Bryan Benalcazar AP Literature Deception and Inner Conflicts in Macbeth In today’s world‚ people live through lies and within fraudulence that cause conflicts within one’s self. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the protagonist‚ Macbeth encounter inner conflicts that introduce the idea of duplicity in the text through the discrepancy of the proposed murder and the irony that is established by his ambition‚ which established the central theme of the play of appearance vs. reality. The discrepancy of
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“I (Old Major) have little more to say. I merely repeat‚ remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs‚ or has wings is a friend. And remember also that in fighting against man‚ we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him‚ do not adopt his vices.” George Orwell‚ Animal Farm (11). Old Major‚ the oldest and wisest pig on the farm‚ described to the animals what life would look like without
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Work for The Skating Party 1. Find and explain one example each of both verbal and situational irony: follow the four-step quotation-using method exactly for each‚ using one quotation for each of these two kinds of irony. Your “step four: explain further” step for each will explain what each example of irony does for the story (what response is seen in the average reader.) 2. What is the plot twist at the end? (Explain how Summers plays with the readers’ assumptions) 3. Why must Merna Summers
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Macbeth Spotting Quotations Stars‚ hide your fires‚ Let not light see my black and deep desires‚ The eye wink at the hand. Yet let that be‚ Which the eye fears when it is done to see. (I‚ v‚ 50-53) The above quotation is said by Macbeth‚ though it is being said [Aside] (or to himself) as Duncan‚ Malcolm‚ and Banquo are not supposed to know of his dark feelings. First off‚ this creates dramatic irony because the audience knows something that the characters do not. It also creates suspense
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The three quotes provided are similar in that they all explore aspects of the difficulty of looking at events through memories. In the first quote‚ the narrator demonstrates that as far as the day of Santiago Nasar’s death goes‚ there are conflicting accounts of the weather that morning. The second compares looking at life through memories to looking at it through shards of broken glass – one cannot look at one complete picture and is thereby left to piece the memory together themselves. The final
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THE GLASS CASTLE Jeannette Walls An essay by LiiseLotte Vilimaa Question 1 The protagonist‚ Jeannette Walls‚ had many significant issues and that were extremely embarrassing‚ shocking and sad. In this book‚ her parents and their lifestyle were the prime reason for her issues. Part One of The Glass Castle foreshadows the rest of the book. It shows a prime example of her parents being one of the most embarrassing and sad things in her life. As she sits in a taxi in New York
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In Ken Liu’s short story “Paper Menagerie” Jack‚ a naive Asian-American adolescent‚ lives alongside his family in America. Unlike Jack’s father‚ his Chinese mother was a significant figure throughout his childhood. She was his shoulder to cry on‚ someone who could lift him up when he was down. That was until he conformed to the matrix of society and they grew distant from each other. Caught up in his own self-righteousness‚ Jack’s mother passes away rendering him sorrowful. Liu utilizes symbolism
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GENERAL NOTES ON LITERARY LANGUAGE 4 CHAPTER II VARIETIES OF LITERARY LANGUAGE 6 CONCLUSION 11 List of Literature 12 INTRODUCTION A literary language is a register of a language that is used in literary writing. This may also include liturgical writing. The difference between literary and non-literary (vernacular) forms is more marked in some languages than in others. Where there is a strong divergence‚ the language is said to exhibit diglossia. Classical Latin was the literary register of Latin
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Written Report: Russian Formalism and New Criticism Formalism is a literary theory that was spearheaded by two main bodies – Russian Formalists and New Critics – which focused on understanding the literary text through the text itself. Its principles posed a great shift from the traditional approaches during its time‚ and so it sparked a movement in the field of literary studies that would adopt new perspectives and ideas. While Formalism received much criticism due to its dubious methods of
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P : Point E: Evidence T: Technique E: Elaboration R: Response Point : State the point you are trying to prove eg. the conflict in the extract symbolizes change.... Evidence : Give evidence for the conflict by quoting.. Technique : State Literary Features Elaboration : Develop your point further and give a deeper explanation on your point. Also state the reason for the point that the author was trying to make‚ or the reason for which the literary feature was used. (Why was is used?)
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