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Alice In Wonderland Main Character
1,464 wordsREMARKABLE a whimsical and ingenious mystery novel that also happens to be the history of Philosophy. Jostein Gaarder made his Norwegian literary debut in 1986 with a collection of short stories, followed by two young adult novels. In 1990 he received the Norwegian Literary Critics Award and the Ministry of Cultural and Scientific affairs Literary Prize for his book The Solitaire Mystery. Mr. Gaarder taught high school philosophy for eleven years in Norway, giving him a strong basis for writing ...
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Figurative Language Person Narrative
541 wordsOne of the most important decisions that an author has to make when writing a story is how it is to be presented to the reader. Whether its going to be a first or a third person narrative, what kind of language is to be used, and the writing style of the author himself, play an immense role in the story. In A&P, John Updike's detailed description of the world through Sammy's eyes helps to bring out the theme onto a level at which the reader could relate to the story. The use of figurative langua...
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Chicken Hawk Floats William Duffy Farm Life
532 wordsLying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly, Blowing like a leaf in green shadow. Down the ravine behind the empty house, Into the distances of the afternoon. In a field of sunlight between two pines, The droppings of last year's horses I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on. A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home. The poem "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota, " by James Wright, ex...
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Reading And Writing High School Read
523 wordsThe book we had to read by Annie Dillard, The Writing Life, talks about a woman who has gone though various times in her life when she would be inspired by something, and she would write it down. This book wasnt really appealing to me. I thought that Annie was going to explain how she went about writing, and what were her struggles. Instead, she starts out telling the read how to write a story and how the words should flow. Dillard uses a lot of metaphors in her writing, which also got me confus...
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Scarlet Letter Syntax Imagery
1,193 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, has an extremely elaborate, and well-depicted vocabulary. Many of his sentences and paragraphs tend to be very verbose, but at the same time very helpful in giving the reader an accurate representation of the exactly how Chillingworth reacts when he first sees Hester. Within the passage on page sixty-seven Hawthorne is giving an intricate description of Chillingworth's reaction when he first sees Hester after she is released from prison. Wit...
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Lightning Bolts 1 St
1,349 words... the Chorus can see evil catching up on Oedipus, and bringing doom to him, which will never end. Peripeteia is mentioned, as the Chorus can see Oedipus future changing. Oedipus has not yet been exiled from Thebes, yet the Chorus can see his luck and fame changing. This can be seen in quote 18 on the handout, which reads: to attack his fame that rings around Thebes. This shows that the Chorus can see something [this being the accusation] changing what the community thinks about Oedipus; the ac...
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Act Iii Scene Lady Macbeth
813 wordsAct III Scene II Context: This is the scene in which Lady Macbeth remains calm, and tries to make sure Macbeth is in a good mind before the banquet. Macbeth, on the other hand is feeling terrible about the crimes he's committed and is in turmoil. Language: Macbeth compares the people he's killed with a snake. This metaphor is quite a large one, and lasts for several lines. "O! full of scorpions is my mind... " Shakespeare tries to show what Macbeth is going through with this image. There is much...
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Common Sense Red Light
532 wordsPhilosophers have pondered the meaning of life and death since the beginning of time. There are many hypotheses. From reincarnation to Valhalla-then on to heaven. There have been many proposed solutions. Yet no one fully understands dea th. In Shapiro's poem "Auto Wreck, " he illustrates the irrationality of life for it can be taken away at any given time for no rational reason. Shapiro uses metaphors to emphasize the fantasy-like and wild setting of the auto wreck. The following is an excerpt t...
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King And Queen Soul Of Wit
1,187 wordsPolonius is an important and respected person. It seems appropriate that he investigates and controls the behavior of his son and daughter. He, as the King's advisor is no longer a private person but a public one: what he or his children do has important public, not just personal implications. However, if his actions and speeches are examined closer, it is evident that he is a limited and vain person who is overly concerned with his appearance and wears different masks to tune up to different pe...
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Imagery And Metaphors Iago Evil Othello
648 wordsIn William Shakespeare's Othello, the use of imagery and metaphors is significant in conveying meaning as it helps to establish the dramatic atmosphere of the play and reinforce the main themes. Through this, the audience is able to grasp a better understanding of the play. Throughout Othello, images relating to poison frequently occur. These references are predominantly made by Iago. This seems appropriate for Iago who exhibits the characteristics of poison; they being fatal and deadly. There a...
