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    have been difficult to realize. It is just as easy to relate this poem to dreams in general. Hughes opens this poem by posing the question "what happens to a dream deferred?"(1) In the lines that follow‚ Hughes uses aspects of imagery‚ simile and metaphor to unveil a picture in the readers mind. Hughes uses imagery in a carefully arranged series of images that also function as figures of speech. By doing this he suggests that people should not delay their dreams because the more they postpone them

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    progression. It has its turning point when Ellie begins her adventure of finding ink‚ by walking out of her door. There is also a use of similes‚ metaphors and symbols. Especially the similes are visible - for example in line 49 “(...) and it feels like sludge‚ like thick dark sludge”‚ and line 83 “(...) and her skull feels as though it might split open”. The metaphors aren’t particularly prominent in the text‚ but these‚ plus the similes‚ make you get a more figurative interpretation‚ than if there weren’t

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    Analysis Of The Text «Doctor In The House» By Richard Gordon This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a famous English writer‚ who was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical

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    dissimilar things can be effective in explaining and drawing connections. For example‚ Product development is similar to the process of conceiving‚ carrying‚ and delivering a baby. Or‚ Downsizing or restructuring is similar to an overweight person undergoing a regimen of dieting habit changing and exercise. - Metaphors: A comparison between otherwise dissimilar things without using the words like or as results in a metaphor. For example‚ Our competitors’ CEO is a snake when it comes to negotiating. Or‚ My

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    nature; but even while she appreciates this creature‚ whenever she encounters it; it still chills her to the bone. Through her use of style such as personification‚ descriptive imagery‚ metaphors‚ and similes Dickinson causes the reader to gain an appreciation of the snake; but then uses the same style (metaphors and imagery) to remind her readers that the snake is still no matter what‚ chilling and terrifying. The snake is an individual of nature‚ and must be appreciated‚ yet Dickinson can never

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    The authoress ideas‚ for the most part‚ are dedicated to the women’s fight for their rights. 19th century society does not understand her confirmed feminine style of writing; however‚ in the 20th century Kate Chopin’s writing activity becomes an example for a great number of women’s movement. The story “The story of an Hour” tells about the woman’s excruciations. Mrs. Mallard is informed about her husband’s death and spends an hour in doubts‚ whether it is painful bereavement her or a chance to

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    accident through the collective nature of “we’re all” and the negative connotations of the word “hurting”. | |“That was the thing about my sisters‚ she’d become tough. It was like I hardly knew her anymore” (p29) |Characterisation of Kylie; simile; metaphor |Tom sums up Kylie’s negative transformation‚ a consequence of the accident with the metaphoric verb “tough” and the simile “like I hardly knew her anymore” which emphasises their changed relationship. | |“The clouds were out and a storm was threatening”

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    uses this train metaphor to depict herself as a victimized Jew who is being taken away to a concentration camp. Plath uses allusions to describe her father as Hitler‚ as it is written “And your neat moustache / And your Aryan eyes‚ bright blue”. This use of allusion gives her father the image of Hitler himself and it helps build the metaphor of her father as a Nazi. As the poem progresses‚ Plath becomes more blunt where she depicts her father as a Nazi. She uses the metaphor of her father not

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    Composers create distinctive voices in their texts to help shape‚ challenge or even support perceptions we have about the world we live in. Composers use distinctive voices in their texts to help us think about the significant issues involved in the world around us. Marele Day‚ in “the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender”. Using the form of a crime fiction to challenge our perceptions of the role of men and women in the world we live in. Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a dream” also explores these

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    adopt a voice in society and begs the ultimate question about women’s capacity to successfully break the chains of conformity. Plath’s multi-pronged approach addresses the poem’s persona’s confrontation with many social dichotomies. The most basic example of this duality is the fact that the speaker can’t distinguish between the surreal and the real. The first three stanzas begin with haunting rhetorical questions that leave her feeling “naked” and confused. Then‚ there are bizarre sequences in the

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