Giampa 1 The Great Gatsby: The Hollowness of the Social Upper Class “’Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone‚’ he told me‚ ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’” Daisy‚ Tom and Gatsby represent the upmost social class in author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby. It is through the shallowness of Daisy‚ Tom and Gatsby that Fitzgerald presents the theme of corruption‚ carelessness‚ and dishonesty.
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Poetry is a form of literature that is expressive and can sometimes communicate a message more effectively than prose. It can be filled with literary elements and vivid language that can help poets relay their message to the readers. What is fascinating about poetry‚ is that each poem can relate to a person in multiple ways. In the poems "Harlem" and "Weary Blues" Langston Hughes uses language that effectively communicates the overall themes of both poems and relates to the African American experience
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The poem we are analyzing is called "To Autumn" by a poet named John Keats. The poem is an Ode to autumn. It’s a very serious‚ thoughtful poem that praises the season autumn. From the language and words Keats uses‚ we can tell this poem was written some time ago in the early 18th century. The poem is dedicated to autumn and is an expression of joy and harvest. We can tell this poem is an ode because of the way he praises autumn ’Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.’ The first stanza is mainly
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rhyme effectively thought his poem‚ using it to convey the woman’s excitement at being able to get revenge. On the other hand Armitage used loose rhyme‚ possibly to avoid conforming to societies rules. Personification is used in both poems but for different reasons. Armitage uses personification in the line “but the ansaphone kept
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used literary devices that tied his work together‚ giving the words rhythm‚ meaning and life. He used rhyming to add rhythm and to create an even flow of words‚ imagery to allow the reader to see and experience what he was writing about‚ and personification to make the daffodils come alive in a human way in one’s mind. These literary devices emphasized the poem’s underlying deeper meaning: that in times of hardship‚ one must look at the brighter side of life‚ for even the simplest memory can bring
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lead to mass separation in the human species. When the Time Traveler first arrives to the year of 802‚701 he is confronted by the Eloi and is described by the author as fascinated and amazed‚ the author helps support the tone by the use of personification and simile. After the Time Traveler arrives to the year of 802‚701 he begins to explore‚ and while he is exploring he comes across a particular object made of white marble and exclaims “It was of white marble‚ in shape something like a winged
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Critique: Passage from The Stranger by Albert Camus: At the same instant the sweat in my eyebrows dripped down over my eyelids all at once and covered them with a warm‚ thick film. My eyes were blinded behind the curtain of tears and salt. All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and‚ indistinctly‚ the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in front of me. The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes. That’s when everything began to reel
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Hannah Reed November 6‚ 2013 Exploring Markus Zusak’s use of Death as a Narrator in The Book Thief Word Count: 3‚496 Abstract The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is narrated by Death who tells the story of Liesel Meminger. The reader can learn a lot about Death through his narration. Consequently this essay focuses on the question: what effect may Death’s narration in The Book Thief have on the reader and what does the reader learn about Death? Death is a metafictional and
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today. In these three stories‚ Irving takes a stance on what the early Americas were like as he creates settings full of both mystery and wonder. His settings are symbols of the American landscape’s mystery‚ danger‚ and potential‚ and he uses personification and motifs to convey this message. Irving creates mysterious settings in these three stories‚ which is representative of the mystery of the newly founded United States. In each of these
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mythological allusions to support the sacredness of chastity and utilizes the character of Comus as a symbol of the malevolent factors at work tempting virginity to be abandoned for a more liberal sexuality whereas the character of the Lady is the personification of chastity. Before beginning the play‚ the textbook’s publisher provides some short background information in the preface. In such background‚ one learns Milton’s use of allegory between the characters in Masque with the Earl of Bridgewater
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