Jude Law

actor Jude Law has been selected to portray a young version of Hogwarts' venerable headmaster Albus Dumbledore, a key character in the second film of JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie spinoff. Some of you might even wonder who Jude Law is, where did he come from and how did he gain success as an actor? Jude Law was born in Lewisham, South London in 29 December 1972. His name was being ‘a bit of both’ based on the book “Jude the Obscure” and the song “Hey Jude” by the

In the episode, A Study in Pink from the television show Sherlock one of the main secondary characters are Dr. John Watson. Dr. Watson unlike most of the other characters actually shows his appreciation for Sherlock Holmes brilliant findings. He complements Holmes on how he pays close attention to the markings on his cellular phone that gave evidence that the previous owner had a drinking problem. Dr. John Watson said, “How can you possibly know about the drinking?” Sherlock Holmes then responds

The film Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella, is set during the American Civil War and tells the tales of two lovers, Inman and Ada. Inman is a strong, quiet and very moral country boy, very different to the higher class Ada, who herself does not fit in with Inman’s country lifestyle. Just as Inman and Ada realise their love for each other Inman is forced to fight for the South in the war, and Ada is left to look after herself. Inman then struggles to make his way back to his lover; and

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy both deal with social class and the presence of suffocating social norms. The themes of these two novels are embodied in their women. The female characters in both Jude the Obscure and Great Expectations can be divided into two categories: the “elevated” woman and the “grounded” woman. How these characters operate within the confines of the novel, however, are reversed. In Jude, Arabella is the grounded woman, who ultimately

impregnated by there surroundings" (p. 146). Likewise, the love between Tess and Angel becomes passionate and sultry. Her morals of staying away from men are thrown by the wayside, illustrating the fact that Nature does not follow any moral or societal law. "Every seesaw of her breath, every wave of her blood, every pulse singing in her ears, was a voice that joined with nature in revolt against her scrupulousness" (p. 175). Tess, try as she might, is swept along in the rush of summer. In the same

Hey Jude - Song analysis “Hey Jude” is a song by the English rock band The Beatles and was written by Paul McCartney. It was first released in August 1968 under The Beatles label ‘Apple Records’. Hey Jude runs for 7mins and 11secs and at the time of release was the longest single to top the British charts. The song is said to have evolved from “hey Jules”, a song that had been written as a ballad to comfort Lennon’s son Julian during his parents’ divorce. McCartney said, "I started with the

The novel describes, as Hardy explains in the Preface, the ‘deadly war waged between flesh and spirit’. In Jude one of the main targets is the institution of marriage. There is also a new dimension to the criticism in that Hardy, although very tentatively, suggests possible future alternatives to the existing social organization, alternatives that would make man’s psychological make-up less of a liability than at the present. Hardy shows very clearly that Jude’s intellectual ambitions are not hampered

Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a novel that follows the story of a young woman by the name of Tess Durbeyfield after her impoverished family learns of their connection to the wealthy D’Urbervilles. Throughout the novel, Tess sacrifices her childhood, innocence, and happiness by leaving her family to accept a job offer, becoming a victim of a rape, and later agreeing to marry her rapist, all in pursuit of economic gain for her family; such sacrifices illuminate Tess’ deep value of her

Tess Durbeyfield is one of several women who have experienced the repercussions of the double sexual standard society has placed upon the world. In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Tess is portrayed as a young maiden attempting to survive a troublesome life. Along her life journey, she encounters numerous men, particularly Alec d’Urberville and Angel Clare. Through her experiences with these men, this double standard, or the idea that men and women are not enabled to act in the same way

Among many poignant lines, Robert Frost stated that “freedom lies in being bold.” Tess Durbeyfield and Edna Pontellier are testaments to the veracity of this quote as both find their independence by boldly exceeding the norm. Their stories were fashioned during a period of great change and both characters are hallmarks of the hope and power women were unearthing at the time. The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy are novels concerned with the transformation of