Mitchenall's Poem

The color red symbolics all of the colors and how each can have numerous emotions coming

In Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate, she illustrates the diverse relations of love and apathy between the characters by using the motif of red and white. “Esperanza’s white diapers were sprayed with blood” (217) symbolizes that Esperanza, as the only daughter of Rosaura, would have a loveless life due to their familial traditions. The stained red blood symbolizes that she will have the feeling of love. Furthermore, the diapers that were destroyed demonstrate that the blood will not be able to be removed from the diapers, which seals her fate to have a life without love. “After that fight only three chickens remained, plucked bald and one eyed.

Their appearances can consequently be said to be greatly symbolic of their role within the narrative. The use of colour is also symbolic of character sexuality "Red hots!!" or "face and neck the colour of oxblood leather", Red is symbolic of passion and is connected to McMurphy and Stanley, whereas the colours "ivory"[5] and "pale blue"[6] are used in describing the weaker characters that deny sexuality. The individuals' role within the narrative is dependant on the conflict that arises, in these texts, due to variations within their own sexuality and society's subsequent reactions. Sexual imagery also surrounds the characters; McMurphey and Stanley further giving, once more, indication of their sexuality "big stiff thumb" or "having those coloured lights going", more subtly there is also animalistic imagery "Stanley stalks fiercely". The images constructed are emblematic of the characters sexuality in the same way as the physical descriptions previously.

In literature, red is often associated with blood and violence. Four researchers, Erella Hovers, Shimon Ilani, Ofer Bar-Yosef, and Bernard Vandermeersch, studied colored symbolism and concluded; “Color symbolism is one of the symbolic frameworks used extensively by contemporary societies to convey information and abstract messages through material objects” (Hovers et al.,2003.) Through the use of colors, May vividly expresses the emotions of the speaker towards society, regarding the topics of warfare and education. He specifically selects certain colors, like black and red, to stir up emotions within Jontae. The colors create a symbolic image, ultimately leading up to represent the violent scenes taking place. May writes his fear; “I know how often red is the only color left to reach” (18-19), to show his apprehension for Jontae a young male in society surrounded by warfare. Red in literature often represents blood, sacrifice, and violence. Using colors throughout the poem, creates a more vehement atmosphere, in which Jontae is left to choose between warfare, and discovering his identity in an alternative

White- which symbolizes the future of progressive strong-minded women, and black- which represents the stereotypical passive Iranian women who obey the rules enforced upon them. Her hand pointing upwards indicates that they will no longer live with this. By inserting a speech bubble, the reader gets

The color red is used prevalently in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale as a motif to emphasize the dystopia world. It also serves as a symbol to represent several meanings. Many connotations are associated with the color red. Red illustrates positive feelings from love and passion to negative feelings such as anger and hate. Not only that, as Moses (2007) describes, it is a color which represents blood and violence, creates emotional intensity, and to some extent also “evoke erotic feelings” (p.35). Overall it can be concluded that the color red is deeply related with humans and “epitomizes human vitality and most above all, power.” (Roland, 2013). The role of red successfully creates dystopia in The Handmaid’s Tale by incorporating several symbolic meaning including fertility and love—themes related to the core of the story.

In literature, the color red symbolizes many things, each with its own emotional impact. Red can be associated with violence and bloodshed, or it can be associated with love and intense emotions. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred, chosen to be a “baby-maker” for a couple she was assigned to, desires to escape the dystopian society that she lives in. Thus, Margaret creates a fictional government that uses totalitarianism, violence, and the reoccurring pattern of the color red to illustrate the negative impact it has on women, especially the Handmaids.

Rossetti’s use of symbolism elaborates on the restriction and lack of freedom women possess. The three women are categorized into their labels and are structured in the poem one after the other. The symbolism of colours is exemplified in the descriptions of the three women; the colours presented are red, blue, and white. The symbolism of red and blue possess an opposition in meaning: Red symbolizes passion, lust and love, whereas blue signifies sadness and despair. One woman is labelled as promiscuous with

