Were Watching God Figurative Language

The use of descriptive language is important for the writer to entertain, persuade and teleport the reader into their work. Descriptive use and imagery allow the reader to experience the setting, sound, taste, and mood as if they can live through it. Which takes us to Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Not only does he use exceptional details and imagery throughout the play between the characters, but the way he uses word allows us to put ourselves into the play as if we can feel what they feel. It also allows us to experience and go through the play as if we are in it also. So in this paper, I would like to focus on a few major moments where I believe Shakespeare descriptive language is the strongest.

Shakespeare uses metaphors and figures throughout his plays to give the reader and audience a further understanding of the story he is telling. In Metaphors We Live By, it is stated that “…Metaphorical expressions in everyday language can give us insight into the metaphorical nature of concepts that structure our everyday activities…” (Lakoff & Johnson 7). Through these conceits Shakespeare expands a normal idea and transforms it into

Hurston uses diction, imagery, and tone to sum up the changed nature of the marriage between Joe and Janie and makes the reader feel angry concerning Joe, and pity concerning Janie.

Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is rich in fascinating visual imagery. In this passage, three characters, Janie, Motor Boat, and Tea Cake, are attempting to flee from a raging storm while fighting strong winds and avoiding various hazards surrounding them. In addition, they must witness the suffering of other fellow escapees who are not as lucky as them. Hurston uses devices such as personification, simile, and participles to emphasize the chaotic mood and action of the passage. Her utilization of these techniques produces captivating visual imagery and makes the passage more intriguing and provocative.

All novels contain symbolism in one shape or form, masking a deeper meaning beneath the words that are written on the page. Usually, there is an assortment of symbols disguised by a literal meaning that blend in with the scene. Symbols frequently come in the form of nature. Nature, generally being in the background of a scene, becomes more prominent when it is meant to be identified as a symbol. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, the symbolism in nature is recurrent throughout the novel. It is used to indicate turning points and track the growth of the main character, Janie’s, coming-of-age. This is portrayed through the changing of the seasons and various correspondents. In this way, it can be seen that not all events affect Janie in the same way, leading her in one direction. In Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, seasonal symbols are used to target experiences in Janie’s life and how they affect her overall development into adulthood.

Throughout the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God” (written by author Zora Neale Hurston and published in September 1937) multiple motifs (a recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work or text) have appeared amidst the chapters. Furthermore, motifs have played an excruciatingly important role overall throughout the book, whether it be a place, a person, the weather, or simply just a personʻs possession(s). Therefore, in this prompt I will explain the various motifs exhibited in the passages.

In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, she uses figurative language to show how people in Janie’s life are judgemental of her, from being judged on her appearance to being judged on her life. At the very opening of the novel the author shows that Janie’s entrance into the story was even judged, this foreshadows judgement throughout the novel. “But now the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and humans. They become lords of sound and lesser things. They passed nations through their mouths.

Without literary techniques most literature would be colorless. Therefore these techniques are very crucial in producing successful writing. Not only do they create interest, they also help in development of characters, this is especially depicted in the Shakespearean play, Macbeth. The characters developed from the different literary techniques such as irony, paradox, and imagery assist in conveying the many themes throughout the play.

Hurston’s first use of imagery in the book is seen with the pear tree representing young love, something that doesn’t last forever. Janie is telling her friend, Pheoby, about her time spent around the blossoming pear tree as a young girl. Hurston uses imagery in this section with the blossoming pear tree to represent young love. While Janie is

In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie Crawford has three different husbands, each with his own unique characteristics. Logan Killicks, her first husband, is very wealthy but neglects her. She then marries Jody Starks, who is less affluent than Killicks, very powerful in his community, and outright abusive towards her. Janie’s final husband Tea Cake is the one she loves the most despite his lack of wealth. In spite of the varying storylines throughout the tenure of her marriages and the novel in general, one recurring thread is the use of the metaphor of the horizon: how men wait for their wishes to come true like ships on the horizon that need to come to shore. Janie’s struggles over whether love or wealth is more important to her happiness is described throughout the novel through the use of the horizon metaphor.

In Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the life of Janie is presented as a journey. Janie survives a grandmother, three husbands, and innumerable friends. Throughout this journey, she moves towards her ideals about love and how to live one's life. Hurston chooses to define Janie not by what is wrong in her life, but by what is good in it. Janie undergoes many changes throughout her journey, but the imagery in her life always conjures positive ideas in the mind of the reader.

When we finished reading this excerpt from the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, we were meant to understand on how Janie would see love by the pear tree. In this novel, the author uses an array of rhetorical devices to characterize marriage and what love really means under Janie’s eyes.

In Kate Chopin's story "The Storm" the author symbolizes passion with a storm. She uses descriptive images of the storm to relay the emotions of her characters. Using the different stages of the storm Chopin is able to paint a picture in the reader's mind of what the characters are feeling. In this story we see a women, Calixta, who is torn between her husband, Bobinot, and her former lover, Alcee. While Bobinot and his son, Bibi are away at the store a storm begins to roll in.

Usually a storm creeps upon us, hits a luminous climax, and then fades away into nothingness.  In The Storm, Kate Chopin develops a parallel between a rainstorm and an emotional storm in a woman’s life.  Chopin uses symbolism to depict the feelings of relationships that are as unpredictable as that of a raging storm.

Kate uses the setting in this story to symbolize an incident between two characters. The appearance of the storm throughout the story reflects over the affair going on. When the storm concludes, the affair and the story end as well. “The Storm” is a realistic novel that suggests natural forces are determined on their own, and they cannot be controlled by human will. The story is centered on a women named Calixta.