Analysis Of The Sound Of Silence

For the music industry, Simon and Garfunkel, musical rock artists during this time, wrote “Sound of Silence” in 1966. This song displayed sequences of guitar, bass, and drums and quickly became a pop hit due to the increased tempo, in which Simon and Garfunkel only found out about after it was recorded.

“Silence is violence” is a common phrase used by people nowadays which references people who lack initiative when it comes to speaking out against oppression. The same phrase could be applied to the ideas within Shusaku Endo’s novel, Silence. Endo was clever to name his novel Silence, because the word is a very prominent symbol within the story. In fact, it plays a crucial role to the development of the main character. Although some readers may argue that the role of silence in the book is neutral, I claim that silence plays a negative role for the characters because it is what causes protagonist Rodrigues to renounce his faith. In the story, it represents the silence of God, which induces Rodrigues to question his religion through the torture of innocent Japanese Christians.

She also presents a slight rhythm to the reading that allows for smooth reading. In keeping with her open form, there is no set scheme to the rhyme pattern. However, there is a single ending sound constantly repeated without a set pattern throughout the work. She also connects pairs of lines at random just for the sake of making connections to make that particular stanza flow. At the same time, she chose blatantly not to rhyme in certain parts to catch the reader’s attention.

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

The author makes the descriptions of such things easy to comprehend and imagine, like a “small but glossy birthday cake, with one pink candle burning in the middle.: The description is simple but detailed enough to create a vivid image that feels like reality. By the narrator saying what they are seeing rather than describing it in excessive detail, it gives room for the reader to interpret and gives the piece some subjectiveness since they are already trapped in the emotional aspect of the

In the play Quiet Torrential Sound by Joan Ackermann, immediately introduced are the main characters Monica and Claire, two sisters who seem different from the start. As the story plays out, the scene does not change, but the characters do, even though it may not be super obvious. It is clear that the two sisters have contrasting personalities and treat others in a different way, but what isn’t immediately clear, is that the two also have just as many things in common. While Monica may seem like the older, stronger, and more confident sister in the beginning, as the play goes on a different side of her gets revealed that shows her lack of self-confidence and her inner insecurities.

Pain is something that few can resist showing, because on some level their survival depends on releasing some anguish. The eyes show all too readily the blunt realities of our world. They do this through more than tears, because some people have seen things so horrible and wretched that they have forgotten how to cry. One has but to look deeper, and the sparkle of his eye will tell a thousand stories far greater than with what the Arabian Nights ever enchanted its audiences.

It can show fantasy, darkness and it is possible that the old man in the story never existed. It is the capacity of the narrator’s imagination which makes him creates the old man. It all seems that nothing that he says happens in real life. For instance, the old man eyes, heartbeat, the night, the police, and so on, are all fruits of his fantasy. The eyes could represent his psychological sin and guilt, and the old man depicts his own personality. He wants to get rid of the eyes because it has a darkness sin which does not allow him to have a good sanity. The narrator separates the old man’s personality to his eye, and in the end, he assumes by getting rid of the eyes he could still love the man and live in peace with his mental sanity. However, this strategy does not work out well and turned against him because does not only kill the eyes but also the old

A quite hush comes over the crowd as the lights dim in the club; the band shuffles as they prepare for the set to begin. From behind the stage he comes, walking slowly to the microphone. As the song begins, the club goes silent. The piano strikes first, opening with a slow back and forth tune before he finally lets the small brass instrument sing. Under the glow of the stage lighting, the trumpet seems to sparkle, every movement and swing sends sparks into the audience. Some in the crowd recognize the tune, but notice something a little off – as if the song had been forever altered. This new melody, while not fitting the usual tone of the speakeasy, sank into the audience; a new emphasis on civil rights.

Silence is a peaceful concept. Erich Maria Remarque writes on silence in his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, and explains that it is one of the most terrifying parts of the war. One can only imagine the horror that goes on behind the quiet in a seemingly loud event. Silence in war is not necessarily everything coming to a halt, but also the absence of a comrades breath, or total realization of life being sucked out of someone. War is like disease, everything it touches contaminates the idea and changes it. The gruesome effects of war alter the meaning of silence from a desire to a necessity.

Many people have no idea that a song can be a wonderful poetry which is called lyrical poetry, but all songs are not poems. In this amazing poetry “the sound of silence”, both the authors Paul Frederic Simon and Arthur Ira Garfunkel ironically implied their frustration on the modern world and how it’s changing. In 60’s this lyrical poetry has left an indelible mark on pop culture. This poem’s lyrics has a disturbing picture of a society which work with materialism and self-absorption. The poem uses the imagery of light and darkness to show how people's ignorance and enthusiasm to destroys their ability to communicate even on simple levels. Day by day people are becoming more secretive about their life and forgetting being social on some level. Moreover, the narrators strongly felt these changes and transformation could lead us to a robotic life. The Sound of Silence" contains numerous poetic elements, including figurative language devices, rhyme scheme and tone. Throughout this poem, narrator is addressing the dark site of the society, people and how its leading them in to a false dilemma.

Stanley Kubrick once said: “A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and emotions.” And what could be better than sound to alter people’s emotions and feelings? In “Void”, sound played such a significant role in the storytelling that you could understand the whole movie just by the sound of it. The importance of sound in enhancing our understanding of the story and its emotional impact on the audience is emphasized especially in the fourth chapter, the one about Diamand: a young girl affected by the disappearance of her father during the Lebanese Civil War.

Mabel had known there would be silence. That was the point, after all. No infants cooing or wailing. No neighbor children playfully hollering down the lane. No pad of small feet on wooden stairs worn smooth by generations, or clackety-clack of toys along the kitchen floor. All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.4

Have you ever escaped reality through your imagination? When your day gets rough do you let your mind run to free yourself from everyday troubles? Imagination is often intertwined with a feeling of sadness and loss. This can be seen in the book The Tuner of Silence by Mia Couto. Throughout Couto’s book a recurring theme of loss is present.

This can be overwhelming to the listener. Knowing when and how much to utilize silence is part of listening, one of the key skills of any musician. “Just because you can’t hear it doesn’t mean it’s not music”