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A Question of Attitude: Directed by Anthony Parker. With Hywel Bennett, David Ryall, Shelagh McLeod, Ian Lowe. Ted's chances of beating the developers are helped when a TV company come to visit and interview him about his plight.
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‘The Question’ by Percy Bysshe Shelleytells of a dream in which a speaker encounters a vast forest of pristine, blooming flowers. ‘The Question‘ begins with the speaker admitting that everything that’s to follow was in a dream. He was walking along a path, the season abruptly changed, and he followed the smell of spring to a river. From there, he c...
Shelley engages primarily with themes of nature and dreams in The Question.’ As stated previously, the poem begins with the speaker telling the reader that he dreamed everything he’s about to talk about. He’s not trying to confuse or surprise the reader with the facts of the situation. The beautiful images that Shelley follows this up with are enti...
‘The Question’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a five-stanza poem that is separated into sets of eight lines or octaves. Each of these octaves follows a structured rhyme scheme. They conform to the pattern of ABABABCC; alternating end sounds as the poet aw fit. In regards to the meter, it is also very structured. Shelley chose to use iambic pentameter. ...
Shelley makes use of several literary devices in ‘The Question.’ These include but are not limited to imagery, alliteration, and similes. The latter is a comparison between two things that uses “like” or “as.” For example, in the second stanza, Shelley uses the phrase “The sod scarce heaved; and that tall flower that wets— / Like a child, half in t...
Stanza One
In the first stanza of this piece, the speaker begins by informing the reader that he had a dream. The substance of that dream makes up the following lines of text. He explains that in this dream, he was wandering around in a winter landscape when all of a sudden, it turned to spring. When this happened, a number of “gentle odours,” or spring-like, floral smells, sent the speaker on a detour. He went to the “sound of waters” and ended up on the “bank of turf,” which was “Under a copse,” or a...
Stanza Two
In the second stanza of ‘The Question‘ the speaker starts his list of all the varieties of plants that lived in this area of his dream. First, he mentions “wind-flowers and violets, / Daisies.” He refers to the latter as the “pearled Arcturi of the earth.” This is a reference to the star Arcturus which is in the northern hemisphere. The grouping of flowers is “constellated” or constellation-like. It “never sets.” The speaker is finding deep meaning in what would normally be a simple pastorals...
Stanza Three
In the next set of lines, the speaker continues his list of flowers. There is also “eglantine,” which is another name for sweetbrier, a kind of rose. In the woods, the speaker also sees “Green cowbind.” There are cherry blossoms and “white cups” that collect wine or “bright dew.” The description goes on to speak on the “wild roses” and the twisting, snake-like “ivy.”It “wander[s]” here and there, just like the speaker as he went off his path into this garden. Last, he refers to “flowers azure...
Readers who enjoyed ‘The Question’ should also consider reading some of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s other best-known poems. 1. ‘To a Skylark‘- An odeto the essence of a singing bird and a discussion of how humanity’s limitations. 2. ‘A Lament,‘ – Ashort poem in which the speaker addresses the world, life, and time, asking if the glory of their “prime” i...
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1979 - 1992. 71 episodes (10 series) Highly intelligent but inherently lazy, Shelley is one of life's constant philosophers, never quite achieving a stable life. Stars Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Garfield Morgan, Caroline Langrishe and more. Like this. F. X. R. W. E. Overview. Cast & Crew. Features. Press. Shop. Forums.
Shelley · Season 9 Episode 2 · A Question Of Attitude starring Josephine Tewson, Samantha Beckinsale, Garfield Morgan.
Apr 12, 2018 · Could Shelley here sensationalising the way we infringe on and impact other people without being aware of it ourselves? Or is he merely using a shocking rhetorical device to gain our attention right before the poem ends?
A Question Of Attitude Ted's chances of beating the developers are helped when a TV company come to visit and interview him about his plight. Ted lays on his full poor-old-man act for cameras, but can't help noticing with his one good eye that the female reporter, Sue, just might make a good match for the love-starved Shelley...
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This essay reconstructs Percy Shelley's theory of mind from his letters and many unfinished essays as well as his Defence of Poetry (1821), emphasizing his radical insistence on the formal and teleological roles of analogy in human cognition, communication, and culture.