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Similes And Metaphors Sylvia Plath
1,095 wordsSylvia Plath's poetry is well known for its deeply personal and emotional subject matter. Much of Plath's poetry is confessional and divulges the most intimate parts of her psyche whether through metaphor or openly, without creating a persona through which to project her feelings, and through the use of intense imagery. Plath's attempt to purge herself of the oppressive male figures in her life is one such deeply personal and fundamental theme in her poetry. In her poem, Daddy, which declares he...
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Dickinson Poem Extended Metaphor
848 wordsAmerica experienced profound changes during the mid 1800 s. New technologies and ideas helped the nation grow, while the Civil War ripped the nation apart. During this tumultuous period, two great American writers captured their ideas in poetry. Their poems give us insight into the time period, as well as universal insight about life. Although polar opposites in personality, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman created similar poetry. Dickinson's Hope is a Thing with Feathers and Whitman's O Captain...
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Analysis Of Hamlet First Soliloquy
912 wordsHamlets first soliloquy in Act I, scene ii, lines 133 - 164 is a passionate and startling passage that strongly contrasts to the artificial dialogue and actions that he portrays to his uncle Claudius throughout the remainder of the play. This soliloquy serves to reveal Hamlets melancholia and the reasons for his despair in an outpouring of anger, disgust, sorrow, and grief through which he explains how everything in his life seems futile and miserable. He mourns the death of his father, is sicke...
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Theme Of Ambition In Macbeth
601 wordsThrough the use of characterization, setting, and plot development, the theme of ambition is obvious seen throughout the play Macbeth. The mail theme of Macbeth the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints find its most powerful expression the plays to main characters. The setting of the beginning of the story is in Scotland. The setting is set in Scotland because it is a physical setting because there is a castle and that is basically a stereo type because there is ...
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Young Men 1 Kings
1,096 wordsSolomon and Socrates are thought of as the wisest men in history. Solomon was a man of God who wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Songs of Songs in the Bible. The great philosopher, Socrates, lived in the Classical Age of Greece. Their styles of teaching and perspectives on wisdom were very different, but they did have their similarities. While Solomon and Socrates had the same perspective on what wisdom was, they had contrasting understandings on where it came from. Solomon's definition of wisdo...
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Comparing Emily Dickinson Poetry
1,090 wordsComparing Emily Dickinson Poetry The poetry of Emily Dickinson is distinguished by a predominant pensive mood of anxiety and by ironic honesty of powerful personal thought that is beyond conventions and prejudices of the surrounding world which she rejected. Evidently, the poets voluntary seclusion signified her rigid division between her all-sufficient inner world and the outer impaired reality. Alongside her strong-willed personality whose lambent wit set the outside world at defiance, her poe...
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Christina Rossetti Religious Symbolism
1,332 wordsThe Difference Between The Works Of Rossetti And Ashbery And The Reasons For It Christina Rossetti and John Ashbery are the symbols of two different centuries. Christina Rossetti created her works during romantic Victorian era, when John Ashbery is the child of difficult and pragmatic twentieth century. The works of these two poets have many similar motives, they are full of symbolism, mystique philosophic and esoteric discussions. The question of a difficult path of a man to the God is also one...
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry By Walt Whitman
706 words"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by Walt Whitman In the poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Walt Whitman glorifies the eternity of life. Life, as the main theme, is viewed by the poet in many images of humans, natural and man-made environment. Diversity, mutability and constant motion of life are symbolized in ordinary things: sea-gulls, reflection of the summer sky (epithet) in the water, shimmering track of beams (metaphor), sailors at work, pilots in their pilothouses, grey walls of the granite storehouses...
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Male Dominated Society Hale And Mrs
1,277 wordsTrifles by: Tammy Wallace Mention the word feminist and most people think of the modern womens movement. Long before the bra burning of the 60 s, however, writers were writing about the lives and concerns of women living in a male dominated society. Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, was written in 1916, long before the modern womens movement began. Her story reveals, through Glaspell's use of formal literary proprieties, the role that women are expected to play in society, and the harm that it bri...
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Kino And Juana Similes And Metaphors
682 wordsImagery and Mood of The Pearl In the book The Pearl, John Steinbeck shows how imagery can be used to produce mood. Steinbeck uses many different images to establish the mood of the story through mainly his choice of words and details of the setting. He puts an image in the readers mind, which sets on atmosphere for the setting. Using many similes and metaphors the perfect mood is acquired for this work of art. It is very important to note how throughout the story Steinbeck compares the character...
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