In A House Besieged By Lydia Davos

In the assigned passage from The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde utilises diction, syntax, and imagery to establish a mysterious and ominous mood. Firstly, Wilde’s formal diction sets an air of mystery. Throughout the passage, his usage of of concrete terms like “chimney-stacks” and “dark lane” establishes for the audience an explicit setting. Furthermore, Wilde utilises extremely specific diction: “the slimy pavement looked like a wet mackintosh.” Such specific details allow the audience to conjure up a specific scene that contributes to the setting of the passage. Other words and phrases in the passage are convey an urgent mood, like “started,” “glanced back” and “suddenly.” These words seem to indicate a threatening element in the

In “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen boldly criticises the way civilians mislead and manipulated the unknowing soldiers previous to and during World War I and explores the horrors of war. Owen invites us into his poem by asking us to “watch” the scenes of men with “white eyes writhing” he is retelling to make the reader feel what he is feeling, that the war is a waste. He speaks of events he witnessed and the “boys” reactions to events seen through the simile of “coughing like hags”. In the final stanza of the poem, Owen speaks reflectively of the terrifying scenes of men with “incurable sores” he was witness to and at times experienced and from gaining the compassion of the reader through his descriptive language, “limped on, blood-shod”.

While on his deathbed in Act Two, Scene One of Richard II, John of Gaunt makes an important speech about his love for England, and his disdain for Richard’s ruinous acts as King. There are several pauses that, if worked into Gaunt’s speech, would help to show the significance of Gaunt’s words. Throughout this speech Shakespeare uses metaphors, vivid imagery, rhetorical terms, and powerful word choice in order to intensify Gaunt’s words, and amplify the different messages within Gaunt’s speech.

Characters’ soliloquies supported the play in a variety of ways, however, due to the differences in Middle English and Modern English, misunderstandings could a common thing that prevent us from getting the message the characters are trying to convey.

The use of descriptive language is important for the writer to entertain, persuade and teleport the reader into their work. Descriptive use and imagery allow the reader to experience the setting, sound, taste, and mood as if they can live through it. Which takes us to Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Not only does he use exceptional details and imagery throughout the play between the characters, but the way he uses word allows us to put ourselves into the play as if we can feel what they feel. It also allows us to experience and go through the play as if we are in it also. So in this paper, I would like to focus on a few major moments where I believe Shakespeare descriptive language is the strongest.

In the poem Exposure by Wilfred Owen, Owen has used some language techniques to appeal to my imagination by using personification, repetition and alliteration. By analysing the poems language techniques in-depth to see a bigger picture of how traumatising their experience's during the war were like and how severely nature's wrath tormented the soldiers, and to see what the poem is trying to convey. Owens most important message in the poem is to avoid war at all cost because of the harshness of nature and how tormenting it

In “Speak”, a teacher “growled” at Melinda meaning he was not feeling too “fondly” of her, which Melinda interpreted as him suffering from “post-traumatic stress disorder”. The teacher seemed alarming and angry. Melinda took this as him being ill and traumatized. In “Wintergirls” Lia enters towards the “air seeping” from her dead friends hotel room, which causes her heart to “slam” and “crack” in its bone cage. Lia could not bare being in her best friends murder location. She immediately feels the devastation of her feelings. The authors diction helped shape how or why certain events took place and why the outcome happened as it

Sophocles and Shakespeare were both literary artists that published works that have been respected and relevant centuries later. The unique language in historical literature assists in their interpretation and their relevance to modern understanding. The masterful wielding of language, diction, and metaphor contribute to various aspects of their work, adding both elements of drama and realism. By incorporating significant words and lines into their writings, Shakespeare and Sophocles create consistent and fluid plays and stories throughout their lives that offer timeless entertainment. The manipulation of speech seen through various characters such as Teiresias, Oedipus, Margaret, Richmond and Anne play a substantial and crucial role in

The utilization of descriptive language is important for the writer to entertain, persuade and teleport the reader into their work. Descriptive use and imagery allow the reader to experience the setting, sound, taste, and mood as if they can live through it. Which takes us to Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Not only does he utilize exceptional details and imagery throughout the play between the characters, but the way he uses word allows us to put ourselves into the play as if we can feel what they feel. It also allows us to experience and go through the play as if we are in it also. So in this paper, I would like to focus on a few major moments where I believe Shakespeare descriptive language is the strongest.

“Oh,” cried Lizzie, “Laura, Laura, / You should not peep at goblin men.” / Lizzie cover’d up her eyes, / Cover’d close lest they should look; / Laura rear’d her glossy head, / And whisper’d like the restless brook: / “Look, Lizzie, look, Lizzie, / Down the glen tramp little men. / One hauls a basket, / One bears a plate, / One lugs a golden dish / Of many pounds weight. / How fair the vine must grow / Whose grapes are so luscious; / How warm the wind must blow / Through those fruit bushes.” / “No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no; / Their offers should not charm us, / Their evil gifts would harm us.” / She thrust a dimpled finger / In each ear, shut eyes and ran: / Curious Laura chose to linger/ Wondering at each merchant man. / One had a cat’s face, / One whisk’d a tail, / One tramp’d at a rat’s pace, / One crawl’d like a snail, / One like a wombat prowl’d obtuse and furry, / One like a ratel tumbled hurry skurry. / She heard a voice like voice of doves / Cooing all together: / They sounded kind and full of loves / In the pleasant weather.

“Oh,” cried Lizzie, “Laura, Laura, / You should not peep at goblin men.” / Lizzie cover’d up her eyes, / Cover’d close lest they should look; / Laura rear’d her glossy head, / And whisper’d like the restless brook: / “Look, Lizzie, look, Lizzie, / Down the glen tramp little men. / One hauls a basket, / One bears a plate, / One lugs a golden dish / Of many pounds weight. / How fair the vine must grow / Whose grapes are so luscious; / How warm the wind must blow / Through those fruit bushes.” / “No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no; / Their offers should not charm us, / Their evil gifts would harm us.” / She thrust a dimpled finger / In each ear, shut eyes and ran: / Curious Laura chose to linger/ Wondering at each merchant man. / One had a cat’s face, / One whisk’d a tail, / One tramp’d at a rat’s pace, / One crawl’d like a snail, / One like a wombat prowl’d obtuse and furry, / One like a ratel tumbled hurry skurry. / She heard a voice like voice of doves / Cooing all together: / They sounded kind and full of loves / In the pleasant weather.

In “Henry VIII”, Shakespeare uses mournful tone, bleak diction, and dark allusion to convey Wolsey’s emotional response to being dismissed from the king’s court.

Both authors use a good variety of figurative language throughout their literature such as diction and metaphor. “Shattered windows and the sound of drums…” (Coldplay 23). This lyric from Viva La Vida uses diction in a way to express how King Louis XVI’s life dramatically turned and the impact it left on him, once he lost everything including his power. “Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.” (Dumas 531). This quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, uses diction as Edmond describes how a man who has been through

Negative imagery is used by Chaucer to undermine the effects of the narrator’s words. The manners practiced by the prioress are described by

The opposition is apparent between the two constructs of gender, ‘man was glad a blithe’, (joyful) (155) whereas the princess ‘siked an sorewed swithe.’ (sickened and sorrowed) (156) This disparity underlines the attitudes that permeate this text, considering the atrocity that has occurred, it is sickening to comprehend. Alluringly,