In the second stanza‚ Sexton takes the reader back to the stone ages. She thumbs her nose at the exaggerated propaganda which claims that American mothers and wives are thriving. The home is reversed to “caves‚” the use of “skillets‚” and carvings” (9) mirror that the role of a woman has been limited to the kitchen and to the monotonous routine of everyday life. The analogy between rocky deserted caves and the witches’ homes is revealing. It decodes the early dwellers of such places. Primitive people
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Alliteration- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion- An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Anapest – A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. Antithesis- A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. Apostrophe- A punctuation mark used to indicate either
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The title alludes to a style of musical declamation that hovers between song and ordinary speech; it is used for dialogic and narrative interludes during operas and oratories. The term "recitatif" also once included the now-obsolete meaning‚ "the tone or rhythm peculiar to any language." Both of these definitions suggest the story’s episodic nature‚ how each of the story’s five sections happens in a register that is different from the respective ordinary lives of its two central characters‚ Roberta
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was to emphasize the importance of the Jewish people in God’s plan and to have them remember his divine providence. We can also find examples of leadership traits mentioned in its pages. The well-crafted plot uses several literary tools to make key points and provide humor. Most notable is the use of irony‚ motif and subversion throughout the text. A profound example of irony occurs in Esther 6:1-6:11‚ when Haman mistakenly believes that King Ahasuerus wants to honor him. Suffering from insomnia‚
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same religion‚ the “True Image” or the “Nicholas Repentances”. In the Strorm family they all have different opinions‚ religious views. David and the telepaths all need to stick together because they all share the same secret. In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ the theme Relationships‚ relationships are very evident in people’s life’s‚ it creates the way people communicate‚ and who they communicate with. In Waknuk people with deviations are not accepted. People who live in Waknuk who
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connections drawn between physical and metaphysical life portray various messages within the story‚ but they are all connected in the last stanza paragraph. The speaker please that Dorothy learns from his experiences. Wordsworth continues with a few examples: the importance of nature‚ keeping the things that truly matter closely‚ and having an optimistic view on life. “That after many wanderings‚ many years/ Of absence‚ these steep woods and lofty cliffs‚/ And this green pastoral landscape‚ were to me/
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(line 1-2‚DUSTING). In order to emphasises every action in this poem‚ to hyten the importance of the simple signature that the little girl put into the dust there were many alliterations‚ assonance used with personification as the main tool. For example‚ “my name was swallowed into the towel (
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foreshadowing in this novel does signify the next major event that will happen in the book‚ which is the horrible storm while out at sea in the cargo ship. In the beginning chapters‚ Pi adds quotes to foreshadow the future event of the sea storm. For example‚ Pi says‚ “I’m going to show you how dangerous tigers are‚” (Martel 37) This quote perfectly foreshadows the future situation he is going to encounter with Richard Parker‚ the tiger‚ after the
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Also the day the lottery takes place described as “a day in mid summer” indicates the period of unconstrained growth and recklessness. Another literary device in the story‚ is the genre by showing horror and realism in placing the story in a generic small town and reviling the fate of the lottery winner at the end. A third literary device in the story‚ is the tone by showing detachment and calms of the tone through out the story from the beginning describing the sunny day‚ to witnessing
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amount of control human beings have over their life‚ but fail to recognize until death. You can see this through daily events in Grover’s Corners‚ Compton‚ and Ridgewood High School. In Our Town‚ Thornton Wilder uses the character Emily Webb as an example of how the average person can live‚ marry‚ and die before comprehending the potential of life. In Act I‚ Emily is entering
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