order to do this‚ Shakespeare wields a figurative aim by implicating personification‚ symbolism‚ and other literary compounds that portray a clear image to indicate that love is short lived and finite. Shakespeare‚ with figurative usage such as similes‚ and vivid imagery‚ suggests the theme that love is not everlasting. He demonstrates this by saying “Making it momentany as a sound‚” therefore implying that love is too quick and not constant (Shakespeare I.i.19). He insinuates this with the use of the
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In addition‚ Chinua Achebe employs symbolism and figurative language to convey the theme that one faces near insurmountable odds when attempting to overcome one’s own destiny. Okonkwo‚ besides meeting Miller’s definition of a tragic hero‚ to such a degree connects with his tragic flaws. This is clearly evident when Achebe states “You drove him to kill himself‚ and now he will be buried like a dog.” (Achebe 208) Achebe’s comparison of Okonkwo‚ one of the most respected members of the tribe‚ to an
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life became a mystery to everyone. His mother died when he was three years old‚ and his father left the family early on. Growing up without a father has many effects on the human brain and can lead to anger issues and some people turn to alcohol and drugs. You can see in many of his poems and short stories‚ that like his characters‚ he was insane. In The Black Cat he shows many signs of insanity and violence. As his insanity was developing he thought his cat Pluto was coming to avenge him. Pluto
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but faithful Othello still believes she has cheated and must pay the price with her life. In these lines he compares Desdemona to many different things such as a light‚ a rose‚ and a statue through the use of figurative language. At first Othello is comparing her to a statue referring to her skin as “monumental alabaster” however‚ he keeps reflecting on the fact that her skin is so white. He says “whiter skin” which literally means white skin. I am not sure that Othello is talking about how white
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utilizes figurative language to compare the depiction the Jack’s jungle to that of Simon’s jungle to represent different approaches of humans to the natural world. Jack’s jungle is depicted as dry and rough‚ where there is only undergrowth and a cracked twig‚ which displays how dehydrated and lifeless the bushes and soil seem to him. The sharpened stick in his hand demonstrates his focus on violence‚ and the animal desire to kill. He even acts much like the pigs he wishes to kill‚ by the way he flares
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Imagery | Figurative Language | Theme | Tone | Significant Passages (Pgs. 20‚ 25‚ 62‚ 63‚ 64‚ 67‚ 75) | “Our house stood within a few rods of the Chesapeake Bay‚ whose broad bosom was ever white with sails from every quarter of the habitable globe. Those beautiful vessels‚ robed in purest white‚ so delightful to the eye of freemen‚ were to me so many shrouded ghosts…” (Douglass 63).“I at first rejected the idea‚ that the simple carrying of a root in my pocket would have any such effect as he had said
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enough to win. In this case you may feel pressured‚ worthless‚ or never good enough. In the perspective of the writer‚ I can strongly say they are describing that trying to be the definition of perfection is mental suicide. The figurative language seen in the song creates the emotions running throughout the song. Beyoncé
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In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin tells the story of a dysfunctional marriage full of oppression and repressed resent. Chopin uses figurative language to show how Mrs. Mallard’s feeling towards her marriage develop over time. Marriages can be and how in some situations death can be preferable to living an oppressed life. When Mrs. Mallard is devastated to learn her husband’s death and she “wept with wild abandonment.” Chopin using imagery to describe creates a vivid picture of Mrs. Mallard’s
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named Tom. The main purpose of the narrative was to entertain the intended audience of teenagers‚ but the portrayal of the major theme of family was also dominant. A variety of creative choices were made such that the language features‚ stylistic features and narrative conventions‚ such as figurative language and imagery‚ mood‚ and speech‚ as well as a deliberate plot‚ were appropriate to achieve the purposes of entertaining and conveying the theme of family to the intended audience. Figurative language
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their dreams due to systematic oppression‚ will inevitably resort to violence. "Harlem" is a short‚ eleven line poem‚ consisting of three stanzas which are littered with literary and poetic devices such as imagery‚ italics‚ diction/syntax‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical questions to name several. However‚ despite all the clever techniques Hughes deploys‚ his use of symbolism contributes most to defining‚ and clearly expressing‚ the poems main theme. The poem begins with a one line stanza in
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