The Effective Language In Henry Lawson's 'Bush Undertaker'

The Australian suburban lifestyle in the 1950s and 1960s was centred around the idea of a “new and modern” variety of man that was different from those that could be found elsewhere. In “Enter without so much as knocking” suburban living in Australia is also explored however it is quickly related to a conformist ideology due to the rules the society followed. In the poem, this is shown through the use of capitalised imperatives used in truncated

Throughout the writing, Shaw uses his diction to calmly and peacefully tell his experience at his mother’s funeral. For example, Shaw uses words such as, “sunny”, “cool”, and “beautiful” to portray a peaceful tone. This choice of diction shows that Shaw is attempting to make a good situation out of a bad one. By doing this, it reveals that Shaw has an optimistic attitude when it comes to dark situations. This diction supports the positive tone in his writing by keeping

The idea of death can be, and is an enormously disturbing, unknown issue in which many people can have many different opinions. To some individuals, the process of life can progress painstakingly slow, while for others life moves too fast. In the excerpt We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates, a innocent farm boy named Judd Mulvaney has an eye-opening encounter by a brook near his driveway. During this encounter, Judd faces a chain of feelings and emotions that lead to his change of opinion of the issues of life and death, and change as a character. This emblematic imagery of life and death, as well as jumpy, and retrospective tones benefit the development of Judd as an innocent child as he begins to change into a more conscious and aware adult.

Ronald Reagan, the former 40th president of the United States died on June 5th of 2004. A couple of days later on the 11th, Margaret Thatcher the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, wrote an eulogy for Ronald Reagan. In this eulogy, Thatcher uses rhetorical strategies to convince her readers into believing what she states. She uses the strategies of parallelism, pathos and diction to get her message out and to help her reader receive it. And thus Thatcher can convince her readers into believing what she says.

In the beginning of the short story, as Brother reflects on Doodle’s life, the author uses personification and foreshadowing to create a mood of remorse. As he gazes out of the window into his backyard, Brother states that “the graveyard flowers were blooming. ...speaking softly the names of our dead” (Hurst 1). The flowers provide flashbacks of the past, and foreshadow a loss of life. The loneliness felt by Brother causes readers to consider how they would feel if their loved one was gone. As Brother observes the seasons, it is noted that “summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born” (Hurst 1). The personifications of the seasons as stages in the cycle of life and death creates an unsure and uncertain mood. The shift between seasons creates an idea of change and uncertainty of events to come. Hurst creates a mood of remorse through

It is impossible to find a family that is problem free and does not go through its ups and downs. Seasons often marks a progress, here it not only sets the way for Doodles progress of becoming like a normal boy, but it is used as a way to show the growth of the sibling relationship between the two brothers. Seasons and weather play an important role in setting the tone and mood of the story. An example of the motif of seasons and weather is seen in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst as doodles progress goes along with each season. This motif is used to develop the relationship between Doodle and his brother as evident through the clove of seasons, summer, and storms.

Ronald Regan was a friend to some people, and just a president to others, but to Margaret Thatcher Regan was a "great president, a great American, and a great man." Thatcher's eulogy of Regan gave relief to his fellow Americans as she said the great things he has done for this country while he was alive. Throughout this eulogy, she makes her emphasizes her points made by using several rhetorical devices, such as repetition, shifts through her mood, and her diction.

Weird Melancholy in Henry Lawson’s ‘The Bush Undertaker’ and Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock

Slessor is without doubt one of Australia’s great poets as his poetry invites us to feel and think about human experience in new ways. He shapes meaning in his poems through the use of sophisticated and appropriate language. Within the poem “Beach Burial” Slessor provides various insights on how the human condition is questioned and allows the reader to experience personal encounters with death, loss and grief that he laments throughout this poem, thereby underlining the futility of war. He also demonstrates the everyday struggles during the Great Depression in Kings Cross within the poem “William Street” during the financial state in the 1930s.

