Allusions were used sporadically by Bradbury to help the reader use printed word to paint mental images. They can be defined rather simply‚ as they are merely a reference to a historical or contemporary‚ person‚ place‚ event‚ or work of literature‚ but they can help the story flow nonetheless. The first allusion was encountered when Montag approached the woman with books in “The Hearth and the Salamander” and she quoted ‘“‘Play the man‚ Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle‚ by God’s
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explaining the outcome of death‚ the afterlife‚ and one’s potential punishment. Alighieri is the first individual of his time to evaluate people in a poem‚ The Inferno‚ and place them in Hell for their sins and illegal actions. The Greek poet‚ Homer‚ uses his story to teach the benefit of humility in The Odyssey. In the contrasting epics‚ The Inferno‚ and The Odyssey‚ authors‚ Dante and Homer‚ present the Underworld and Hell in unique and different ways‚ while using Hell to serve very different purposes
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When Scout questions Atticus about the neighborhood tension over the Tom Robinson case‚ he replies‚ “‘It’s different this time‚’ he said. ‘This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees‚ we’re fighting our friends. But remember this‚ no matter how bitter things get‚ they’re still our friends and this is still our home’” (87). In other words‚ Atticus reminds Scout to look beyond the hostility that is thrown at the Finch family for the Tom Robinson case and instead‚ prompts her to still believe that her
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Emily Dickinson uses personification to similate how death is a gentleman that stopped to give someone a pleasant ride to their destination. The gentleman (Death) waits for her is the way the poet conveyed in the poem. As if death is a person waiting for her to join him. Another personification is when the writer compares death to someone having good manners‚ although this is not possible‚ they travel together at no certain speed with no time limit. As they pass through the town the sun sets
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Use of Night and Darkness in Macbeth Darkness was often associated with evil and crime in the play Macbeth. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ description of darkness had symbolic significance. The murders that were seen frequently occur at night time. This makes the reader conclude that the most horrible crimes are committed in darkness. The play Macbeth was abundant with examples that describe the use of night and darkness to show evil and happenings that are immoral. Darkness
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implausible story. Additionally‚ Victor’s inclusion of these personal letters in his narrative allows Alphonse and Elizabeth to express themselves‚ shedding light on their respective concerns and attitudes‚ and thus rendering them more human. Shelley’s use of letters enables the shift of narrative from one character to another while remaining within the bounds of the standard novel. Letters also serve as a means of social interaction‚ as characters are frequently out of immediate contact with one another
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Blood is known to all of us to represent life‚ death and often injury. Blood is an essential part of life‚ and without blood‚ we could not live. This is known to everyone‚ and because of this‚ when Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood to represent treason‚ murder and death‚ it is easily understood and fits in perfectly with the ideas we have of blood.<br><br>Blood is mentioned often in the play and most times in reference to murder or treason. The first sinister reference to blood is in Act 2‚ Scene
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Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita It took Vladimir Nabokov nearly five years to finish perhaps one his most famous masterpieces‚ Lolita. Because of Lolita’s subject matter‚ many readers during Nabokov’s native mid 20th Century were appalled and disturbed. How could someone write a novel about pedophilia‚ murder‚ and the sexual abuse and rape of a child? However‚ amongst the many offended (and particularly ignorant) readers‚ there emerged an understanding of Nabokov’s true intent by scholars‚ critics‚ and
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‘Analyze How Poets Have Used the Sonnet Form to Explore Ideas About Love and Mortality’ Sonnets have been used to paint a detailed picture of human emotion‚ tradition and culture‚ through the centuries. Originally‚ they began in the 14th century and each era inherited the collections of fourteen lined literary genius and reworked its form‚ subject or use of sensual imagery in order to allow the literature to represent the moods of the time. The word “sonnet” comes from the Italian word‚ ‘sonnetto’
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Shakespeare uses Death and the Afterlife in Hamlet to serve many purposes: to provide a means of shaping and defining characters‚ determining them to be strong‚ fearful‚ etc.; to provide the major conflict in the play‚ an internal conflict that ultimately psychologically surpasses the breadth of the external conflict; and to present cerebral discourse on a recurring theme throughout all of Shakespeare’s works‚ playing on mankind’s inability to understand Death and what comes after. Death appears
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