transformation can give the audience a better understanding of societal values and attitudes present in the texts. Jane Austen’s book Emma(1816)‚ relevant to society in Regency England‚ is relived in a modern day context relevant to the 20th century American society in Amy Heckerling’s “teen flick” Clueless(1995). Social status plays a crucial part in both texts. “Emma Woodhouse‚ handsome‚ clever‚ and rich‚ with a comfortable home and a happy disposition...”(pg.1‚chap.1) lived in nineteenth century
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society we determine that a persons below the age of 18 are lacking sufficient autonomy for a range of publically significant decisions unless proven otherwise. In the case of Emma Odgen‚ the decision is not as clear cut. The first step in evaluating this ethical problem involves identifying what exactly needs to be solved. Emma is an extremely intelligent 12 year old and has expressed her wishes in a comprehensive
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actions of those around her. Emma does not appear to have an especially caring father and years of marriage troubles have split her parents so they no longer work together effectively to help combat her emotional outbursts. Emma’s social circles include her school and her peers right now when she
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family‚ and even their will to live. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to illustrate the loss of humanity during the holocaust. Loss of humanity was a huge theme during the holocaust because of all the things they had lost and the way the Naziz did this. “The three ‘veteran’ prisoners‚ needles in hand‚ tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on‚ I had no other name” (42). Wiesel uses diction to show how much the Naziz wanted the Jews to think that they were
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To trace dark emotions upon readers most authors will use the concept of negative diction. For instance‚ “Harried by day and haunted by night”(Paragraph 11‚ Letter from a Birmingham Jail). The words “harried” and “hunted” make you feel scared‚ sick to the stomach. A spine-chilling pity will roam through your body. Allowing no positive emotion to be sense.Negative diction stained murky words into the Clergyman’s mind‚ making it almost impossible to ignore the action that is required
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his speech in order to deliver his purpose to his audience. Winston Churchill was well known for his speeches that he used diction to support his purpose. In this speech “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” Winston Churchill used a lot of war diction in order to support his purpose of writing this speech. Churchill began his speech saying “rapid retreat” to signify the horrible attacks that lead to the soldiers to back away quickly. Following that Churchill said “the destruction of the fine Belgian Army”
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’s "feat." (Line 12‚ Byron) Upon further analysis of "London" and "After Swimming from Sestos to Abydos‚" however‚ one can similarities between the two pieces in terms of their structure and in particular‚ Byron and Blake ’s use of diction. The use of diction is an almost inevitable commonality between Blake and Byron‚ as many poets of varying movements use it as a means to further develop the emotional appeal and imaginative images present in the piece‚ particularly those classified as Romantics
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thesis project of a Columbia University senior‚ Emma Sulkowicz. Her performance is a superb artifact because it displays colleges’ lack of protection for rape victims‚ the need for better laws against rape‚ and the detrimental effects of letting an accused walk free. Emma Sulkowicz was allegedly raped in 2012 and reported it in 2013. Her alleged rape has lead to national attention because of her thesis project “Carry That Weight”. In this project Emma Sulkowicz carries the mattress as symbolic to
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Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women‚ or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women‚ on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences‚ establishes her credibility‚ and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully. In this speech‚ Emma uses
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Emma final commentary Jane Austen’s writing style includes short and sweet sentences however they are packed with a lot of information‚ including metaphors and motifs. Personally‚ I found it hard to follow Austen’s writing because in order to understand her subtle messages in between the lines‚ one would have to be super alert and read every word and the connotation that of every word. Also‚ one writing tool that Austen uses well is free-indirect discourse. Free indirect discourse is when the
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