Emilija Gasoska

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George Orwell's essay "A Nice Cup of Tea" is truly astonishing. He takes something so mundane and simple and turns it into an eleven step instruction manual for a task performed by people all over the world. Brewing tea is undeniably minuscule, rather boring one might add, but Orwell untangles the complexities and presents it to us on a golden platter. Orwell's essay is reminiscent of his dystopic masterpiece "1984" where he warns readers of a society controlled by one party, where life is monitored and individualism is discouraged. So I propose this question to you all; Can the most simple task of making a fine cup of tea be regulated? Is life really just one big instruction manual? perhaps one can argue that Orwell ironically created an essay that subconsciously echoed totalitarian values or is it that overenthusiastic readers like myself thrive off undiscovered meanings and symbols. I'll leave that up to you.

We all look for things in life, whether it may be a lost sock jumbled within the rest of the washing, inevitably separated from its rightful pair or a cheap Airbnb for $85 that can be used at the youths disposal to relentlessly party all night long till the sun peaks at the horizon. Richard is someone we most definitely do not look for. Someone who has been left in the deepest darkest pits of modern-day literature. The timeless hero of theatrical performances, Al Pacino in his satirical docudrama Looking for Richard intrinsically reframes psychological aspects of the human condition within the renowned play-write, William Shakespeare’s historical tragedy King Richard III. I am no critic nor do I have the mental capacity of translating 16th-century views to today’s modern (overly sensitive) world but I believe Pacino rightfully created a piece of art that can be understood and appreciated by not just literature scholars but all of humanity.