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    baby will even get his mother kicked out from her husband’s house. Throughout the book‚ Kate Chopin uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense to make the story interesting and to keep her readers captivated. Kate Chopin uses foreshadowing to tantalize the readers and make them interesting in what is to happen next. In the beginning of the story a relative of Desiree come over to see the child‚ “Madame Valmondé had never removed her eyes from the child. She lifted it and walked with

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    Literary devices employed by Shakespeare in Macbeth’s words in Act 4 Scene 1 of the play Macbeth Symbolism: the apparitions’ appearances each symbolise something‚ the first‚ a bloody head in a helmet‚ symbolises Macbeth and his inevitable death. The second‚ a bloody child‚ symbolises Macduff‚ who had been “untimely ripp’d” (born of a C-section)‚ and the third‚ a child with a crown and a tree. The crowned child symbolises Banquo’s progeny that will come to rule after Banquo. Metaphor: metaphors

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    The theme of “Harlem”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is that the dreams of African Americans are forgotten‚ pushed aside‚ and simply never achieved; even though African Americans are freed from oppression‚ they still face discrimination in the American society. 2. Two literary devices in “I‚ Too” are a metaphor and the use of repetition. There is a metaphor in line two: “I am the darker brother”. This is a metaphor for the African American population because Hughes compares the African Americans to

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    The Holy Bible is seen as a whole book complete with great works of literature. Authors interconnected an array of literary devices within their writings and two of these are referred to as formulaic introductions and conclusions‚ which are frequent in the books of I and II Kings. These literary devices are able to frame accounts and narratives of the main subject‚ in this case‚ the kings. Throughout the historic and prophetic writings of I and II Kings‚ it is noteworthy to look further into the

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    song‚ was getting negative attention. The theme of the song is about equality and you should never treat people wrong just because who they are. In the song 1(800) by Logic‚ there are several different literary devices that describe the theme of the song. One of the literary devices that I found was a hyperbole‚ the song

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    Referring to the article “Sinners in the hands of an angry God‚” which is the work of Jonathan Edwards‚ a religious scholar who acknowledges the idea that the Israelites sinned and were wicked in the eyes of God. According to Edwards‚ the Israelites were God`s chosen people‚ and they were privileged to live by the grace of God. As a result of their wickedness‚ there was an impending danger because the wrath of God was upon them. Despite this imminent risk of vengeance from God‚ they were given an opportunity

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    mother’s village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only

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    insolent toward the gods‚ provokes them to send destruction." This quote means the gods are angry enough to cause destruction and that Cassius and the other men are taking it as a sign to kill Ceaser. This is important because this storm is provoking the men to kill Ceaser. Act I. Scene iii. Line 95-98. Cassius is speaking to Casca. "I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius. Therein‚ ye gods‚ you make the weak most strong; Therein ye gods‚ you tyrants do

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    the exact opposite. Emily Dickinson’s poem “Dying‚” is a perfect example of this idea. In her poem she talking about the idea of death and what happened before she died. Obviously she is not dead because she wrote the poem. Here in this poem‚ she uses the idea of actual death to symbolize rebirth; the ending of old way of living and the struggle of creating a new way to life. Ironically‚ the entire poem is a huge metaphor for a different meaning. This is done by the usage of diction‚ tone‚ rhythm

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    times and looking up the meaning‚ there appears to be a great meaning to it. Each stanza talks about something different and even some may relate to one another in meaning‚ all the stanzas are extremely unique. In this poem‚ the author uses literary devices such as personification

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