instead uses impersonal facts and government based statistics‚ rather than intimate components about who the soldier was personally. The author also displays the tone of the poem as lighthearted‚ making the speaker seem untroubled about the death of the soldier. In W.H Auden’s poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” the author uses his objective tone‚ statistical word choice‚ and eulogy structure to bring to light the lack of relationship between the government and its soldiers. Auden portrays the speaker bestowing
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Onto the minister they project their image of pure. Angelic self‚ the self-gratulatory image that is fostered by their denial of the sinful self” (Railton 487). Here‚ the Puritans are not as condemning towards the minister‚ as they are to Hester. By misreading Dimmesdale‚ the Puritans fail as an audience‚ in this instance. In addition‚ “One part of the reputation Puritanism had in the nineteenth century was intolerance” (Railton 490). If the Puritan society as a whole was intolerant
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was put to death when he would not admit to practicing witchcraft. Minister Dimmesdale was a main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter." He fathered a child out of wedlock in a sinful relationship‚ and fell to his death when he couldn’t take the guilt any longer. John Proctor and Minister Dimmesdale had several things in common‚ but also had several differences. Both John Proctor and Minister Dimmesdale were involved in sinful relationships. John Proctor had an affair with a
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and wishes that it would stop by hoping there is nothing wrong with her. Eventually‚ the bully pushes her to her breaking point‚ which causes her to kill herself. The tone of this poem is hostile. The word choice in this poem portrays this tone because of the words such as blood‚ harm‚ and torment. These words create the hostile tone of this poem because the actions that the bully are doing are very aggressive and unfriendly. The word blood can be a neutral connotation‚ but in this case‚ it is negative
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"Neutral Tones" by Thomas Hardy is very neutral in tone; its melancholic note is created by a narrator reflecting on the termination of a relationship. Throughout‚ a soothing yet depressing language illustrates this duality. Hardy uses a variety of techniques to highlight sadness and emotions in the narrator. In the first stanza the scene and atmosphere is set‚ "we stood by a pond that winter day".No harsh sounds are present and the sentence epitomises the tranquillity yet disheartening nature of
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an immense deal. Peering into the life of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale subsequent to their sinning‚ this novel allows us to see what they faced throughout the years regarding shame and guilt. Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ one will find that the novel is really based around moral consequence of sin and the act of redemption. A great aspect of this story would be sin‚ as it truly affects each
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What is repentance? Outward acknowledgement of sin results in the action of repentance. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester’s life gradually improves while Dimmesdale’s existence worsens considering he refuses to repent his sins. Confessing her sins improves Hester’s life through her reputation‚ child‚ and confidence. When Hester’s crimes are first mention‚ the Puritan community wishes to hang her for her sins. The community indubitably infers that she does not deserve an ignominious
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Chloè McMurray Honor’s Assignment/American Literature ENG 252 November 12‚ 2013 Hawthorne’s Works of Many Colors One of the most beautiful‚ if not the most stunning aspects of literature is symbolism. Whether it is the use of metaphor‚ simile‚ allegory‚ or myth‚ using contextual or cultural symbols is of the utmost importance to an author attempting to get his or her point across. The act of taking something abstract- emotion‚ character trait‚ intention‚ or value- and explaining them with something
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may believe that the novel The Scarlet Letter is simply a story of love gone wrong; however‚ the book clearly contains deeper meaning. Hawthorne’s purpose in writing the book was to prove that no society is perfect‚ not even the communities that claim to be. Within each society lies corruption and sin‚ the inevitable reality of human nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows his greatness in producing a novel of the highest possible stature. The various usage of symbolism
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“The Seafarer” contains something that is very particular to it. After analyzing various parts and components of the poem I came to the conclusion that it has two authors; the one that came up with the story and the monk that wrote down the story and added a little Christian reflection in the second part. In line 65‚ we can definitely notice a drastic change in style and in the context. Both parts seem to be two different pieces‚ which they are. All the Anglo-Saxon poems used to be passed down orally
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