Maggie Popkin uses this article as a means to fully discuss‚ and emphasize the different materiality‚ or stylistic choices Romans used for their architecture. Specifically‚ in this case she compares Triumphal monuments‚ and how each triumphant general used their materials to emphasize different meanings with their monuments. She emphasizes that to understand Roman’s materiality there must be a “holistic” approach when looking at the architecture‚ not just simply trying to understand one material
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Esteban Garcia ENG101W Sec. 1008 Ms. Dickerson 29 September 2011 Everlasting Youth In Josh Weil’s narrative “The Summer That Ended All Summers” he conveys the theme that liberty always ends along with youth. He uses several literary features‚ the most predominant being his vivid use of imagery in addition to his clever use of syntax‚ punctuation and tone. Weil manages to paint pictures that illustrate the sense of freedom and exploration. He then uses syntax along with certain punctuation to
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“Glory and Hope” Nelson Mandela gave a speech at his inauguration as president of the Democratic Republic of South Africa on May 10‚ 1994. His speech is named “Glory and Hope”‚ which hints at the content of it. In “Glory and Hope”‚ Nelson Mandela expresses his gratitude towards those who had aided them thus far and reminds everybody of the hardships they suffered‚ their successes‚ and their goals for the future. Mandela also tries to communicate the message that cooperation had brought them hope
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cunningly uses bold diction and formatting in order to emphasize to his mostly white audience points of conviction concerning slaves. Douglas starts by asking a sequence of rhetorical questions. In order to stress the separation between slaves and those who have their freedom‚ he refers to "that" Declaration of Independence‚ instead of "the" Declaration of Independence. He regularly uses the terms "you" and "me"‚ "us" and "them"‚ to emphasize the fact that this holiday is important to white Americans
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imagine it being dripping Into a tin mug which is unusual in financially supported households. Moving on the poet uses a metaphor comparing water to fortune in the line”the sudden rush of fortune”. this metaphor enhances the language used and also emphasizes on water being demanded highly and hence being called “fortune”. The poet then describes a scenario where a municipal pipe bursts and water is leaking in abundance.
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Abstract Bradbury explores the idea of ignorance and its possible consequences in his novel‚ "Fahrenheit 451". To emphasize the theme of ignorance versus knowledge‚ the writer points out how Bradbury fuses this notion with conformity. These two themes operate together to illustrate how society can be manipulated into becoming passive to the point of stupidity. It explains how Bradbury utilizes symbols of mirrors and fire to prompt Montag’s character into becoming something other than a mindless
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Guernica by Pablo Picasso is an immediate response of an artist to an inhuman act of bombarding the Basque capital by German Nazis. The fact that this art piece relates to a real event in the history emphasizes its importance and the message it conveys. Picasso used a lot of symbols to convey the message hidden behind his art. One of the symbol is the electric light bulb which shines on the figures in the painting. The electric light bulb has a shape of an eye and it symbolizes that the world is
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the government’s control. This is further supported throughout the rest of the stanza as the speaker refers to the “marks of weakness‚ marks of woe‚” on the faces of those he passes by (4). The use of the word “marks” is significant as it further emphasizes the idea of everything being mapped-out (3-4). Moreover‚ the “marks” the speaker regards are not physical or tangible‚ they refer to the depressed and desperate nature of the individuals he is observing. These “marks” represent the physical impact
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nonverbal cues are used to emphasize the gender of characters. There are certain nonverbal cues that accentuates a woman. One example from the movie is Victoria’s long hair. Long hair in the 1930’s was how a woman was identified. Toddy cuts Victoria’s long hair to create the illusion that she is man. Along with a woman’s long hair‚ their breast were also a symbol of womanhood. Victoria is asked to wrap her breast as well as walk with her chest sticking out to emphasize that she is man‚ because walking
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what he said before was not right and said that the moon does non of the things that he describe but the moon is actually him. This accentuates the poet’s disorganized state of mind and the comma between emphasizes the thought of the writer jumping from one idea to another‚ which furthermore emphasize the uncertainty. While the reader read the poem our mind would also get confused and bewildered‚ this mirrors the poet state of mind‚ as we are experience the same situation. Later‚ he then said that the
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