Information on all 6 Poems. Full Bright Scholars • This poem is about when he first saw Plath • Use of first person‚ draws us in. painstaking his own memory • "Where was it‚ in the strand? A display"- Questioning his memory. • "A picture of that year’s intake....."- Follows up with a series of statements. • "You" become the addressee • Very tightly Structured • Veronica Lake- actor • "Your Veronica Lake bang. Not what it hid"- Plath had a scar on her face
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we likely have a dream we hope to achieve. In "Harlem (A Dream Deferred)"‚ Langston Hughes makes use of powerful sensory imagery‚ figures of speech‚ and rhyme to show the emotions created when a dream is deferred‚ or not achieved. Hughes uses rhetorical questions with similes to show his opinion of unfulfilled dreams. He suggests that deferred dreams‚ ¡°like a raisin in the sun¡¦like a sore¡¦ like rotten meat¡¦ like a heavy load‚¡± cause tremendous pain and suffering. Each of these figures of
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something else eg. You’re a bear. 19- Contrast‚ To show difference when comparing. 20- Symbolism‚ Image used to represent an idea. 21- Informal‚ More appropriate in spoken language. 22- Smilies‚ Show how something is similar eg Like/as. 23- Rhetorical question‚ A question which does not require a response for it is implied. 24- Tone‚ How something sounds eg. Mysterious/serious etc. 25- Colloquial‚ Relating to conversation (Conversational/informal) 26- Alliteration‚ Repetition of sound eg.
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explored. The persona feels the ultimate betrayal by the hands of his girlfriend who committed an act of infidelity‚ this leading to the sense of loss‚ heartache and betrayal. ‘And when did your eyes begin to look fake?’ throughout the use of the rhetorical question the persona the situation whilst the adjective ‘fake’ highlights the betrayal (his girlfriend is who he thinks she was). Therefore‚ the song expresses how betrayed the protagonist felt about what his love had done to him. Another theme
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because he do not want to rotten up in prison. He says that he has spent his life in prison to find God who he is has wanted to know for a long time. He means that he is just a victim of society’s bullshit. In the end of the letter he asks some rhetorical questions and then he says that she is always welcome to comment and suggest things. -“God‚ I Love you‚ Nicole”. The themes in Gary Gilmore’s letter to Nicole: I think that the theme is something about right and wrong and do not have a special
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everything that he has been told. This causing George to get frustrated pronouncing “So you forgot that awready‚ did you? I gotta tell you again do I? Jesus Christ”. The language used presents the way of how a parent speaks to their child using rhetorical questions‚ making them feel guilty. Also the sentences are short and snappy conveying an annoyed tone of voice‚ making Lennie feel small and shy. Lennie and George’s relationship however is very close and we can see that
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How Does James Seek To Disturb and Involve The Reader In The Turn Of The Screw? The Turn of the Screw‚ written by author Henry James‚ although defying many gothic conventions remains one of the most suspenseful and sinister tales of the Victorian Era. The novella’s enthralling nature effectively seeks to disturb and involve readers and this is made evident through James’s successful use of a variety of structural and literary techniques to create and prolong suspense and ambiguity. James first
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How is conflict in relationships presented in Les Grands Seigneurs and one other poem from your collection? (Medusa) To start with‚ both poems explore the conflicts in a love relationship between women and men. They are both written from a women’s perspective and display a conflict over the levels of power in relationships. In Les Grands Seigneurs‚ we are invited to speculate on the musings of the narrator as she looks back to the past: a time when men were her ‘castellated towers’ and she controlled
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A very surprising science fiction story that reverses the werewolf idea. A wolf turns into a man and scares the living daylights out of his wolf wife and wolf children. What makes this story amazing is that LeGuin tricks us‚ throughout much of the story‚ into believing that the tale is about humans. She teases us with issues of child abuse‚ male-female relationships‚ life in a small town‚ and sisterly devotion‚ but she upsets our expectations‚ forces us to ask questions‚ re-read the story‚ and come
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becoming successful than a white child born on the same day‚ all because of their skin color. Kennedy was more effective at calling people to action because he directly asks Congress for a change. Kennedy went for the more direct approach‚ he asked rhetorical questions that really persuaded people over to his side. Kennedy states exactly what he wants to change‚ how he wants it to change‚ and why he wants it to change. Kennedy not only asks Congress for a change. He asks the citizens in the last few
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