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    In John Gardeners Grendel Kennings, existentialism and metaphor are used to highlight Grendle’s isolation and clearly establish a central idea that isolating one’s self leads to self destruction. Throughout the novel these literary techniques help Gardener to establish the idea of an already corrupt mind, collapsing around the edges. As the novel progresses the energy created intensifies and allures the audience. Signs of isolationism in Grendel are evident from the very beginning with Kennings

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    Joyce Meyer once said, “Discipline is your friend, not your enemy.” Throughout history, parents have used this ideology to ensure children obey and respect authority. Ray Bradbury used his story, “The Veldt”, to make the point that discipline is essential for proper growth in adolescence. He believes that if parents do not discipline their children, it will lead to their demise. In the story, when the parents, Lydia and George, do not discipline their children, Wendy and Peter, the children lost

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    A Farewell to Arms is a gripping novel that tells the tale of an American soldier, Frederic Henry, in Italy during The Great War who is torn between his duty as an officer and the love of his life, a nurse named Catherine. In the novel, Ernest Hemingway brilliantly uses nature to symbolize and foreshadow certain events in the couple's difficult journey to escape the war and be with each other. Rain, snow, lakes and rivers all represent either loss, safety, or freedom for the two. Rain clearly symbolizes

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    the premise that two boys find themselves in the cold with scare provisions. Clues are presented to us as readers throughout the story as to whether or not the boys will survive amidst the affliction that they are currently facing. The use of foreshadowing enhances our attentiveness as to what is to come. Bishop alludes to other works as a way of furtherly enhancing the reader's understanding of the text. As a reader we are often left to reevaluate and interrogate our initial confrontations of the

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    Foreshadowing in The Storm     Effectively using foreshadowing in a piece of literature enhances the reader's curiosity. One clear example of such usage is seen in Kate Chopin's writing. Her use of foreshadowing in the short story  "The Storm" adds an element of intrigue, holding the reader's interest throughout. In this story a father and son, Bobinôt and Bibi, are forced to remain in the store where they were shopping, waiting for an approaching storm to pass

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    which could foreshadow her coming death or this could be a reference to sacrifice,'and the stone of sacrifice midway'. Also when Tess spends a night in the woods she is described like she is hiding and there is also the story of the deer, this is foreshadowing to when she becomes a wanted criminal and is hunted by the authorities,'It is no use, sir, he said. There are sixteen of us on the plain, and the whole country is reared.' The rustic characters in Tess of the D'Urbervilles are links to Hardy's

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    main characters Of Mice and Men. It also helps in keeping readers thinking on their feet and constantly questioning George and Lennie`s next move while in Salinas, California. John Steinbeck, in his novel Of Mice and Men, makes use of similes and foreshadowing to keep readers in touch

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    Use of Character Flaws and Literary Devices to Teach Morals in Oedipus Rex       The Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex is an excellent example of how an author can use literary techniques and personality traits to teach a certain moral or theme.  In Oedipus Rex, Sophocles communicates his themes and morals to the reader through the character flaws of Oedipus, a tragic hero.  The most prominent character flaw that Oedipus possesses is his excessive arrogance. One way this flaw is displayed is

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    the real-life story it captured (Kirszner and Mandell 882). