Phaaethon And Icarus Analysis

We often rely on imagery, a literary device that uses vivid descriptions and appeals to the senses, in our storytelling to point out the important facts in our stories. It helps our audience picture the scene and understand the severity of the situation. In my opinion, a well-written scene can be incredibly meaningful and thought-provoking with the help of imagery, sometimes even more so than a photograph. In literature, this is no different. Authors will describe characters and events in great detail when they feel it is important to the story. They will use imagery to point out character traits, themes, symbols, and motifs. A good author paints you a picture so you can imagine the places, colors, expressions, textures, with all the fine details.

characters are in many ways divergent, and it is in fact these traits that reveal the most about

Imagery is the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively. In the story “The Arabian Nights” there wasn’t much imagery because the style of writing in the collection of short stories seems to include more dialect rather than imagery. However, in the story “In a Grove” the imagery that stood out was the way the weapons showed greed. An expression of this was the testimony of the policeman when he caught Tajomour. He stated “You say that this bow and these arrows look like the ones owned by the dead man?

The two myths, Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus, describe the fatal mistake of 2 foolishly ambitious young boys. Throughout the two texts the authors, Bernard Evslin and Geraldine McCaughrean, who respectively rewrote Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus, use the literary elements of characterization and imagery to convey their shared theme. Through the use of characterization and imagery, both mythological protagonists, Phaethon and Icarus, demonstrate a common lesson that a prideful disregard of the warnings from those who are older and wiser can quickly lead to disastrous consequences.

When Chris Crutcher decides to use imagery it is often very detailed. He takes the time to describe what these characters are seeing and feeling. Chris wants to make sure that the readers can see every situation, feel the weight of every decision, and feel the pain of the characters. Imagery is a very helpful tool to help Chris’ ideas really jump off the page and into your head. Some of these scenes of imagery include a little girl scrubbing off her skin using a brillo pad, and a character's father

What events in the text you read revealed important aspects of a character’s personality? What personality traits were revealed? Use at least three specific examples directly form the text to back up what you say.

Character traits are important to literary elements because they help the reader get an understanding of who they are reading about. Beowulf is a part of a medieval tribe called the Geats (Shmoop… Beowulf), he is represented as a heroic figure who puts everyone else’s safety before his own. He was willing to risk his life in order to save the city of Herot from the evil monster Grendel, who feeds off of the citizens. “That mighty protector of men Meant to hold the monster till its life Leaped out” (Beers #23). In this excerpt from Beowulf, Beowulf is fighting the monster Grendel in the town of Herot. He is risking his life to save all the citizens he possibly can from this monster who tortures this town daily. “Grendel escaped, But wounded as he was could flee to his den, Only to die, to wait for the end Of all his days.” (Beers #24). Beowulf was able to defeat Grendel after putting up a hard fight. Grendel flees from Herot back to his home to die. The morning after the victory the townspeople cheered on Beowulf (Shmoop… Beowulf) for saving them and honored his bravery for

It is in these actions that the character’s traits are established. It is in this that we, the readers, get to “see” what kind of character thee people are: friendly, sad, nosey, love-struck, adventurous, etc. When we discuss characters in literature, poetry, and even film, we often describe them in terms of their character traits, descriptive adjectives that define the specific qualities of the character. The author/ poet/ director may present this directly, but often times, they show us this in action. Our job as readers/ viewers is to draw conclusions about the character’s traits (infer them). Below is a list of ways we can determine the traits of the character we are studying:

The author uses imagery to interest the reader in her story that may seem mundane without the imagery. An example of this happening is when Jeannette is going to her new school in Welch it was her first day and the teacher picks on her because she did not have to give the school her records to her not having them as that is happening a tall girl stabs her out of nowhere“I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me.

The Story The Veldt By Ray Bradbury uses a lot of foreshadowing throughout the story mostly when talking about the nurery. To foreshadow he uses similes imagery and voice the foreshadowing better. Foreshadowing is a big part of writing a story, if you want to have a good story you have to use foreshadowing. The way imagery helps with foreshadowing is it helps create a picture in the reader's mind and enables them to get more into the story. and it can add that anticipation like a scary movie would like what's behind the door or corner.

In both stories, “ Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “ Allegory of the cave” by Plato, both authors use imagery to descibe how the characters in the story are lead to a new reality that has been bestow upon them. In “ Cathedral” the narrator learns the way Robert sees things when he says “ He ran his fingers over the paper. He went up and down the sides of the paper. The edges, even the edges. He fingered the corners. All right, he said. All right, let’s

Throughout the Greek tragedy the main character Oedipus’ character is shown by the way he reacts to many different circumstance. From finding out his beloved wife is actually his mom, this greek tragedy shows the many characteristics of Oedipus the King, as he goes through many life changing situations. Throughout this tragedy, his most notable characteristics are his arrogance, his stubbornness, and finally his humbleness. Oedipus is a man of many emotions. Oedipus most prominent characteristic is his arrogance.

Anakin and Oedipus evolve their personalities as the conflicts of the story increase. These conflicts ignite certain aspects of the characters that will eventually lead to their fate. These tragic characters are meant to have flawed personality traits, so the audience can connect with the characters due to the realistic traits and actions that any human can experience. The mental aspect of archetypal tragedies shape tragic events occuring in the stories. Pride, paranoia, and hamartia, would eventually lead both Anakin and Oedipus to their inevitable downfall.

Aristophanes’ play, The Clouds, has an inconsistent message about morality. Morality is the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Morality affects our action, thoughts, and what is perceived as good and bad. For the ancient Greeks nomos was the concept of law and moral conduct, while physis was natural behavior. In both plays there were incidents that have a moral argument. In The Cloud, there are scenes where morality is question about what a character is doing. Compared to Euripides’ play, Electra, morality is a key issue. Some people may say that in The Clouds, the moral argument is view differently than in Electra. In this paper I will argue that the concept of what is moral is different yet the same for the characters in both plays and some characters are more vulnerable to having their sense of morality swayed.

In "The Raven", he uses imagery to describe setting. "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." (Raven 2). In the "Cask of Amontillado", he also uses imagery, when he explains the image of the Catacombs. "We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs." (Cask 6). Lastly, in "Masque of the Red Death", he uses imagery to describe the Red Death. "There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men." (Masque