In the stanza from the story of Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth wants to lose her feminine qualities in order to be capable of murder. She conveys this through the use of figurative language and alliteration. Through the usage of figurative language‚ it is understood that she wants to lose her nurturing female qualities. Her statement of “unsex me here” figuratively means that she does not want to be the sex that she was given so that she could commit the murder. Literally she means that in order to pull
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Watsky’s song "tiny glowing screens Pt. 2" is a great example of poetry in music. Watsky uses multiple different types of figurative language including speeding up the rhythm when the song gets more passionate. This song also has a lot of meaning‚ Watsky is talking about the scope of our world and how we can make ourselves important. Watsky starts off the song with a statistic‚ "There’s 7 billion 46 million people on this planet and most of us have the audacity to think we matter." There are so
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Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the war. “With malice toward none; with charity toward
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Ethan Frome‚ the tale of a man who has a bleak future‚ bound by his sickly wife‚ is an incredible story written by a doubly incredible author; Edith Wharton. Her novels such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence were masterpieces for the generations who grew up with them. These novels still live on today as remarkable pieces of literature. Even more impressive is how a rich and upscale woman was able to relate to a poor farmer when she wrote Ethan Frome. Only an author with skill and talent
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The poem Nighttime Fires by Regina Barecca explains the speaker’s complex view of her father. The speaker uses imagery to describe her father’s strange behaviours after losing his job. Figurative language is used strategically to explain the memories of this young girl’s strange adventures. The diction in this poem is also used very well helping us to understand why these nighttime fires left such a lasting impact on this grown woman from when she was only five years old. All of these things are
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“Distinctively visual texts use figurative language and other language devices to engage the responder and invite him/her to explore different places and experiences.” Discuss the construction of images in relation to two of the short stories‚ which you have studied‚ and one related text. Distinctively visual texts are often used by composers to evoke a reality through the use of figurative language and other language devices‚ as it allows them to create an image in their mind and transport them
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Anthem Emma Lee Stanton March 3‚ 2011 Anthem Essay Lit. Genre In Anthem the leaders start to destroy the minds of the citizens in the society starting at birth and until the day they die. One of which are that they teach everyone within their society that there is no one and that it is wrong to only think about yourself or to want for yourself. The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand shows that if a dictator is to fully control a man then that person must not only enslave the body
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The poems‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Is My Team Plowing” by AE Housman have their own perception of the idea of death which they further emphasize with the use of figurative language and style. To begin with‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is a poem about a person‚ most likely based on the views of Dickinson‚ who is too into her own world that she does not acknowledge her own death. This poem uses style to emphasize the idea of love. For example‚ on the second
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unconsciously lives‚ works and has his being.” (Thomas Carlyle). Symbolism is used all around the world. This is a way to communicate beyond the limits and explain some things in a whole new different way. The author Doris Lessing uses this type of figurative language in her story “Through the Tunnel”. This is particularly evident in the settings such as the beach‚ the bay and the tunnel‚ which represent different stages in life. The beach is the first setting presented in the story. This represents Jerry´s
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during the fall. The main places in the story are the Atlanta Falcons Stadium‚ Troy’s middle school and football field‚ and Troy’s house. The story is written in first person because Troy (the main character) is telling the story. There is figurative language in this story. On page 229 a simile is used that says “he’s big and slow like a turtle”. There is also an idiom on page 57 that says “the Duluth fans poured over the fence‚ swarming the end zone”. The main character of Football Champ
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