In the novel‚ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath it unveils a woman ’s downhill spiral into a dark place. The novel is an autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath ’s own life‚ however the names are changed. The main character is named Esther Greenwood‚ a young‚ bright writer who has won a contest to work at a magazine in New York City. While it seems glamorous‚ this is just the beginning of a terrible illness that takes over this young girls life. I felt a personal connection with this character as she
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Key Image Terms 1. simile- compares two dissimilar objects using like or as. Example #1: N. Scott Momaday describes shadows from clouds "that move upon the grain like water." Commentary: This simile shows vs. tells. It helps me to picture what the shadows looked like. They weren’t stationary‚ they were moving very fluid over a field of grain. By comparing the shadows to water‚ Momaday paints a picture of something being intangible to something that is tangible. I didn’t directly see the shadows
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could win. We disdained the street‚ although of course we had to guard its border. We fought the real war in the backyards (America)—a limitless wilderness of trees‚ garbage cans‚ thickets‚ back porches‚ and gardens‚ where no one knew where the two sides’ territories ended‚ and where strategy required bold and original planning ‚ private initiative‚ sneaky scouting‚ and courage. If someone cheated at any game‚ or incurred the group’s wrath in any way‚ the rest of us gave him‚ or her‚ Indian burns;
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feelings and ideas which reflect the joys and struggles of the person writing it. We use it to convey love‚ to mourn a loss‚ tell a story‚ or to say the things we are afraid to tell an actual person. Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath don’t write sonnets. These two poets clearly used poetry as a cathartic release for the troubles of their lives. Their struggles with even the rudimentary‚ plagued them throughout their short lifetime. Life and death being in constant conflict‚albeit causing them great
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This poem was published in 1978 by Joyce Carol Oates. I chose this poem because it very much speaks about the traditional roles of men and women‚ specifically towards married men and women. We can use Gender lens to further analyze the poem. In the 70’s‚ that was the time where women are fighting for their equal rights similar to men. Now if we compare women today from the 70’s‚ we can really see a very big difference of our roles nowadays. Before‚ women who are married are expected to just stay
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The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way
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works of both Atwood and Plath explore the subjugation of women through a second-wave feminist lens. Both use confessional narrative; however‚ Plath uses her own personal experiences of feeling trapped in the home only to be a wife and a mother‚ while Atwood takes us to an extreme theocratic dystopia where women are only useful for their bodies‚ their treatment justified through a religious framework. So whereas Plath examines control over women through controversial metaphors in her poetry‚ Atwood
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DADDY LONG LEGS Daddy Long Legs was written by Jean Webster on 1912. Her books often feature young female protagonists who develop into a beautiful butterfly from being a caterpillar‚ so to speak. They mature intellectually‚ socially and morally. Jerusha “Judy” Abbott is the perfect example. She is an 18-year old girl who grew up in an orphanage. She became sort of a helper as well in the orphanage since she is one of the eldest there. One day‚ one of the trustees that visit the orphanage every
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CHAPTER 9 Plant Assets‚ Natural Resources‚ and Intangible Assets ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE | | | | |Brief | | | |Learning | |Questions | |Exercises | |Do It! | |Objectives | |
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types of figurative language from personifications to metaphors‚ hyperboles and especially similes. In the song “Firework” by Katy Perry‚ which is especially important because it is written to inspire people to be/believe in themselves Perry uses these poetic devices to make sure her audience connects to her lyrics. When Perry states‚ “Do you ever feel‚ feel so paper thin / like a house of cards / one blow from caving in” (4-6)‚ Perry uses a simile to compare two things while using ‘like’ in this case
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