“Dolor” In Theodore Roethke’s modern poem‚ “Dolor”‚ Roethke illustrates a society where all form of individualism has been destroyed and humanity has been transformed into “living robots”. The poem reflects the theme of the possible devastation and sorrow of living a ritual life rather than living day by day. Roethke emphasizes this theme through the combination of literary devices such as asyndeton‚ as well as paints a picture with the use of figurative language through personification. Another
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The Road to Mecca – Study guide questions Exercise page 75 1) 3 2) Helen‚ she is the protagonist of the play. The entire play is played out in Helen’s home. She is also the reason Elsa comes to New Bethesda‚ to visit Helen because she is worried about her emotional state. Helen is also the reason for Marius’s visits; he cares for her and tries to fit her into his world. All of the characters gather at Helen’s home to discuss her emotional state and future. 3) Elsa relates to Helen through her “Mecca”
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In Mark Twain’s “Two Ways of Seeing a River” and Charles Yale Harrison’s “In the Trenches‚” the authors use sensory imagery to enhance the reader’s visualization on the plot. In addition‚ both authors effectively demonstrate the use of imagery. In Twain’s “Two ways of seeing a River‚” he uses sensory imagery to describe his change of view on his once great river; however‚ in Harrison’s “In the Trenches‚” he effectively uses multiple types of sensory imagery to show the wartime life of the narrator
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John Knowles‚ A Separate Peace: Gene and Loss of Innocence In the novel A Separate Peace by the author John Knowles‚ loss of innocence is portrayed in the book. Characters Gene and Finny‚ display this theme of innocence throughout the novel. Mostly Gene takes a turn in life and the whole point of view on the world that they see‚ is changed. John Knowles places events throughout the book so that Gene and his school buddies are able to have emotional and physical changes in their life. Gene has gone
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Khoa Dao Professor Keisha Cosand English 110 Date Feb 11th 2014 A Love Story in War “The Things They Carried” is an interesting story. The story is about the group of soldiers who were fighting in Viet Nam War. They carried a lot of things such as weapons‚ foods‚ drinks and things to protect them whenever they go across the forest. The lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a sensitive guy. He had a girlfriend‚ Martha. He loved her a lot. He always thinks of her whenever he is free. He often took out her
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When a traumatic event happens‚ a multitude of people are affected. In Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption written by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton‚ the story of Thompson’s rape and Cotton’s conviction is unraveled through the perspective of both authors. The emotions that both Thompson and Cotton endure in the aftermath of the rape are shown with the alternation of speaker. With the change in speaker in each part of the book‚ the read gets to see the most significant
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In “A Room Of One’s Own” an essay by Virginia Woolf and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” a play by Edward Albee‚ both authors portray individuals‚ mainly women‚ who challenge the established values of their time by breaking conventions of the female role within a patriarchal world. “A Room Of One’s Own” was written in the late 1920’s in a post war period. During this time‚ the first wave of feminism was bringing about social change and feminist activity. Woolf was seen as a key figure in women’s
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Dead Man Walking In the movie Dead Man Walking a story is told about a man put on death row‚ Matthew Poncelet (Seann Penn)‚ who gains the company and friendship of a nun‚ Sister Helen Prejeon (Susan Sarandon). Through out the movie comments by characters are made to show thoughts and feelings about the death penalty and the people on death row. The radio refers to Pocelet as “scum” but is the director‚ Tim Robbins‚ for or against the death penalty? His opinion is revealed through characters and
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Sometimes I will think that if a loving pair‚ who have been apart for many years‚ meet again‚ what will happen? Will they hug tightly‚ crying‚ or will they pour out things happened these years to each other? In this article‚ I find the answer. After they reunited‚ they only recollected and sighed with emotion. I think the title has implied everything: the taste of the dill pickle is acerb and it stands for that the love between Vera and her past love is also acerb; they are destined not to live
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In the novel‚ Out of the dust‚ Billie Joe experiences conflict with herself‚ her environment‚ and others. Additionally‚ she has great conflicts with her dad. They secretly blame each other wanting the other to know they accidently killed the mom. Billie Joe also has to deal with the dust. The dust kills families and destroys homes. Futhermore‚ she also has a conflict with herself. She knows she accidently killed her mom‚ but despite tragedies and conflicts Billie Joe knows that her family loves
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