Maud Martha is constantly compared to her sister Helen‚ who is deemed to be prettier and better liked than Maud in her family and amongst strangers: “For the basic situation had never changed. Helen was still the one they wanted in the wagon‚ still ‘the pretty one‚’ ‘the dainty one.’ The lovely one” (Brooks 50). The comparisons and attitudes towards Helen and Maud Martha are a prime example of colourism. Helen is considered to be high yellow. Maud Martha is considered to be low yellow. HIgh yellow
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(2000). Divining Desire: Tennyson and the Poetics of Transcendence. Brookfield‚ Vt.: Ashgate‚ Laurence. M. (2004). W. Alfred Tennyson: The Critical Legacy. Rochester‚ N.Y.: Camden House‚ Matthew‚ C.( 2002). The Consolation of Otherness: The Male Love Elegy in Milton‚ Gray‚ and Tennyson. Jefferson‚ N.C.: McFarland‚. Richard‚B. (2004). Experience and Faith: The Late-Romantic Imagination of Emily Dickinson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan‚ Lundin‚ Roger. Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief. Grand Rapids
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English 2202 Mid-Term Examination Answers 1. What does Montagu say is the real reason that Swift wrote “The Lady’s Dressing Room”? She says that that the real reason is that Swift had failed sexually with a prostitute. 2. What is Clarissa’s advice to Belinda? Clarissa tells Belinda that because beauty will fade‚ she should use “good sense” to preserve what her beauty has gained for her. In the context of what has happened‚ Clarissa means that Belinda should accept with good cheer
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Mark Twain is known widely as a satirical novel‚ but due to the satirical techniques Twain uses all throughout the book has caused it to become controversial on whether it should or should not be banned. Although Twain may appear to be racist in Huckleberry Finn‚ he actually wrote the book during the Reconstruction Era but based the book during Pre-Civil War to show the “good ole times” when the white southerners had slaves. Because Twain uses so many satirical techniques to help show readers that
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humour‚ and their appreciation of beauty. Gray died on 30 July 1771 in Cambridge and was buried beside his mother in the churchyard of Stoke Poges‚ the setting for his famous Elegy. His grave can still be seen there. There is a plaque in Cornhill‚ marking his birthplace. It is believed that Gray wrote his masterpiece‚ the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‚ in the graveyard of the church in Stoke Poges‚ Buckinghamshire‚ in 1750. The poem was a literary sensation when published by Robert Dodsley
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intent to insult. - Dramatic - All about access to information‚ when a reader or audience member knows more about the situation than a character in a book or play. Caricature – Exaggerate a thing or person’s flaws whether for comedy or deep satirical comment. Characterization (direct vs indirect) – Round – Flat – Static – Dynamic – Stock – Foil Literary Terms Hyperbole – An exaggeration (Hyperbole does not stay within the realm of what is plausible. (Outlandish exaggeration)
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permanent disconnection between the human and natural worlds. The imagery of the darkness and dimness are portrayed through every example of imagery given‚ it shows the disconnection between us‚ nature‚ and the world around us. 4. The traditional elegy moves from grief to consolation – how are grief and consolation represented in this poem? The progression of the coffin is followed by a sad irony. Mourners turn out in the streets to see Lincoln’s corpse pass by. The Civil War is raging‚ and many
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Anglo-Saxon Elegy Elegy: a formal and sustained lament in verse that commemorates death‚ war or love lost‚ usually ending in a consolation. The Wife’s Lament The story behind the lament remains obscure The title of the poem is alternately translated as “The Wife’s Complaint” In old English‚ the gender of pronouns in the poem reveals that this speaker is a woman (but that doesn’t necessarily mean the poet was a woman) All that we can know for certain is that the speaker was married to
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community in which he lived • Urban setting - poet of place - reflected in his work • Personal poem‚ even though describing/mourning death of Mr D.‚ still get hint of poet’s feelings in this poem - “I” in first stanza • In some degree‚ elegy - poem mourning or lamenting someone’s death • Uncompromising poem at same time - honesty - Mr D. is never idealised - presented in an honest manner • Poem is also compassionate - Mr D is not the nicest person but still sense poet’s empathy/sympathy
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such as the defeating of the dragon Grendel by Beowulf‚ who is a character of noble birth. Whereas The Wanderer is a lyric elegy because it relates the sufferings of a man who has lost his king and companions. Due to the fact that Beowulf is an epic poem‚ there are dialogues between the characters which are long and ceremonious; relatively‚ The Wanderer‚ because it is an elegy‚ is made up of monologues which are sincere since those speeches are coming from the psychological inner world of the character
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