The Glass Menagerie a memory play by Tennessee Williams‚ based in St. Louis‚ follows the Wingfields ( Tom‚ Laura and Amanda) on their unknown quest to finding their own reality outside of the gender and social boxes society has already put them in. The glass menagerie is more than just entertainment it’s art. It’s art because it makes the reader put themselves in someone else’s shoes but in a way that they feel comfortable because they can relate to the actors struggles; it makes people fall in and
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The color of the wallpaper is “repellent‚ almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow‚ strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.” The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story which was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in January 1892. We are never given the full identity of the narrator in the story‚ yet we do know she “neglects proper self-control; taking pains to control myself- before him‚ at least‚ and that makes me very tired”‚ showing the reader she is mentally ill. Her and her husband John
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1984 1984 is a story written by George Orwell about a futuristic‚ dictatorial society in which everyone’s every move or thought is monitored. The government has total control of what knowledge is available and what each and every person in the society is allowed to think. People in the hierarchy of the government live in modern buildings with modern conveniences‚ while those beneath them struggle for necessities. Winston‚ the main character of the story‚ lives in a totalitarian world where everything
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compelling use of imagery in this poem is the description of what the two different people would see in a "box." The narrator explains with "as if some creature brooded underneath" and "where someone like me was walking and has gone". This helps create the mood of the poem‚ and the almost reflective state of mind the narrator is in. Use of hyperbole furthers the distinction between the two
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Mood of Despair In “In Another Country‚” Ernest Hemingway tells the story of wounded soldiers who are in the hospital to better their health. Hemingway uses different aspects of the story to create a despairing mood. The setting‚ elements of futility‚ and the isolation of the characters contribute to the mood of despair. The first device Hemingway uses to produce the mood of despair is the setting. The use of the setting helps create the despairing mood. Elements of futility in the plot also
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Wong Kar-Wai’s visually stunning‚"In the Mood for Love" is a film set in Hong Kong 1962‚ and made in the year 2000. The two protagonists‚ Chow Mo-Wan‚ and Su Li-Zhen‚ become neighbors where they discover that their marital partners have cheated on them. Through their mutual betrayal‚ they begin to develop an intimate bond‚ but the fear of becoming similar to their spouses causes them to avoid expressing it fully. The aesthetic elements play a strong role in broadening the viewer’s understanding of
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31‚ 2010 Period 6 The Devil and Tom Walker: Mood to Theme In Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the imagery creates a dark and disturbing mood which shows the theme of how greed will make some people do whatever it takes to get what they desire. The language or words used to describe things such as settings‚ a character‚ or an event can help create a mood to help describe the theme. The setting shows a dark and mysterious mood when it says‚ “The swamp was thickly grown with
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Authors using detailed descriptions to create a vivid image in a reader’s mind‚ are able to produce a suspenseful mood to keep the reader engaged. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Richard Connell’s use of imagery paints a picture in the readers’ minds. Suspenseful moods that are created by these pictures‚ are what keeps the readers wanting to know what happens next in the story‚ keeping them involved and continuing on with their reading. During the exposition‚ climax and falling action‚ suspense is created
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The use of language to convey changes and contrasts in mood and meaning Rachel Carson uses a wide variety of linguistics to convey various changes in mood and meaning. The extract has been labelled “A fable for tomorrow”; the word ‘fable’ shows Carson has intended to capture the reader’s thoughts about the article written and to suggest a meaningful moral at the end of the story. The first section begins with introducing a town in a very simple manner “there was once a town”‚ that an
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includes many tone words that have an overall effect on the mood of his poem. This aids us in figuring out what he is trying to teach to the readers. There is a variety of positive and negative tone words‚ so the story would be putting out many feelings throughout it. While reading “The Raven” the author gives many moods like suspenseful‚ loneliness‚ and cheerfulness. In the beginning of the story‚ the author uses words to make the mood creepy. The bird starts tapping on his window‚ so he doesn’t
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