English 3 Honors – Final Exam Study Guide C. Whitley Literary Elements – define the following literary elements atmosphere: the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work. flashback: a transition in a story to a previous event that happened in a character’s life. denouement: the final solution allegory: when characters and objects stand for ideas outside of the original meaning hyperbole: a figure of speech in which the truth in exaggerated for emphasis
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motifs and how one’s soul is constructed to become a better person. Since Herbert is a metaphysical and religious poet‚ his poetry always ends with a metaphysical conceit. A metaphysical conceit is an extended metaphor that structures the entire poem. Usually‚ these metaphors deal with spirituality‚ intellectual ideas‚ and are supposed to teach one to be a good‚ or better Christian (Miller). The metaphysical conceit is one way in which a poem is structured‚ formed‚ or as Herbert writes‚ is used
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The prologue of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet transcends one family’s tragic loss into the realms of the metaphysical‚ commenting on his views of life and death. Readers can contrast these views to our more modern ideologies. Through the use of poetic language Winton adds a spiritual dimension to the lives of people living in a secular society. Through imagery he also offers a construction of Australian cultural identity. Using techniques like point of view‚ repetition‚ juxtaposition‚ symbolism‚ as well
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experience a priori‚ they do require them by logical necessity. Physicalists maintain that metaphysical necessity ensure the impossibility of the zombie theory‚ maintaining that states of phenominal consciousness are identical with physical states. This is a typical stance on the subject and is argued by Kripke who states that these identities are necessary. If the physical facts demand consciousness by metaphysical necessity‚ it is possible for physicalists to maintain that despite being impossible
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physical universe as Plato did‚ instead deeming it worthy of copying and observing to the best of their abilities because they believed it to be a reflection of the divine universe (Sayre 2008). These beliefs contributed to an increasing interest in naturalism‚ the pursuit of imitating reality as it appears (Sayre
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From the beginning of the novel it is clear that tragedy will taint the life of Hardy’s protagonist. As Hardy equates Hamlet and Tess from the start‚ we learn that he sees Tess as a virtuous victim and therefore as a tragic heroine. This is no surprise as a view often assimilated with the Victorian novel genre is fatalism and Hardy was known for his fatalistic outlook on life; this becomes apparent through Tess’s own fate - undelivered letters‚ misunderstanding‚ and a string of unfortunate coincidences
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Secular Humanism I. Part One: i. Secular Humanism believes that matter has always existed and given enough time and chance‚ the end result is what you see around us today (Naturalism). In summary‚ everything that exists has nothing to do with God; it all comes from nature because there is not enough evidence to support existence in the supernatural. ii. In secular humanism view mankind is only a more sophisticated animal‚ and is not any greater in value over the animal kingdom. They believe
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seen in class‚ and from Janson’s History of Art textbook. When I first looked at Simone Martini painting of St. Catherine of Alexandria‚ I noticed many things. I noticed how her face gesture‚ the position of the subjects head‚ and arm size hinted naturalism; however‚ the proportions are not yet perfected. The subject is also being identified through the broach she is wearing around her neck‚ which is a wheel indicating she is St. Catherine of Alexandria. I noticed the subject has a gold halo and seems
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Evil is a character in nature that is marked by bad moral qualities bringing about harm and misfortune. In a rational world‚ with a superior goal demanding righteousness and peace‚ evil disrupts society and results in sorrow‚ distress‚ or calamity. Evil is an almighty force of nature that has forever corrupted societies relentlessly‚ never to be halted. As far back as history will tell‚ evil has shown it’s wicked face. Evil has transgressed through centuries‚ hindering those who it has come
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imagined or the fanciful. The Realists tried to write truthfully and objectively about ordinary characters in ordinary situations. They reacted against Romanticism‚ rejecting heroic‚ adventurous‚ unusual‚ or unfamiliar subjects. Naturalism – An outgrowth of Realism‚ Naturalism was a literary movement among novelists at the end of the nineteenth century and during the early decades of the twentieth century. The Naturalists tended to view people as hapless victims of immutable natural laws. Regionalism
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