“The Scarlet Letter and the Antislavery Feminists” Jean Fagan Yellin‚ in her essay “The Scarlet Letter and the Antislavery Feminists‚” argues that The Scarlet Letter’s motifs and language reject the doctrines of the antislavery feminists and instead reinforce patriarchal norms and ideas. Yellin’s purpose is to reveal Hawthorne’s rejection of feminist ideals in order to help her readers examine how The Scarlet Letter upholds the patriarchal status quo of Hawthorne’s era. Yellin convincingly employs
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The delicious breath of rain….[hear] the notes of a distant song...and countless sparrows were twittering‚” all while the “physical exhaustion haunted her body” (Chopin). Chopin uses this strong imagery of happiness and possibility in order to emphasize the conflict in Louise’s reaction. The contrast of the immediate weeping and the
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their goals and functions to justify their view of how the Catholic Church should behave. The first‚ Institution‚ defines Church as visible and palpable‚ lacking nothing and subordinate to no other. It describes itself using political analogies. It emphasizes what is visible; rules‚ governing‚ body‚ actual members‚ structure‚ etc. Its functions and goals are to teach (resembling a school in which the teachers hand on doctrine)‚ to sanctify (the pope and bishops guide others to holiness – pastoral)‚ and
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brotherhood”. These examples show that alliterations point attention to the sentence and help to fix the reader’s mind. It then goes on with the simile: “Man is more flotsam and jetsam in the river of life”. By these words Martin Luther King wants to emphasize that it is possible for everybody to change something in the world‚ despite the fact that people do not have the same
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In Jack Clayton’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the director uses several visual techniques to emphasize and heighten the illusion of the American dream. These visual techniques include: Framing‚ color‚ lighting & space. The most interesting type of framing repeated al throughout the film is the use of mirrors in trapping the characters in their surreal reflection. The director used this technique in more than one scenes‚ nevertheless this framing was used when Gatsby
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The juxtaposition of light and darkness in “A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place” emphasizes the old waiter’s existential crisis. An existential crisis occurs when a character has a sudden realization or epiphany that life has no inherent meaning or purpose. Feelings of depression‚ anxiety‚ and nausea follow the sudden realization. The only way to move past an existential crisis is to act and create meaning and purpose in life. The old waiter experiences this when he realizes he has no wife or family and
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Vivian began to value kindness. While on her death bed‚ she realized the of importance human interaction. The overall theme is the significance of humanity. Edson’s use of flashbacks emphasizes Vivian’s transformation from a researched based individual to someone who values humanity. The first flashback emphasizes how controlling and arrogant Vivian was at the beginning of the play. During her appointment with Kelekian: KELEKIAN. Insidious means undetectable at an— VIVIAN. Insidious means treacherous
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describe Nora. Ibsen also uses Nora’s children to reflect Nora’s childish character. The children show their immaturity when Ibsen writes “The children all talk at once while she speaks to them”. This quote shows how childish the children are but also emphasizes Nora’s childish character because the children act quite a bit like Nora acts around Torvald. Therefore‚ one of the effects of the use of children in A Doll’s House is characterization. Leo Tolstoy uses children in his novel for a similar effect
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Write about the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 7. (21) Language | Structure | Form | * Dramatic dialogue/ theatrical and climactic moments. “is career as Trimalchio was over”‚ foreshadows that Gatsby is no longer a source of satisfaction‚ the tone Is unsettling and sinister. Also known to be former slave that made a fortune from being famous for parties * Tension in Tom’s violent discourse * Irony of Mendelssohn Wedding March * Pathetic fallacy through the use of hottest
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“shithole” emphasizes the extent of billys dislike and disappointment towards long lands road. This ends up wilth billy taking control and moving out. Even with out many resources billy manages to gather a feeling of belonging in his new found town of Bendarat .Encountering opportunities along the way. Such as his encounter with Ernie the friendly train driver“There are men like Ernie and there are men like my dad”‚ the use of juxtaposition of billys dad and Ernie creates contrast and emphasizes Billy’s
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