The poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson. The poem talks about a Battle. It is filled with many literary devices and organized very well for a poem. The type of rhyme and meter that Alfred used in his poem was dactylic. The three most prominent poetic devices used to depict this battle are repetition‚ imagery and metaphors. In this play there was a lot of repetition used. It was used to help stress the emotion of what the author was trying to get across. For one example the
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Although both ’Dulce et Decorum Est´ and ’The Charge of the Light Brigade´ are about battle and the of soldiers‚ they portray the experience of war in different ways. Tennyson´s poem celebrates the glory of war‚ despite the fact that‚ because of an error of judgement (’Someone had blundered´)‚ six hundred soldiers were sent to their . Owen´s poem‚ on the other hand‚ might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson´s rousing and jingoistic sentiments. He presents the horror of senseless
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romantic aspect of Romeo and Juliet the play is mainly concerned with the conflicts developing from concepts of pride and honor‚ which were important aspects of society during Shakespearean times. The universal aspect of violence and conflict is conveyed through the quote‚ “Romeo slew him; he slew Mercutio who now the prince of his dear blood doth owe?” stated by Prince Escalus. The quote shows that despite the Prince’s status in society‚ he too holds the fault of violence and conflict. Similarly‚ the
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Light and Dark Imagery in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” Light and dark imagery is utilized throughout Shakespeare’s tragic love story of “Romeo and Juliet” to show contrast while creating mood and foreshadowing events. In this play‚ two lovers named Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall into a zealous lust controlled by fate. Both light and darkness are embraced by the couple‚ creating a vibrant passion between the star-crossed children of bickering households. Contrasting the extreme
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Romeo and Juliet are that couple always standing in the middle of the hallway‚ locked in a tight embrace‚ mesmerized by each other and blind to the rest of the world. They’re so passionate and hopelessly attracted to each other that their minds can’t comprehend the hordes of people scrambling around them rushing off to class. Crowds push and shove them into corners and lockers‚ but the couple’s eyes’ are still locked on each other. This causes a massive collision right in the middle of the busiest
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Light and darkness are one of those common motifs found in literature. It came be used to draw a theme or show contrast between characters. An example of this motif is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Throughout Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare creates a dramatic contrast and connection between light and darkness by using scenes that can be happy and bright‚ but have a dark theme‚ and how the characters provide that contrast as well. Shakespeare conducts multiple scenes in the play that have that
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How does Tennyson present war in the charge of the light brigade? Tennyson shows that war claims many lives and not many survive it or come out uninjured. ‘Back from the mouth of hell‚ all that was left of them‚ left of the six hundred’ this implies that escaping war alive is very hard and not everyone survives. The phrase ‘mouth of hell’ illustrates how hard it is to escape because once you die there is no coming back to life‚ and when you die you go to hell‚ but Tennyson is implying that
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primary impetuses in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is intense‚ wild feelings; love‚ hatred‚ anger‚ captivation‚ and shock are all obvious in the play and directly affect the terrible scenarios that develop. In (II.ii)‚ the most acquainted feelings passed on are those of despondency‚ adoration and genuineness. Shakespeare utilizes symbolism‚ non-literal language and effective vocabulary to pass on these feelings to his audience. Shakespeare utilizes dim and light symbolism all through the play to
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describe the light and dark motifs in "Romeo and Juliet". A motif is a term used to describe a passage in literature that has more than one universal meaning. It is used when a character or narrator is comparing one thing to another. For example the light motifs represent light things such as goodness‚ while dark motifs represent dark things such as death. One light quote from the story is during the balcony scene when Romeo is talking about Juliet. He says "It is the East and Juliet is the sun"
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Cintron Ms. Wilson English I Honors 8 June 2013 Loving All Five Sides Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is a drama based on love. The drama is about how two foes find love despite an old grudge. The two central motifs throughout the play are light and dark. In Romeo and Juliet the light and dark concepts also exemplify life and death. The two protagonists‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ portray the motifs of light and dark. The two motifs in the play emphasize the theme of how love conquers
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