creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity
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Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to
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Albert Camus’ The Outsider from an Ecocritical Point of View Vikram Jyoti Das EGE10026 Meursault- the protagonist of Camus’ The Outsider is shown as being influenced by nature. His character and actions are indicative of how an individual is affected by the environment in which he dwells and how a change in the surroundings affects his psychology. The character of Meursault also portrays the biological evolutionary notion of adaptability and how a superior species
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APHRA BEHN’S OROONOKO The rise of the novel occurred at the time Oroonoko was written in the late 17th century. Its form literally means ‘new’ which parallels to the description of the natives that are strange to Behn’s readers. Here the discourse of romance is employed which occupied most early forms of novels. She idealizes their lifestyle through her exotic portrayal; they are ‘gods of the rivers’ and their skills depicted as ‘so rare an art’ and ‘admirable’. The amount of intricate detail builds
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The “Dutchman” metaphorically relates the Flying Dutchman‚ a ship that sails at sea with no destination‚ which symbolizes how “white” America ceases to recognize blacks as apart of the human race. Clay’s suit represents invisibility and alienation as it portrays how he attempts to assimilate into the white world‚ blending in and fitting in to it’s stereotype of who African Americans are. At the same time‚ Clay expresses his anger toward the same white culture he is attempting to assimilate into
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Passage 1 In passage number one King gives us a clear image of what the main character sees as the devil. Everyone has their own idea of what the devil looks like. Some think he is red wit horns‚ ugly‚ and scary. But king gives us a unique image‚ “His face was long and pale. His black hair was combed tight against his skull and parted with rigorous care on the left side of his narrow head. He was very tall. He was wearing a black three-piece-suit‚ and I knew right away that he was not a human being…
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just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul‚ And sings the tune--without the words‚ And never stops at all‚ The language present in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is at times unclear‚ sometimes ungrammatical and can be found to be disjunctive. Dickinson wrote in distinct brevity‚ irregular grammar‚ peculiar punctuation and hand picked diction. Her poems were written in a circular manner‚ where she took the reader to one place and them swept them back to the beginning always relating
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is a racial poem written by the African-American poet Langston Hughes that gives an account of the experiences of Negros across time. Hughes employs a diversity of literary elements that add to the success of the piece; this exposition seeks to outline and discuss those elements. The piece is divided into five stanzas. The first stanza is made up of three lines‚ the second stanza is made up of one line‚ the third stanza is made up of six lines‚ the fourth stanza is made
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Digging by Seamus Heaney: Close Reading Analysis Digging by Seamus Heaney appears to be a poem about his actual family‚ in reality‚ it is about the stereotypical male role from past to present. Society has been made to believe that the males traditional way of earning a living is through hard work and manual labor and it has been this way for centuries. This poem is Heaneys’ way of coming to realization that “digging”‚ or hard labor‚ was not for him and he is going against what society says and
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