SIW Module 1 Variant 2 Theme: Stylistic Devices. Analysis of the text. 1. Point out three metaphors and three epithets used by the author to characterize the main character (Stephens) and comment on them. Three metaphors : trifle embarrassed apologetic laugh forcible ring Three epithets: thick-set and stout a round red face bullet-shaped head All these stylistic devices describe the main hero as a person who is very tired of life‚ he is passive‚ but he wants to change something
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protagonist Hamlet‚ prince of Denmark who is grieving after the loss of his father‚ King Hamlet. The ghost of his father visits young Hamlet and orders him to seek revenge on his uncle Claudius‚ the man who seized his throne and married his widowed wife. Trifles‚ a play by Susan Glaspell written in 1916‚ is a play about the search for evidence of the murder of Mr. Wright. The entire play takes place in the Wright’s kitchen in which two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover that the murderer was none other
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LITERATURE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 1 LITERATURE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 2 Describing or defining something as complex as literature we should look at it from each angle‚ or better yet as if it was under a microscope. It is always easier to understand something by seeing what makes up the sum of its parts. By taking the themes‚ settings and tone
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1. In his play‚ Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare uses various foils to make the play more complex. These foils involve numerous characters that help to develop different relationships and conflicts. Without these foils‚ the relationships and conflicts would not happen‚ and the play could not develop. They help us to understand Hamlet[’]s actions and bring diversity to the play. Polonius and Laertes are the main foils for Hamlet. Polonius shows how irrational Hamlet thinks‚ and Laertes shows that Hamlet
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For as long as there have been women‚ there has been sexism. Women could not vote‚ fight in wars‚ or divorce their husbands for centuries. Though women have been gaining rights over the years until modern time‚ it is a slow process. For a long time‚ women were not encouraged to receive an education. In 2013‚ women are 48% more likely to complete graduate school than men are. However‚ even though the majority of women are more educated‚ there is still a gender pay gap. White women earn 78% of what
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Table‚ with right rich revel and careless mirth.” Laughter Amusement comelier “Truly no man could say that he ever beheld a comelier lady than she‚ with her dancing gray eyes.” Nicer Pleasant to look at trifles “Thus the great King stands waiting before the high table‚ talking of trifles full courteously.” Small talk Little value vesture “And all his vesture verily was clean verdure‚ both the bars of his belt and the other beauteous stones that were set in fine array about himself and his
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Phase 4 Individual Project 3/18/2013 LITR240 The play “Trifles” is a murder mystery about from 1916. The husband was found strangled by a rope in his bed and his wife was found rocking in a chair. When the authorities came to inspect the property they brought some neighbors of the wife to bring her something from the house. The most compelling part was when they found the bird also strangled and hid this information from the authorities almost to protect her. The setting of the play is
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Prejudice‚ in particular‚ prejudice directed at women‚ helps the men decide whether an object can serve as evidence. Before the County Attorney walks upstairs‚ he questions Sheriff Peters: “Are you convinced that there is nothing important here [in the kitchen]—nothing important that would point to any motive?” Although Mr. Henderson is willing to consider the kitchen objects as evidence‚ he relies on Sheriff Peter’s evaluation of the kitchen. The sheriff responds: “Nothing here but kitchen things
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medicine power: For this‚ being smelt‚ with the part cheers each part; Being tasted‚ stay all senses with the heart‚” (Friar Lawrence‚ 2.3‚ 19-23) An Analysis of Foil Characters within Romeo and Juliet A foil character is a character whose function is to be compared or contrasted with the main protagonist. Moreover‚ a foil character is used to heighten and illuminate drastic differences or extreme similarities in the main character. Furthermore‚ this form of juxtaposition when contrasted
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Introduction Metallic yarns or threads‚ in general‚ have been known for more than 3000 years. Gold and silver were hammered into extremely thin sheets‚ then cut into ribbons and worked into fabrics. These were the first ‘man made’ fibres‚ which came thousands of years before nylon or rayon. The Persians made fabulous carpets with gold thread and the Indians‚ ornamental sarees with it. The metal threads were twisted‚ doubled or wrapped around some other thread such as cotton. With the advancement
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