Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa” Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy‚ which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis. To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do‚ men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex
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so it would be more appealing to varied audiences. Hollywood changes the epic poem so much in the movie to draw people’s attention‚ make it a good versus evil kind of movie instead of flat like the poem and making it a more sexy/ emotional movie. In the epic poem and the movie there are quite a few similarities. One being the symbols‚ Grendel represents life’s ordinary obstacles‚ Grendel’s mom represents
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BAHASA SEBAGAI ALAT KOMUNIKASI Menurut Felicia (2001 : 1)‚ dalam berkomunikasi sehari-hari‚ salah satu alat yang paling sering digunakan adalah bahasa‚ baik bahasa lisan maupun bahasa tulis. Begitu dekatnya kita kepada bahasa‚ terutama bahasa Indonesia‚ sehingga tidak dirasa perlu untuk mendalami dan mempelajari bahasa Indonesia secara lebih jauh. Akibatnya‚ sebagai pemakai bahasa‚ orang Indonesia tidak terampil menggunakan bahasa. Suatu kelemahan yang tidak disadari. Bahasa adalah produk masa
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Daddy? When you think of the term “daddy” what thoughts come to mind? For most it is an affectionate or familiar term‚ but not for all. In his poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke depicts an altercation between a father and son. In contrast to the poem‚ Holly Dunn emphasizes love and tenderness between a father and child in the song “Daddy’s hands.” Each writer is showing the important role a father plays in a child’s life from very different points of view. Both pieces have a very different
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The “Declaration of the Kind Addressed to All the French About His Flight from Paris” on June 21‚ 1971‚ has a pretty straightforward title because this document is just that. The previous day the king and his family had tried to escape France‚ only to be discovered a day’s journey away from the border. In this speech‚ possibly given by an announcer on the square due to its lack of first person pronouns‚ the king gives his point of view about what he thinks about France‚ where it is heading‚ and what
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English 201-101 Feb 29‚ 2012 Prof. Wright Assignment: “Two Kinds” Piano “Two Kinds” By Amy Tan is about Jing Mei mother who is clear in her daughter’s goals. She want Jing Mei to be a prodigy and famous. Her mother send her to the hair solon to make her look like Shirley Temple. She also forces Jing Mei to take piano lesson and soon has a recital‚ Jing Mei was confident to play. Her mother invites their auntie Lindo because she stretches out the
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Poem Analysis and Creation Name: __________________ Directions: Silently read the Maya Angelou‚ “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” in your poetry packet. Answer the following questions on the poem. 1. What does the speaker say about the possible fears in her life? 2. Do you see her conquering her fears or denying that she is actually afraid of them? Why would she do this? 3. If she is in fact not afraid‚ why do you think this is so? 4. Should she be afraid of the things listed in the poem?
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Within the poem‚ “The Author to Her Book‚” Anne Bradstreet uses a complex metaphor to describe her attitude towards one of her works that was published without her permission. Throughout the poem‚ she compares her anger towards her book to that of an unwanted child. Bradstreet apparently has the attitude of a perfectionist‚ so she did not think her book was worthy of publication. However‚ she was able to get it back and make corrections. Although Bradstreet has a negative attitude towards the publication
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selects her own Society" is one of the greatest poems written by Emily Dickinson. It personifies her literary career to the "t" with the upmost descriptiveness. This poem describes a difficult selection of the soul between two societies; popular majority and self majority. It displays a light sense of imagery with a dark sense of thought. However‚ Dickinson ’s diction‚ imagery‚ symbols‚ and rhyme are impeccable and root deeply from her sense of description. The diction inside of Dickinson ’s poem is
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"The Dog and the Sparrow" by Tourgenieff analysis ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Prof: Melissa Eidson 5/28/14 The poem "The Dog and the Sparrow" by Ivan Sergeevich Tourgenieff is an example of the sublime. It has the ability to cause the reader to feel deeply for the sparrow and its bravery and sacrifice. The poem is told in first-person point of view and uses figurative language and metaphors to tell the story. The theme is reverence for the sparrow‚ which like
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