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- 2191: Siddhartha
- ... of classical Hinduism. *Irony -Surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or reversals -It is ironic that Siddhartha leaves his father just as his son does the same to him. *Style -A writer's typical way of writing -Use of figurative language -Rhythm, etc. -Hesse uses a poetic quality, repetitions, symbols, and extended similes. *Symbols -Concrete image which has its own independent meaning, but in addition suggests a further meaning. -Many characters, places ... transition, a concrete image for the abstract idea of timelessness, and a teacher of the unity of all things. *Tone -The author's attitude toward his audience, characters, or subject. -Hesse has a dignified yet personal tone. *Atmosphere -Mood or overall feeling created in the reader by literary work or passage -Hesse creates a holy yet hedonistic feeling. *Bast -Noun; ropes, mats, etc. -Siddhartha went into the room where his father ...
- 2192: Shropshire
- ... previous relationship. The street sounds to the soldier s tread, similarly whispers the same message. As a single redcoat turns his head/He turns and looks at me, Housman creates the effect of the transcendentally personal nature of such an impersonal meeting (15 ll. 3-4). Though leagues apart (l. 7) and will meet no more (l. 10), the speaker and the soldier have an understanding of thought at heart (l ... that true love is everlasting and will not allow the lover s attention to be replaced in his case from Moses Jackson. Is my team ploughing thus stands to represent his ultimate discontent with this personal truth. In context poetry can give intense personal expression to individuality and it seems that the persona established by the speaker in XXII is a hope that perhaps the poet will be able to stumble upon such fortune as to find the ...
- 2193: Short Story Summaries
- ... be desired. It takes the reader teh entire length of the story to half-way figure out what the subject is. Hemingway's evasiveness regarding the subject confuses the reader and adds instability to the writing. Although he sets the scene quite descriptively and allows tthe dialogue to flow naturally, many would recommend that he actually say this story is about abortion. This emotional story would have been much more interesting ... in all athe blanks, he succeeded. Every author has his or her own way to include interesting and informative aspects in their writings. Some do this job quite well, others do not. Every piece of writing can not include every style of writing. The author has to chose which aspects he will emphasize and which ones he will not. The way the authors chose to make them interesting and informative are all different; some are more effective ...
- 2194: Sappho (the Greek Poet)
- ... prevailing lyric meter to a point that it is now known as Sapphic meter. She innovated lyric poetry both in technique and style, becoming part of a new wave of Greek lyrists who moved from writing poetry from the point of view of gods and muses to the personal vantage point of the individual. She was one of the first poets to write from the first person, describing love and loss as it affected her personally. Her style was sensual and melodic; primarily songs ...
- 2195: Roland
- ... as Roland's was. Beyond the battle scenes, Roland is true to the era in its portrayal of vassalage between a lord and his liegeman. In her introduction, Dorothy L. Sayers defines vassalage as "a personal bond of mutual service and protection between a lord (seigneur) and his dependant, and was affirmed by an oath and the rite of "homage"." The Song of Roland undeniably represents the bond between lord and ... the life of the court form as a picturesque background rather than the focal point of knightly virtue: its rules sit lightly on those who aim at high things." This is to say that the personal quests of a knight outside of court held greater significance than those generated within the court. This concept of questing is alien to the barons of Roland. The life of a vassal is that of ... religious experience of time." As people strive to understand the nature of Jesus' sufferings, they begin a journey in search of humanity. The ecclesiastical writers at this time created thoughts that found man on a personal pilgrimage. No longer were humans static in their role of redemption, but active in gaining knowledge and gaining love of God. To limit this new idea of seeking to the ecclesiastical writers alone is ...
- 2196: Rocking Horse Winner 2
- ... The first level of secrecy is the actual secrets that Paul and Paul's mother keep from each other. The second form of secrecy is that D. H. Lawrence uses a story telling style of writing. This way of writing in itself holds many secrets. Finally, the third level of secrecy is through the use of symbolism. Paul's mother tries to show others that she is a good mother even though "at the center ... needs (Jinkins 89). D. H. Lawrence also shows conflict between Paul and his mother through a second level of secrecy. He writes the story using the style of story telling or a fantasy style of writing. "The Rocking-Horse Winner" starts off with "there was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to ...
- 2197: Robinson Crusoe
- From the beginning of some life, people make many choices that affect their personal growth and livelihood, choices like what they should wear and/or what they should do. Even the littlest choices that they make could make a big difference in their lives. In the book, Robinson Crusoe retold by Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, while on the island, made many choices, big and small, that affected his personal growth and contributed to why he survived for so long. On the island he made a lot of smart decisions of what to do in order to stay a live. On his second day he ... from this point on now with Friday helping, life became more easy. (105) In our lives we have to make smart decisions in order to get through each day. Sometimes these decisions could affect our personal growth. They could help us or hurt us, but that is the risk we have to take. When Robinson got stuck on the island his choices became limited. Robinson could have left the boat ...
- 2198: Robin Hood And Allen A Dale
- Why do individuals pass down stories orally instead of by writing? Before the time period that writing even existed, individuals had no choice, but to express themselves orally. During this time, they passed down these stories from generation to generation, but there may have been some minor changes because of the misinterpretation ... story would not have survived the oral tradition. In conclusion, I would like to state that there are many reasons' individuals passed down stories orally (and still do), to generation to generation instead of by writing, many of which I have already stated in the opening paragraph. Many individuals believe that telling stories orally is much more enjoyable, therefore they are told orally more often then being written down. Telling ...
- 2199: Robert Frost Five Poems
- ... understandable, but yet an unconventional poet. Frost wrote in his own style, and as a result, he took quite a bit of heat from the critics of his period. Frost has an elegant style of writing descriptive and understandable poems. I am going to tell you about the five best pieces he has ever written. First off, A Considerable Speck is a unusual poem about Frost noticing a tiny speck on ... of my father: every morning he will get up and watch the birds at the bird feeder in our backyard. Finally, The Road Not Taken is a poem about how Frost chose the road in writing that not many writers had dared to venture into. This poem is all about Frost s adventurous side and how he is a leader, not a follower. Obviously, Frost saw something he did not like ... to one person and that one person is you. Robert Frost s life took drastic changes and as a result of this his poetry varies quite a bit (Silberner 192). At the time he was writing his more depressing poems, he was having trouble getting his poems published, and he was doing oddball jobs to make ends meet (Gioia and Kennedy 522). His more upbeat poems were not created until ...
- 2200: Rita Dove Literary Analysis
- Rita Dove: Literary Analysis Rita Dove has written many different kinds of poetry. She also wrote books, short stories plays and all types of literature. This essay will focus on specifics of her writing by analyzing three pieces of poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works we will be looking at are In the Old Neighborhood, My Mother Enters the Work Force, and The Bistro Styx. Through these ... familiar picture of that typical suburban home. She seems to be talking about the house in a manner that would indicate it is a photographic negative; this emphasizes race as an alienating factor. Dove s writing usually charts a sense of displacement and this seems to be the case in The Old Neighborhood . In My Mother Enters the Work Force Dove does not use her home theme, but in The Bistro ... on tone but with the variety of poems that Dove produces it is hard to pin anything like a specific figurative language setter for the tone. It depends on what, and for whom she is writing. Rita Dove uses many different kinds of figurative language and seems to be effective in getting her message across from her different works in different ways. Dove also wrote very heavily on mother/daughter ...
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