After reading the short story called “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin‚ I feel the setting in this story is very interesting and designed because there are different objects symbolise to other abstracts which author wants to tell readers. The main character‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who experiences an hour that she learns her husband died from a railroad accident‚ deserves to freedom in this society. During this hour‚ her emotions alerts from grief to delighted‚ from nervous to comfortable‚ and from untrammeled
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While reading this poem‚ it evokes many emotions at once and anyone could say the same; they would read this poem and feel as if they were on a rollercoaster. It has a very peaceful and romantic tone at the beginning‚ including descriptive imagery such as “the crystal moon” and “the red branch” (line 5) that is used to inform the lover on how much he loves her. However‚ it then suddenly transitions into a serious and somber attitude from the author‚ alerting her what would happen if she were to forget
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Literary Devices used in MACBETH Imagine how dull a Shakespearean play would be without the ingenious literary devices and techniques that contribute so much to the fulfillment of its reader or viewer. Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is a tragedy that combines fact and legend to tell the story of an eleventh century king. Shakespeare uses numerous types of literary techniques to make this tragic play more appealing. Three literary devices that Shakespeare uses to make Macbeth more interesting
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their feelings within a relationship‚ whether it be with each other or a romantic relationship. In order for them to transgress their sentiment‚ they may in some cases use tough love. On the other hand‚ they themselves will be subjected to much worse devices‚ such as violence. Like most people‚ they yearn for tenderness in the simplest of means but more often than not can not find it. The fragility of their bonds often mixes with the mysterious underlying curse lurking their family‚ internally and externally-fukú
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the reader‚ they can convey the ideas and themes represented in the story successfully to the audience‚ and therefore the intension of the writer can be better understood and appreciated. In order to achieve this target‚ the writers often employ literary techniques‚ such as foreshadowing‚ story in story‚ suspense‚ etc‚ to attract and hold the reader’s attention. Usually‚ the plot itself plays the most important role in holding the reader’s attention‚ by evoking the interest and curiosity in the
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of pretty‚ pretty boys that she calls friends” Henley formed those lyrics based off of a breakup with his ex-girlfriend‚ Loree Rodkin. The very first lines of the song sets the whole setting by using imagery. It not only uses visual imagery when it says “On a dark desert highway‚” but also imagery that applies to the sense of smell when the singer says “warm smell of colitas‚” (another
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box” of his heart‚ a symbol to demonstrate the postmodern element of self alienation present throughout Beloved. The alliteration of ‘tobacco tin’ alludes to the sound of metal. Coupled with the immediate imagery of a “tin box”‚ this highlights a potent juxtaposition to the soft‚ human imagery of a ‘heart’. The symbol exemplifies the rejection of Paul D’s emotions‚ which forces him to sacrifice much of his humanity and selfhood‚ representing a controlled deposit of memory. Contrastingly‚ Beloved
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Here is what I thought of the poem after reading and studying it. It is not so much an analysis of the poem‚ but an analysis of the devices used to convey the thesis of the poem. E. E. Cummings presents his views about life and how the individual is able to create more opportunities in life by pushing boundaries than if he were to conform to the demands of society by using sequential diction in an informal sentence structure through a weary tone. The weary tone gives the impression that the
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leads her to climbing a tree in order to see miles and miles into the distance. In order to accomplish this‚ the author explores several literary devices such as diction‚ imagery and point of view to develop a scene which readers can picture and connect to. Whether it be through similes‚ metaphors or descriptive language‚ it is clear that the author wanted imagery to be a main focus for this text. There are a plentitude of examples showing such language‚ one of them being the quote “More than all
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Some the literary elements that Poe uses in the bells are onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ repetition‚ and rhythm. Onomatopoeia which is the formation of word by imitation of a sound made or associated with its referent‚ it is used in line 3 with the phrase tinkle tinkle‚ tinkle. Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group‚ used in verse 2 lines 10 and 12 “frantic fire” and “desperate desire.” Assonance
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