Cut by Sylvia Plath for Susan O’Neill Roe What a thrill ---- My thumb instead of an onion. The top quite gone Except for a sort of hinge Of skin‚ A flap like a hat‚ Dead white. Then that red plush. Little pilgrim‚ The Indian’s axed your scalp. Your turkey wattle Carpet rolls Straight from the heart. I step on it‚ Clutching my bottle Of pink fizz. A celebration‚ this is. Out of a gap A million soldiers run‚ Redcoats‚ every one. Whose side are they on? O my Homunculus‚ I am
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your actions as there are always consequences that follow. Bradbury uses his short story “A Sound of Thunder”‚ to convey a theme that a minuscule disruption of one element could be catastrophic. To enhance this theme the author uses allusions‚ juxtaposition and symbolism. Allusion is a literary device that makes reference to other events‚ place or other literary work. Bradbury makes use of this throughout this story. He mentions extremely significant events throughout history which all have their
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two‚ I will look at the similarities and differences to evaluate the overall effectiveness. Both the poem and the song are about how white man came to Australia and took the Indigenous people’s land and changed their way of life. They both use juxtaposition to emphasise the point and show how the Indigenous community was affected. Each verse in the song focusses on an aspect of white culture or an
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shape and influence a city. Traditions are an essential role in maintaining a city’s history‚ but when people are reluctant to change the past‚ there is a struggle for development. William Faulkner’s use of symbolism‚ narrative structure‚ and juxtaposition help convey the theme of traditions against progress in “A Rose for Emily”. Narrative structure‚ such as chronology and the story’s point-of-view‚ is used by Faulkner to express the overall theme of traditions against progress. The story is told
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also stressing the futility of it. Repetition of “one of the “complimented by a statistic establishes the soldier as representing all those who have served in war. Keating is able to successful in not glorifying war nor belittling it through the juxtaposition of images of “death”‚ “horror” and “incompetence” with the more patriotic images of “courage”‚ “resilience” and “mateship”. .” He then describes WWII‚ using inversion‚ saying‚ “It was a lesson about ordinary people- and the lesson was that they
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In Anne Trumbore’s “Spite” dramatic point of view and juxtaposition of the mother’s screams with the math problem characterizes the narrator as someone who feels unloved. She distances herself from her mother in the opening paragraph. In this excerpt the author describes the incident as‚ “A thirty-five-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis fell while taking a shower. She screamed for her husband. He did not hear her (1)”. This paragraph‚ including this specific line‚ are delivered in 3rd person
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permanent ones. Using stone demonstrates a complete selection of Greek technique and the omission of Etruscan practice. The frontal elevation appears to be mostly of Greek influence‚ but a more thorough investigation uncovers the clear presence and juxtaposition of both Greek and Etruscan forces. The floor of the Temple is raised on a high podium that is joined by frontal staircase that leads to the Temple porch‚ which
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atmosphere of that dark time. But the speech inspired hope into the American people and the world as they remembered the strength and courage he showed through difficult and trying times. Thatcher’s excellent use of imagery‚ appeal to pathos‚ and juxtaposition helped shape this into a defining eulogy that would be revered for years to come. The use of imagery is shown clearly throughout the entire eulogy. “...mend America’s wounded spirit‚ to restore the strength of the free world‚ and to free the
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Racism in Film Throughout the history of film in the United States‚ the depiction of race has only changed slightly. Although‚ the display of various races in film is pertinent to the specific time period in which the film was made‚ films have‚ for the most part‚ always portrayed white superiority over other races. People of color have traditionally been presented in a negative way (if presented at all) that helps to maintain the status quo where whites are at the top of the social hierarchy. A
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my interpretation of the specific section lines 272-291‚ however will reference other significant points of the text in line with the ideas put forth in lines 272-291. I will provide comment in relation to the poet’s techniques of symbolism and juxtaposition which are used to convey this message. Part IV of the “Rime of the
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