In Hamlet by William Shakespeare there are many tone shifts in the first act. In Act 1 Horatio tells Marcellus and Barnardo why they are in constant preparation and says “In the most high and palmy state of Rome‚ A little ere the mightiest Julius fell‚ The graves stood tenantless…” (I.i.124-127) This shows a tone of caution and fear‚ many is worried about an invasion. In the second scene the Queen and King questions Hamlet about why is he still grieving and he says “That can denote me truly. These
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The Scarlet Letter Tone Thus far in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne he has made it clear the tone he has taken towards Pearl Prynne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ and the Puritans as a whole. Hawthorne portrays his tone by his use of diction and syntax. Hawthorne’s view of Pearl is exceptionally adoring. There are several places this is made clear. He claims that her "beauty shined through the gorgeous robes" (Ch. 6) and there was a "circle of radiance" (Ch. 6) that shone about her. As the
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Ben Ling Mr. Jensen Honors English 11 12 February 2007 Their Eyes Were Watching God: Tone/Mood Analysis She got up that morning with the firm determination to go on in there and have a good talk with Jody. But she sat a long time with the walls creeping in on her. Four walls squeezing her breath out. Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath. She didn’t make the cheerful‚ casual start that she had thought out
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‘Neutral Tones’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Absence’ by Elizabeth Jennings. In both poems Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Jennings they have lost a person they were close to. There are some similarities in their feeling but there responses are different. Neither poets can forget the experience and are reminiscing on the situation. They are both going back to the place where they were with the people they loved. However in ‘Absence’ she has actually gone to the place they were together and in ‘Neutral Tones’ he
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Different skin tones in humans are associated with the sun’s UV radiation and geography. UV rays can be used by the human body as a source for Vitamin D‚ which helps make bones stronger by taking in the calcium necessary to create stronger bones. A ton of sun exposure that’s especially strong can be damaging to the human body‚ especially the skin. To solve this problem‚ evolution created a skin tone that was already dark in areas with strong sun exposure to protect the skin from the dangerous rays
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the reader wants to see versus the authors intended purpose. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is a popular poem that is often misinterpreted as a message to nonconformity. However‚ the poem’s use of symbolism and subtle irony reflects a regretful tone to cultivate its true message about the complexities of decision making and missed opportunities. The use of Frost’s imagery can be first found in the title‚ “The Road Not Taken.” The title introduces its main use of symbolism with roads. The figurative
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Anne Sexton’s poem titled “Her Kind” is a popular poem filled with powerful imagery‚ diction‚ and syntax. Her particular use of these elements in different ways contributes to the robotic and non-human tone of the poem. Her use of syntax in the poem is done in a very clever manner. The lines of the poem are short and almost all contain commas. These commas are a part of the syntax because they contribute to the sentence structure. They split up each line into two halves‚ and it almost
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Another example is: "Gas! Gas! Quick boys!" This is from the second stanza from Dulce et Decorum Est as it shows a change of tone from the first stanza from the poem. The tone from the first stanza was a slow low tone‚ however‚ in the second stanza the tone tends to quicken towards a high tone with the use of repititions on the word "Gas!" and the use of exclamation marks to signify a sense of sudden danger‚ terror‚ urgency and panic. The third example is:
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humorous tone and amusing descriptions to make the reader laugh. “My father was a St.Bernard‚ my mother was a collie‚ but I am a Presbyterian.” Mark Twain try’s to make a humorous effect by describing how the narrator’s parents are by using dog descriptions to describe their personalities. For example‚ the
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lines eleven and twelve when he says "And may there be no sadness of farewell / When I embark;" you could tell that the speaker was accepting his death‚ and did not want anyone to be saddened by him leaving. The tone of this poem is sad since the speaker is dying‚ but it is also a calm tone since the speaker is accepting his death‚ and moving on. The speaker had no regrets that he spoke of‚ and knew that his journey was about to end on Earth. In the poem the word bourne was used (13) which meant
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