In the poem “The Lamb‚” William Blake’s use of repetition and symbolism conveys innocence but also a sense of childlike wonder to nature’s creation. “The Lamb” is one of Blake’s most religious poems‚ fusing a lamb with the biblical symbolism of Jesus Christ who is the Lamb of God. The article “Overview ‘The Lamb’” supports the idea of innocence through the use of repetition and symbolism to convey Jesus in nature’s creation. The use of repetition and symbolism gives the poem a distinct innocence
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A man turns into a cockroach‚ is rejected by those nearest to him‚ and suddenly dies with an apple on his back. The plot of “The Metamorphosis” is just that. Or is it? The story is filled with emotion and modernist concepts. The three A’s of modernism‚ anxiety‚ ambiguity‚ and alienation‚ show up prominently in Kafka’s writing. Anxiety oozes out of “The Metamorphosis.” The story reads like a bad dream. First of all‚ the situation itself is anxiety inducing. For many‚ nothing would be more horrifying
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dramas to real the inner thoughts of a character. In soliloquies‚ the character reveals his or her inner thoughts about a particular person or event without “acknowledging” the presence of any other character. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses soliloquies to provide reader with the understanding of Hamlet’s character who is the protagonist. Hamlet is a play about a young prince who returns to Denmark from his studies after his father’s death. Hamlet sees his mother‚ the queen marry his father’s brother
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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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Explore how satire effects the readers attitude toward the content of Alexander Pope’s‚ ‘Rape of the lock’‚ Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s travels’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Satire is defined as a literary genre or form used to ridicule‚ tease‚ torment and ‘poke fun at’‚ satire can employ irony and burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit
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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 other (perhaps more educated) readers. Nabokov’s intent in writing the controversial Lolita was not to nullify
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Within the extract‚ Niffengger uses a variety of the possible presentations of speech and thought‚ mainly including Indirect‚ Free Indirect and Narrative Presentation of Speech/Thought Acts. Due to the novel making use of a heterodiegetic narrator‚ there are also many narrative report of action clauses (NRAs). NRAs are described by Simpson (2003) as maintaining ‘the ongoing action of the story as well as providing an external framework around which the strands of speech and thought are woven’ (p24)
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stage-sets or props. Unlike today’s modern theatre‚ the simple ‘stage allowed for swift‚ fluid action and a concentration on language’. The Jacobean stage would have bought the colours of ‘language’ to life. For example‚ A vice figure like Iago would use exaggerated words and gestures to stress his strong feeling of antagonism towards Othello. Likewise‚ a melancholic Hamlet would experiment with words in an overstated manner (to show his conflicted state of mind). The Tragedy of Othello‚ the Moor of
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How does Steinbeck explore different attitudes to women in of mice and men? Steinbeck explores different attitudes to women in of mice and men. He does this by having only 3 different roles for women in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute. Women have only 3 different roles in the book‚ a wife/mother‚ an actress or a prostitute‚ they are not valued because they are not physically strong‚ and in the depression‚ those who could work were viewed with higher respect. In fact‚ they are
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describes how the animals on the farm use self- preservation in order to protect themselves from the damage that the humans are causing. One particular character Squealer‚ who was a pig in second in command to the leader also known as “Leader Comrade Napoleon.” Squealer is an essential asset to Napoleon‚ cause he uses Squealer to deliver messages to the other animals on the farm. Although Squealer is important to Napoleon‚ Squealer has his own concerns of self- preservation in which he uses Napoleon
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