Literary Devices In Middlemarch

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses many literary devices throughout the book. Literary devices such as Allegory, Imagery, Alliteration, Foreshadowing, etc. These contribute to not only the people but the events that occur. Each quote in the book contains a significant meaning.

Love is an important theme in most of Shakespeare’s play, including in Romeo and Juliet because love is a stronger force than all the animosity and forces of fate in Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s play, Shakespeare explores Romeo’s change in attitude to love between Rosaline and Juliet. In Act 1 Scene 1 Shakespeare introduces us to Romeo’s passionate desire towards Rosaline through the use of oxymoron, monologues and vivid imagery. In contrast, in Act 2 Scene 2, when Romeo is addressing Juliet, his language shifts through the use of light, religious and mythical imagery to reflect his newly found romantic love to Juliet.

3. His eyes widened and, accentuated by his __________________________________, you could tell he was sickened by the sight of his wife in the room. 4. The __________________________________ philosophy is to use a practical approach to problems, rather than theories. 5. She __________________________________ conversed with her friend on phone. 6. The room was hidden behind the __________________________________ green curtain. 7. He and his __________________________________ hung out at the bar smoking. 8. He could feel __________________________________ anger building inside himself. Matching: Match the antonym to the vocabulary word. _____ 1. concerned _____ 2. compliant _____ 3. clear, truthful _____ 4. ornate _____ 5. tiny _____ 6. beneficial _____ 7. harmful _____ 8. ideally A. austere B. equivocate C. mulish D. cynically E. benignly F. colossal G. apathetically H. pernicious

This essay originally titled Studying Literature in Grade 12, has an abundance of information regarding and convincing the readers that the grade twelve English course should be composed of Canadian literature. The grammar in this essay however, was weak. The subject did not agree to their pronouns, making many sentences awkward. Overall, improvements could have been made. Some of these include MLA format, the title, introduction paragraph, grammar, punctuation and the citation format.

Many authors use literary devices such as allusions, metaphors, similes, imagery, euphemisms, and others to create a more enhanced effect to their work. Ray Bradbury, the author of the acclaimed dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, cleverly incorporated several of these, throughout the text, along with a lot of symbolism. One example is the relentless burning of literature, symbolizing the ignorance of human beings, as well as the censorship of knowledge and freedom of thought. Another example is the many fascinating technological innovations featured in the novel, such as the TV walls or the mechanical hound, which expresses how people had mindlessly replaced the “real” stuff with the artificial.

Authors use literary as devices such irony, foreshadowing,or flashbacks to help develop the theme of a story. Novels such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, use these literary devices to elaborate on and support one common theme. Even short stories such as “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury use literary devices to make their stories and plots more interesting and to develop their themes. Literary devices are an important part of writing and an essential part of any plot, story, or theme.

4. One of the most demanding aspects of this poem is its allusions, as Eliot expected his readers to be as well educated as he was. Some allusions are fairly accessible. The allusions to Michelangelo—an artist most people are familiar with—in line 14 and again in line 36 help us imagine the women Prufrock is talking about. The function of the less accessible allusions—such as “works and days of hands” (l. 29)—may serve a different purpose. Why might Eliot have included such esoteric allusions? How do they affect your reading of the poem?

How did author ‘David Morley’ literary techniques and images to communicate his intended message to his target audience?

The doom of Lydgate and Rosamond marriage results in the lacking of understanding between the two. From the first moment they met there has been miscommunication between the two- eg. Lydgate did not want to get married right away, he wanted to wait until he was financial secure. Rosamond wanted to get married right away to a man that was not born and raised within the Middlemarch community, someone who would show her the world. Due to Rosamond’s insistence and plead Lydgate decided to get married right away. The major misunderstanding comes from both side, neither understands what the other wants.

Cheyanne Wolfe Mr.Berres English II Period 1 26 September 2015 Lord of The Flies In the book Lord of The Flies By: William Golding, the time frame of book was written while World War II was occurring, and was a pessimistic time. In the book literary devices come into true meaning and convey Ralph's physical and mental view of being abandoned on this mysterious island. This is where his emotions show why the author chose these literary devices. The author displays various literary devices throughout Chapter 5 of Lord of The Flies; Such as similes, personification, imagery, and metaphors to identify Ralph's knowledge that the island is perhaps his final destination.

The use of biblical allusions plays a key role in aiding in Eliot’s social commentary. The Virgin Mary is referred to as ‘a fading star’ (line 28) and a ‘multifoliate rose’ (line 63). The description

Interestingly, analysts take extremes when relating to the focus on Eliot’s poetic style—that is, they either put great emphasis on it or ignore it almost entirely. This is likely due to the poetic style greatly enhancing the tone and feeling of the poem, but not effecting its particular meaning bar some choice scenarios. One such scenario is at the beginning of the fifth section; the first stanza here reflects a nursery rhyme, giving a “sing-song effect” that Cahill relates to implying the uselessness of “mental happiness” in life (60), while analyst Robert Crawford points to similar “childish” undertones as a reflection of the theme of “degrad[ing]... essential ritual[s]” (Crawford). Crawford continues by noting that the ending stanza of the poem,due to its “typography, placing, and… its rhythm”, seems to reference this nursery rhyme, giving it the feeling of “chant” that is “universal” (Crawford). Notably, this feeling is only possible due to Eliot’s careful use of regular, song-like rhythm.

Languages such as German, French and Latin are implemented alongside abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, in order to convey the idea that there are no exemptions to Eliot’s interpretation of common human qualities and experiences. Conversely, social class is also explored – in part II of The Waste Land, “A Game of Chess”, Eliot juxtaposes a lower-class bar conversation with satire of the opulent, while endorsing – via the comparison of the two – the idea that sexual fulfilment is a critical element in feeling valuable and secure in the society depicted. Indeed, it was Eliot’s opinion at the time that too much emphasis was placed on the importance of fertility, aesthetic appeal and marital security – an idea which is also explored in Portrait of a Lady through the satirical portrayal of a fussing woman, who is described as sitting in “an atmosphere of Juliet’s tomb”.

The novel Middlemarch written by George Eliot (1871-1872) enjoyed immense popularity as it dominated the European Literature in the 18th century. Eliot showcases social values and personal importance by theorizing desire in her novel. The scene between Dorothea Brooke and Will Ladislaw in the library at Ludwick, that scene which lends itself to a dynamic representative reading to desire's function in Eliot's work. In An Erotic’s of Detachment: Middlemarch and Novel reading as a Critical Practice David Kurnick places Dorothea in the role of the restless and perpetually desirous novel-reader. Kurnick argues that Middlemarch as a 19th century novel depicting English society

One of George Eliot's challenges in Middlemarch is to depict a sexually desirous woman, Dorothea, within the confines of Victorian literary propriety. The critic, Abigail Rischin, identifies the moment that Dorothea's future husband, Ladislaw, and his painter-friend see her alongside an ancient, partially nude statue of the mythic heroine, Ariadne, in a museum in Rome as the key to Eliot's sexualization of this character. Ariadne is, in the sculpture, between her two lovers. Theseus, whom she helped to escape from her father's labyrinth in Crete has already left her, while the jubilant God, Bacchus, her next lover, has yet to arrive. "By invoking the silent visual rhetoric of ancient