This week’s readings was very insightful because one of the things I struggle with in poetry is diction because it very difficult for me find the right words to use when I’m trying to expression something to the readers. So‚ when I’m writing poetry I’m always using a thesaurus to help me. It’s interesting that most poets fail to use the correct diction to express something or someone that might confuse the reader. Learning how to effectively use syntax is key when you are putting together words in
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past. Once they reunite‚ he seems unsatisfied with Daisy because of this huge dream and t seemed like Daisy could not fulfill it. Nick Carraway‚ Daisy’s cousin and also the narrator‚ was in a way‚ was Gatsby’s guardian. Fitzgerald uses‚ simile‚ diction‚ imagery and paradox to express the guardian-like behavior Nick shows towards Gatsby. After the death of the Great Gatsby‚ Nick mentions that “He had come a long way to this blue lawn‚ and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail
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wealth‚ rather than standing for its original ideals of freedom and equality. Fitzgerald brings this nightmarish world of reality to life using imagery‚ diction‚ and symbolism in order to prove to his audience that what was once perceived as an attainable goal‚ is held just out of grasp by the people that did not have to fight to reach it. Fitzgerald uses imagery while referring to Gatsby’s dock to help the reader visualize the sadness and despair that engulfed the five years of Gatsby’s life spent gazing
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Despair as an Emotion and Image In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ it is nineteen forty-four and nearing the end of World War 2. Eliezer‚ a young Jewish boy living in Sighet‚ Transylvania‚ is captured by Nazi soldiers and is shipped of to the notorious death camps. Eliezer‚ along with his family and the rest of the Jewish community‚ undergoes extreme trials of pain and suffering. Despair eventually becomes a common feeling and theme in the book and the images portrayed in the novel are the cause
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The Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and William Shakespeare Brandi Greene University Composition and Communication I/COM155 May 9th‚ 2013 University of Phoenix The Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and William Shakespeare Many have been inspired by the likes of Edgar Allen Poe and Shakespeare in literature but‚ there are similarities and differences between the two. Each author could lure their audiences by the characteristics of their writing. Their places in society also
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PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY HMEMS80 Name and Surname Student number TABLE OF CONTENTS Description Page PART 1 Declaration of authenticity PART 2 2.1 Reflection on formative assessment 2.2 Weekly self-reflections 2.3 Reflection on the value of research PART 3 Research Proposal PART 4 Portfolio of evidence checklist PART 1 DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY I‚ _______________________________________________Full name/s and surname Student number __________________________________________
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Composition II May 2‚ 2008 Death-Despair-Revenge: A Recipe for a Good Drama “Scorching my seared heart with a pain‚ not hell shall make me fear again.” Edgar Allan Poe‚ Tamerlane‚ Part II Death‚ despair‚ and revenge‚ these three words form a treacherous triangle to any reader who dare enter the mind of Edgar Allen Poe. In many of his works these expressions seem to form a reoccurring theme. Comparing the works “The Mask of the Red Death” and “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ we will discuss these
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Imagery in the poem | Example of image | | The poem begins in the labour ward of the hospital: it is ’hot‚ white ’ (line 2) and sterile‚ which seems at odds with the intimate event that is about to occur. Further on it is seen as ’a square / Environmental blank ’ (line 9) and a ’glass tank ’ (line 19). Why do you think Clarke places so much emphasis on the hospital building? | | Before the actual birth‚ Clarke looks out of the window at ’The people and cars ’ (line 4) going about their
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The diction used by Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein varies throughout the chapters varying in tone. Chapter five is the beginning of the end of Victor Frankenstein. There he creates the beast which will torment his life forever. The diction used in this chapter is haunting in the sense that it foreshadows the fall of Frankenstein. Shelley describes the newborn creature as “beautiful”‚ this creates a theme of amazement of what science can do but it quickly shifts. A few sentences later Shelley
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In the last four lines of the sonnet‚ Wyatt’s diction encompasses a more personal tone and reveals that the “deer” is an extended metaphor for his beloved “deare.” In the lines “And graven with diamond in letters plain / There is written‚ her fair neck round about‚ / “Noli me tangere‚ for Caesar’s I am‚ / And wild for to hold‚ though I seem tame (11-14).” At first glance‚ it is absurd to think that a wild animal would be wearing a diamond-encrusted necklace. But this “necklace” is a symbol of possession
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