Literary Analysis : Milton 's Lycidas

3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?

d. Through his use of imagery devices throughout the poem, the author’s main message that

Throughout the essay the writer employs a variety of pronouns in a genuine attempt to persuade the audience and draw them in. As an example, he successfully includes

D. The chosen interpretation rests on how the narrator’s character is analyzed through her hidden thoughts.

a. Is there some section that clearly lets the reader know what subject the composition is about and what the writer’s purpose is? If so, where does this section begin and end? In this section, can you find an answer to the central question that the text has been written in response to, or can you find an indication of the text’s central argument?

b) Pick another brief quote from this scene that supports your discussion of the theme and its relation to the aspect that you are writing about.

To the ignorant and self-oblivious person, the true individuality of a man’s self is presumed through his ability to possess an apt and socially preferable state of mind. Quite ironic in fact—and if I’m not mistaken—the widespread consensus regarding human identity, is that it is at its most ripe, and fertile upon one’s inevitable decision to conform to the mass. Such logic is somewhat of a paradox-in-itself and if we deconstruct the meaning of the terms ‘conform’ and ‘individuality’ their contrast is vast, and their apparent use is irrational, therefore all aspects of the human mind remain complacent, and mundane to a certain degree that it erases any former beliefs of a unique human being. Rather, human personality is an

4. ?After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with as unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm, and before he knew what he was doing he asked her to stay there with him. He had often though since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter...?

3. What effect does juxtaposing the pastoral imagery of ode 3 with scene 3 create? What might this suggest about scene 4?

c) In the first example, Emerson hopes to evoke feelings of wisdom; he explains that he becomes absorbent of all nature has to offer, indicating his wise and open mind that is open to anything and everything. In the second example, feelings of resentment and self-reliance are meant to be shown through a metaphor; Emerson hopes to show readers his pure resentment towards imitation. In the third example, Emerson hopes to evoke feelings of guilt and self worth; he wants his readers to understand how resentful he is of imitation.

1. Which of the following quotations from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" reveals an objective point of view?

5. The falling action of the poem is when the speaker does not die and decides that since the

3. Who was the intended audience for each man's speech and how does that affect the way it was worded and delivered?

This arising tone of regret and distance is also formed by the speaker’s depiction of his father having “cracked hands that ached,” (1. 3) which further signifies the father’s struggle with the severe coldness. The concept of self-sacrifice is apparent in this portrayal of his father’s disregard to his own pain in order to provide warmth and light for his family’s home. The stirring of “banked fires blaze” (1. 5) within the house,

b. “It is only through embracing life in its totality, that we can uplift humanity and improve the human condition” p. 384