T.S. Eliot’s Preludes is a poem in which he portrays the isolation of an individual from society. His imagery is clear and he uses many techniques to achieve this. The central theme of the poem is about the feeling of despair at the decline and dissolution of modern civilization. This poem was written in 1917‚ when there was a worldwide questioning of the values of modern western civilization. Due to many factors‚ especially the First World War and the economic depression‚ many artists‚ poets and
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AP English 3 11 September 2013 Rhetorical Analysis: Imagery In the sermon‚ “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God‚” Jonathan Edwards utilizes imagery as one of the rhetorical devices in order to scare his audience back to the pious ways of the first generation Puritans. Edwards’ vivid descriptions of hell and eternal torment are examples of the emotional appeal pathos. He uses figurative language including metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to illustrate this unfortunate scenario in the
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Humans are born with a fundamental desire to explore the world around them. As one grows this desire turns into ideas that lead to new inventions‚ works of art‚ and brilliant literature. In Charles Dickens Hard Times‚ individuals are not encouraged to follow these desires‚ and are overpowered by the ideals of utilitarian society. The masses are drilled with facts‚ and never taught to explore their minds or experience any sense of fancy. Individuals are turned from people to mindless workhorses
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In “The Bloody Chamber” Carter uses stylistic devices to highlight the correlation between violence and romantic experiences which develops a theme of darkness. The stylistic devices the author uses are imagery‚ similes‚ and allusions. In “The Bloody Chamber” Carter effectively uses blood imagery to convey how bloodthirst and passion intertwine. In the passage‚ the narrator discusses the French Revolution: After the Terror‚ in the early days of the Directory‚ the aristos who’d escaped the guillotine
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Diana Alsbrook Professor Smith World Literature 251 March 4‚ 2010 Grotesque Imagery to Represent Themes in Candide Various forms of imagery appear in Voltaire’s Candide. This includes the image of gardening and the multiple images found throughout the tour of El Dorado. None‚ however‚ compare to the blatant grotesque imagery shown in the novel‚ imagery that gives us a sort of comic relief in what is supposed to be violent and gory. Comedy and horror-filled instances are combined to form a
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recalls aspects of his own experiences growing up in Darwin. Goldsworthy employs a musical style throughout the novel to engage the audience with visual imagery. The style features used to create characterisation and descriptive settings are all distinctively visual and help to shape the meaning of the text. Similarly Pablo Picasso used imagery to create meaning and shock viewers through his painting Guernica. The painting is Picasso’s protest against the massacre and suffering of innocent civilians
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Religious Imagery in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" Authors sometimes include hidden messages in their writings. This allows the reader to conceive many different ideas about the subject‚ causing them to think deeper than just the surface meaning of the story. A prime example of this is Katherine Anne Porter ’s short story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"‚ written in mostly first person with some third person narrative and using the stream of consciousness technique. Porter uses several
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DEFINITION Guided imagery therapy is a cognitive-behavioral technique in which a child is guided in imagining a relaxing scene or series of experiences. RATIONALE Guided Imagery is similar to hypnosis and various relaxation strategies. Guided Imagery lies somewhere in the middle of a continuum consisting of standard relaxation techniques on one end of the spectrum and hypnosis on the other. As used by the author‚ guided imagery involves the child engaged in some sort of focused relaxation
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James Joyce implemented "wasteland imagery" in the story. My understanding of the definition of "wasteland imagery" as it applies to this story is to represent an aspect of life as lacking in spiritual‚ aesthetic‚ or other humanizing qualities through use of vivid or figurative language. Throughout the story I couldn ’t help but notice finely nuanced descriptions and bits of dialogue where Joyce undercuts the celebratory nature of the evening with such imagery. Descriptions of the characters in
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most noble‚ his most heroic. The camera shot makes him appear higher than everybody else; giving the impression that he is "above" them. From this scene on‚ Othello falls further and further into Iago’s trap. The director Oliver Parker uses sexual imagery effectively. It is most prevalent in the scene where Othello is imagining Desdemona and Cassio making love. The scene shows Othello looking helpless and then it quickly flashes to Desdemona and Cassio and then back to Othello. The speed at which the
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