Ozymandias 1. Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel and selfish man. Line 5 “And wrinklrd lip and sneer of cold command”. Line 10 “King of kings”. Suggests that he was filled with self-glory and commanding expressions‚ a ruler with superiority and arrogance. Line 4 “whose frown” suggest an unhappy or angry man. 2. Ozymandias symbolizes political power and pride. The statue and surrounding desert is a metaphor for invented power or “passions”. “Lifeless things” – nothing remains but the eroded
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thousand one the nation was in desperate need of guidance to help them get through the difficult road to recovery. There on the eve of that day president at that time president George Bush gave america what they needed.Hope.In his speech Bush used figurative language to get the points he was trying to make across ands help them get them to sink into the reader or listeners and grab their attentions emotionally.He was successful at doing so but in this case he relied on mostly of pathos and ethos but struggled
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As a supportive literature device to figurative language‚ irony also played a crucial role in making “counting stars” become a literature work. Irony can be defined as the disparity between what it shows to be true and what is legit true. Irony provides the meaning of words or phrases‚ which usually have a different meaning from the actual meaning of those words or phrases ( “Irony- Examples and…”)This is also really interesting because the audiences can interpret this literature work in different
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This is powerful because he is confronting the people regarding their actions which go against their own beliefs. When reading Chapter 4‚ the figurative language and Pathos comes to mind. The entire chapter is full of descriptions of the terrible beatings and horror the slaves endured. Douglass said this about Mr. Hick who murdered his wife’s cousin‚ “mangling her person in the most horrible manner‚
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Sonnet 130 Shakespeare put a twist on how similes and metaphors are used to compare the girl the narrator loves to other girls and/or things that represent beauty. Instead of using similes and metaphors to compare things that are alike‚ Shakespeare used them to contrast the girl with different things that she is not. In other words‚ he used them to show everything that the girl is different in‚ doesn’t have‚ and is flawed in. Shakespeare does this to show that the narrator truly loves the girl
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English Parts of speech 2 The Simile A simile is an direct comparison that always contains the words “as” or “like” A simile compares one thing with another and in the process suggests some degree of similarly between things that are not the same. Example: The carpet felt like sandpaper under her feet (Here the carpet‚ which is usually soft‚ is being compared to sandpaper‚ which suggests that either there is something wrong with this carpet or it is uncomfortable to walk on. Identifying
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1) Holy Spirit told me to be very careful about how much violence I watch on television programs. 2) The reason he made this suggestion is that demons like to hide in the light images of violence‚ greed and sex that people view on television. HOLY SPIRIT: Greetings! I (HS) have a question for you. What does watching violence on television do to your feeling of compassion?" ME: "Greetings Holy Spirit. My feeling of compassion is not as strong as it should be." HOLY SPIRIT: "It will be alright
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Act III within Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar involves Brutus and Mark Antony giving out speeches towards about Caesar. Through the power of words‚ both were able to evoke emotions and reactions in the people of Rome. Each man incomperates repetition and reasoning to persuade the citizens to join their side. Brutus attempts to reason with the audience and provides his personal feelings about Caesar to move the audience. He partook in the fall of Caesar not because he loathed him‚ but because he “loved
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Juliet captivates the audience’s attention as she alludes to the Roman deity Phoebus‚ to bring in the night so that she may finally have her Romeo. Words such as “gallop apace”‚ “fiery footed”‚ and “immediately” communicate the hurried nature of her words as she excitedly anticipates her union with Romeo. However‚ this is juxtaposed with the nature of Juliet’s speech‚ which is arduously long-winded. She spends a great deal of time conveying her emotions‚ perhaps in an effort to convince the audience
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Swan Lake Act 1 After a beautiful musical introduction‚the opening scene is set in a splendid park with an enchanting fairy-tale castle in the background.prince seigfried and his friends are seated and enjoying a party to celebrate his coming of age whilst peasants come to congratulate him and are encouraged by the princes tutor to dance for his entertainment.the princes mother now enters and announces it is time for her son to marry and that he will be choosing a bride at a ball the following evening
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