Essay on Sound and Dark Imagery in “The Witch” by Anton Chekhov

Explain (tell me what image the poem brings to mind)She begins by describing the "death of winter's leaves".

Imagery is used to positively describe the pains the wife took to make r husband happy. Even though described as “fadingly pretty” and “shy,” the woman wears a big hat to hide what she may lack in appearance.

Dahl’s definitions of witches as women speak badly about women and shows unfair judgement about gender. It criticized the women as if most of them are evil and sinner which also compared to Eva. This may be the weakness of this book. Dahl also used the ugliness of witches to communicate about standards of beauty for western women who may be seen as prescriptive or biasing to some critic. Witchcraft and magic are often see in opposition to organize religion which it maybe affects the religions of other groups. It also influences the children to be afraid to women as it was stated that witches are all

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, explains the marvels of witchcraft and the world of “magic”, which unravels a set of confusing disasters in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. While confronted between a choice of life and death, situations hastily get out of hand, and soon become uncontrollable. These events are based on true happenings that led to the writing of this play, which contains the themes mass hysteria, groupthink, and abuse of power. The vast world of witchcraft may not have seemed too intimidating, but it is proven that it’s more dangerous than one can truly imagine.

The Witch of Edmonton, written in 1621 by John Ford, Thomas Dekker and William Rowley, depicts an old and lonely woman, Elizabeth Sawyer, whose false reputation as a ‘witch’ drives her to utilize the devil’s power and take her revenge on those who made her do so. The story is based on the real historical figure of Elizabeth Sawyer, a woman who was put to death for witchcraft in 1621. The case of Sawyer, as portrayed in both the play and her true interrogation, proves, in multiple ways, how the underlying cause of ‘witchcraft’ is the selfish desire for power. Not only does Elizabeth Sawyer herself emit this desire for power through her prideful need for revenge, but the villagers of Edmonton also emit this desire for power through their use

The author utilities simple words, but the reader escapes the plot. The phrase "The snow was melting into the dirty water” makes the reader think the word snow represents purity and happiness. The whole mood changes when the author uses the word dirty. The word dirty represents sadness or angry. The reader makes their own choice on how to translate the word dirty. The reader who chooses to go in the path of sadness may think a family

“Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed-and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But there speakin’ of witch craft.” Could you imagine being accused of witchcraft just for being out in the woods, dancing around a fire with some friends? From Abigail Williams motives, the choices she make, along with the consequences that are put in to place that has caused this chaos, to the person Abigail has become by the end of the play. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is an emotional rollercoaster.

which a town turns into chaos after a series of false accusations of witchcraft. The play conveys a

As she is off the ground she tears up and puts her head against the window.

In the second stanza it is the semantic field of cold: ‘winter’, ‘ice’, ‘naked’, ‘snow’. All these lexical items give us a feeling of cold which evokes loneliness, unknown, fear.

Hayden utilizes diction to set a dark and solemn tone throughout the poem. Like the various examples of imagery, there is also a strong use of underlying symbolism. In the first stanza, the words “cold” (1. 2) and “fires blaze” (1. 5) are used, which introduces a conflict. This is emphasized in the second stanza when the word “cold” (2. 1) is used again, later followed by the word “warm” (2. 2). In the last stanza, the father eventually “had driven out the cold” (3. 2). Yet the father had not ridden the house of the cold air until the end of the poem, which symbolizes how it took his son several years later to recognize the behaviors in which his father conveyed his love for him.

In each version of the story, the narrator changes. This allows two different point of views to develop in each story. In Chekhov’s

There are many references to darkness, blackness and the moon which create an exciting and romantic atmosphere keeping the reader in suspense. The first lines which include powerful metaphors such as "The wind was a torrent of darkness" and "The moon was a ghostly galleon" entice you to read on. Words such as 'ghostly', 'hell', 'blood' and 'death' suggest a sense of danger. This is stereotypical because no fairytale story of love and separation is complete without a hint of danger. 'The Highwayman' contains a lot of repetition e.g. "

In this poem, the narrator opens up with a serene scene of a winter night – or so it seems. Although the narrator describes an externally cozy, peaceful scene, he unveils a discordant heart, as suggested by the restless tone he uses. During this silent night, the narrator watches a piece of soot flicker over the fire: “Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, / Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing. Methinks, its motion in this hush of nature / Gives it dim sympathies with me who lives, / Making it a companionable form” (15-19). In other words, the narrator associates himself with

more on the emotion of the thing. E.g. there is a painting of a man