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    Knowledge has power. Guy Montag slowly starts gaining this intelligence throughout the book‚ and strives to find other people with the same knowledge. Ray Bradbury discusses this theme through many different forms of figurative language including symbolism‚ personification‚ imagery‚ and similes. Clarisse McClellan is one symbolic form on how knowledge can be beautiful and unforgettable. The imagery used to describe her is white‚ pure‚ and full of light in comparison to a world that is darkly lit

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    Now I mean to be a match for Grendel‚ settle the outcome in single combat./ my one request is that you wont refuse me‚ who have come this far‚ the privilege of purifying Heorot‚ with my own men to help me‚ and nobody else. (Heaney 425-432). In this passage‚ Beowulf is describing to Hrothgar why he has come to Denmark. Foster writes that a quest has five elements‚ a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges and trials‚ and a real reason to go there. Beowulf is the quester. The

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    average nineteen year old. However‚ upon further investigation‚ the reader can assume that he is more than just your average teenager working at a job that he despises. Updike uses words to construct a short story in which the importance of symbolism relates to Sammy’s somewhat impulsive decision of quitting his job at the A&P. The story begins in the 1960s‚ and the 1960’s‚ “were to some extent years of conformity‚ marching in step‚ and also years of sexual repression‚” (Peltier). Thus

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    Grandparents in Picton‚ after the death of her mother. She along with her grandmother travels across the Cook Strait on the Picton Boat to her new home. Mansfield uses the literary techniques of symbolism‚ setting and dialogue to convey the idea of the transition from childhood into adulthood. Mansfield uses the symbolism of the umbrella to show that growth within Fenella has occurred. Fenella’s grandma allows Fenella to take care of her “swan-necked umbrella” which is very precious to her. At the beginning

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    journal or a deep philosophical book‚ literary devices serve as the substructure for the assembly of tone. In “Night”‚ the narrator goes through intense emotions and by modifying the utilization of literary devices‚ predominantly diction‚ syntax and symbolism‚ tone accordingly shifts throughout the book; thus‚ it becomes noticeable how the character’s emotions go from outraged‚ to hopeful‚ to indifferent. Therefore by carefully altering the above mentioned literary devices during different moments of

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    An Analysis on the Symbolisms in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgeraldon May 1922. It was later adapted into a movie in 2008. The story is one of its kinds as it is about a person named Benjamin Button who is born with a body of a dying man in his 80s. As the story progress‚ Benjamin finds out that his physical states are becoming better as he grow. The story mainly focuses on Benjamin’s life particularly on his

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    White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ a couple indirectly talks about whether or not they should have an abortion. Both of the partners are very vague in talking about their opinion on the situation. In Hills like White Elephants‚ Hemingway uses symbolism of the hills‚ it and white elephants to help explain the couple’s opinion on the baby and the situation. Instead of calling the unborn child a baby or saying the Jig is getting an abortion‚ Hawthorne uses “it” to explicate the unimportance of the

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    impenetrable walls of his castellated abbey and lets the world take care of its own. However‚ no walls can stop death because it is inescapable and inevitable. Visual descriptions in the story are used to symbolize death. Poe’s use of language and symbolism is shown in his description of the seventh room in the suite‚ the ebony clock‚ and the fire. The first symbolic mean of death is depicted in the seventh room in the suite. Poe says‚ "The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black

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    qualities and kill Grendel. He wants to show his bravery and valor by showing that he can defeat

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    strength‚ he also risks death or glory for the greater good. The story of Grendel reaches the shores of the Geats and Beowulf decides that he will accept the quest and agrees to kill Grendel. Hrothgar challenged Beowulf to defeat Grendel‚ Beowulf accepts the challenge. Beowulf fights Grendel man to man bare fists and rips Grendel’s arm off causing Grendel to bleed out. Afterwards‚ Beowulf and only his men went to the lake where Grendel lived‚ Beowulf swam to the bottom of the swamp for hours to come back

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