Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” is an illustration of the mood loneliness. This mood is conveyed throughout the story by the dark and gloomy setting of the Yukon in the extreme cold temperatures. When the man is walking along the Yukon trail he stops at the top of the hill and examines the darkness in the sky‚ “there seemed to be an indescribable darkness over the face of things. That was because the sun was absent from the sky” (London‚ 64). The image of darkness canvassing the
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In the story‚ the adults in Paul’s life are seen to be extremely materialistic and this creates a distressed atmosphere in the house. Paul’s mother has an unquenchable desire for more money and this creates voids in the relationships with her children. Her feelings towards the children are shown when the reader is told‚ “She had bonny children‚ yet she felt they had been thrust upon her‚ and she could not love them.” (Lawrence 1). The mother was constantly thinking of ways to make more money because
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The poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost encompasses a dialogue between the narrator and his neighbor in which they communicate their feelings about the continuous renovation of the stone wall that divides their properties. The overall poem has a simplistic tone with the internal thoughts of the narrator and the external dialogue of the narrator and the neighbor. The point of view of the narrator is clearly shown as he demonstrates his distaste for the walls renovations year after year. He claims
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explain‚ or identify. Robert Louis Stevenson uses a mysterious mood In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In order for the book to display this mood in his writing he uses imagery‚ diction‚ and details. Stevenson thought the theme up for this book in a nightmare and it certainly is one. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde could be described as mysterious‚ dark‚ dreary‚ and scary. This book uses imagery to create a very dark and mysterious mood. “lamp-lighted city‚ and at every street corner‚ crush a child and
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In Robert Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess” there are …………………… such as the Duke’s different emotions‚ the poem style Browning uses‚ and how the Duchess is seen as a symbol. The poem focuses on the many different feelings of the Duke. The Duke is seen as very controlling over all things. He is controlling over the painting and the curtains. The Duke uses his ability to control by making others do things‚ so he always gets what he wants. The Duchess also had no power since the Duke controlled‚ even
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Satan’s opening monologue contains numerous literary devices such as alliteration‚ repetition‚ anthropomorphism‚ and rhythm and rhyme. In regards to repetition‚ the word “kynde” refers to rank/species/degrees sets the tone and reinforces the message that the common theme throughout the narrative of the Fall is the dangers of aspiring towards something which is prohibited by the natural laws set by God. For instance‚ it is because of his frustration towards himself and his own “kynde” as a fallen
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The character Gabriel talks about death and tells us about himself in “The Dead” by James Joyce. Through time and symbolism we are introduced to him and what he’s talking about in the story. In the story‚ Gabriel makes the readers conclude that his talking about time. How the time passes once his wife dies. Throughout the story‚ he talks about how his wife changed because of death. “She had had that romance” meaning that she still had “her first girlish beauty” she would have before she died. With
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In the comic “The Explainers” by Jules Feiffer‚ Feiffer draws emphasis on the lack of defined gutter and contrasts between text and images throughout the panels in order to establish a sense of ambiguous progression in both time and narrator reliability. Due to the comic having no boarders or lines between each image‚ the gutter is left somewhat ambiguous‚ which allows one image to blend itself into the next without a definite passage of time. It is only with the addition of written words that go
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Qu’Appelle The origin of the name Qu’Appelle stems from an old tale passed down from generation to generation by Indigenous people. David Bouchard and E.Pauline Johnson are authors who have written their version of this tale. In Bouchard’s poem Qu’Appelle‚ the tone of his narrative poem is personal. Bouchard did not use a consistent rhyme scheme which made his poem sound as if he were telling the story to his readers directly‚ differing from Johnson’s strict rhyme scheme that distanced itself from
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“The Dead “written by James Joyce is a short story that gives an insight into the character of Gabriel. The author gives aspects to the character of Gabriel that will reveal to the reader’s and to the character himself; using imagery‚ point of view. As Gabriel’s wife is sleeping. The author give the imagery through the short story in order to express Gabriel’s character. For example‚ Gabriel sees the boots that represent life and death. “One boot stood upright‚ its limb upper fallen down.” The
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