Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel which intelligently explores the theme of innocence using several key techniques. The novel is set in a fictional town in Alabama in the ’30s and follows the growth of Scout‚ a young child and the book’s narrator‚ as she experiences first-hand the prejudice of the time by watching her father defend a black man for doing a crime of which he is innocent. Innumerable techniques such as usage of similes‚ narrative voice‚ key events and symbolism are fundamental in creating the
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this‚ he has committed treason against his country. He hopes that his country‚ his other dearest love‚ will pardon him because he loves both his country and his love interest. | LITERARY DEVICES 1. PERSONIFICATION * Lines 4‚ 6-7: The love interest’s eyes constantly accuses and convicts the persona. This device highlights the extent to which the persona has hurt this person. * Lines 18-20: The persona hopes that his country‚ his other dearest love‚ will forgive him for the treasonous act
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Jack Ma once said‚ “Never give up. Today is hard‚ tomorrow will be worse‚ but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” Life is guaranteed to have some degree of difficult. Everyone comes across obstacles in their life that make them want to just give up and stop moving forward. The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes shows a mother describing how life‚ “ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (line 2). As the poem continues the mother describes how her life has been difficult as she says‚ “It’s had tacks
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Authors use literary devices in their works for a variety of reasons. The same holds true in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The use of these devices has an effect on the plot’s development. Several literary devices can be seen in Julius Caesar‚ and they all have an effect on the plot. Foreshadowing is a key literary device in the play. We see foreshadowing from the beginning of the play‚ when the Soothsayer tells Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March" in Act I‚ Scene I‚ which happens to be the day
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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After reading the short story called “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin‚ I feel the setting in this story is very interesting and designed because there are different objects symbolise to other abstracts which author wants to tell readers. The main character‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who experiences an hour that she learns her husband died from a railroad accident‚ deserves to freedom in this society. During this hour‚ her emotions alerts from grief to delighted‚ from nervous to comfortable‚ and from untrammeled
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Isolation has a huge impact on a person’s life because humans rely on the company. Whitman uses the technique called alliteration in the line “vacant vast surrounding‚” to put a larger emphasis the feeling of loneliness. The mood of this poem is helpless‚ lonely‚ and desperate‚ but at the same time‚ strangely hopeful because of the spider’s determination to
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Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ believed that the human mind was the most important force in the universe. In his essay‚ “Self-Reliance”‚ hr suggests that following the laws and not standing up for what we believe in‚ takes away from our individuality and makes us feel as though we cannot fully express ourselves because we are afraid of judgment from society. Emerson states‚ “The power which resides in him is new in nature‚ and none but he can do‚ nor does he know until he has tried” (369). In other words
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The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschyius’ “Seven Against Thebes” ends. “Antigone” is typical of the drama of ancient Greece and there are many evident features that support this. Ancient Greek drama is literary work with dialogue written in verse (really) and by actors such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek drama is dramatic irony and this is the failure of a character to see or
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based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster
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