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    A common interpretation of The Last Duchess centers on the idea of the objectification and subjugation of women. We can see that the Duke judges the value of a living woman by referring to the Duchess as "painted on the wall... There she stands as if alive.” He attempts to identify his wife with the painting‚ due to the fact that the Duchess is no longer there‚ physically with him‚ the painting is enough for the Duke and also makes her a lot easier to control. He also refers to the painting of his

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    ‘what thou wouldst highly‚ that wouldst thou holily’ this also shows that Macbeth did not have enough mental strength and was not courageous enough. We also view him as someone ambitious towards the start of the poem but then we see through this quote ‘My thought‚ whose murder is yet fantastical’ That the ambition he has turns into greed which disagrees with the way a renaissance noble soldier should act‚ they should be showing honour toward his

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    In studying and looking at the sophistication of literary terms in “The Lottery” there are many different literary devices we can figure out in the specific storyline of the lottery ad especially in its themes. The story “The Lottery” focuses on an extremely heavy amount of suspicion between different social classes in the story. This suspense is a literary device that can be heavily seen through the story. The celebration of the lottery can be seen as a vital tradition in their old-style neighborhood

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    This theme can be found through the several literary devices scattered among the song lyrics‚ such as the verse “You have invented a new kind of stupid/A damage you can never undo kind of stupid/An open all the cages in the zoo kind of stupid/Truly‚ you didn’t think this through? Kind of stupid.” This verse not only uses multiple metaphors‚ but uses repetition to emphasize the “kind of stupid.”This verse helps you understand that Alexander has done something wrong. Towards the end of the song there

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    Both poems “Hazel tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Hown Machan and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning uses unique ways to reveal the speakers. The speakers of each poem reveal something about themselves as they try to narrate a story. The speaker of the “Hazel tells LaVerne” story repeats the line “me a princess‚” indicating that her bluster is just a front for her dreams. The word choice and humorous tone of Machan’s story also reveal much about Hazel’s personality and position. The ways she uses

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    its literal or visible meaning. -This word origins in Middle English allegorie‚ from Latin allegoria‚ from Greek allegoria‚ from allegorein to speak figuratively‚ from allos ‘other’ + egorein ‘to speak publicly’. -A short example of this literary device can be the poem ‘Epigram’ by Langston Hughes: Oh‚ God of dust and rainbow‚ help us see That without dust the rainbow would not be. in which ‘dust’ and ‘rainbow’ stand for something else rather than their superficial meaning in this poem

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    How Shakespeare Uses Literary Devices to Achieve the Moral in Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ one dominant moral is made clear to the audience‚ do not tempt fate‚ let nature take its course. Some of the ways that Shakespeare achieves this is through the development of conflicts in the plot and also through dialogue‚ vivid imagery and metaphors created by the atmosphere in the play. The characters develop in the early acts to identify the protagonist and antagonists to the audience

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    Literary Devices Essay Literary Devices Used in “The Crucible.” “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller is a politically charged play. It was written in 1953 and made into a movie in 1996. He uses literary devices such as themes‚ tone‚ and ironic devices to show the politically strict and crazy ways of society. Arthur Miller shows the theme of hysteria throughout the play in the characters and actions mostly of Abigail. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witch craft and gets her sent to jail. Abigail

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    and sizzle * Imagery is a descriptive language poets use to create word pictures or images. Images are enhanced by sensory language which provides details related to the senses. Types of poetry * Narrative-tells story that has the same literary elements‚ such as character‚ plot‚ stings‚ as works of prose fiction. Ballads‚ epics‚ and verse romances are three types of narrative poems. * Dramatic- uses techniques of drama to represent the speech of one or more characters in verse form

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    have entirely different identities which are often conveyed by their writing in pieces Fish Cheeks and Evacuation Orders. Abu Lughod’s identity theory is inadvertently evidenced by the work of Tan and Gruenewald‚ especially through their use of literary devices. It can be argued that Abu-Lughod’s views are merely opinion; however‚ they are supported by factual evidence. One of her main points was that people tend to stereotype based on one aspect of a person’s identity. For example‚ Middle Eastern

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