Close Reading Analysis: The Handmaid’s Tale Often times when one reads a piece of literary work‚ the way that its’ themes and storyline are interpreted is truly dependant upon the reader’s individual beliefs and morals. The same passage from a novel or poem can be seen in completely opposite perspectives from two different readers‚ despite the fact that they contain the same literary text. By definition‚ this is what close reading is. It is taking a passage (or passages) from a work of literature
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creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity
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Sonnet 71 No longer mourn for me when I’m dead. Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Give warning to the world that I’m fled From this vile world‚ with vilest worms to dwell Nay‚ if you read this line‚ remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe Oh‚ if‚ I say‚ you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay Do not so much as my poor name rehearse
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APHRA BEHN’S OROONOKO The rise of the novel occurred at the time Oroonoko was written in the late 17th century. Its form literally means ‘new’ which parallels to the description of the natives that are strange to Behn’s readers. Here the discourse of romance is employed which occupied most early forms of novels. She idealizes their lifestyle through her exotic portrayal; they are ‘gods of the rivers’ and their skills depicted as ‘so rare an art’ and ‘admirable’. The amount of intricate detail builds
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The “Dutchman” metaphorically relates the Flying Dutchman‚ a ship that sails at sea with no destination‚ which symbolizes how “white” America ceases to recognize blacks as apart of the human race. Clay’s suit represents invisibility and alienation as it portrays how he attempts to assimilate into the white world‚ blending in and fitting in to it’s stereotype of who African Americans are. At the same time‚ Clay expresses his anger toward the same white culture he is attempting to assimilate into
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Passage 1 In passage number one King gives us a clear image of what the main character sees as the devil. Everyone has their own idea of what the devil looks like. Some think he is red wit horns‚ ugly‚ and scary. But king gives us a unique image‚ “His face was long and pale. His black hair was combed tight against his skull and parted with rigorous care on the left side of his narrow head. He was very tall. He was wearing a black three-piece-suit‚ and I knew right away that he was not a human being…
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul‚ And sings the tune--without the words‚ And never stops at all‚ The language present in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is at times unclear‚ sometimes ungrammatical and can be found to be disjunctive. Dickinson wrote in distinct brevity‚ irregular grammar‚ peculiar punctuation and hand picked diction. Her poems were written in a circular manner‚ where she took the reader to one place and them swept them back to the beginning always relating
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is a racial poem written by the African-American poet Langston Hughes that gives an account of the experiences of Negros across time. Hughes employs a diversity of literary elements that add to the success of the piece; this exposition seeks to outline and discuss those elements. The piece is divided into five stanzas. The first stanza is made up of three lines‚ the second stanza is made up of one line‚ the third stanza is made up of six lines‚ the fourth stanza is made
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Kira Swearingen Ms. Petronella English 1320 21 February 2015 Close Reading- Song of Myself by Walt Whitman In Walt Whitman’s poem‚ Song of Myself‚ I found different key pieces of Whitman’s diction and language to be more in depth and not so cut‚ black and white. This poem really makes you think by giving you different perspectives of life to wonder about through the use of his words. I have gotten the impression that Whitman really values himself and his beliefs of a good world and being alive in
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Digging by Seamus Heaney: Close Reading Analysis Digging by Seamus Heaney appears to be a poem about his actual family‚ in reality‚ it is about the stereotypical male role from past to present. Society has been made to believe that the males traditional way of earning a living is through hard work and manual labor and it has been this way for centuries. This poem is Heaneys’ way of coming to realization that “digging”‚ or hard labor‚ was not for him and he is going against what society says and
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