In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses many literary devices to reach out to his audience. He wants the reader to look past the surface of the text and go deeper into its meaning. This is accomplished by using symbolism throughout the epic. The most significant of these symbols are Odysseus’ great bow‚ the shroud that Penelope weaves for Laertes‚ the island of Ithaca‚ and the sea itself. The great bow symbolizes both Odysseus’ strength and the obvious truth: he is the only one fit both for Penelope and to lead
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across all the pools in his country. In the story‚ the author widely uses symbolism through which he shows how Neddy spends his live striving for material success and how he ends up losing more important values as his family and friends. Neddy’s journey through the pools on his way home represent the phrases of time that one has to pass through his life‚ showing that the passage of time and change is inevitable‚ no matter how one tries to ignore it. As he starts his adventure he feels like a “legendary
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Birth-Mark‚ Aylmer‚ a scientist tries to use science in order to make his wife perfect. She has a birthmark on her left cheek that to him causes him to believe is the only thing that causes her to not be perfect. Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to stress how people have this cultural necessity for perfection. That perfection is something people must succeed in achieving be it in a passion or even more visually. And that this sort of idealism can never lead to anything well‚ because perfection is impossible
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rooms‚ and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers. Among these I found a few paper-covered books‚ the pages of which were curled and damp: The Abbot‚ by Walter Scott‚ The Devout Communicant and The Memoirs of Vidocq. I liked the last best because its leaves were yellow. The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes under one of which I found the late tenant’s rusty bicycle-pump. He had been a very charitable priest; in his will
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Just downstream from where the trail met the river‚ the Teklanika erupted into a chaos of boiling whitewater as it accelerated through the narrow gorge. Long before he could swim or paddle to the far shore‚ he’d be pulled into these rapids and drowned.” (Krakauer 170). Since chris still had
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important person in my life is my mom. She is my every thing; always guiding me to do the right things without criticizing; and most importantly she gave birth to me. Therefore‚ my mom is the most important person for me. The word “mother” means everything to me‚ because‚ as I remember‚ when I was little I would always be with my mom and she would always take care of me when I got sick; sometimes‚ when I had fever I kept crying like rain drops that never stopped. She taught me how to speak‚ read‚
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Symbolism in Guernica Interpretations of Guernica vary widely and contradict one another. This extends‚ for example‚ to the mural’s two dominant elements -- the bull and the horse. Art historian Patricia Failing said‚ "The bull and the horse are important
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Jesse Saunders Prof. Keith Bishop English 101 12/10/2013 “How I Learned To Love Football” “Move Over Boys‚ Make Room In The Crease” Sara Maratta and Felisa Rogers essay is the opposite of one another. Sara Maratta at the age of 14 developed a liking to sports‚ hockey was Marattas number one sport. Maratta knew hockey inside and out. Her favorite aspect of the sport was the fighting part. It drew her deeper into the sport. Maratta had a passion for the Blue Jackets team‚ and being her
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I recently overheard two spouses talking about their situations while standing in line at the Shoppette. I was appalled at what they were saying. I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop on their conversation but these two women were talking so loud that I’m pretty sure the customers at the back of store probably even heard them! I was standing right behind them. Spouse A stated the following‚ “This woman in my FRG (Family Readiness Group) had the nerve to ask if I wanted to go to lunch with her? I’m friendly
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Miranda Luce Brian Maxwell ENC 1102 18 February 2013 Symbolism in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses symbolism in “The Lottery” to show the importance of remaining faithful to tradition and the unknown consequences that seem to occur when citizens lose touch with their village’s rituals. The idea of a yearly lottery in this small village is a very important ritual that has been passed down for such a long time‚ so long that nobody knows why it was started or why it is necessary to keep following
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