In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses figurative language the best to build characterization while using epic similes and metaphors to go into more detail about traits and evets. One of the main uses of figurative language homer uses to build characteristics is an epic smile This is proven when homer writes "The attackers struck like eagles…swooping down from a mountain ridge to harry smaller birds that skim across the flatland cringing under the clouds but the eagles plunge in fury‚ rip their lives out…never
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the town is scared of the Radley family although they don’t know much about them. This is important because without the Radley mystery half of the book wouldn’t have been written. It also shows many different types of rhetorical devices and figurative language. When Dill arrives in Macomb and Jem and Scout show him around town they stopped at the Radley house and describe it as a scary place‚ which does nothing but intrigue Dill to want to know more. Except he is to scared to do it himself so he
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Anjalee Sadwani English Coburn P.3. Figurative language of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ book one Figurative language Chapter 1 Personification: "May comb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it" (5). "...and the house was still" (15). Metaphor: "She was all angles and bones..." (6) "Mrs. Dubose was plain hell" (6). " Dill was a curiosity" (7). " Mr Radley’s posture was ramrod straight" (12). Hyperbole: "...the meanest man God ever blew breath into" (12)
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and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth‚ using extracts from Act 1‚ Scene 7. I will also examine how the language used emphasises the key themes and ideas within the play. The characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are revealed and developed through their dialogues with use of soliloquies and asides‚ helping to reveal their personalities‚ states of mind‚ emotions and motivation. Much figurative language and imagery is used by Shakespeare to emphasise the themes within the play‚ creating atmosphere and
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The use of figurative language or illustrations to represent objects‚ actions or ideas. An example of imagery. An example of imagery in this novel divergent are the factions. In the novel divergent‚ society is divided into five separate factions including‚ Amit faction ‘the peaceful’ was formed in order to have a peaceful society free from conflict and sadness caused by wars and instigation. Amity comes across as very kind and understanding. They strongly dislike war. They are truely a democratic
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Figurative Language in Shakespeare’s Macbeth Macbeth‚ the play of a greedy man who achieves his goals through treachery and murder‚ is filled with figurative language. Its author William Shakespeare‚ used imagery such as light and clothing to interpret the characters or themes. He also repeated several words as motifs throughout the play. A motif is a recurring theme in a story. One of the main motifs that Shakespeare uses is the word: blood. Blood is used forty-five times in Macbeth. It is used
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could‚ but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge.” (The Cask of Amontillado) Revenge is a common thing to do when you want to get back at a person. Sometimes‚ it can be harsh and no sympathy or regret about hurting them‚ or it could be an innocent thing that makes them mad but then laugh afterwards. In Montresor’s case‚ he wants to hurt Fortunato because he insulted him in someway‚ and he vows to get revenge. The Cask Of Amontillado is another eerie story by Edgar Allan Poe about revenge. In
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In the novel‚ Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje‚ the author uses figurative language in Ceylon where which the story of his family unravels. He uses figurative language to connect Ceylon to the people who live there‚ particularly his family. As the story goes on‚ Ondaatje has the climate and earth of Ceylon form who people are‚ and how they act. At the beginning of the novel‚ Ondaatje is just starting to piece together his family’s past. He starts to realize how stubborn the whole family
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Maya Pimentel Ms. England English 12 CP/ Period 6 6 December 2016 Human Condition In both poems‚ “On Monsieur’s Departure” and “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” they reveal very similar aspects in the human condition using figurative language. The use of figurative language in these poems makes it easier to portray the types of feelings that go through one’s head. In “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” the poem is talking about what seems to be more of what happens when one over thinks when he’s
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Edwin Arlington Robinson uses types of figurative language‚ such as similes‚ hyperboles‚ and word choice to impart a message in the narrative poem‚ “Richard Cory”. In order to provide a mental picture‚ figurative language is used‚ creating an impact that goes beyond literal language. The people of the town‚ who are of lower class‚ look up to Richard Cory and want to be exactly like him. However‚ they have a change of heart once Richard kills himself‚ showing the townspeople some things can’t be bought
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