In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst exhibits the narrator's sorrow throughout Doodle's life and death by utilizing the literary elements of mood and foreshadowing. Hurst creates a dark, negative, and ominous mood that evokes the narrator's feeling of sorrow through specific diction . The author utilizes specific phrases to foreshadow certain events which reflect the narrator's feelings of sorrow. Hurst creates the mood through specific diction and phrases to exhibit the narrator's feeling of sorrow. In the beginning of the story, Hurst uses phrases to describe the time period as summer being “dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit the bleeding tree” (554)

Brent Staples uses vivid language and rhetorical devices to express and convey the elements of fear, anger, and violence. We all make many decisions based on past experiences. That’s how we learn to avoid touching a hot stove burner for example. It’s also about how we learn to do things that bring us pleasure. So we all develop discriminating behavior, but when that discrimination is based purely on the color on that person’s skin, or his ethnicity, without knowing anything else about that person, it becomes racism. Being a malicious looking black man, walking the streets at night may give someone the idea that you’re a rapist, killer, robber, or even a stalker. Nearly everyone has experienced these same emotions before and each has

Lazybones is a memorable illustration of a strong and slender middle-aged woman named Elizabeth Hurst who pursued a happy homestead life but ultimately ends up trapped in the misery of a hash farm life. The reason for her misfortune is her lazy husband “Waltz Hunt”, who at one point she refers to as “Lazybones”. After marrying against her family’s consent, the couple rented a farm to live off the land and have five children together. Elizabeth struggles to take care of her home and family. She is barely able to sustain their life on the farm due to unfavorable ecological conditions and an unproductive and ignorant husband. She endures the brutal and tiring farm life on a daily basis with no hopes of things getting better. This pushes her into constant conflict on how to cope with her difficult life, her lazy husband, and their unfulfilling marriage.

Set in the mid nineteenth century in Queensland, Australia, Remembering Babylon is a literary piece that employs primarily the use of a third person point of view, as well as incorporating various creative literary techniques in order to tell the story of Gemmy, a blended and in-between raced boy. Gemmy is introduced as a mysterious figure that emerged from ‘the land over there that was forbidden’ for the white settlers (2). Gemmy was on the ‘top rail of the fence, hung there’ with his arms out and then said to Lachland ‘Do not shoot.. I am a B-b-british object!’(3). Here Gemmy presents and sees himself as being an object. An object more specifically, is merely a thing or an item. The term itself is degrading when in reference to a human being.

  In the play, descriptive language teaches the audience more about the surroundings than what the characters are actually saying to one another.  "I've not been in this house--it's more than a year" (6), Mrs. Hale tells the county attorney.  It is a very run down house, and the audience discovers there are no signs of anyone really ever being happy.  The kitchen is dirty, and the women begin to feel uneasy about being in a house where there is nothing but darkness and coldness.  The darkness is to signify how alone and empty Mrs. Wright was feeling while living with her husband.  Mrs. Wright did not feel wanted, and she felt like all hope was lost which the audience recognizes with the help of Mrs. Hale's saying, "...he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters.  Just to pass the time of day with him.  Like a raw wind that gets to the bone" (11).  Mrs. Hale conveys these important details to Mrs. Peters, which proves that the environment in the Wright house was dark and dreary.  The audience can imagine living in house where there is nothing but solitude and misery.  The solemn atmosphere makes the readers start to understand how lonely and depressing living in the house actually was.

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” This quote by Maya Angelou exemplifies a value that Neville Longbottom eventually comes to terms with. In the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Neville Longbottom gives out a speech that captivates everybody’s attention. Neville is a friend to Harry, Hermione, and Ron, who all belong to the Gryffindor house, which symbolizes the bravery in Hogwarts. Throughout the series, Neville had always been a very shy and timid character, but as the end of the last movie approached, he started becoming more and more like a Gryffindor should be. This speech was given right after Harry Potter was killed by Voldemort,