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    the town is scared of the Radley family although they don’t know much about them. This is important because without the Radley mystery half of the book wouldn’t have been written. It also shows many different types of rhetorical devices and figurative language. When Dill arrives in Macomb and Jem and Scout show him around town they stopped at the Radley house and describe it as a scary place‚ which does nothing but intrigue Dill to want to know more. Except he is to scared to do it himself so he

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    and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth‚ using extracts from Act 1‚ Scene 7. I will also examine how the language used emphasises the key themes and ideas within the play. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are revealed and developed through their dialogues with use of soliloquies and asides‚ helping to reveal their personalities‚ states of mind‚ emotions and motivation. Much figurative language and imagery is used by Shakespeare to emphasise the themes within the play‚ creating atmosphere and

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    Figurative Language in Shakespeare’s Macbeth Macbeth‚ the play of a greedy man who achieves his goals through treachery and murder‚ is filled with figurative language. Its author William Shakespeare‚ used imagery such as light and clothing to interpret the characters or themes. He also repeated several words as motifs throughout the play. A motif is a recurring theme in a story. One of the main motifs that Shakespeare uses is the word: blood. Blood is used forty-five times in Macbeth. It is used

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    Communicating the Workplace Dovey House University of Phoenix ENG 120 Dr. Thomas February 07‚ 2011 Communicating the Workplace “Shooting an Elephant” is a short essay written by George Orwell. The occupation of the main character‚ also narrator‚ Orwell‚ is a subdivision police officer. He protects and serves a small town in Moulmein‚ Burma. He includes a great deal of details and facts throughout the essay. I will attempt to analyze how tension between the facts and the artistic

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    carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance

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    brought by love is a common theme in the poem and song. In the poem‚ the speaker is using life examples to show the joy that her husband brings to her life. In the song‚ the speaker is using figurative language to represent the bliss that his girlfriend delivers into his life. The song’s use of figurative language thus supports that it is more poetic and that the author is more in touch with

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    Edwin Arlington Robinson uses types of figurative language‚ such as similes‚ hyperboles‚ and word choice to impart a message in the narrative poem‚ “Richard Cory”. In order to provide a mental picture‚ figurative language is used‚ creating an impact that goes beyond literal language. The people of the town‚ who are of lower class‚ look up to Richard Cory and want to be exactly like him. However‚ they have a change of heart once Richard kills himself‚ showing the townspeople some things can’t be bought

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    (6). This quote implies that whatever innocence this society had no longer exists because it "drowned". Usually when something or someone drowns‚ the hope that you had for them drowns too which goes back to the theme of lost hope. Another figurative language William Butler Yeats used is symbolism. Such as when he said‚ "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" (2). I don’t believe that he is actually talking about the animal or the falconer‚ a person who trains with falcons. I think that he means that

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    of the Red Death‚” all of the main characters experience fear‚ but handle it in very different ways. Whether they use that fear to help them overcome the problem‚ or their fear results in paranoia. Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism‚ irony‚ and figurative language to portray how fear distorts the emotional state

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    The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ are a mixture of stories told from different characters. Chaucer used many forms of figurative language throughout these stories‚ including a multitude of different forms of irony. Each character comes with different personalities‚ appearances‚ traits‚ and actions. A lot of irony is shown through the actions of the characters and how the behave. The characters range from nobles to peasants‚ but are far from what one would expect in the roles the

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