literary devices to portray the corruption of the American dream in The Great Gatsby. He portrays the American dream as a goal to gain wealth and show it off extravagantly to gain social class. Fitzgerald successfully integrates symbolism and imagery into the novel to express his views of the American dream. An integral part of The Great Gatsby was the symbolism Fitzgerald used to get across his view of the corrupt American dream during the 20’s. The "pile of shirts" (Fitzgerald 97) that
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In this short story‚ Edger Allan Poe does a great job of describing the setting‚ even though it’s not that descriptive but he uses a language to makes the readers think that it’s happening this way. To support my statement‚ the author uses diction to make the readers scared: “black as pitch with thick darkness”. This makes the mood of the story creepy and scary. Also‚ Poe creates a mood of tension and anxiety “TRUE! —NERVOUS—VERY‚ very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you
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In Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ animalistic imagery is seen throughout the play and intertwines many characters. There are two main types of animalistic behaviors seen in the play. First there are the common predator-prey relationships that are visible in all animalistic societies. In the animal kingdom there is a food chain where some smarter or more cunning animal hunts or tracks down the weaker animal‚ thus a predator-prey relationship. Second is the idea that the people in the play are similar
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the perspective of a daughter completely contradicts over a bug. The daughter looks at the bug in a repellent way‚ the father however‚ looks at the bug in an approving way. In “Gaston” Saroyan uses imagery and symbolism to convey the importance of looking at things in a different way. Saroyan uses imagery throughout the short story “Gaston”‚ to show us the importance of looking at things in a different way. At first the girl in “Gaston” by Saroyan‚ refers to the bug in a bad manner: “He is a bug. He
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many. Many themes are evident throughout the novel that are able to enhance the significance of emotional pain and suffering felt by the characters. The use of fire imagery‚ in particular‚ is utilized as a symbol of emotional distress‚ and is used very dominantly among all of the images mentioned throughout the novel. This type of imagery is important towards developing the main theme and tone of the novel – the emotional pain that the war had inflicted upon humanity. In The Wars‚ the way in which fire
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clearly states his adverse opinion about falling in love. It is obvious that the author has been a victim of terrible remorse and through this writing‚ expresses his feelings about how love is a negative thing. Using varied imagery‚ Donne portrays this discouraging tone through diction‚ personification‚ and metaphors. A melancholy tone is set just through the name of the poem‚ “Broken Heart”. Donne begins the poem through negative words such as decaying‚ devouring‚ and plague to describe the effects
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Robert Gray is a weaver of images‚ at the loom of the mind. He creates sensual images that elicit and evoke responses from the responder. His poems ’Meatworks’ and ’Flames and Dangling Wire’‚ both social commentaries‚ exemplify techniques he calls upon in order to reproduce the personas feelings‚ emotions and thoughts through powerful images. Assonance and alliteration are employed by Gray to increase the memorability of an image‚ leaving it lingering in the responders mind. He uses these techniques
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suffering through his own eyes but through other comrades who have been wracked by the war. This is also closely followed by the hardship of family and friends who endure the pain of not knowing whether their beloved ones will return home. The use of diction and metaphors become a prominent feature in both Anthem For Doomed Youth as well as Disabled which emphasise the physical scars left by the war. Physical suffering is accentuated by the permanent wounds and amputations
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In one of the seminal moments of his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald implements a plethora of vivid imagery to highlight the jubilee and opulence of Gatsby’s renowned parties‚ while also subtly emphasizing the aloof aristocrats’ flippancy. For instance‚ a typical Gatsby party starts in his blue garden‚ where the “men and girls [come] and [go] like moths among the whisperings…” Nick’s comparison of the select “luminaries” to an insect depicts the wealthy’s unconsciousness; like moths
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interesting. Jargon Terms that are being used by a specific profession or a group of people which others can hardly understand. Idiom Phrases or a particular group of words that do not only have the surface meaning‚ but has an implied meaning to it. Diction The choice of word that is being used in literature Assonance Two or more words that are closely together in a phrase that has the same vowel sound. Alliteration Two or more words that are closely together in a phrase that has the same first
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