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    Thoughts on a section of Ethan Frome… (p.33 -34) Edith Wharton quite deliberately brings together human emotion and the environment in her novella Ethan Frome. The characters are circumscribed by the environment in which they exist and the impossibility of escape from the environmental forces of nature‚ heredity and place shape the characters of the text. A moment of hope arises as Mattie and Ethan walk home together from the dance and a more romantic sense of possibility emerges. The reader

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    felt love before. Then he begins his soliloquy announcing how beautiful Juliet is. He uses his eloquent speech to highlight his feelings for Juliet and show that his love for Rosaline has faded. Romeo is seen on multiple occasions using his poetic language‚ and this time is no different. He says that her beauty outshines the moon‚ and that her eyes are so bright they could replace the stars. If the stars were in her head‚ her bright cheeks

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    their students take a look. Children can be cruel is the theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. The author illustrates that kids sometimes do whatever they want‚ as the theme through the story. The author illustrates his theme with figurative language. “They turned on themselves‚ like a feverish wheel‚ all tumbling spokes”. This illustrates that the children went crazy. They tried to check out the rain through the window. The children were happy that it was raining so they were crumbled

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    1 Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot‚ Personification: the author uses basketball verbs to describe the location of Flick’s working place. 2 Bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off Alliteration: t has a sharp sound that helps emphasize the following words. 3 Before it has a chance to go two blocks‚ Metaphor: the setting of the garage portrays Flicks life( he never went any further from high-school. 4 At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth’s Garage Contrast between the

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    and Juliet. William Shakespeare uses figurative language to develop Romeo’s character development over the course of the story. In terms of figurative language in Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare uses metaphor‚ personification‚ and simile to show Romeo’s character development throughout the story. First‚ in Romeo and Julitet‚ Romeo states‚ “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel

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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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    After reading the two sonnets‚ I am trying hard to compare them in terms of the mindset of the poet‚ the object‚ and the way he uses language to describe beauty. It is so paradoxical that it appeared to the reader that the poems are written by different people. However‚ there is an idea that may explain this conflict. In sonnet 106‚ keeping in mind that the addressee is a male‚ the poet is (I could say) exaggerating in explaining the beauty of the object to an extent that even the predecessors barely

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    Walt Whitman in ‘Leaves of Grass’‚ uses many similar techniques throughout his poem to give off and emphasize his meaning. The three techniques that further Whitman’s meaning in my opinion are repetition‚ along with the overuse of commas and lack of use of periods‚ and alliteration. Whitman’s uses common themes from transcendentalism including body and soul‚ immortality and Whitman also talks a lot about equality. Whitman uses repetition in the beginning of certain sentences to stress his message

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    Roald Dahl used figurative language and dialogue to describe his characters and the setting. Figurative language added in information‚ which help the reader visualise ‘I was whispering along at 70 miles per hour.’ This shows us not only that the car was fast‚ which is extremely important information later in the story‚ but that it also drove smoothly‚ and silently. Dialogue was used to lead up to events‚ by giving hints through the characters’ conversations‚ which added information. “It’s because

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    Introduction In this particular part of the scene‚ act 2 scene 1‚ line 31-64‚ lady Macbeth has convinced her husband murder Duncan. However on the way to the king’s chamber. Macbeth spot a dagger before him. In this passage‚ Shakespeare amplifies the usage of literacy devices in Macbeth’s soliloguy‚ to display the after effect when ambitious thought are causing one to carry out a malevolent deed. Shakespeare highlight the changes in one’s mind as ambitious thought consume their morals‚ ideal and

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