Comments on English Poetic Metaphors ABSTRACT The painters keep the scenery on the drawing board via pigment while the poets create the feeling of grace and depth via metaphors. Metaphor is a commonly-used figure of speech both in English and Chinese poems. With metaphor‚ poems become vivid‚ colourful‚ artistic and moving. The use of metaphors in English poems shows the nature and culture factors are quite influential in literature works. Nowadays‚ metaphor is more and more being concerned
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On the waterfront: the American Dream In Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront the metaphor of the American dream is portrayed through some images that reconstruct the mirror of the American working-class society of the 50’s. The mise en- scène used in the film together with the characters’ performance are the key elements that eventually contribute to the connection between the reflection of the desired American Dream and the realistic tone offered in the film. As regards the stylistic techniques
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Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s
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CHAPTER: 1 INTRODUCTION Sally Morgan is renowned aboriginal artist and the author of award winning novel my place. Basically the aboriginal word was first use in Italy and Greece to describe people who lived there or were inhabitants. They were seen as being like the Stone Age people of Europe. Australian aborigines migrated to Asia and this group formed a race later known as black Asians. Aboriginal culture has shown great continuity through time and space and also showed great change in diversity
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Kerr Inkson places a reliance on metaphor to enhance our understanding of careers. Critically assess this reliance in relation to the use of 4 metaphors of careers provided: career as actions‚ roles‚ relationships and (a) resource. In the early 21st century‚ career is a common term used to describe a pattern of work experience that occurs throughout a person’s lifetime (Arnold‚ 1997). This definition explains that a person has only one career but may have several occupations and a variety of
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Crucial health information is brought to the general public’s attention‚ when Morgan Spurlock directs and stars in the documentary film Super Size Me. After the obesity epidemic that broke out in the early 2000’s‚ Spurlock wonder’s what would happen if he were to consume only McDonald’s for breakfast‚ lunch and dinner for thirty days. This experiment raised many eyebrows to what is really reflected as healthy food. Therefore‚ due to Spurlock’s study a question came to mind; Should McDonald’s place
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18 January 2012 Metaphors in “Master Harold”... and the boys “Master Harold”... and the boys‚ is a powerful play written by Athol Fugard that allows us to analyze the complex relationship between a black man and a young white boy within the context of racism in South Africa in the 1950’s. This play is characterized by metaphors used by the author to illustrate the struggle of people dealing with racism. One of the most important themes of this play is racism‚ focusing on the injustice in South
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More often than we would prefer‚ we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human‚ if we fail to record our incidents. However‚ this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf‚ whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions‚ allusions‚ and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically‚ those
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In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver‚ she creates a symbol of a rhizobia which are bugs that help support the root of the plant and give them long green pods. In the novel‚ we see Taylor and Mattie help support Lou Anne‚ Turtle‚ Estevan and Esperanza throughout difficult times. Taylor helps support Turtle when she becomes her caretaker . When Taylor was given the baby in the beginning‚ she never committed to raise her. Taylor began to accept Turtle and the responsibilities that came
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5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0… All it took for three bodies to be flung to the ground‚ lifeless. The blood-curdling screams from his friends rang constantly throughout his mind. “Heh. Fools. You call yourself the Warriors of Light? You’re merely lambs‚ lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the name of His Majesty.” His hands trembled in fear‚ unable to grip the cold‚ blood-stained floorboards of the Grandship. Unable to register what had happened. Unable to breathe. A mocking laughter bellowed from the monstrous
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