1. What is diction? (5 points) an author’s word choice words that are inverted connotation in dialect formal language in poetry 2. Which of the following lines from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" shows an example of dialect? (10 points) "I wish you would write me‚ say once a year‚" I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy. How long I sat beside Calypso I don’t know. "What were ye doin’ there?" 3. Read the following paragraph from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" and
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Contests”‚ Homer creates a contrasting effect in presenting the nature of Odysseus between the two paragraphs‚ one conveys strength and power‚ while the expresses melancholy and mourning. This is shown though the usage of diction and imagery. In the first paragraph‚ Homer uses diction such as ruthless‚ monstrous‚ death‚ slaughter‚ and ravaged. The usage of these words convey strength and ruthlessness. Odysseus’ men were going to bring “death and slaughter...down on Troy...and…[ravage] the steep city
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Oedipus Rex follows the clear nature of a tragedy‚ in that it encompasses the common conventions of a Greek Tragedy‚ with ones life being controlled by fate and the gods. The gods inflict ate on Oedipus which leads to serious characteristic flaws including hubris‚ and the tragedy ends with a nemesis worse than death. The tragic nature of the play and the themes are conveyed not only through these features‚ but also through the role of the chorus and dramatic techniques including irony. Oedipus is
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Oedipus was a tragic hero of Greek mythology‚ a king doomed to a dire fate because he unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. His story is the tale of someone who‚ because he did not know his true identity‚ followed the wrong path in life. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the damaged nature of humanity and an individual’s powerlessness against the route of destiny in a harsh universe. Oedipus was the son of the King Laius and the Queen Jocasta of Thebes
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Oedipus Tragedy The play “Oedipus the King” can be described as nothing more than a tragedy. From the beginning Oedipus is doomed by his destiny that was foretold by the prophet when he was just an infant. His parents tried to kill him to avoid what would come and he later left his adopted parents to avoid the same outcome. In this play he faces a hard decision; to abandon his quest and fail his people or to pursue his quest and ruin himself. The play begins in tragedy as Oedipus speaks
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Andy Stoops Honors Language Arts Landow 3/4th hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery
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When in voice and diction class I’ve learn a lot about the way how we as actors explore the use of the human body and how just based on the slightest body movement can change the whole intention of the line that is being delivered just as the power of breath can greatly affect the text for example anything that was from Shakespearian times or most Greek text. Considering that fact i will be talking about a Greek tragedy known as Antigone. There is a lot of that same purpose and intention in the way
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para In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus has many negative qualities. The first flaw is stubbornness. Oedipus shows stubbornness‚ when he doesn’t listen to the truth. Oedipus shows it by not listening to Tiresias: "Enough I won’t listen to this sort of talk from you‚ Damn you! Get out of here‚ quickly(29)." Oedipus requested Tiresias for the truth‚ instead of taking advice from him he took everything in wrong way. He didn’t listen to his advice‚ at all and decided to go with his own decision. Another
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fate when Oedipus declares his intent to solve the murder of Laius which is expressed by the metaphor of “expelling the poison in the blood” and righting the wrong. The second part of the quote‚ “for whoso slew the king might have a mind to strike me too with his assassin hand” also shows the intervention of fate when Oedipus denounces the murderer in front of his citizens when he himself is the murderer of Laius. This is a clear example of fate’s intervention in the life of the tragic Oedipus. | Quote:“Oh
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