heavy load. Or does it explode? This essay will investigate two poems‚ ’Harlem’ by Langston Hughes and ‘Altar’ by Marilyn Chin and analyzes the topics‚ the themes and figurative languages‚ especially in the use of figurative language. The aim of this paper is to compare the two poems and find the similarity of them which is topic and the differences of them which are theme and the use of figurative language. Both poems ‘Harlem’ and ‘Altar’ have a similar topic that is about American dream
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Margaret Atwood : (1983) “Happy Endings” is six different story lines and alternate endings‚ with only four characters. All of the stories have different plots and motifs‚ they all have the same ending and that is with death‚ throughout the stories she is never shy to use death. Atwood uses satire through diction‚ she also uses flat characters‚ and she tricks with the different gender roles in a relationship‚ based on commitment‚ and adultery. She uses the gothic concept of inapt ability to escape
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from his apparent disgust for the desolate life that the African Americans were subjected to‚ Langston Hughes also portrays an evident mistrust of religion‚ not necessarily towards religion itself but particularly towards those individuals who use religion as a cloak to conceal their true duplicitous and oppressive nature. In arguably he’s most controversial poem‚ Goodbye Christ; Langston Hughes takes on the role of a disillusioned Christian and repudiates the doctrines set forth in America‚ which
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lu zhai 13-10-12 2:12 PM Thumbprint 批注 [1]: Alliteration (start with the same By Eve Merriam letter of “w”) In the heel of my thumb lu zhai 13-10-12 1:33 PM 批注 [2]: Symbolism: design probably refers are whorls‚ whirls‚ wheels to in a unique design: lu zhai 13-10-12 1:59 PM mine alone. 批注 [3]: Consonance: end with the same What a treasure to own! sound of “n”
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In the poem Ballad of the Landlord by Langston Hughes there is a hole on the roof of the house. The landlord has already been informed about it. The steps have been broken down. But when the landlord comes up‚ he does not fall down. The landlord says that the tenant has to pay him ten dollars. But before the landlord repairs the house‚ he will have got more than that. Will the landlord get expulsion orders from the court to expel the tenant and throw his furniture in the street? But he talks about
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Instead of grieving about Ted Lavender’s death‚ the soldiers found ways to overcome that by telling jokes about Lavender while smoking his dope. This was a positive strategy for the soldiers to ride out the feelings of grief by talking to each other. Even though this form of mechanism
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guides through their lives or their individual goals which they must work a lifetime for to achieve. In Langston Hughes’ poem‚ Dream Deferred‚ he asks rhetorical questions about how a withheld dream can corrupt and negatively change the mind of a man. The poem relates to the movie‚ “A Raisin in the Sun (2008)” by Kenny Leon‚ since the movie answers the rhetorical questions in the poem by showing scenes of how the dreams of Walter Lee Younger corrupted his mind and made him lose his sense of personality/humanity
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E-journal 2: “Dreams” by: Langston Hughes “Dreams”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is a short poem that emphasizes the importance of dreams in the broad spectrum of human existence. In the poem‚ the author exposes that without dreams‚ life is nothing. He is able to do this in a manner that is short and to the point‚ and that is a very interesting relationship to examine and analyze. We could say that without dreams‚ reality would not exist as we know it; we would not have cars‚ airplanes‚ boats‚ and many
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BAHASA SEBAGAI ALAT KOMUNIKASI Menurut Felicia (2001 : 1)‚ dalam berkomunikasi sehari-hari‚ salah satu alat yang paling sering digunakan adalah bahasa‚ baik bahasa lisan maupun bahasa tulis. Begitu dekatnya kita kepada bahasa‚ terutama bahasa Indonesia‚ sehingga tidak dirasa perlu untuk mendalami dan mempelajari bahasa Indonesia secara lebih jauh. Akibatnya‚ sebagai pemakai bahasa‚ orang Indonesia tidak terampil menggunakan bahasa. Suatu kelemahan yang tidak disadari. Bahasa adalah produk masa
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future goals for themselves. Dreams can help to assist people in getting further in life because it becomes a personal accomplishment. Langston Hughes’s poem "Dream Deferred" is speaks about what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. The poem leaves it up to the reader to decide what dream is being questioned. In the opening of the poem the speaker uses a visual image that is also a simile to compare a dream deferred to a raisin. "Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?" The simile in
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