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    you still need to remember theirs something afterlife that we don’t quite know about yet‚ but will find out soon. Life is like a battlefield but only it feels longer even though it may not be. You don’t only enjoy life but you can also dread it as a person‚ you go through so many different feelings and actions throughout your life. One of the poetic devices is style‚ it shows this

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    the short story while alluding to the ending in a very subtle way. This device gives us an insight into the sensitivity of the minor characters emotions with a questioning insight on the main character. Foreshadowing is used in the beginning when Kate Chopin writes‚ “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble‚ great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husbands death.” This device hints that such news could cause Mrs. Mallard to have a heart complication

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    preference for the leisure of the past‚ conveying the message that the rushed leisure of her time is hardly leisure at all. She accomplishes this by using several stylistic devices‚ including personification‚ imagery‚ and diction. <br> <br>The most obvious stylistic device used by Eliot is that of personification. She uses this device to create two people from her thoughts on old and new leisure. The fist person is New Leisure‚ who we can infer to be part of the growth of industry in the 19th century

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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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    The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschyius’ “Seven Against Thebes” ends. “Antigone” is typical of the drama of ancient Greece and there are many evident features that support this. Ancient Greek drama is literary work with dialogue written in verse (really) and by actors such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek drama is dramatic irony and this is the failure of a character to see or

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    Authors use literary devices in their works for a variety of reasons. The same holds true in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The use of these devices has an effect on the plot’s development. Several literary devices can be seen in Julius Caesar‚ and they all have an effect on the plot. Foreshadowing is a key literary device in the play. We see foreshadowing from the beginning of the play‚ when the Soothsayer tells Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March" in Act I‚ Scene I‚ which happens to be the day

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    different languages and symbols in the book can be compared to what is going on today. Let’s discuss the character’s actions and rolls played within’ the reading. Also‚ what does acceptance mean to the reader; when reading the text. Within’ this literary analysis‚ I will be comparing between the era of which the book was written and today’s society. As well as the issues of African American identity failure. First‚ why do people refuse to see the man? Knowing the era of when the book was written

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    mortal ever dared to dream before”‚ which could mean that he is dreaming while he is taking a nap. In the end of the poem when the raven is in his chamber the narrator is yelling at the raven and at the beginning of the poem the narrator says‚ “And the only word there spoken was the whispered word‚ “Lenore!””. The narrator could have gone crazy from losing his loved one Lenore that he hears things about Lenore. At the end of the poem the narrator says‚ “the air grew denser‚ perfumed from an unseen

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    Ministers Black Veil Literary Device Analysis Mrs. Joseph Darien Miller 4/16/13 In every literary piece an individual reads‚ may It be short story or novel‚ there are bound to be some type of literary device‚ may it be just one main one the author focuses their attention to add a specific tone to their piece as a well as make that literary piece distinguishable‚ or multiple devices to maintain variety and unpredictability. Without at least decent use of literary device‚ the reader’s eyes

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    on. His story is a was meant to be a representation of how the ordinary people were affected by the revolutionary period and the reforms. Ah Q is used as an example of the move toward Western ideas‚ seen in his name by using the English letter “Q” only. His treatment by the other people in his village also show the treatment many found‚ especially those from poor rural communities like Ah Q‚ where Ah Q is criticized for referring to the bench as a “long bench” instead of a “straight bench”‚ like

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