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- 1751: Importance Of Being Earnest
- ... or no actor movement whatsoever. While many use this a reason to be critical, from a theatrical perspective the language is as close to perfect as you are ever likely to find. Wilde creates this effect in a number of ways. Firstly, his use of the paradox as a comic device, although not widespread the joke of the paradox lies in its unpredictability, "I hear that her hair has gone quite ...
- 1752: Iliad By Homer
- ... a Greek found laughing, more evidence that Homer has glamorized the Trojan lifestyle. The method I used for examining these examples is exceptionally difficult. First, I examined the way the similes were used and the effect they achieved, and at the same time, and the same space, attempted to prove that Homer tried to bring the Trojans a sense of honor they didn't receive in battle. Homer's similes proved ...
- 1753: I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings
- ... made me think a lot about racism, sexual abuse and rape of a young girl, and the strong beliefs in Christianity in African-American life. § This book made me realize that rape has a major effect on a young girl and it then leads the person into a different life then they would have. Also, that racism was a lot different and harder to deal with then. § While I was reading ...
- 1754: Huckleberry Finn - Morality
- ... confession. The fact that Huck looked back at his times with Jim before deciding to tear up the letter shows that the decision was obviously made conscientiously through his morals. Hucks morality has a major effect on the way he treats Jim at Jacksons Island and in his decision to tear up the confession letter to Miss Watson. The manner that these decisions are made shows that Huck does indeed ...
- 1755: Huckleberry Finn - Life On The River
- ... we put in the time. Presents Hucks idyllic life on the river is as routine. The words then and next are repeated several times in the first half of the passage, their function and effect is ensure that the passage flows, much like the river, in a slow and constant sequential manner. A sense of relaxed movement is conveyed and emphasised by diction and alliteration throughout the passage then a ...
- 1756: Howl & Kaddish By Allen Ginsberg
- ... ate up their brains and imagination?" The who from the first part is now replaced with a WHAT, which creates a more hostile tone. He compares the ear of people to a "smoking tomb", in effect saying that it is dead and will not listen to anything he or anyone else has to say. Once again Ginsberg alludes to the hydrogen bomb in the line "whose fate is a cloud of ...
- 1757: Heart Of Darkness - Ignorance And Racism
- ... B. Singh, author of The Colonialistic Bias of Heart of Darkness said "The African natives, victims of Belgian exploitation, are described as 'shapes,' 'shadows,' and 'bundles of acute angles,' so as to show the dehumanizing effect of colonialist rule on the ruled" (269-270). Another similar incident of "double speak" appeared on the death of Marlow's helmsman. Marlow respected the helmsman, yet when the native's blood poured into Marlow ...
- 1758: Heart Of Darkness
- ... did not care for ivory; they cared about the exploration into the "darkest Africa." A painting of a blindfolded woman carrying a lighted torch was discussed in the book. The background was dark, and the effect of the torch light on her face was sinister. The oil painting represents the blind and stupid ivory company, fraudulently letting people believe that besides the ivory they were taking out of the jungle, they ...
- 1759: Heart Of Darkness
- ... he will always incorporate some objective principles into his judgment. Marlow now creates his 'alternative reality' and achieves his truth. When Marlow was exposed to the imperialistic environment of the congo, it had a tremendous effect upon him. The protagonist of Conrad's novel undergoes a drastic change in response to his environment, common only to that specific time period. Kurtz shows Marlow the flaws in the Europeans imperialistic ideals. Kurtz ...
- 1760: Heart Of Darkness
- ... did not care for ivory; they cared about the exploration into the "darkest Africa." A painting of a blindfolded woman carrying a lighted torch was discussed in the book. The background was dark, and the effect of the torch light on her face was sinister. The oil painting represents the blind and stupid ivory company, fraudulently letting people believe that besides the ivory they were taking out of the jungle, they ...
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