Citizen Kane’s longevity is attributed to its ability to cast a light on contemporary values and criticize (or satire) their influence in operating a society. Many critics such as Robert Ebert claimed this film to be “the greatest movie of all time” 50 years after it was released. Orson Welles 1941 film incorporates a series of cinematic techniques to keep the viewer captivated by the plot whilst engaging with Welles depiction of; the emptiness and corruptive nature of wealth and the necessity of
Premium Film F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
Premium Sentence Figure of speech 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Margaret Atwood’s poem The Landlady presents a depressing and frightening experience of one living in a rented room. The landlady is very much the dangerous gaoler of this prison‚ and one who specializes in oppression. The poem is striking in its use of language‚ including imagery‚ sounds‚ and rhythms‚ that vividly portray the feared landlady and the shrinking tenant. The comparison of the speaker’s living situation to that of a prison‚ a place of oppression‚ is the dominant thematic
Premium Poetry Stanza Tercet
Midterm and Final Review 1. Allegory- a narrative in verse or prose in which the literature events (person‚ place‚ or thing) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas. The narrative is used to dramatize abstract ideas‚ historical events‚ religious system‚ or political issues. 2. Tone- the attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literature work. Tone may be playful‚ sarcastic‚ ironic‚ sad‚ solemn‚ or any other possible attitude. 3. Alliteration- the repetition of two or more
Premium Poetry Fiction
even though everyone comes from different backgrounds. Kennedy explains “the principle that all men are created equal‚ and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened” (2). This is also an example of a synecdoche because Kennedy refers the word “men” as a representation of men‚ women‚ and children in America. Kennedy says that “every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated “(3). The words of freedom pulls on the passion
Premium African American Racial segregation Democratic Party
1) Alliteration Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street 2) Assonance “Early Moon” by Carl Sandburg THE BABY moon‚ a canoe‚ a silver papoose canoe‚ sails and sails in the Indian west. A ring of silver foxes‚ a mist of silver foxes‚ sit and sit around the Indian moon. 3) Blank Verse “Of Mans First Disobedience‚ and the Fruit” by John Milton Of man’s first disobedience
Premium Rhyme Poetry Walt Whitman
Simile : A comparison between two distinctly different things‚ objects or events. It consists in placing two different things side by side and comparing them with regard to some quality common to them. First the two objects must be different in kind. Secondly‚ the point of resemblance between the two different object or event must be clearly brought out. Such words are used for comparison : ‘like’ or ‘as’. A simple example of Robert Burns‚ “O my love’s like a red rose.” Errors like strews upon
Premium Poetry Irony Stanza
Within ‘The Rime of The Ancient Mariner’ it seems to be that Coleridge uses a lot of religious meanings throughout this poem. Coleridge uses this to explore the Mariner and his supernatural beings. Coleridge is showing the readers the gothic and mysterious feel towards this poem‚ also showing us the immoral and imaginative sides to this. The gothic novel/poems was popular in England in the 1790’s and came replete with castles‚ prisons‚ mysterious forces‚ gloomy landscapes‚ and sexual perversions
Premium The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Hell Heaven
house tale’’ rhyme evokes dirty connotation as rhyme could be seen as a greater expression for his repeated daily grind it is as though as through the light is being chocked by the city which personifies the light from it being that like a human. Synecdoche is used when banjo Paterson says’ ’ceaseless trampling of feet’’ this creates
Free Australia Culture of Australia Poetry
Margaret Atwood’s theme in The Landlady is about the speaker’s prison-like living situation in what can be assumed to be a dorm. The landlady has made home‚ the place where we can feel free and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to
Free Stanza Poetry