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    Sylvia Plath Metaphors

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    Sylvia Plath uses metaphors‚ and other literary devices to leave the reader with a feeling of anguish. The use of metaphors are often utilized throughout the poem‚ in order to compare her father to the most awful things a person could imagine. Throughout the poem she paints an image of her father as a Nazi‚ and herself as a Jew. She attempts to show the intimidation her father creates. The speaker says “Panzer-man‚ panzer-man‚ O you (45). “Panzer-man” is a German phrase referring to tank drivers

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    his children that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. The metaphor is only stated a couple of times‚ but the meaning is relevant throughout the book. As the story progresses‚ it’s easier to understand what that meaning is. So‚ what is it and why is it used? “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… but sing their hearts out for us.” Miss Maudie explained this to Scout when she asked what her father meant by the metaphor. Mockingbirds are innocent and beautiful things; they do

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    Metaphors By Sylvia Plath

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    and techniques have changed as time progresses‚ authors have wrote about the same hardships in their work while still adding their own unique voices. In Metaphors by Sylvia Plath and Stoner by John Williams‚ each author explores social expectations of women in post-war America illustrating the influences on literature and its audience. In Metaphors by Sylvia Plath‚ she demonstrates a first person point of view on what it is like to be held to the expectations of childbirth in 1959. This

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    Kaitlyn Truong Period 4 Literary Device Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech in which there is a comparison between two things or object that are contradictory or different but have a common characteristic. Is similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn’t use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does. Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She’s not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested‚ though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51 Function: When Holden

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    Miss Gulch Metaphor

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    were obvious points in the storyline of the Wizard of Oz where characters seem to be “blown off course”‚ a reader can understand that her last name was a metaphor. In the story‚ Miss Gulch threatens to put Toto to sleep because Toto chased her cat. Because of this motive‚ Dorothy casts Miss Gulch as the Wicked Witch of the West. The metaphor is used in the movie to show that Miss Gulch had thrown Dorothy onto a different path in the odyssey. Additionally‚ Dorothy achieved a greater will to defeat

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    The Power of Language: An Analysis of Symbols and Metaphors in “Scorched” Language is much more than just a means of communication. It is an important part of our culture‚ and it is necessary for freedom of expression. It is one of the most important parts of our being. “Scorched” is a play by the Lebanese writer Wajdi Mouawad. Upon the death of Nawal‚ her twin children

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    Metaphors are a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. They also can be defined as a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else‚ especially something abstract. The job of the old man was to catch fish‚ where the job for the boy is to go on learning on what life stands for. The man struggled to do the one thing he set out for‚ to catch the marlin. Although he struggled for many days‚ he finally accomplished

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    Sonnet 116 Metaphors

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    According to our literature book‚ a metaphor is “a statement that one thing is something else‚ in which‚ in a literal sense‚ it is not.” When we are dealing with Sonnets‚ it is a poem that consists of fourteen lines that rhyme. There are thousands of poems that is centralized around love and William Shakespeare has a lot to share with the world. Sonnet 116‚ and 18 will be examples. Metaphors are revealed in many sonnets. Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare is about William praising love and how much he idolizes

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    the air in Darwin; it’s steamy with sweet but also sour smell. The tropical weather of Darwin is created by the use of adjectives. Metaphors and similes are also used to show Paul’s vision of Darwin. “To walk the streets at night was to walk among rows of lined‚ illuminated screens.” The metaphor conveys a vivid image of the wet streets in Darwin after rain. Similes like “As if the leaves were a kind of plastic” and “Like some lush‚ green five o’clock shadow” give a clear idea to the readers that

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    sonnets that are very honest and heart-wrenching. Owen has used a plethora of poetic devices and language techniques to engage the audience and make them oppose the glorification of war. Wilfred Owen has used similes‚ alliteration‚ punctuation and repetition. He has used an abundant amount of similes to unmask the glorification of war. Towards the middle of the poem

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