J.D Salinger Michelle Sun Per 6 J.D Salinger is one of the most mysterious authors in the world. J.D Salinger is known to be a influential writer and is famous for his‚ “Catcher in The Rye” novel. He has garnered much attention with that novel. When hitting his peaks of success‚ J.D Salinger declared reclusion during his career. Which fumed up the curiosity of many readers. Many readers notice that much of his books are based on one central theme. When one’s innocence is lost and is forced
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How the vision/ eyes motif shows the powers and limitations of human vision. A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings to literary life the inherent qualities of the “eyes” in human nature. As its title suggests‚ this play is about dreams‚ and their often illogical‚ magical‚ and sensual character. William Shakespeare‚ the author‚ puts major emphasis on the overall idea of vision and indirectly expands this motif to express his personal opinion. He believes human vision is a dynamical force with transformative
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be interpreted that the anonymity of the narrator represents the conventional perspective of an outsider‚ someone not involved. One of the key aspects in the Novella is the way in which Conrad explores the depths of imagery‚ motif and symbolism. Arguably the biggest motif explored in Heart of Darkness is that of ‘Light’ and ‘Darkness’. Conrad’s use of ‘light’ and ‘darkness’ imagery is reflected through devices such as setting and atmosphere. The extract begins rich with imagery as Marlow talks
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when you are done. 1. The story sets the scene (lines1-29) by contrasting Grendel living in darkness to the Danes living in the light. What Christian motif(s) do you already see? ANSWER: 2. Other than the sadness over losing so many men‚ what have you learned about Norse beliefs in the afterlife that would cause King Hrothgar to sit “joyless/For the dead?” ANSWER: 3. What characteristics does Grendel have that make him particularly terrifying to the Danes?
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Romanticism‚ this topic became an obsession for the writers‚ as we can see in the poem of Percy Shelley‚ Adonais‚ an elegy about the death of John Keats. In modern literature‚ the greatest representation of death is in the work The death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy and a short story called The dead by James Joyce. Since colonial times to the nineteenth century‚ the motif of death was very present in the American literature. Scholars such as Gerald Kennedy‚ Wendy Simonds and Barbara Katz noted that this theme
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CRITICAL APPRECIATION It is a complex and metaphysical poem dealing with the twin aspects of love—physical and spiritual. Some critics like Legouis find in it a plan for seduction with emphasis on the physical nature of love‚ while others like Helen Gardner find in it an affirmation of spiritual love. In fact‚ it deals with the relationship of the body and the soul in love. What is ‘extasie’? ‘Extasie’ is essentially a religious experience in which the individual soul‚ ignoring the body‚ holds converse with
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Appearance versus reality motif means that someone trusts what they see more than what they know and is driven to the looks of a scene‚ object or person versus their “gut feeling” due to inexperience. The Landlady by Roald Dahl is the story of 17-year-old Billy Weaver who traveled to Baths in hopes of finding a job to become closer to becoming a successful businessman. Young Billy trusted his sight rather than what he believed and stayed at a bed and breakfast‚ located in a run-down part of town
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The River Motif In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn… this is the very name that can sound familiar to almost everybody from pupils in elementary school through students at university to elderly grandparents. But the more astonishing is that the characters‚ the flow of events and the bunch of themes‚symbols and motifs included mean for everybody something absolutely different. Till for an 11- year- old little boy it provides a real boyish story full of flabbergasting‚ enviable
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throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This time period‚ now referred to as the Spanish Golden Age of Drama‚ saw the rise of both secular and sacramental works in the country‚ and Golden Age playwrights often aimed to analyze religious motifs through a philosophical lens in their works. Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1635 work‚ Life is a Dream‚ attempts this merger of Christian and secular themes by equating Segismundo’s literal imprisonment with the original sin of man‚ a controversial
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“He just stared at me‚ and I saw that he had no idea of what late was. Glendine‚ his mama‚ probably lets him fall asleep in front of the set every night. I pictured him crumpled up on that smelly shag rug she keeps in front of the TV to catch the spills and crumbs” (2) The Author uses very strong and suitable words in this passage. For example he uses the word crumpled to describe the little boy laying on the rug. He could have used curled up or bundled up. Those words would have a warm cozy feeling
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