In his novel Ulysses‚ James Joyce depicts and criticizes a dystopian society where the people are highly influenced by the depressing environment‚ yet their attempt to change the current situation remains futile. A major source of depression as described in the novel is the religion. As Stephen said‚ “I am the servant of two masters‚ […] an English and an Italian” (Joyce 19). Here‚ the Italian master refers to the Roman catholic church. During the 20th century‚ the unstable political state in Ireland
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and the institutions we help to shape‚ live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly-based. Universal Values and Why They are important in your life? Define morality. Do you think that morality is a private issue or is this an oxymoron: Morality can be a subjective thing however‚ it is referred to as a code of conduct by which human beings regulate their lives. Generally‚ people sure have strong beliefs about what’s right and wrong. Yet even though morals can vary from person to
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What I enjoy the most about King Lear is the rate at which the characters in the play develop. Through only the first act‚ most of the characters have changed dramatically since the start. Goneril and Regan were loving and kind to their father until he gave them rule over his kingdom. Now‚ they treat him as if he is a senile old man‚ a danger to himself and those around him. They show him little to no respect and begin taking things away from him such as his knights. Lear also matures throughout
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at extreme late hours at night. The word “thousands” is massive number that attaches to the audiences brains that causes the women to feel more sorrow concerning the children’s working conditions. During the midsection of the speech Kelley uses oxymoron in order to keep her audience attention and to keep her audience motivated but the most importantly to make her audience remember her speech. When Kelley refers to the “enlightened states” and the pitiful privilege of working all night long” is to
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Contrast Between Language of Love in the Balcony Scene and the Language of Death in the Final Scene of Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare introduces many themes that he continues throughout all of his tragedies‚ including the language of love vs. the language of death. The balcony scene is the most valuable scene illustrating the language of love‚ whereas in the final scene of the play the language of death is used to set the stage for their suicides‚ pulling
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Shelley’s poem is a melancholy meditation on the transience of youth and life’s happiness. This central idea is explicitly made obvious through different stylistic devices. To begin with‚ the theme is mainly built on contrast. The speaker’s sense of loss is in fact reinforced by a central thematic opposition between past happiness and present sadness. The vanished pleasures of the speaker’s youth are indeed contrasted to the difficulties and sadness of his present as an old man. Stanzas‚ too‚ are
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Example Trope Scheme Name of Trope/Scheme 1 “To those old allies…To those new states…To those people in the huts…To our sister republics…” √ ANAPHORA 2 “But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.” OXYMORON 3 “And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion…” METAPHOR 4 “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor‚ it cannot save the few who are rich.” ANTITHESIS 5 “Let both sides explore…Let both
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doublethink? 9. What is the metaphoric meaning of the memory holes? 10. What is the effect of the tone in the paragraph that begins with “Winston dialed ‘back numbers’ on the telescreen” on page 38? 11. What is the effect of the oxymoron “armies of reference clerks” on page 42? 1984 Chapters 1.5-1.8 (pp. 48-104) 12. How is Winston’s prophecy of Syme’s imminent disappearance ironic? 13. What is the effect of comparing the man in the Fiction Department to a duck on pages
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Coping with death can be one of the hardest and most emotional tests of character one can be faced with. When you’re forced to deal with the passing of a loved one‚ your left with your grief‚ sorrow and the loneliness left behind. Yet in Emily Dickinson’s poem “The last Night that She lived” it is almost devoid of emotion entirely. The opening stanza gives a preview of the poem‚ its devoid of emotion‚ we have no relation to who has died‚ and no name given to make a connection or sympathize
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and let me die” Juliet hear voices and realizes the watchmen are coming .She picks up Romeo’s dagger from his pocket and then uses oxymoron by calling it a happy dagger which is to say the dagger is happy because it is about to do what it does; stab people. She says this and without hesitation ‚ stabs herself. I really love shakespeare’s clever use of the oxymoron in this scene because it is very effective in showing the love relationship between characters and helps readers identify the juxtaposition
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