Important note: Joseph is the “magisterial knower in this story‚ but at the outset even he has a lot to learn” (198). • A few various literary and rhetorical devices utilized in this story are listed below: Selective silence (from the character) – the reader cannot tell what Joseph’s motives are when he decides to treat his brothers harshly in Genesis 42. Dramatic irony – Joseph’s comment about the “nakedness of the land” can be tied to Reuben’s incestuous behavior (203). Double meanings – the brothers’
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is ill-suited to the job‚ as her education has been more intellectual than practical. She learned to read and write Latin and Greek from her father‚ and after his death‚ the manor priest‚ Father Leufredus‚ tutored her in theological matters. (The reader also learns that Matilda’s mother abandoned Matilda and her father when the girl was a baby.) Matilda’s talents include petitioning the saints for sympathy; they answer her‚ almost never quite the way she hopes. She is very good at fasting and lying
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What would you do if you were given what you thought was the perfect life and it suddenly seemed to turn upside-down? Would you jump to your death or climb back up? “The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window” by Joy Harjo is a poem about a women who is lost in this big world we live in and trying to find herself while hanging from a thirteenth floor window. While this woman is hanging there she starts to have flashbacks about her life starting from her childhood up until now. The author
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Pre-AP American Literature 16 June 2010 Part I: Critical Reception In a critical essay‚ “Pushed to Survival”‚ about Sapphire’s Push‚ Paula L. Woods explores the impact that the novel will leave on the readers. One of her first comments was‚ “The opening line of Sapphire’s first novel hits the reader like a Mack truck‚ and it clearly signals that the literary ride ahead won’t be in your father’s Oldsmobile” (Woods 86) I find this interesting because Woods explains how right from the first sentence
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Miss Emily without ever hinting at her struggle with death. Faulkner’s reference to the Old South and his unconventional plot lures his readers to places he wants them to be‚ giving them just enough to keep them in suspense. He uses subtle clues to foreshadow a ghastly outcome. References to smell‚ decay‚ and Miss Emily’s corpse like appearance all guide his readers to the climatic end’s ultimate irony. In choosing a simple town folk as his narrator Faulkner keeps intimacy at bay. The people in Emily’s
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narration. At this point‚ the reader can associate with Paul and his problems. Paul struggles with both internal and external conflicts‚ causing him to be quite a puzzling character. From tha perspective of his family and teachers‚ Paul seems abnormal. From his perspective‚ however‚ he seems misunderstood. In the beginning of the story‚ Paul seems to be a typical teenage boy: in trouble for causing problems in the classroom. As the story progresses‚ the reader can infer that Paul is rather
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role. In order to comprehend text‚ readers benefit from background knowledge and experience. There is one theory about background knowledge and experience. The theory is named as Schema theory. Aim of this paper to mention Schema theory’s properties. Schema theory was introduced by Frederic Bartlett during working on constructive memory ın 1932 and schema theory was developed by R. C Anderson who was a respected educational psychologist. Schema theory combines readers’ background knowledge with the
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adjectives attached. Machiavelli informs the reader that a prince must not worry about being called things such as a miser‚ cruel or cheap as long as it is for the good of the state. By repeating the concept‚ Machiavelli shows that if a prince is doing what is right as he should‚ there is no need to fret upon names one is called. Machiavelli is very successsful in reaching his point through repetition‚ it drilled the ideas into the minds of the readers. To give his advice structure‚ Machiavelli
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Poe was a very vivid and imaginative writer. Although writing came naturally to him‚ the style in which he utilizes to help the reader search for a deeper meaning is expressed by his choice of writing styles. The writing is like clay in a spinning wheel in which there are many aspects that have to come together in unity to produce a masterpiece. Poe incorporates all of these aspects into his writing. The vulture like blue stare of the Evil Eye and the insanity of ridding the Eye drives the speaker
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and evoke emotion‚ such as fear‚ from the readers. Repetition and rhymes emphasis fear and create patterns making the poem flow more smoothly‚ while
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