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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Out of all the poems available for a title poem for Sylvia Plath’s anthology‚ Cut would make the “cut”. While Sylvia has a much darker writing style‚ Cut is about as humorous as her poems get. Cut is one of the more memorable poems read by the class‚ and the poem sticks due to its odd descriptions and nooks and crannies of a chipped thumb. The only time Sylvia really utilizes humor in her poetry is when she makes fun of her own fumbles and follies‚ in Stings‚ about not conforming to the modern housewife
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In the article‚ The Mirror With a Memory the author discusses the invention of the camera and its many political uses. In doing so he makes the argument that although the pictures are a valuable resource for historians‚ they can still hold a bias. A source can only as credible as the intent of the author. The author starts by describing the situations that the lower class endured. He uses a book‚ How the Other Half Lives which was written by Jacob Riis. Riis also took many pictures to help document
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In the short story‚ “Initiation”‚ Sylvia Plath utilizes Millicent and the sorority girls to imply the theme that conformity for popularity is not better than being one’s own self. Following Millicent through the hazing period or ‘initiation’ of a sorority-like high school social group‚ the reader witnesses Plath’s changing of the character. In the beginning of the story‚ Plath describes the protagonist in the basement of a house‚ detailing how it felt “dark and warm‚ like the inside of a sealed jar”(1)
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The morning song ‘Morning song’ by Sylvia Plath describes the birth‚ early stages of childhood and the sentimental value of a child in a very unique way. This poem was wrote from Sylvia Plath’s own experience of child birth‚ it can also be related to by parents‚ it could be thought it is aimed mainly at females as this poem is quite feminine. This eighteen line lyrics is structured in 3 line stanzas which are called tersest. It is a tender poem and the overall tone of it is quite mellow. The opening
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Sylvia Plath’s poem "Daddy" portrays her love and hate relationship with her own father. At first glance‚ the poem almost spits vivid words of rage and hate toward her father; but even on the second reading the very structure of the poem‚ as well as a few word choices betray the love she feels for him. This creates a warring duality and she herself the views this unresolved relationship as the root of her misery. The very title of the poem Daddy contradicts the face value of the poem as a whole
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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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uses many tools to engage the reader into the story. The usage of tools such as personification‚ imagery‚ metaphors‚ and allusions add to his message that he portrays in his multiple stories. The message to be aware of the consequences technology can bring to this world. The first tool that is found readily in Bradbury’s stories is personification. In the story‚ There Will Come Soft Rains‚ the use of personification is to build up the story due to the lack of characters in the story. In particular
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The diction‚ tone‚ and structure of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Edge” create disturbingly calm imagery and symbolism that illustrate the peace and perfectness found in the finality of death. The poem opens with diction emphasizing the unsettling imagery that carries throughout the poem. The detached third-party speaker looks on a “dead body” with “bare feet” “perfected” and wearing the “smile of accomplishment” under a white “toga.” This raw‚ pure and positive diction in the presence of suicide creates
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centuries‚ presidents have influenced sense if security for their citizens as they strive for a positive future towards America’s base. Many as Abraham Lincoln cared to “bind up the nation’s wounds” especially after the battle for civil rights. Personification can be referred to as a description of the post war society as it implies the country needing a fix with an appeal of ethos. A message of optimism is therefore sent to convey the presence of aspiration in Lincoln’s mind‚ even in a time of division
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