Interesting Literary Elements in the Riders of the Sea Introduction to Literature 125 October 8‚ 2011 Interesting Literary Elements in the Riders of the Sea There are several different literary elements that are available to assist in analyzing literature. In J. M. Synge’s (1903) tragic drama Riders of the Sea there are several interesting literary elements throughout. The scene is set in a cottage in an island off western Ireland‚ where an older woman‚ Maurya‚ and her daughters are mourning
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Literary Analysis of the poem "Hymn to the Night"‚ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ applying the "New Criticism" approach. Imagery: The imagery of the hymn is very rich and diverse. Longfellow uses a lot of personifications‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ and other literary figures to create the aesthetic atmosphere of the poem. Personification: The most widely used device of the poem is personification. The central image of the poem is the Night that is a personification of the beloved woman. Personification
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Unknown Teacher English 10B – Pd. 07 27 February 2010 Literary Analysis: Night In the Novella‚ Night‚ imagery creates settings that enhance characterization. Elie‚ the witness-storyteller‚ is transformed from innocent to haunted by being put into a hostile environment. Religious to loss of faith by seeing that his god showed no concern of the events going on. And caring to indifferent when his father passes away. Elie turns from innocent to haunted throughout the story by coming from a good
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ANALYSIS OF KARL BARTH THE MINNISTRY TO THE COMMUNITY Theological Foundations for Ministry DR 901 January 8‚ 2010 1. Barth states: “The ministry of the community is very definite‚ and therefore limited‚ but also full of promise” (p.830). How do you understand this statement? In what sense is the ministry of the Church definite‚ limited‚ yet full of promise? The ministry of the community is definite because it has to exist actively for the world and execute its
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‘On the sea’ by John Keats It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores‚ and with its mighty swell Gluts twice ten thousand caverns‚ till the spell Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound. Often ’tis in such gentle temper found‚ That scarcely will the very smallest shell Be moved for days from where it sometime fell‚ When last the winds of heaven were unbound. O ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired‚ Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea; O ye! whose ears are dinn’d
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This passage recounts the unnamed protagonist’s experience of taking a taxi at night and as the story progresses and tension steadily rises‚ conveys the protagonist’s unease and growing fear of the taxi driver. Ultimately‚ for the reader‚ this ends with the realization that the paranoia is mutual and shared by the driver himself. Although the story is told from the point of view of an omniscient third person narrator‚ for the majority of the passage‚ the narrator confines himself to recounting only
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Sarny‚ a 12-year-old slave girl in the ante-bellum south‚ faces a relatively hopeless life. Her chief duties at the plantation of Clel Waller are serving at table‚ spitting tobacco juice on roses to prevent bugs‚ and secretly conveying intimate messages between Waller ’s wife‚ Callie‚ and Dr. Chamberlaine. Then Nightjohn arrives. A former runaway slave who bears telltale scars on his back‚ he takes Sarny under his wing and‚ in exchange for a pinch of tobacco‚ secretly begins to teach her to read
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has been illustrated as a night journey or a story of initiation‚ in which man proceeds to experience proceeding from innocence and deeply appreciates goodness as he becomes acquainted with the nature of evil. The conception of darkness‚ which is symbolic of evil‚ is presented metaphorically‚ literally‚ and notably psychologically. The novel may be described as an expedition into the mind‚ which the reader experiences through Marlow‚ the protagonist. As a ‘night journey’‚ the novella informs the
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Maniquiz 1 John Maniquiz Ms. Cvejic English 10 Honors 18 June 2012 John Knowles’ Journey in Life. An author’s past experiences and memories has an extensive effect on his/her style in writing and the plot in their writings. The late John Knowles is no exception to this. Born into a well –off family in Fairmont‚ West Virginia‚ Knowles had no issues in attending prestigious schools. He left home at young age to attend Philipps Exter Academy‚ which was a well – known boarding school
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Analysis of the poem “Sea Fever” by John Masefield The poem is about a person whose intense desire is to return to the sea. The person or the speaker has been to the sea before and the repetition of the line “I must go down to the seas again” in every stanza‚ brings out the speaker’s longing to experience sea life again. The speaker wants only a star to guide his tall ship‚ with the sails moving to the wind thereby wishing for a solitary life‚ with only nature taking control in directing him. “And
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