1 “Fantasy and Myth in Pan’s Labyrinth: Analysis of Guillermo del Toro´s Symbolic Imagery.” The ancient myth of Cronus (or “Saturn” for the Romans). is at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). Del Toro revealed that a major inspiration for the creation of the supernatural creatures in the film was painter Francisco de Goya. In fact the scene were the Pale Man bites the fairies in half and gobbles them up is a direct reference to one of Goya’s most famous Black Paintings: “Saturn
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Fundamental Terms Study Guide – Vina Nguyen – December 1‚ 2012 Definition Conceptual‚ generalized‚ philosophical. Brings out hidden meaning. The subject of the sentence completes the action. Ignores real issue by turning attention to the individual‚ often in the form of a person attack. The repetition of identical‚ initial consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words. A passing reference to a famous person‚ place‚ or thing; whether it‟s a he‚ she‚ real‚ mythological‚ or literal. Occurs
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Student Name: Sinéad Nestor Student ID No: 09000898 Certificate in the History of Art and Design‚ University of Limerick. Academic Year: 2010/2011. “Describe in detail the main characteristics of Cubism through the works of two artists.” Word Count: 2‚897 words Sinéad Nestor This essay seeks to describe the Cubist movement’s main characteristics in detail‚ using the work of two artists to illustrate. The chosen artists are Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)‚ and Georges Braque (1882 – 1963)
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Paradox A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense‚ but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. The first scene of Macbeth‚ for example‚ closes with the witches’ cryptic remark “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair….” Parallelism Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word‚ phrases‚ or clauses. The basic principle of grammar and rhetoric demands that equivalent things be set forth in coordinate grammatical structures: nouns
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Contents: 1. What is slang?……………………………………(3-5) 2. Development of slang............................................(5-6) 3. Creators of slang ………………………………...(6-7) 4. Linguistic processes forming slang ………….......(7) 5. Formation………………………………………...(8) 6. Examples of youth slang during 1960-70’s ……....(8-9) 6.1 Examples of modern British slang ………………(9-10) 6.2 Examples of modern USA slangs ………………..(11) 7. Definition of vulgarism …………………………..(11-12) 8. Vulgarisms
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1. ALLEGORY: - A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning. -This word origins in Middle English allegorie‚ from Latin allegoria‚ from Greek allegoria‚ from allegorein to speak figuratively‚ from allos ‘other’ + egorein ‘to speak publicly’. -A short example of this literary device can be the poem ‘Epigram’ by Langston Hughes: Oh‚ God of dust and rainbow‚ help us see That without dust the rainbow would not be. in which
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The light represents hope‚ his dream of a life with Daisy as in the old times. On the other hand‚ in “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck uses the symbol of the animals‚ such as the rabbits to represent their safe place. In this case‚ the rabbits are a synecdoche since one thing stands for the whole dream. Moreover‚ this animal is warm and fuzzy‚ which is equal to Lennie’s childhood dream. “The Great Gatsby” presents a very significant symbol: the eyes of Dr. T.J Eckleburg. These eyes are and allusion to
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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Ruth Wodak‚ Professor in Discourse Studies Department of Linguistics and English Language Lancaster University r.wodak@lancaster.ac.uk http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/staff http://www.univie.ac.at/discourse-politics-identity FEMINIST CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY GENDER STUDIES Outline of Lecture: 1. Introducing FCDA 2. Implications for interdisciplinary Gender Studies 3. Two examples: “Voices from ‘below’ and ‘above’ – Identity
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aéroplane‚ which comes from the Greek ἀήρ (aēr)‚ "air"[1] and either Latin planus‚ "level"‚[2] or Greek πλάνος (planos)‚ "wandering".[3][4] "Aéroplane" originally referred just to the wing‚ as it is a plane moving through the air.[5] In an example of synecdoche‚ the word for the wing came to refer to the entire aircraft. In the United States and Canada‚ the term "airplane" is used for powered fixed-wing aircraft. In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth‚ the term "aeroplane" is usually applied
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