“hysterical alarmist” (Waddell‚ 2000‚ p42). In this essay‚ I will argue that Silent Spring owes its fame and popularity thanks to the Rachel Carson’s style which generated the ideas that are in Silent Spring. The first part will focus on the different stylistic devices which Rachel Carson uses to make Silent Spring as attractive and convincing‚ whereas the second part will underline some exaggerations and passages in the book which can call into question the quality and the Carson’s judgement. Firstly
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South German art in the Renaissance‚ like all styles‚ embodied its own characteristics and intentions. Attributes such as religious authority were portrayed within the skilled‚ meticulous manner in which many paintings and sculptures were produced. A sculpture‚ entitled Virgin and Child‚ created by a follower the Master of the Dangolsheimer Madonna‚ exemplifies the popularity of religiously based artwork of the time‚ particularly of the Virgin Mary and the child Christ‚ as well as the shared techniques
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joke the essence is mostly lost in translation. Proverbs are hard to translate literally as well. The article ˝The Perception of Proverbiality“ published in 1984 by Shirley Arora says that typical stylistic features of proverbs are alliterations‚ parallelisms‚ rhymes and ellipses. All these stylistic devices are the reason why proverbs are likely to be lost in translation. Either they are grammatically not possible to exist in another language or in the case of an alliteration‚ the direct translation
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The Tragedy of Brutus After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus sets out to explain why the conspirators plotted against Caesar. He is there to shift the crowd to support the death of their beloved leader and to show them the good things that will result of Caesar’s demise. Brutus knows that the crowd is not on the side of the conspirators‚ so he knows he has to be cautious of how he gets their support. Brutus is worried about his public duty and is prepared to act for the common good of Rome.
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Who’s the criminal? Ornament has been a main topic within architecture‚ what ornament implies‚ how it can be created and wether or not it should be used. For Adolf Loos however‚ one aspect is apparent concerning ornament‚ that ornament should not be used. Even though his manifesto “Ornament and Crime” might seem to imply that ornament is a crime‚ instead he explores how evolution of culture and use of ornament go hand in hand. When beginning to explain his views and finds he goes into an argument
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The analysis «The Lumber Room» The text under analysis is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro (December 18‚ 1870 – November 13‚ 1916)‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer‚ whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged
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Model analysis of stylistic devices in an excerpt of Brian Clarke’s "Whose life is it anyway?"(p. 28‚ 10 30‚18) General remarks the conversation is held in a very witty style. Both sides think carefully about how to react and the impacts their remarks might have. Ken wants to provoke Dr Scott with sexual allusions to make her think about his situation Dr Scott tries to remain professional. She wants to avoid to hurt him. Neither does she want to end up being hurt herself. She is a position
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TEXT ANALYSIS The text under analysis is written by John Boynton Priestly. He is one of the outstanding English authors. He was the success of his novel “The Good Companions” (1929) which brought him world fame. The genre of the story is a play (drama). Form of narration is dramatic dialogue‚ especially in author’s remarks there are descriptive narration. According to the title we can guess that the play describes some dangerous situation‚ it implies that “dangerous corner” is a dead end‚ a
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writing students‚ a process of sowing that came to barren fruition in the bland‚ flat‚ snowy fields of zero-degree Minimalist prose. All this has been enough to keep me away from Carver for about a decade--a fruitful separation that weaned me from the stylistic Jonestown Kool-Aid of "See Spot run. See Jane drink. See Dick screw" Minimalism. Now I have returned to Carver’s first collection‚ Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please?‚ and in its first story‚ "Fat‚" I find an excellent example of what has always
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Stylistic analysis of the text “Hunting for a job” by Mc Clure Samuel Sidney McClure (1857-1949) created the first literary syndicate and developed "muckraking‚" which established him as one of America’s notable editors. He was born in County Antrim‚ Ireland‚ and emigrated with his widowed mother to Indiana when he was nine years old. He grew up nearly impoverished on a farm and graduated from Valparaiso High School in 1875. He worked his way through Knox College‚ where he co-founded its student
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