Miscommunication between Alice and Humpty Dumpty in ’’Through the Looking Grass’’ by Lewis Caroll Reading a passage from Lewis Caroll’s ’’Through the Looking Glass’’ helps a reader to explore the many reasons for the miscommunication between Alice and Humpty Dumpty. Most of the time it seems that both of them live‚ speak‚ and behave differently. From the very beginning a reader can tell that their conversation will not be a normal one: Humpty Dumpty does not even look at Alice while he is talking‚
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In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions
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In Edgar Alan Poe’s poem titled‚ “Alone”‚ he conveys a sense of loneliness at a young age. Poe contains a pessimistic outlook on life stemming from the fact he never had an actual childhood‚ he was always alone and this made him categorize himself as “different from the others”. He uses several different examples of figurative language to exhibit his tone and implicitly portray his inner thoughts. Poe initiates the poem with a lonely‚ somber tone and as the story escalates he shifts to a more dark
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curious creatures who tend to behave in a bizarre and peculiar manner. As Alice ventures out on her journey in Wonderland and comes into contact with these different creatures‚ she quickly realizes that politeness and good behavior is not responded to in a positive way. In spite of Alice’s attempts to be amiable and pleasant‚ the creatures of Wonderland continue to be rude to her‚ as well as to each other. Although Alice learns of Wonderland’s eccentricities shortly after falling into the rabbit
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children but adults for over one hundred years. The tale has become a treasure of philosophers‚ literary critics‚ psychoanalysts‚ and linguists. It also has attracted Carroll’s fellow mathematicians and logicians. There appears to be something in Alice for everyone‚ and there are almost as many explanations of the work as there are commentators. It may be perhaps Carroll’s fantastical
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The Walkers (?) I saw her from the distance; her eyes a sickly green‚ and her hair the palest it had ever been. But nevertheless‚ it was Juliet Walker‚ and I hadn’t seen her for months. “Julie! Jules!” I called to her. I shut my locker‚ lunch in hand‚ as her head slowly turned and we locked eyes. “Kennedy‚ hello!” She drifted across the packed school hallway toward me. “It’s been too long. I am sorry that I haven’t talked to you in a while.” I shrugged it off. The last time I had seen Juliet was
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“The Sacrifice”: An Analysis of Language in Alice Walker’s Roselily PAPER # 6 LANGUAGE Kati Martinez 03/03/2013 In Alice Walker’s Roselily‚ our main character (Roselily) is a mother of three residing in Mississippi. She questions her actions to marry a man of a different religion‚ but knows that the marriage will give her a (limited) sense of freedom‚ and will give her children an opportunity to lead better lives. The story’s central idea reveals that sometimes the love and concern for others
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Eating‚ drinking and identity in Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland is a very imaginative book written mainly for children‚ but adults can also enjoy it. The big theme through the whole book is growth and how people change from being a kid to eventually growing into an adult. The whole mystery of not knowing who you are and being confused about your position in life. The biggest example of growing is when Alice eats the cake and that makes her grow larger‚ and when she drinks the liquid
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woodspurge flowered‚ three cups in one. From perfect grief there need not be Wisdom or even memory; One thing then learnt remains to me – The woodspurge has a cup of three. Illustration This poem took place in hill where the trees are shaken out by the wind and a field of grass where the man in this poet saw woodspurge as one of the ten weeds and grieving for his problem all day along as the wind blown. The poet described a visual imagery by
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54461332 Assignment 01 Unique number: 859786 Ozymandias Question 1: Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel tyrant‚ who thought himself to be the most mighty person on earth; almost as mighty as a god. The statue is described as having “two vast and trunkless legs” (line 2) inspiring the reader to comprehend Ozymandias’ power; he was so mighty that no-one could even measure his “vast” power. The reader is led to understand that Ozymandias was an arrogant‚ cruel leader with the words: “frown” (line
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