truth‚ we can find ourselves in at one point in our lives. Isolation being detached or exclude from the rest is known in ancient time a punishment that is worse than death because it is like being the dead among the living. for example The anglo-saxon wife’s lament . this poem is about a wife who is exiled by her husband. The author uses figurative language‚ such as imagery‚ caesura‚ and personification to convey the sense of isolation by setting the mood‚tone‚and symbolic meaning. One of the
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Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” describes a life that is filled with depression caused by isolation. Many believe this could have been written from Frost’s own personal experiences‚ since it is well known that he experienced a very sad life with the losses of many of his close relatives. This would have left him feeling alone and detached‚ therefore giving him the inspiration for this poem. When examining the title’s literal meaning‚ one can see Frost’s illustration of how he is very familiar
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Snow became extremely isolated in the institution and increasingly began to feel empty‚ inducing her condition to worsen. Snow kept a diary under her pillow as a way to cope with her loneliness. The diary described the atmosphere and the terrors she underwent every day in mental institution hoping that her father would one day find it and come save her. She hated the medications the doctors gave her because they made her constipated and caused her to gain a lot of weight‚ so she decided to stop taking
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The literal meaning of ‘The Interrogators’ conveys an isolated area‚ as a result of war. The plurality of the title leads to the interpretation of the narrator as one of the interrogators‚ this is further supported by the nature of the narrative style; the narrator is removed from the passage‚ thus imposing a passive voice in the passage‚ this renders more sympathy for the foresters and deems the narrator as unemotional‚ as an interrogator should be. The consistent use of pathetic fallacy throughout
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the first instance in the book where Holden shows us his self-inflicted isolation. While at the end of the year football game Holden is standing up by himself watching the football field. Watching is the key word in that previous sentence; Holden shows that instead of connecting with people he likes to observe and watch them. "I wasn’t watching the game too much. What I was really hanging around for‚ I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know
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Aldous Huxley demonstrates the theme of isolation through foreign and contrasting culture in Brave New World. John‚ “the Savage”‚ is abruptly thrown into a new society that has a government dictated by science and that is far different from his own home. Throughout his turbulent journey in the World State‚ John must maneuver his way through a culture that revolves around science and the perfection of human conditioning‚ and in process he loses everything he holds dear to him that has any semblance
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The significance of the room and the foreboding mood implied by the language used to describe it‚ clearly points out isolation as the cause to instability. Jane‚ the mentally unstable narrator of the story‚ is forced to stay in a vacation home in order to get better or so her husband hopes. Jane hates the room she stays in and especially the wallpaper‚ being left alone by her husband she just stares at it‚ “The color is hideous enough‚ and unreliable enough‚ and infuriating enough‚ but the pattern
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individual can lose all sense of self when denied the basic connections that life provides. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use‚” a young woman named Dee struggles to find her foundation. Unfortunately‚ her identity begins to disintegrate as a result of her isolation. Through the utilization of character development‚ Alice Walker illustrates Dee’s distinct inability to connect with the people around her. Dee’s failure to see the value of her family history is the most obvious portrayal of her disconnection.
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throughout her life‚ among which Mrs. Dalloway(1925)‚ To The Lighthouse(1925)‚ Orlando(1928)‚ A Room Of One’s Own(1929)‚and The Waves(1931) are well-known to readers all over the world. Woolf had been living in patriarchal society ever since she was child. Some said that she was kind of self-made. As a matter of fact‚ she suffered from mental breakdowns all her life time. Due to her half-brother Gerald Duckworth’s sexual abuse‚ Virginia Woolf had an unquiet youth mingling with several emotional shocks. According
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Anne states‚ “Paper has more patience than people‚” (pg.6) confirming her thoughts about the people surrounding her. However‚ the statement could never have been truer for Anne until after entering the Secret Annex. The Secret Annex was a place of isolation where Anne had no one to relate to. In result‚ “Kitty” became her safe haven and her best friend when the conflicts of the Annex became too much to handle. Her mother’s‚
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