The winter imagery poem I chose that I felt captures the essence of Canadian winters is called “An Ontario Poem”. This poem provides expressive words and vivid examples to provide the reality of Canadian winters. The first couple of stanzas explains just how vigorously the wind blows also showing the reality of just how cold it really gets. It portrays this by stating “...and the gentle breezes blow at seventy-five miles an hour at thirty-five below”. The following four lines discuss how we love
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Anti-Christian 1.) There are many ways that Bram Stoker’s Dracula can be considered Anti- Christian by showing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to Castle Dracula he is met by several people. When he meets these people and tells them where he is going they cross themselves along with doing several other superstiscious actions. One of the women he meets gives him a crucifix to protect him
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William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” is about betrayal. In Maurice Charney’s article “Shakespeare’s Use of Blood Imagery in the Play”‚ Charney takes an in depth look at the different representations of blood according to the conspirators and the supporters of Caesar. For Brutus‚ the head of the conspirators‚ blood represents sacrifice and revival; however‚ for Caesar’s biggest supporter‚ Antony‚ blood represents murder and vengeance. The animosity toward Caesar is first revealed
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Imagery in “My Son the Fanatic” Imagery in the language: Look especially on metaphors‚ similes and symbols. You also have to interpret the title Julie - page 193-194 Page 193 line 7-8: “His son was outgrowing his teenage attitudes.” It is a metaphor because a plant can grow‚ but your teenage attitudes can’t be outgrowing. Page 193‚ line 15-17: "He was aware that he had become slightly afraid of his son‚ who‚ alongside his silences‚ was developing a sharp tongue. It is a metaphor because your
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Analyze the character of Count Dracula portrayed in Chapter 3 Count Dracula is the main antagonist of the novel with the same name. In chapter 3‚ his character becomes clearer through Jonathan Harker’s journal. Firstly‚ he was a very prideful of his heritage‚ the Count came from a Royal and Warrior bloodline and he described his race as: “brave races who fought as the lion fights”. And yet even when the events he talked about was hundred years ago‚ the way he told them as if he was there. The
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Unremarkable though it may seem‚ to affirm the obvious truism that Bram Stoker’s Dracula originates from a century that historians often describe as the most significant in terms of revolutionary ideology‚ whilst wishing to avoid the clichéd view held‚ it is undeniable that the more one delves into the depths of this novel the greater wealth of meaning demonstrates significant correlation with Marxist ideology. The 19th Century saw the emergence of revolutionary socialist Karl Marx‚ who himself
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Throughout Othello‚ imagery of war is used to build character. While talking to Othello’s father-in-law Brabantio‚ Iago has this to say about the General‚ “Though I do hate him as I do hell’s pains / Yet for necessity of present life‚ / I must show out a flag and sign of love‚ / Which is indeed but sign.” (I.i.152-155). He’ll “show out a flag”—like waving a peace sign—as a sign of his loyalty‚ despite actually intending to harm Othello. This illustrates early on in the play Iago’s two-faced personality
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Reading/ Literary Analysis Audience: classmates who argues that “Dracula” is not a Gothic genre Purpose: to show them that “Dracula” is a perfectly good example of Gothic genre “Dracula” a novel by Bram Stoker‚ deals with vampire folklore‚ Christian beliefs‚ and mostly gothic elements. Gothic elements are tremendous in this novel as it is seen a lot throughout the novel. The components of classic gothic elements as seen in “Dracula” includes the setting of the novel‚ the tone‚ a villainous character
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distinctive use of language/ structure/ imagery contribute to the themes in Of Mice And Men? The overriding themes in Of Mice And Men are those of the American dream and the theme of friendship and loyalty between the characters‚ especially between George and Lennie. The fragility of these dreams is what Of Mice And Men is based around. These themes and relationships are shown throughout the book in a number of ways and are added to by the use of language and structure but particularly imagery. The
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mass audience. In the task of comparing and contrasting the novel of “Dracula” to film extracts of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”‚ values‚ meaning and context discovered lie between discrepancy and similarity. The change from differing mediums‚ novel and film‚ reveal characteristics and possibilities of narratives. Through the advancement of technology‚ modern writers have gained a cinematic approach to their writing. However Dracula‚ written in 1987 by Abraham Stoker‚ where the introduction of technology
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