In “To Be of Use‚” Marge Piercy uses figurative language to create imagery that helps convey that the speaker wants to be useful and take initiative like the people they love but never does. The figurative language make people who take initiative seem inhuman. In one line‚ Piercy uses simile when she writes‚ “the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls.” By using this simile‚ Piercy piques the readers’ imagination‚ renewing their interest in the forgotten things people do. This
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Color Imagery – Yellow Writers often use a variety of literary devices in their literature to relate to the themes of their stories. Imagery is just one of the many that are used to create the structure for the literary pieces. Imagery can be used to form images in the reader’s mind‚ appealing to the human senses. F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the mind behind the American Modernist novel The Great Gatsby‚ uses a specific form of this literary device‚ which is color imagery‚ to make a more meaningful visual
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In “A Christmas Memory” a lot imagery is used. Imagery is used to appeal to the senses‚ it also help create a mood. It helps readers think about what is going on in the story and helps them visualize it. There are many instances where it is used in the story‚ but here are three examples only. The mood of the story is joyful and jubilant because the story is about the narrator’s most loved Christmas memories. The mood is presented with imagery and the characters actions. One example used at the
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The author in the story Lord of the flies symbolizes imagery in many different ways. He also expresses the theme in the story by the actions the kids take on the island. They had to go through a lot of things on the island and some of the things they did made them look really bad. In the story we can see that is an occurrence very often. Overall the imagery and symbolism of fear when the boys do things that they normally wouldn’t do turns into savergry. There are many cases where the boy won’t
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Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Chillingworth‚ Hesters’ husband‚ whom everyone thought was captured by Indians comes to town‚ but only Hester knows his true identity. Chillingworth vows to figure out
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In one of the seminal moments of his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald implements a plethora of vivid imagery to highlight the jubilee and opulence of Gatsby’s renowned parties‚ while also subtly emphasizing the aloof aristocrats’ flippancy. For instance‚ a typical Gatsby party starts in his blue garden‚ where the “men and girls [come] and [go] like moths among the whisperings…” Nick’s comparison of the select “luminaries” to an insect depicts the wealthy’s unconsciousness; like moths
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who goes through a transformation of maturity throughout her journey of experiences growing up. Through the development of Jane Eyre’s character throughout the story‚ as well as symbolization and comparisons to being “caged” like a bird and bird imagery‚ Brontë shows that women should have the independence and power to do whatever they please and be treated with equality. Charlotte Brontë supports equal rights through
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Sounds and Imagery of Human Emotion In Marge Piercy’s “The Secretary Chant”‚ the author uses images and sound to both dehumanize and mechanize the female speaker‚ while John Updike uses imagery and sounds to make the “Player Piano” come to life. Piercy uses images of the speaker‚ connected with various office equipment to give a vision to the reader of a woman living her life through the office equipment that is part of her very being. Piercy uses personification in reverse and other metaphors
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that lost their children to this incident by providing a more intimate and vicarious perspective. Imagery and diction were two essential elements that allowed the poet to achieve this purpose. These elements enabled the readers to gain a unique understanding that may not have been accessible prior to reading this poem. The quote “white gloves on her small brown hands” epitomizes the use of effective imagery in this particular poem. White is a color frequently utilized in literature to signify purity
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Simple Story of Imagery and Irony "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place"‚ is a story about three men that come across one another one night in a bar. Hemingway uses a minimalistic style with symbolic imagery and verbal irony to reveal a story of three men with three views of life and despair. "Hemingway ’s style is famous for its simplicity-short common words‚ short sentences-and is said to be realistic and naturalistic" (Berryman 270). What stands out about "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place" is its minimalism
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