Horses by Edwin Muir Homework to complete before class analysis of poem. Directions: select either question one or two to complete for homework. 1. Rhythm: read the poem aloud at least 3 times. As you read it the 3rd time‚ jot down the rhyme scheme. As you read it a forth time‚ record your voice. Listen to your recorded voice and write down your observations. What do you notice? 2. Activity: consider for a moment that the poem is written to reflect a fairy tale or bad dream. In the box below
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may have contributed to his development of an existentialist point of view. Kafka portrays this less than loving parent Gregor’s father. When Gregor emerges from his bedroom and his father comes home from work Gregor notices how sharp he looks and speaks of his father’s sternness‚ “he knew full well‚ right from the first day of his new life‚ that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely strict with him. (Kafka 32) Gregor must come to acceptance of even this less than loving treatment
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ironically‚ with a healthy young panther. Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” exposes the fundamental will to defy traditional human convention‚ by defining a new sense of the body as the power of the mind through characterizing a basic need as a common desire. Kafka contrasts the artist’s diminished body with an ordinary panther that presents the spectators with a symbol of life and complete fulfillment. The hunger artist is able to construe a contemporary sense of body with his indifference to temptation and
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In the novels‚ “The Nose”‚ and The Metamorphosis Gogol‚ and Kafka demonstrates how identity does not depend on what society depicts you to be‚ it’s whatever you (as a sole proprietor of your life) decide what and who you are‚ they both portray this idea by transforming their protagonists into what society sought them to be‚ to see how they would react. In response to this idealistic concept the authors use their protagonists to convey this “Hidden” concept by putting them through a situation in which
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Gregor’s eyes. “She was still a child of seventeen‚ her life up till then had been very enviable‚ consisting of wearing nice clothes‚ sleeping late‚ helping out in the business‚ joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the violin” (Kafka 74) Gregor is somewhat resentful towards his sister because whenever their was talk of the family needing money‚ Gregor would be the first in at the door. Maybe it was his fault that his sister was still a child at seventeen. Instead of always being
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Cited: Kafka‚ Franz. “The Metamorphosis.” The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Shorter Third Ed. Vol 2. Ed. Martin Puchner. New York: Norton‚ 2013. Print. 1201-1235
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and Metamorphosis | | Maria Fernanda Contreras | 6/17/2010 | | “The woman kept on crying” (10) – this ability to experience and express emotions is shown as something both the protagonists in both novels - The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus – lack. Women are usually portrayed as the element of society who are more likely to show this ability which connects them to the world surrounding them and keeps them (and men) from being “strangers” to society
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Throughout the course of chapter 2 in The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka reveals the challenging obstacles Gregor has to defeat‚ in order to save the humanity that he has left. Kafka explains Gregor’s internal problems in which Gregor has a tough time using human qualities and falls in the state of being an insect. With the transformation being hard on his family‚ Gregor wants to be no extra trouble to them. Overtime time‚ Gregor’s guilt is slowly building up‚ especially for his sister. It is visible to see
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Gregor stayed the same throughout the story and has always wanted to help. When his mom fainted‚ he jumped at the opportunity to lend a hand‚ “he too‚ ran into the next room as if to give his sister some sort of advice” (Kafka 1177)‚ even though he knew he was incapable of helping‚ since he was a beetle. He never thinks twice about helping his family‚ and is always accepting of the fact that he has a role that needs to be fulfilled as their provider. Without him being the
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Beginning with its first sentence‚ The Metamorphosis deals with an absurd‚ or wildly irrational‚ event‚ which in itself suggests that the story operates in a random‚ chaotic universe. The absurd event is Gregor’s waking up to discover he has turned into a giant insect‚ and since it’s so far beyond the boundaries of a natural occurrence—it’s not just unlikely to happen‚ it’s physically impossible—Gregor’s metamorphosis takes on a supernatural significance. Also notable is the fact that the story never
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