it for destructive purposes, in addition to personal use that only satisfy themselves….

Issue of Cheating in Video Games

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Sports, especially individual sports, tend to be fair. At the end of the day, it comes down to raw skill when preforming solo. There’s no way to directly enhance your skill with money….

Good and Bad Representations of the Disabled Community in the Media

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Representing the disabled community both accurately and respectfully in extremely important mainly because this is how most if not all people learn about things. In some cases, writers and producers can do this well and produce positive and good examples of people with disabilities….

Case Study of Innovation at the BBC

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

The BBC is home to some of my favourite shows. I hope to be able to contribute to this organisation in the future and have identified certain areas that can be innovated. Innovation implies introducing something new into the socioeconomic system….

Positive Influences of Social Media on Youth’s Political Activism

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

In the last decade, social media has given rise to a new form of activism and a new type of space where, young people especially, have the ability and the freedom to express their political ideologies to hundreds of thousands of people in seconds….

Stereotyping of Native Americans in the Media

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Native Americans were first called “Indians” by the Europeans who first came in contact with them.  Prior to that, the Native American people were not Indians, but members of their own socio-political and cultural groups.  After the Europeans arrived, they were lumped together into a group under one single defining word….

Improving the Accuracy of Science Portrayal in the Media

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

This essay attempts to reflect on the prevailing portrayal of science in the media and popular culture, taking reference from examples in common media platforms today (e.g. movies, TV, social media). The paper will also suggest some measures that…

Criticisms of Victoria’s Secret’s Objectivation of the Female Image

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

Using concepts from Laura Mulvey, this essay will criticize Victoria’s Secret’s objectification of the female image, its determinations of female sexiness and beauty from a male perspective, its commodification of sexiness in advertising, and its overall negative influences on sociocultural body image norms….

Analysis of the Runaway Jury (2003)

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

When a trader is shot in cold blood at his workplace, his widow sues the gun manufacturing company the killer used. Blaming them for his death, she dispatches idealistic lawyer Wendell Rohr to oversee the case. …

The Ghost King as the Minor Character in “Hamlet”

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

In the main character, Hamlet is a representation of the human soul’s complexity. This complexity is further worked into the theme of the play by use of other minor characters. In this paper, I will discuss the minor character of the ghost of King Hamlet and his particular significance to the overall themes of the play….

Ender’s Game and Real-World Science

Essay. Published: 3 November 2020

The molecular detachment device used to wipe the hometown of Formics is an open reality in modern military realms precisely in the use of chemical weapons of mass destruction. For example, nuclear bombs produce radioactive rays which cause abnormal cell division leading cancer and deformed human bodies. …