In the short story "The Black Cat"‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses gruesome detail and diction to establish his rule of one effect and the death of one major character. One of Poe’s rules for 19th Century Poetry is that writing should exhibit one effect or one purpose‚ which is to scare the reader. Poe uses diction and detail to put disturbing images into people’s head. In "The Black Cat" the narrator declines from sanity to madness. Poe uses detail to set up the situation where the narrator goes insane.
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In the short story "The Flowers‚" there are examples of diction‚ symbolism‚ and setting that prepare the reader for the ending. The example of diction throughout the story is the narrator’s word choice‚ which prepares the reader for shifts in mood. The example of symbols in the story are the flowers‚ which represent innocence and youth. The setting that changes from light and cheerful to dark bring forth the grotesque ending. Despite all the example differing‚ they all foreshadow the ending to the
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Case Paper McDonald’s/Burger King Analysis Sunny Kumar Overview McDonald’s and Burger King have competed as the top two fast food chains in the nation since the middle of the twentieth century. Both of these companies established a strategy built around delivering food at a fast pace and in a consistent quality. The cases at hand revolve around one McDonald’s and one Burger King‚ both located in Hillybourne‚ so as to provide a level backdrop to compare the two restaurants in more depth
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Stephen Vincent Benet Only in a time when the pressure of the world amounts to angst and the fight for freedom can a world advance in it’s literary achievements. A writer‚ just like an artist‚ builds his creations from the mood and settings of the surrounding atmosphere. In the first half of the twentieth century‚ the atmosphere was filled with resources to stimulate literary creativity‚ such as the second World War and the Great Depression (Roache 102: 14). The social genre of the time gave
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have selected for his poems? How does he describe the language used by many modern writers? Answer: The problem of poetic diction has been one of the most controversial issues in literary criticism. The most important part in the history of poetic diction is constituted by Wordsworth’s views on the language of poetry. These are two traditions in the history of poetic diction. One is that which pleads for a special language for poetry and the other is that which pleads for the spoken language.Wordsworth
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Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ the author effectively portrays the Congo River as an inhospitable location unfit for human existence. Through Conrad’s diction‚ syntax and detail of the environment‚ the author reveals a great deal of psychological stress‚ due to the hostile environment‚ which leads to physical anguish. Through the author’s usage of oppressive diction‚ the author illustrates a hostile environment where society and humanity are devoid‚ and in effect expresses how the environment dominates Conrad’s
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Chakravartty 4/16/15 King Leopold’s Ghost Response Paper With an estimated death toll of ten million people‚ King Leopold’s conquest of the Congo is recognized as one of the bloodiest holocausts in human history. The sheer brutality of this gruesome process triggered the world’s first international human rights movement. However‚ unlike the holocaust of Jews committed by the Nazi regime in mid-twentieth century Germany‚ the Belgian extermination of the Congolese has gone largely forgotten. In King Leopold’s
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line one says “Oh‚ to vex me‚ contraries meet in one:” (Line 1). With the beginning “Oh” it gives off an exhausted or frustrated tone (Line 1). This tone can be seen throughout most of the paper as well. A demonstration of a conflict is when Donne uses the word “contraries” (Line 1). By using this word‚ it again demonstrates that there are two feelings or opinions fighting each other (Line 1). When you put together both the stress of the sentence‚ and his choice of words it paints the picture of
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line two of A Work of Artifice‚ it says “Attractive pot” sarcasm is shown and in line three there is a hyperbole of the bonsai tree saying “Could have grown eighty feet tall” A Work of Artifice uses a lot of diction and imagery. Some examples of diction are “pruned” “crippled” and “attractive pot” The diction is somehow connected to gardening and the belittling of women. The imagery is mainly focused on the bonsai tree and how it’s not able to reach its full capacity. There’s a lot of gender
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In the last four lines of the sonnet‚ Wyatt’s diction encompasses a more personal tone and reveals that the “deer” is an extended metaphor for his beloved “deare.” In the lines “And graven with diamond in letters plain / There is written‚ her fair neck round about‚ / “Noli me tangere‚ for Caesar’s I am‚ / And wild for to hold‚ though I seem tame (11-14).” At first glance‚ it is absurd to think that a wild animal would be wearing a diamond-encrusted necklace. But this “necklace” is a symbol of possession
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