In this poem‚ Derozio personifies India and talks to her in a monologue. Derozio talks about the glorious past of India. He tells her (while Derozio does not hint at what sex he personifies India as‚ I assume it to be a female because we always refer to a country as mother and in India we refer to our country as Bharat Mata (or mother India the diety)) that in her days of glory‚ she used to be regarded highly‚ worshipped and was considered sacrosanct. But now (at the time of writing the poem) all
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The Handkerchief also goes through an almost pseudo-personification as it takes on a life of its own by acting as a sort of possessed object and rebelling against the audiences expectations by taking over the plot. When interrogating his wife about the missing handkerchief Othello explains its origin as a gift an “Egyptian to my mother give” so she could have the love of Othello’s father but this love would be lost if she ever lost it or gave it away (3.4.66). He also states that the woman who gave
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He uses personification in three ways in this poem. First‚ he says “Yet if hope has flown away” Even so‚ we all know that hope is an abstract thing and it can’t literally fly. Next‚ he says that “One from the pitiless wave?” Despite that wave can’t pity‚ he personified
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interpretation of the text. This rhetorical strategy used at the beginning of the story allows the author to set up his thoughts before he starts to claim a particular idea‚ making the base of his argument strong. In addition‚ the author’s use of personification when describing life as if “the seasons rolled by..” made it easier for him to get to his purpose rather quickly (Accawai). His introduction combined with some imagery
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The owners of the house have disappeared due to nuclear blast which left nothing left but the house. Bradbury explains the daily routine of the house until something came across and left the house burning on the ground. Ray Bradbury portrays personification throughout the entire story to show that one day technology will overpower
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dreams are as important as lives. The poem shows a theme of reflection of one’s life. To hold onto your dreams as if they were your last drop of hope. Without dreams‚ one’s life would seem empty and dull. Hughes uses a mixture of metaphors and personification throughout his poem. Hughes uses metaphors to show how useless life would be without dreams: “Life is a broken-winged bird” (Hughes 3)A bird with broken wings cannot fly anymore‚ a man without dreams cannot live their life to the fullest. The
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Euripides’ Medea uses the personification of the golden dress to symbolize the aggressive power takeovers of the BC Greek era. “She‚ when she saw the dress‚ could not restrain herself. She agreed with all her husband said‚ and before he and the children had gone from the palace‚ she took the gorgeous robe and dressed herself in it‚ and put the golden crown around her curly locks. She arranged the set of the hair in the shining mirror‚ and smiled at the lifeless image of herself in it. Then she
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selfishness‚ cruelty‚ and violence. The zebra is the injured Chinese sailor and he personifies fear and desperation. The Mother is the orangutan and she personifies motherly love and affection and the Tiger‚ Richard Parker was Pi and he was the personification of the evil that is inherent in the heart of every man. Even after Pi survived those appalling months at sea‚ he still lived on as an ardent Hindu‚ Muslim‚ and Christian throughout his life in Canada. Pi sustained a great deal of pain‚ and never
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In “The Rocking-Horse Winner‚” there is a lot of personification used in the story. However‚ the most important personification that affected the story’s plot development was when the house was talking. DH Lawrence draws a connection between the house being able to talk‚ and emphasizing the family’s increase of needing and wanting more money. The personification of the house affects the exposition by showing the family’s unspoken greed for money. The story starts out as the house is “whispering”
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Oedipus often uses personification in his dialogs to make them more emotional. “stab of memory taking me insane” (pg. 240‚ lines 1455-1456) In this quote‚ Oedipus talks about his true feelings. He personifies his thoughts and describes how they stab him with bits if his memories. He continues by saying that these stabs are driving him insane and what he has done is all on him‚ therefore‚ he should be “cast” away. A theme found in Oedipus The King is - We are our own worst enemy. Oedipus clearly
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