Harry Strains By Jk Rowling Summary

Can be gross and dark and also sunny and pretty. It’s something that pleases the senses. “He heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth, and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general’s cigarette.” (34). Rainsford was listening using his senses trying to find out where the general was. He heard and also smelled him coming. “Across a cove he could see the gloomy grey stone of the château” (35). Rainsford knew Zaroff was coming for him so he had to run. He looked out over the coast at the shore debating to jump.

Lightness and darkness is a common theme throughout literature, most writers use it through symbols in their writing. In Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death” and Hawthorne’s story “Minister’s Black Veil” both portray themes of lightness and darkness using symbolism throughout.

Imagery is core to keeping ones attention as it is presented in the third paragraph of "The Tell-Tale Heart" as the narrator starts to describe how each night he would watch the old man sleep. "When I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern...closed so that no light shone out" This description, although very straightforward can be subjective. Readers would universally agree that the narrator would look extremely sinister at that very moment but each and every single person would have a subjective view on what is creepy or scary this allows the imagination to not so much run wild, but to stick to Poe's story while still maintaining multiple interpretations of it. Another use of imagery would be whenever Poe used hyphenated sentences, "It was open--wide, wide open -- and I grew furious..." Poe used two hyphens to create the effect of stuttering whenever he repeated words in the same sentence or just to cut off whatever the narrator was saying so that he could move on to the next plot point and the sporadic change wouldn't be questioned as we were in the first person view of a madman. Imagery used in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is quite unique as it doesn't stray too far from its story but still

Throughout the novel one can notice a constant reference to the darkness, as symbolizing a heaviness and resignation that afflicts deeply the characters and also the atmosphere of story.

Often authors whom utilizes significant details in their works or novels have the most effect on readers. In the two novels, “The Chronicles of a Death foretold” and “Perfume”, the authors utterly apply great details throughout their novels to keep their readers interested. By doing that, the authors of these novels used imagery. Imagery (visually descriptive or figurative language, used in literary work) is used by the authors applying every aspect that is relevant to the details stated in their novels. Meaning that, the authors precisely uses imagery to have a better effect in the novel.

novel in how imagery is depicted and how often literary techniques like these will be

The unnatural motif and blood motif connects to the overall dark mood of this scene due to the hallucinations and bloody imagery that occurs in this scene.

“A book is a device to ignite the imagination”(Alan Bennett). Some authors are able to ignite millions of imaginations with their thought-provoking writing styles. One way they do this is with imagery. Vivid descriptions can make a book enjoyable to read even if the plot is dark and depressing. As well as making the text sound interesting, imagery can provide a better understanding of the themes or characters in the story.

literature includes elements of fantasy and the human capacity for evil to express themes such as pain, death, violence, monsters, and the supernatural. “The Raven” by Edgar A. Poe, “The Black Cat” by

This cat made the man so irritated and angry for not reason other than being a cat and loving him. He murdered his own wife and blames it on the “hideous beast” who supposedly provoked him. He looks at the cat with such a vengeful force for no reason other than the cat bothers him. Imagery is used to get the point across of the dark side in human nature in various other stories as well. In The Monkey’s Paw, the son was just wished back to life but the father is afraid of what he will see. But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing got in” (Jacobs). In this story imagery is portrayed by showing the husband frantically searching for the paw so he can wish his son away again. The dark side of the husband is revealed because his wife wants their son back even if he wouldn’t look like their previous son. She misses their son but the husband refuses to let the son in the house. He even refers to his own son as “it” in the story. He is afraid of his own son. In the next story, instead of seeing the dark side in people through their thoughts, imagery is used to explain actions taking place. In the story, Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the main character, Payton, is being punished for trying to do harm to the bridge. “The man’s hands were behind his back. Wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck” (Bierce). Imagery shows Payton being hanged for his wrongdoing, this form of punishment shows the dark side of human nature because they are purposefully taking someone’s live away in a cruel style. Taking someone’s life away for any reason is unnecessary and can really showcase how dark human

Sensory imagery is an incredibly important aspect of any well written novel. It is what allows the reader to experience what is going on in the story with more than just an intellectual understanding of the material. Without these sensory details it becomes easy for a reader to dismiss or misunderstand what a character is going through at any point in the story.

Poems such as “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee”, as well as the short story The Fall of the House of Usher, represent this dark side well. The characters in these works show that too much of anything is never a good thing; love, commitment, and even darkness all create a balance

Imagery can be defined as the use of “vivid descriptions that evoke sense-impressions by literal or figurative reference to distinguishable or actual objects, scenes, actions, or states. Imagery can refer to the literal landscape or characters described in a narrative or the theoretical concepts an author employs” (OWL). William Shakespeare was an author who frequently used imagery throughout writings, and this made him among the top authors in the world. In his work of Hamlet, he wrote about the poison, disease, and decay. This has a deeper meaning than the obvious that would be assumed after reading that statement. Imagery in writing enables the reader to think deeper to understand the real meaning of the text. This paper will evaluate the use of imagery of poison, disease, and decay in Hamlet as written by William Shakespeare.

The wildly popular Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has been the center of religious controversy since its publication in 1997. Scholar Laura Feldt explains: “The Harry Potter novels have also met strong religious reactions including extreme acts of rejection by church leaders and parents in conservative Christian communities in the USA” (101). While there are religions that completely reject the series, the Catholic Church has a more divided stance on the Potter books and films. The Church has praised the films for their portrayal of good and evil, but warn against the lure of magic into occultism. However, as firm as the stance on Harry Potter and magic in the Catholic Church seems to be, as the books and movies were released a split occurred amongst members. Some supported idea that Christian themes like love, sacrifice, and good versus evil were in the text and therefore the books should be accepted. However, the argument against Harry Potter, like popular priest scholar Fr. Costigan’s assessment – which is the area I focus on – who claims Harry encourages children to break rules and promotes that the ends justify the means, still exists making Harry immoral (Costigan).

‘Shadow’, ‘stain’, ‘struck’, ‘scalded’, form a semantic field of darkness representing the sinister figure of war in Lament. These words help build the atmosphere and create a guttural tone conveying feelings of anger and affliction, almost like a cacophony of lines, resembling the harsh and discordant roars of the battlefield. Correspondingly, Duffy also uses vocabulary like ‘explode’, ‘pain’, ‘nightmare’, ‘tears’, to transmit feelings of grief and discomfort to the reader. However, Duffy expresses her feelings through the persona of a photographer in the third person, where his reactions to the photos are described. Contrastingly, Clarke is more direct, as she laments in the first person for a list of animals and people hurt in the