A Passage to India In this excerpt from the novel A Passage to India‚ the author explores several themes through the use of figurative language‚ linguistic features‚ and literary devices. One theme is the triviality and evanescence of mankind’s order and plans when juxtaposed with the splendor and immutability of the universe. This comparison draws attention to itself when the narrator begins his description of the sky: “Some kites hovered overhead‚ impartial‚ …and with an impartiality exceeding
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Frankenstein Passage Analysis To make a good story an author needs to add certain elements like imagery‚ tone and theme. Imagery is descriptive elements that give the story a time and setting that gives the reader an idea of what is happening in the story. Another element is tone‚ this is the attitude that the author is trying to give while reading. The last element is theme‚ authors use themes in books to discuss the main ideas of the books topic. We see all these elements in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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1924‚ the British policy had also changed: there were two main parties‚ the Liberal and the Conservative. British Empire was changing. The change was more evident in Ireland. Ireland gained the indipendence in 1921. KEY POINTS FULL TITLE: “A Passage to India” AUTHOR: Edward Morgan Forster TYPE OF WORK: Novel TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN: 1912-1924 England DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 1924 TENSE: Past THEMES: Culture Clash; Friendship; Ambiguity; Religion CHARACTERS: Dr Aziz‚ Mr Fielding
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"The Middle Passage" by Olaudah Equiano “The Middle Passage” from “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the African‚ Written by Myself” is a traumatic narrative of the horrors suffered by the Africans slaves of the 18th century‚ which has touched my heart. No human being should ever have to endure what the African slaves and their families endured during slavery and voyage through the “The Middle Passage”. The Middle Passage was called the route of the triangular
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thin‚ “in their white sick faces there glowed the dawn of a new future‚ a perfect resurrection into a new life. Love had raised them from the dead‚ and the heart of each held endless springs of life for the heart of the other” (526). I found this passage intriguing because I think it is amazing how Sonya and Raskolnikov came into each other lives and saved each other‚ whether it be directly or indirectly. For instance‚ Sonya serves as Raskolnikov’s link to humanity. She provides him contact with the
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Together‚ they chanted One! Two! Three! and they crashed the log on to the great pile” (Golding 39). This quotation uses the repetition of the word “together” because the author is trying to express the positive relationship between the two boys. This passage also symbolises the beginning
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KC Brunell World Literature Passage Analysis 7/23/14 The passage I chose to analyze was part of the conversion between Creon and Antigone after Antigone was caught in her attempt to bury her brother Polynices. Creon said to Antigone: “Believe me‚ the stiffest stubborn wills fall the hardest; the toughest iron‚ tempered strong in the white-hot-fire‚ you’ll see it crack and shatter first of all. And I’ve know spirited horses you can break With a light bit – proud rebellious
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Harriet Tubman and Secret Passage Your Name School Date Class Professor Harriet Tubman was born around 1820 in Maryland as a slave. She started working at the early age of five as a house servant. Tubman made her way to the work field at the early at of twelve. Tubman spent the next years working in the fields‚ until one night she decided to follow the North Star to free lands. Harriet Tubman goal was help free as many slave as she could. Tubman became a part of the Underground Railroad
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My life has never been as good as others but before the Middle Passage‚ it had at least been civil. I have my wife and my children and together we managed even in times of doubt. Then came the voyage from my homeland‚ Africa‚ across the Atlantic. I was one of over 600 people taken from their work‚ life and loved ones onto what they called a slaving vessel. This vessel was about 30 metres long and 8 metres wide. I must have been on the vessel for 2 months. During this time‚ I ate nothing but musty
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| |The chief argument against imperialism in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India is that it prevents personal relationships. The central question of the novel is posed at the very beginning when Mahmoud Ali and Hamidullah ask each other “whether or not it is possible to be friends with an Englishman”.[1] The answer‚ given by Forster himself on the last page‚ is “No‚ no yet … No‚ not there” (p. 322). Such friendship is made impossible‚ on a political level‚ by the existence of the British Raj.
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