Peripeteia Of Torchy

Pity is an alternative road we take when there is nothing we can do to help someone. In fact, Pity is an emotion that makes us feel sorry for something. The author of the book “The Pigman”, Paul Zindel, did an excellent job in painting scenes that made me feel pity or even guilt. For instance, on page thirty-five, there is a motif for Mr. Pignati the first time Lorraine and John meet him. I immediately pitied him because he was jubilant to see John and Lorraine, but was oblivious to the truth. Furthermore, on page forty-one Mr. Pignati writes a check with a much bigger amount than ten dollars to a non-existent fund, still unaware of Lorraine’s lies. I felt sympathetic towards Mr. Pignati, especially during the event on page fifty-two and fifty-three,

This entire sequence symbolizes that in this seemingly pleasant and normal family town, is a dark and evil underworld. This theme is repeated and elaborated throughout the

perseverance are present in “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” causing

Throughout this poem, Szymborska creates a tone that follows the feelings of the persona, Lot’s wife. This poem begins with a casual, conversational tone. This tone conveys the persona’s mockery and flippancy. This tone shows that Lot’s wife felt that she had to justify her actions. “They say I looked back out of curiosity. / But I could have had other reasons.’ (1-2). Lot’s wife believes that the historical depiction of her has created assumptions may have been false. The tone progresses into one of frustration, anger and resentment. ‘So I wouldn't have to keep staring at the righteous nape / of my husband Lot’s neck.’ (5-6). This enforces the idea that Lot’s wife is rebelling against the traditional role of a woman by defying her husband. Her reluctance to leave Sodom creates a sense of regret, where Lot’s wife is the only one to truly understand what she is leaving behind ‘I looked back in desolation. / In shame because we had stolen away. / Wanting to cry out, to go home.’ (21-23). This adds a sense of maturity to her character, as she understands the magnitude of the situation. It also presents the idea that she is sinful, which is seen through her desperation to preserve Sodom, a town that God was purging as it was full of sin. This constant change of tone creates a narrative voice that is unsure and thus developing a character that is unsure. This emphasised the idea that Lot’s

Individuality is the supreme catalyst that guides people to feel self-worth and become emboldened in their pursuits. It is the mentality that gives humans clarity and uniqueness that make the world interesting. It is what allows each person to be respected in his/her own way. In the stories Night and Persepolis, the motif of individuality is emphatically expressed. It is portrayed as essential to the hope of the masses. When individuality is suppressed people lose virtues/self respect/humanity, motivation/will to live and faith. In essence, they give up the idea of anything else except their suffering. As thousands die, the protagonists (of Night and Persepolis)

The author’s use of imagery also leaves the listeners crying at their misfortunes. To fully illustrate the burning, agony of Hell, the author frequently uses the phrases “glowing flames” and “Hell’s wide gaping mouth open”. This depict that Hell is very “hot” to endure

The language in this poem is quite harsh, emphasising the anger ‘Medusa’ feels for this man. There is a lexical field of destruction and disgust ‘shattered’ ‘filthy’ ‘stank’ that connotes the negative feelings of envy and fury that the poet is feeling. The poem as a whole is very figurative, mirroring

He perpetrates this act of sin and permits the guilt of his deed to haunt him every day of his life. He tries to justify the hiding of his sin by thinking of the damage it could do to his congregation. He believes that he needs to demonstrate a virtuous disposition for his church members. However, despite his attempts at justification, he still suffers tremendously for his sin. Instead of repenting his misdeed, he buries it deep inside of his heart, causing it to slowly deteriorate. In his heart “there was, and there had long been, the gnawing and poisonous tooth of bodily pain” caused by his remorse (Hawthorne 135). Rather than admitting his sin, he inflicts in private actions of self-harm including fasting and scourging himself. Hawthorne emphasizes the daily torture that concealed sin can cause through Dimmesdale’s internal

The short stories “Brother Dear” and “The Charmer” contain symbolism that represents the theme of dysfunctional families. In “Brother Dear”, when Greg returns home he has garbage bags of laundry with him. The garbage bags could symbolize the fact that Greg has returned home to tell his parents that he didn’t make it to the final exam and he isn’t continuing his schooling, which could be referred to as his garbage that he is dumping off or emptying at his house. In “The Charmer” Zack’s mother calls him a “real devil” (Viewpoints 103). “Devils are considered fallen angels, and can often fool you for a very long time” (Viewpoints 103). So Zack is considered a devil because of how he wrongfully fools his family all of the time to get what he wants, and because he has addictions to gambling and drinking. When Greg in “Brother Dear” is caught flaring his nostrils when Sharlene asks him if he has a girlfriend, Sharlene stays that he is “hiding something” (Viewpoints 28) when he flares his nostrils. This could symbolize the fact that not only is he hiding something about his relationship status, but he is hiding the truth about how he didn’t make it

Firstly, Proulx describes Quoyle as a man without ambition that was constantly hurt by his family. Quoyle’s father always consider his son a failure, he all the time says, “failure to speak clearly; failure to sit up straight, failure to get up in the morning . . .” (line 24), a failure for everything. This alliteration and characterization shows Quoyle’s defects. By using harsh diction, she shows his pathetic personality through the eyes of Quoyle’s father. Her selection of words like “failure”, “damp” and “monstrous” are very stern and rough to depict Quoyle’s nature. Proulx applies harsh diction to clarify Quoyle’s hopelessness and emptiness as the result from his father’s cruel behaviour toward him.

The snake metaphor present in Priam’s death serves to dramatize his death. Pyrrhus, like a snake “sloughing its old skin to glisten in its newfound youth,” viciously approaches Priam to murder him (Aeneid 2.590-91). By drawing a parallel between the snake, shedding its skin, to Pyrrhus, the audience can believe Pyrrhus as a much stronger, ruthless, and dangerous version of himself. One way Virgil successfully accomplishes this belief is through using the word “glisten[ing]” which symbolizes rebirth, strength, and power. Furthermore, Virgil strengthens this interpretation with the description of the snake having “triple tongue[s] flicking

The young speaker is infatuated with his friend’s sister. He believes that if he brings her a gift from the bazaar than she will love him back. The speaker’s time at the bazaar is nothing like he thought it would be. It is a horrible experience and he fails to buy a gift for his crush. The speaker says “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” He realizes that he wasn’t actually in love with his friend’s sister. His desire for her was only a vain wish for something new and different. She would never live up to his expectations. The speaker’s dreams about romance are shattered when he faces the reality of

Oresteia is a script whose story goes on by recalling Orestes’ lost memories. The main idea which is prevalent throughout this story is about finding the truth hidden in the acts of revenge, lies, and fates which are intricately intertwined. However, as the truth does not always give us hope and pleasant, in this story, the characters are suffered by the truth and the way to find it.

Body Paragraph 1: In “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Masque of the Red Death” the characters both try to prevent

A resistant reading of the poem uncovers the idea that religion, specifically the Judeo-Christian religious tradition, is intrinsically harmful and retrogressive in nature. If the ‘snake’ is interpreted as a synecdoche for Judaeo-Christian religious tradition as a whole, a profoundly negative opinion of such an ideology is formed throughout the poem. Without the ‘snake’ that is this religion, there would be no “pain and suffering”. The poem asks, “what could bear such a weight”, interrogating the conscience of religion, implying guilt on its behalf. Furthermore, the imagery suggested in the second stanza surrounding the snake’s “shadow” evokes negative ideas concerning the nature of the religion, which is further bolstered by its ability to “separate itself” from this shadow, and to “move on