“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ initially comes off as a happy and light-hearted story‚ with imagery showing kids playing in a yard and mothers gossipping with each other. An annual ritual called the lottery. Jackson keeps the reader in the dark as to what takes place in the lottery until the very end of the story. The story suddenly gains a very serious and solemn tone. The head of each household draws a slip of paper‚ and when Bill Hutchinson draws the paper with the black dot‚ his wife Tessie
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Antonin Dvorak Antonin Leopard Dvorak also known as Anton Dvorak Was born in Nelahozeves Sep. 8‚ 1841 on the banks of the Vltava River near Prague‚ where he spent most of his life. Dvorak came from a modest background. His father owned an Inn‚ where he played folk music. Dvorak went to school at the age of eleven. At this age‚ he dropped out to become an apprentice butcher‚ and the next year went on to study in German in Zolance. In Zolance most of Dvorak’s time was spent on music lessons
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The word “education”….What does this word mean to me? Education is one of the things that make the human the dominant form of life on the planet Earth. Education was created by human‚ but after many years it turned into “an independent form of life”. This “independent form of life” is the main guiding light for the human race in the today’s world of darkness. Education gives the human race the chance to overcome the obstacles that appear on its way in today’s world. If the education did not exist
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criteria one can use to evaluate it. Historical significance‚ tone‚ and subject matter can all be used to evaluate a work of art. For example‚ all of these criteria can be used to evaluate the poem‚ “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley. The circumstances surrounding the creation of the poem are significant because of the state of modern medicine at the time. The subject matter is one that many people can and have related to over the years. The tone is gloomy‚ yet inspirational. “Invictus” is a poem written
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In paragraph 1‚ readers are told that Victor lives on a reservation. What details elsewhere in the story establish this setting? What associations does this setting have for you? Do you think the story could take place anywhere else? -The other details that establish this setting is when they say‚ "So Victor called the tribal council." This association sets an understanding of how things work in a reservation. I do believe the story could have taken place in any other reservation. In addition to
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Poetry: Tone‚ Voice‚ Meaning and Sound John Donne’s ‘The Flea’ is a metaphysical love poem that takes the usage of a hilarious erotic narrative. The main theme of the poem is seduction that is shown using a persuasive vanity of a meek flea. The extremely original symbol of the flea is utilized to show unconventionally that both lovers are already adjoined in church and God’s eyes since the flea had bite off their bodies and intermingled with their blood. The tone used in the poem is extremely dramatic
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Essay: Diction and Tone in Poetry In the field of literature‚ authors use various forms of writing techniques to create diction and tone. One way that the author‚ Andrew Marvel‚ of “To His Coy Mistress” uses a unique way of diction to portray several styles of tone‚ in which they shift from one another‚ through stanza to stanza. His diction creates a variety of literary styles that most authors use as a way of conveying a personal message. This diction creates a multitude of imagery that the reader
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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Is life too long‚ or just too short? Tone is the mood of a poem‚ many authors use the tone to convey the true meaning of their pieces of writings. In these two poems both authors use different tones to portray the theme in both articulate ways. The poem‚ ‘’Loveliest of Trees‚’’ by A.E. Houseman is set at the time of the 1800’s in England‚ around Easter Time.’’ And stands about the woodland ride/ wearing white for Eastertide’’ (3-4). The poem is about an individual who is twenty years old‚ and
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self-awareness and understanding. Further examination of the text shows that the narrator is actually embarrassed and chagrined by the confused adoration towards his friend’s older sister that marked his childhood‚ creating a reflective yet fatuous tone that is developed through the utilization of literary devices such as dramatic diction‚ simile‚ extended metaphor‚ and religious imagery. Joyce’s word choice both provides insight into and encapsulates his feelings regarding blind love and infatuation
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