Emily” by WIlliam Faulkner‚ the use of figurative language gives the reader a reference point or make an image more real to us. An example of this is when William Faulkner says “Her hair changed until it attained an even pepper-and-salt-iron-gray.”‚ (scene IV)This gives the reader an idea of what color her hair is by giving an object to compare it to. These instances would continue throughout the short story‚ and only provide more detail and insight. Figurative
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two separate groups of boys that have completely different ideas of how to run the island. This causes tension and hatred between the boys. In the scene of Simon’s death‚ Golding uses leery imagery‚ distinctive and violent diction‚ and dark figurative language to show the boys’ dynamic transformation from lost and naive school boys to savage and ruthless beasts. The use of imagery helps the reader to paint a mental image of the scenes throughout the book. As Simon
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about a boy with a little brother that is disabled. He does all he can to make him normal‚ but ends up pushing him to far and he ends up dying. In The Scarlet Ibis‚ James Hurst shows pride can be deadly through figurative language and symbolism. The way Hurst uses figurative language proves that pride can be deadly. When Doodle’s brother teaches him how to walk‚ the family is so happy they are crying of joy. They are thanking the boy for helping his little brother‚ but he does not cry with joy
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Forman used a lot of figurative language and imagery. One time he used figurative language was when he was describing Vergland‚ “Everything looked brown and dead‚ like open fields after a long winter (Forman‚ p. 81).” This was a good way to describe this part of the story because it gives you a clear description of what it looked like where they were traveling through and why they needed all the supplies that they had. Another example of figurative language is allusion. This is used in the
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We cry "scapegoat" to stigmatize all the phenomena of discrimination – political‚ ethnic‚ religious‚ social‚ racial‚ etc. – that we observe about us. We are right. We easily see now that scapegoats multiply wherever human groups seek to lock themselves into a given identity – communal‚ local‚ national‚ ideological‚ racial‚ religious‚ and so on’ (160). Fear and frustrations As seen with Fisher’s notion that there is a lack of central exchange‚ Girard notes that: ‘the real source of victim
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1. The first example is on line 17. It reads: “Reason burns a brighter fire‚ which the bones”. The next example is on line 21. It reads: “It is the light at the center of every cell.” The last example is on line 22. It reads: “It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward” 2. A) The first example is on line 20. It reads: “But this morning the shoe-box house on the back porch is empty.”
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Throughout the poem Neruda uses repetition to emphasize the meaning of the surrounding words or phrases. In the beginning‚ the poem almost repeats the poem’s title indistinguishably‚ the only difference between the first line and the title is the replacement of the word “A” to the word “My”. This is not an exaggerated change‚ however allows the reader to see Neruda’s relationship to the dog which has died. My showing that it is his dog which has died‚ the reader is able to analyze the poem as not
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with Sue. He questions his reasons for being with her and then comes to his conclusion through rationalization in sentences three and five. Hardy’s word choice shows Jude as an intellectual and a man questioning his relationship with Sue. The figurative language and imagery of the excerpt show what Jude thinks of the leader-writer Sue once knew. Hardy’s use of syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery depict Jude’s thought process after speaking to Sue and what he should do to fix their relationship. Hardy starts
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the breakdown of civilization and the light and dark in humans. William Golding uses a plethora of descriptive writing to paint a picture in the Lord of the Flies using foreshadowing‚ mood‚ tone‚ and many types of figurative language. Golding uses many examples of figurative language such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and hyperboles. A simile and metaphor compares two unlike objects. To differentiate the two‚ similes uses like or as and metaphors directly compares the two objects. An
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and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth‚ using extracts from Act 1‚ Scene 7. I will also examine how the language used emphasises the key themes and ideas within the play. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are revealed and developed through their dialogues with use of soliloquies and asides‚ helping to reveal their personalities‚ states of mind‚ emotions and motivation. Much figurative language and imagery is used by Shakespeare to emphasise the themes within the play‚ creating atmosphere and
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