assumptions (Gannon‚ 2000). India has such a diverse culture‚ that it would be difficult to pick a cultural metaphor that is an absolute constant. A cultural metaphor that can span India’s culture‚ while still retaining the unique identity of individuals‚ can be found in the Kolam: a creation made by many women across India every morning. To understand why we chose the Kolam as our cultural metaphor‚ it is important to look at why Kolams are created on a daily basis‚ how they are created and fit into
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explained situations give the audience insight into her devotion as a fiction writer. Through the employment of metaphors‚ diction‚ and imagery the experiences described with Mrs. Calloway‚ her mother and herself explain the intensity of her memories and the value they have. In describing‚ Mrs. Calloway she reveals the intensity and value of her life experiences by employing metaphors to describe her as a "witch"(24) with a "dragon eye" (5). Choosing these words she portrays Mrs.Calloway as somewhat
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The first stanza of the poem provides us with a picture of the fountain where Narcissus always goes to stare at his reflection. The second stanza gives us the physical attributes of Narcissus. With similes and metaphors‚ Ovid lets us see what the pretty boy looks like. He used the metaphor "twin stars" to refer to the eyes of Narcissus. Ovid then described him using similes‚ his fingers shaped as Bacchus might desire‚ his flowing hair as glorious as Apollo’s and his complexion fair and blushing as
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those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities‚ some other countries used English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI). Even though some countries believe that English may not use as the Medium of Instruction because by using as EMI day by day the mother language will destroy and the people will forget their mother tongue but‚ others believe that
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especially if it is coming from their family members. People should recognize how grateful they are to have a family in the first place‚ and they should appreciate what’s done for them‚ not how it’s done. Linda Pastan’s poem Marks contains irony‚ metaphors‚ and appropriate diction throughout the text to
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In the An Alchemy of the Mind‚ Diane Ackerman employs Metaphors‚ personification‚ and point of view‚ to reveal the thaumaturgy and wonder behind the nature of the brain. Thaumaturgy is the wonders of working miracles.she represents the brain as almost an entity that resides within us to look over our decisions and guide us.diane uses metaphors to empower this idea “the petit tyrant””a huddle of neurons” etc. This ideology alone shows that not only does the author see the brain as “them”‚ but as there
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predominant media-metaphor of this generation. Television shapes the way people think‚ act‚ and communicate; however‚ this powerful apparatus does not always disclose the whole truth. In fact‚ television often hides the whole truth from the public‚ but‚ ironically‚ most people love the media and blindly believe what the media says. As Alford Huxley says‚ people will “adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” Unfortunately‚ Huxley’s hypothesis is slowly becoming a reality. In Neil Postman’s
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perfect is just that; what it appeared to be. The author Neil Gaiman has published a series of well-written novels. In this essay‚ I am going to be focusing on the text "Coraline." Resume The text ´Coraline´ is about a pre-teen aged girl who just moved to a small town. In the beginning we see her running around with a witching stick looking for the bottomless well. On the way she is
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from the ##. By examining the historically and scientifically based study‚ I will clarify and substantiate the idea that bubbles can be used as a metaphor to chart social structures and individual connections. The study includes the examination of the chemical composition of bubbles‚ the ascent and demise of a society and the use of a bubble as a metaphor for the individual. I use two major research strategies: (1) an analysis of the composition and a description of a bubble and (2) a close study of
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Neil Gaiman Coraline Neil Gaiman CORALINE I started this for Holly I finsished it for Maddy Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist‚ but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. G. K. Chesterton 1 Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. It was a very old houseit had an attic under the roof and a cellar under the ground and an overgrown
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