Her chirography contains elongated movements that are slow and flowy. When she moves it has a conclusion point but is not in no particular rush to get there. When she interacts with her partner, the man is the driving force. For example, if there was a combination he would make the bigger, perciser movements while she would make daintier movements. The white is also part of her description. The dress is flowy and pure white which accents her character of peacefulness. The white also coordinates with her choreography of wispy movement and contrasts the earthy tones of the other dancers who are big and precise. The conclusion of her elements and movements lead to her embodying a more traditional love. To illiterate, she represents a calm, slow burning love that lasts longer than a passionate love. This is also shown through the stark differences and conflicting dance style of the red

References to black and white carry the most weight and contribute much to the actions of the characters; those colors often are used as a comment on race, on good and evil, on sexuality,

In the poem “White Lies” by Natasha Tretheway, the author uses imagery to describe the feelings of a mixed girl regarding color. In the past and somewhat still present, African Americans struggle with being accepted because of the color of their skin color. Black girls are taught to and told to embrace their color and that all shades of black are beautiful, but told by others in society that being too dark is not beautiful enough. In lines three and four, the author describes the colors of a light skinned person in very vivid colors such as “light-bright, near-white/high-yellow, red-boned” (3&4).

In Julie Sheehan's poem we get a clear message that the tone is sarcastic. The usage of figurative language exaggerate the poem. The exaggeration in the poem makes us believe if this is real “hate” because of the hyperbolic phrases. In her piece “Hate Poem,” Julie Sheehan uses hyperbolic personification, metaphor, and simile to create a sarcastic tone to convey that passionate emotions can be easy to confuse.

In the short story, “A Red Dress 1946” by Alice Munro, Color imagery is used for signifying a girls point of view of her world and her own self by using the color red which represents nonconformity. The narrator has only a slight interest in being red, but she really wants to be blue, just like everyone else. Munro writes, “When I was asked a question in class, any simple little question at all…that I had blood on my skirt”.(2) The narrator is just so nervous about being red she is thinking of bad things that can happen with the color red. She is thinking of all the bad times the color red could do a girl badly, just like a girls period could leak at any moment. In “A Red Dress 1946”, a short story by Alice Munro, she uses Color Imagery to show the significance of the narrator’s view of the color red and all the “Evil” about it.

The black and white spot of the innocent puppy depicts the dawn– whereas the darkness of the night intervene with the brightness of the morning. In paragraph 1, the color of the whole environment is grey. The combination of the black and white spot of the puupy is grey. The tension between the night and morning depicts the life. Life is often compared to the stages of the day– dawn (infant), morning (adulthood), noon (man), dusk (near-death) and night (death). It is a contradiction that the puppy died in the dawn and not in the dusk or evening. It suugest that life is unfair, we could die in unexpected way like what happen to the puppy, existed from dawn to morning and eventually when sunrise came the puppy dies. The black and white spots also symbolize the yin-yang principle. Two halves that together complete wholeness. Yin and yang are also the starting point for change. When something is whole, by definition it is unchanging and complete. So when you split something into two halves – yin / yang, it upsets the equilibrium of wholeness. This starts both halves chasing after each other as they seek a new balance with each other.The word Yin comes out to mean “shady side” and Yang “sunny side”.Yin Yang is the concept of duality forming a whole. We encounter examples of Yin and Yang every day. As examples: night (Yin) and day (Yang), female (Yin) and male (Yang). In addition, the gender of the

The black and white spot of the innocent puppy depicts the dawn– whereas the darkness of the night intervene with the brightness of the morning. In paragraph 1, the color of the whole environment is grey. The combination of the black and white spot of the puupy is grey. The tension between the night and morning depicts the life. Life is often compared to the stages of the day– dawn (infant), morning (adulthood), noon (man), dusk(near-death) and night ( death). It is a contradiction that the puppy died in the dawn and not in the dusk or evening. It suugest that life is unfair, we could die in unexpected way like what happen to the puppy, existed from dawn to morning and eventually when sunrise came the puppy dies. The black and white spots also symbolizes the yin-yang principle. Two halves that together complete wholeness. Yin and yang are also the starting point for change. When something is whole, by definition it is unchanging and complete. So when you split something into two halves – yin / yang, it upsets the equilibrium of wholeness. This starts both halves chasing after each other as they seek a new balance with each other. The word Yin comes out to mean “shady side” and Yang “sunny side”. Yin Yang is the concept of duality forming a whole. We encounter examples of Yin and Yang every day. As examples: night (Yin) and day (Yang), female (Yin) and male (Yang). In addition, the gender of