Throughout the poem‚ Plath uses metaphors about the Holocaust to illustrate Lady Lazarus’s pain and suffering‚ and this may provoke sympathy in the reader. She decribes Lady Lazarus’ foot as a “paperweight” and her face is “featureless fine Jew linen” which may connote the narrator’s feelings of being heavy and undistinguishable from those around her. The poem may be an extended metaphor for depression. If the character’s foot is a “paperweight” then it would be difficult to move‚ and Plath may be
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Name Teacher AP Language 24/4/2013 Tennyson’s Lady Lord Tennyson was a famous and popular poet in England. For more than forty years- most of the Victorian era- Tennyson was the Poet Laureate‚ yet "The Lady of Shalott" was successfully published in 1839 and 1842‚ as an early work. This poem was written before Tennyson became acclaimed and popular. Without the aid of already established fame‚ “The Lady of Shalott” and Tennyson rose to become prominent characters in the English literary
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perfectly proportionate her face is‚ and how great a portrayal of the human face it is. However‚ no one comments on a similar work of art from a much‚ much earlier time; “The Lady of Warka”. The Lady of Warka is considered to be the “Mona Lisa of Mesopotamia”. It is one of the earliest relief sculptures known to man (Iraqi Artifact‚ 1). This wonderful artifact teaches a great deal about how rich in culture and literacy the Mesopotamian civilization was. The Lady of Warka is a life-size sculpture of a woman’s
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Synopsis The first four stanzas describe a pastoral setting. The Lady of Shalott lives in an island castle in a river which flows to Camelot‚ but little is known about her by the local farmers. And by the moon the reaper weary‚ Piling sheaves in uplands airy‚ Listening‚ whispers‚ " ’Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott." Stanzas five to eight describe the lady’s life. She suffers from a mysterious curse‚ and must continually weave images on her loom without ever looking directly out at the world
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Emile Durkheim introduced the concept of social facts explaining that “A social fact is any way of acting‚ whether fixed or not‚ capable of exerting over the individual an external constraint; or: which is general over the whole of a given society whilst having an existence of its own‚ independent of its individual manifestations.” (Durkheim‚ 1895/1982:59). In other words the ideals passed down to us that we pass down to our children‚ established patterns of human relations‚ which create a set of
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the devil in “Paradise Lost” has on the psyche makes him a more effective villain than the three monsters in “Beowulf”. Both epic tales culminate into a battle where the rulers‚ God and Hrothgar‚ call upon the heroes‚ Christ and Beowulf‚ to defeat the villains‚ the devil and the monsters. Each epic merges Christian and traditional elements of the tales that include kings‚ heroes‚ villains‚ honor and loyalty. “Beowulf” was not available during the time Milton was writing “Paradise Lost” even so
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Durkheim argued that social structure depends on the level of division of labour in a society .In other words‚ in the manner in which tasks are performed. Thus‚ a task such as providing food can be carried out almost totally by one individual or can be divided among many people .The latter pattern typically occurs in modern societies;cultivation‚processing‚distribution and retailing of a single food item are performed by literally hundreds of people. In societies in which there is minimal division
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Is satan hero? Can the devil be an epic hero? This seems to be the case in John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ the great epic from the English Renaissance. Milton’s Satan is brave‚ resourceful and powerful and an excellent leader as well. Milton’s introduction of Satan shows the reader how significant Satan is to Paradise Lost. He uses Satan’s heroic qualities to his followers‚ and his ability to corrupt to show the thin line between good and evil. Satan was one of the highest angels in Heaven‚ Milton
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Gallagher ENG3UI January 8 2015 Lady Macbeth’s tragic downfall Throughout Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth goes through a lot of stress and dramatic events which lead her originally ascendant attitude to worsen into insanity. It begins with a strong desire for power and evil schemes. Leading to murder‚ calling upon demons‚ sleepwalking and hallucinations. Some of the first signs of insanity shown by Lady Macbeth is her strong desire for power. In the first act‚ the 5th scene‚ the lady has just received a letter
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In the story Lady Macbeth role in the story is significant‚ she is an evil‚ ruthless‚ and ambitions Person. She is responsible for the murders that her husband commits because she was blood-Thirsty for the crown. In fact she then becomes more eager to get the crown than Macbeth Himself and then soon realizes that once you commit one violent act there is no way of ever turning back. An analysis of Lady Macbeth reveals that she is a powerful character who adds complexity and depth to a play about murder
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