Poetic Justice “Poetic Justice” is a short story by Dianna Appleyard. In the short story is there presented a contrast. It is a contrast between a woman‚ who lives an ordinary life with husband and children‚ and then Jed Cunningham who lives on the edge. He take risks‚ is very spontaneous and never looks back on the past‚ he is always “seizing the day”1 as the story puts it. Somehow there is a common in these two persons‚ and it is their dreams. Their dream about doing something they know never
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Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works‚ although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis‚ or imitation of life‚ and that the audience has an emotional response from the work of art‚ or
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Throughout centuries‚ Aristotle’s Poetics has been a widely used criterion for writers‚ filmmakers‚ and play writers. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is among the classic films‚ that successfully applies Aristotle’s six definitions; plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and song. “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete‚ whole‚ and of a certain magnitude… A whole is that which has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end.” Aristotle further adds that the plot must follow a change of
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By Felicia Jin ABC^2‚ Make-A-Wish and Chinese clubs sold Valentine grams and treats Feb. 9-13‚ bringing the “sweets to sweeties” and funding for good causes. The gifts were purchased during the week and distributed to classes today. ABC^2 (Academically Better Children’s Club) held a bake sale for the first time in the Main Hall and will be donating their proceeds to the St. Jude’s Hospital. “It’s hard to say how much money we’re trying to raise because it’s our first time‚ but we’re hoping for a
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woman in contempt. Perhaps‚ she might even find Maud Martha‚ from Brooks’ novel‚ to be a pitiable character because of this domesticity. However‚ I believe that she is a character to be admired. In fact‚ her domesticity seems to emphasize this‚ her domesticity being the sum of all her household and family ties. In this essay‚ I am going to argue how Maud’s domesticity allows us as readers to appreciate her character and not simply feel bad for her. Maud proves that domesticity isn’t for the unintelligent
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Maud Lewis Maud Lewis In her Early Life Maud Lewis suffered from disabilities as a result of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. She began her artistic career by hand-drawing Christmas cards. These proved popular with her husband’s customers as he sold fish door to door and encouraged her to begin painting. She used bright colours in her paintings and subjects were often of oxen teams‚ horses‚ or cats. Many of her paintings are of outdoor scenes. Her house was one-room with a sleeping loft and is
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Shenay Spruell ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Jennifer Thompson April 04. 2013 Introduction There are many different elements to a poem. Literary works helps the audience with the understanding of the poem. Metaphors are used in a lot of literature and even songs that we listen to today. Giving the insight on a poem and the literary elements being used in it gives us as the audience a different aspect of what the author is trying to say. In this paper‚ I will be telling
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Edward Baugh. In sustaining your interpretation‚ you should explain the ways in which the writer’s use of poetic conventions (including literary devices) helps to reinforce the theme. The poem Yard-Boy was written by Edward Baugh‚ who is a well known Caribbean poet. His use of different poetic conventions are evident throughout the poem. Poetic conventions are. Some examples of poetic conventions used in the poem are metaphor‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ imagery‚ allusion‚ euphemism‚
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itself which is untouchable for once it is touched it is destroyed. But as translation of poetry has never been stagnant though sometimes vigorous and sometimes not‚ there is strong evidence in both translation history and present day practice that poetic translation‚ a literary form as distinguished from fiction‚ drama‚ and prose‚ is translatable. Poetry itself serves a purpose‚ be it an illusive matter‚ and aesthetics can be reproduced in another language and
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The magnificent painting‚ The Ride of the Valkyries by William T. Maud (1890) displays the beauty and story of the Norse myth of The Valkyries. William uses many forms of archetypes in this piece. The two most notably being symbolism and character. Beginning with symbolism we see a multitude of representations. The raven in norse mythology is a bird of ill omen‚ a sign of death‚ and bad luck. Valkyries arrive to war zones and snatch dead men for their own uses. These ravens symbolise the war and
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