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    person. It is interesting to see how his careful use of language and imagery manages to both sicken and illuminate the reader. His shock value grabs the careful attention and scrutiny of the reader and‚ in doing so‚ accomplishes it’s goal‚ to awaken and alarm those who ignore the tragedy of Ireland’s plight.

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    culture and journey as a whole in order to portray to world that female students deserve an education through the use of fictive figurative language‚ egalitarian and religious ethos‚ and abstract symbolism. She adopts a defiant tone in order to educate the Western world of the opportunity that is taken for granted‚ yet deprived of

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    In this book there are many interesting moments that twist the story and cause you to make predictions. The use of foreshadowing to help make you predict a different outcome of the story was effective in the short story The Road Not Taken. In the next three paragraphs I will talk about the roxolana appearance‚ how I thought the roxolani would conquer earth‚ and how the the people of earth and roxolani are prepared to go to battle. The first thing I predicted was the appearance of the roxolani

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    ENGL 3000-006 September 20‚ 2013 Translating Shakespeare into Modern English In the play Macbeth‚ the first introduction to Lady Macbeth in Act 1 scene 5 provides the reader with a great deal of insight into her character. After her speech‚ we know that Lady Macbeth is ambitious; however she’s also ruthless and possesses a dark soul. Lady Macbeth craves a power only attainable through manipulation because of societal gender roles of the era. Lady Macbeth is a very dynamic‚ yet daunting‚ female

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    murdering many people. In Shakespeare’s play‚ it could be said from the way that he acts that Macbeth is afraid of fear‚ as he is scared of meaningless things‚ and he always second questions himself when he becomes afraid. Shakespeare uses many different language techniques to outline Macbeth’s fear. When King Duncan announces that Malcom is heir to the throne‚ Macbeth sees him as a roadblock‚ which he has to cross to become king. “Stars‚ hide your fires let

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    of The Road Not Taken The literary work that captured my attention was Robert Frost’s‚ The Road Not Taken. This particular poem caught my attention because of the metaphor it presents. The narrator comes to a fork in the road while walking through the yellow woods. He considers both paths and concludes that each one is equally well-traveled and appealing. After choosing one of the roads‚ the narrator tells himself that he will come back to this fork one day in order to try the other road. However

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    back to the “holy fools”; the story of Lazarus symbolizes Sonia and Lizaveta’s beliefs that religion will compensate them for their sacrifice and servitude (they hope to be resurrected by God‚ like Lazarus was); bible is obviously religion 2. Language • Hyperbole/Allusion-

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    In "Their Eyes Are Watching God"‚ Zora Neale Hurston uses figurative language in the passage on pages 158-159 to foreshadow events to come as well as add life to the story. Metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification are used together collaboratively to create a specific mood and image to represent the theme of this passage with still leaving room for the true meaning which is to be revealed later on in the story. Hurston’s use of personification and metaphors together create a mysterious gloomy mood

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    There is a plethora of figurative language that is used in “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell to reveal the seductive nature of the unidentified man to his coy mistress. He uses his tools of words with figurative language to woo this women into haveing sex with him. There is an abundance of hyperbole and personification that the speaker uses to express his love and need to perform coitus right at that instant to “control time.” “I would love you ten years before the Flood..Till the conversion

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of Coleridge’s unique poems because of its length‚ in consistent rhyme scheme and ancient language. The poem has an inconsistent rhyme scheme‚ the majority of the poem rhymes in ABAB and ABABAB with a few exceptions in the 5 line stanzas. Coleridge’s use of figurative language such as: symbolism‚ imagery‚ colors and word usage creates a life-like experience for the reader allowing for a clear grasp. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has a mysterious setting

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