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    Gatsby’s Dream though literary Devices The American Dream is something everyone wants to conquer in life. Something that is so hard‚ that not much people can say they successfully did. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald took place in the1920’s. He himself is a character in the book named Nick. The book revolves around a man named Jay Gatsby and his struggles to be with the love of his life to make it perfect. It is not complete without her and he tries to win her heart back. It’s a tragic

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    around death. Why does he do that? One reason for this is probably because his life had many sorrows and difficulties. It was filled with deaths of close family members and many friendships. In his poems and other pieces of work he uses many literary devices to convey this. Edgar Allen Poe uses rhyme‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to show his different emotions and produce poems with themes of sorrow and regret. Poe’s use of structure emphasizes the way he uses repetition and rhyme in his poems and

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    female characters and why they are just as important as their male counterparts‚ explaining the need for equality in the world. He strongly voices his opinion on equality and our need for it. In Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech‚ he uses multiple literary devices and styles to pull his words together and make his point. Joss Whedon has firm beliefs and feels there is a need for equality. He discusses the multiple times he has been asked why he creates strong‚ independent female characters in his

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    Lawrence ’s Literary Devices When reading various works of literature‚ one often overlooks the importance of certain themes‚ symbols‚ and styles of writing that emphasize or even create the messages or feelings the author is attempting to convey. These subtle details are essentially the meat and potatoes of any work‚ and therefore one cannot comprehend the true meaning of the work without fully understanding these literary devices. D.H. Lawrence ’s The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story chock

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    Neruda adds obvious devices that overpower the poem‚ such as imagery and metaphors‚ but also connects possible archetypes and symbols to better express himself. To begin‚ the first stanza uses enjambment‚ as the end of the stanza leaves the reader hanging and curious. It says‚ “I want you to know/one thing.” (lines 1-2) What is this thing? The reader has no idea of it yet and is left thinking‚ wanting to read on. Next‚ the second stanza is filled with literary devices to inform the reader of

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    Levi Orr Mrs. Clarke Freshman English Scarlet Ibis Paragraph Literary Devices Used in the Scarlet Ibis In James Hurst’s Short Story “the Scarlet Ibis” The scene of the ibis’s death is used to symbolize and foreshadow doodle’s tragically premature death. One Saturday afternoon at lunch‚ the family heard a croak coming from the bleeding tree‚ and doodle ran outside to see what it was. He found a scarlet ibis “perched precariously” in the tree awkwardly flapping its “uncoordinated wings” Doodle

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    The author creates the poem though several literary devices‚ such as internal rhyme‚ apostrophe‚ and metaphor. In the metaphor‚ “Captain” symbolizes the President Lincoln. In the poem‚ the captain seems that he has tough times and succeeds through his trip‚ but is ultimately dead before he returns home. Through the captain‚ the author relates the character with the President Lincoln who led the United States to peace and was assassinated in the middle of the presidency. In addition‚ the author uses

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    writing the Book of Esther was to emphasize the importance of the Jewish people in God’s plan and to have them remember his divine providence. We can also find examples of leadership traits mentioned in its pages. The well-crafted plot uses several literary tools to make key points and provide humor. Most notable is the use of irony‚ motif and subversion throughout the text. A profound example of irony occurs in Esther 6:1-6:11‚ when Haman mistakenly believes that King Ahasuerus wants to honor him

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    by Sarah Orne Jewett. In this short passage the author details the story of a young girl whose curiosity leads her to climbing a tree in order to see miles and miles into the distance. In order to accomplish this‚ the author explores several literary devices such as diction‚ imagery and point of view to develop a scene which readers can picture and connect to. Whether it be through similes‚ metaphors or descriptive language‚ it is clear that the author wanted imagery to be a main focus for this

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    Plot surprise and close calls is the most important literary device used in Three Skeleton Key‚ because the story would not go anywhere if it was all details and mood. Close calls is important because the reader will get anxiety and the feel relieved because it was a close call. In Three Skeleton Key‚ there is lots of close calls like this one. “At two in the morning‚ While Itchua was dozing in his room the sheet of metal burst and the rats swarmed on top of him.” He still survived. Or like this

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