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- 10411: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... no one can find refuge from a deranged mind, or that terrible crimes can be committed when an imaginary offense can fester into a deep hatred. Perhaps Poe is saying that there have always been great crimes that go unsolved. How many undiscovered remains are there in the walls of medieval buildings? In this story the character of Montresor is revealed through his own words. When he reveals he is going ...
- 10412: Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est
- ... an idea or opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, makes great use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its excellent manipulation of the mechanical and emotional parts of poetry. Owen's use of exact diction and vivid figurative language emphasizes his point ...
- 10413: Analysis of the Poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke
- ... unity with nature. Another line that evokes a feeling of peace and happiness is, "Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day." Without such strong images, the poem would probably not have such a great effect on the reader. Lines such as this one force the reader to see the land in the same light as the poet. Symbolism also plays a key role in this poem. Some of the ...
- 10414: The Advantures Of Huck. Fin
- ... sold for $800 to another owner even more far away from his family, which leads to his escape. Despite these situations, he remains a loyal, loving, father-like figure, and most importantly, he remains a great friend to Huckleberry. Society, even today, often puts children down by saying that they do not contain values. Well, Huck closes the door to this statement. Whenever Huck is challenged to make a decision on ...
- 10415: Essay Interpreting "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
- ... her. Language and verse form show in "One Art" how the losses increase in importance as the poem progresses, with the losses in lines 1-15 being mostly trivial or not very important to the great loss in lines 16-19 or a beloved person. Elizabeth Bishop suggests then that mastering the art of losing objects, such as car keys, does not prepare one for the loss of a person, which ...
- 10416: Emily Dickenson And the Theme of Death
- ... is often personified, and is also assigned to personalities far different from the traditional "horror movie" roles. Dickenson also combines imaginative diction with vivid imagery to create astonishingly powerful poems. In the 1862 poem, After Great pain, a formal feeling comes--, Emily Dickenson presents death from the perspective of the bereaved. This poem is written in the third person, and informs the reader as to the actions and thoughts of the ...
- 10417: Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station"
- ... the lines. The brightness of comic books, an embroidered doily daintily sitting upon the table, a huge, shaggy plant --these little touches of pleasantries add to a much homier environment. Someone seems to have taken great care and pride into preserving what little cleanliness they can manage as, afterall, "somebody embroidered the doily" and "somebody waters the plant". Although still somewhat out of place in this filling station these cheerful additions ...
- 10418: The Sound And The Fury: Caroline Compson Focused Directly Upon Appearances
- ... greatly altered the life of her children. She shifted her responsibilities as a mother onto the black housekeeper Dilsey, because she was unable to handle the appearance of her own family. Mrs. Compson felt a great burden placed upon her life after the birth of her fourth child Benjy. At birth Benjy appeared normal, though he never fully mentally developed. When Mrs. Compson learned of her sons disability her entire life ...
- 10419: The Slippery Slope of Pizza Money": The Money Scheme
- ... education. The authors purpose for writing this article is very clear. Bring up a much-talked about topic; explain what is going on with it, and to show it is unfair. He did a great job in doing this. Looney took a side, stuck by it, and wrote an article to make others take his side. Its obvious that the author wrote this article because of things that have ...
- 10420: Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
- ... and his imagination and the natural world will be locked and "Vaulted" tight. But in following lines Shelley writes how this "sepulchre" will "burst" (28). In that sense, "Vaulted" takes on the meaning of a great leap and even a spring. Shelley uses the phrase "congregated might" not just to mean a collaborative effort, but to represent all types of religion. Shelley seems to use obtuse phrasing to frighten the reader ...
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