Elijah Brown Study of Lit Eng 213 Close Reading on The Story of An Hour In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ Mrs. Mallard the main character‚ finds out that her husband has been killed on a train accident. However‚ the narrator tells us that Mrs. Mallord has heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard then leaves her sister Josephine and Richard to get privacy in her bedroom. Why it is that Mrs. Mallard began to feel free the more she came to her senses that her husband was no
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Close Reading on The Sun Also Rises This passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling
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Sonnet 71 No longer mourn for me when I’m dead. Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell. Give warning to the world that I’m fled From this vile world‚ with vilest worms to dwell Nay‚ if you read this line‚ remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe Oh‚ if‚ I say‚ you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay Do not so much as my poor name rehearse
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creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity
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Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to
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“A Doll’s Trifles” A essay comparing the plays “Trifles” and “Dollhouse.” Joshua Long English 102 Amy Lannon
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is a racial poem written by the African-American poet Langston Hughes that gives an account of the experiences of Negros across time. Hughes employs a diversity of literary elements that add to the success of the piece; this exposition seeks to outline and discuss those elements. The piece is divided into five stanzas. The first stanza is made up of three lines‚ the second stanza is made up of one line‚ the third stanza is made up of six lines‚ the fourth stanza is made
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The “Dutchman” metaphorically relates the Flying Dutchman‚ a ship that sails at sea with no destination‚ which symbolizes how “white” America ceases to recognize blacks as apart of the human race. Clay’s suit represents invisibility and alienation as it portrays how he attempts to assimilate into the white world‚ blending in and fitting in to it’s stereotype of who African Americans are. At the same time‚ Clay expresses his anger toward the same white culture he is attempting to assimilate into
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Passage 1 In passage number one King gives us a clear image of what the main character sees as the devil. Everyone has their own idea of what the devil looks like. Some think he is red wit horns‚ ugly‚ and scary. But king gives us a unique image‚ “His face was long and pale. His black hair was combed tight against his skull and parted with rigorous care on the left side of his narrow head. He was very tall. He was wearing a black three-piece-suit‚ and I knew right away that he was not a human being…
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul‚ And sings the tune--without the words‚ And never stops at all‚ The language present in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is at times unclear‚ sometimes ungrammatical and can be found to be disjunctive. Dickinson wrote in distinct brevity‚ irregular grammar‚ peculiar punctuation and hand picked diction. Her poems were written in a circular manner‚ where she took the reader to one place and them swept them back to the beginning always relating
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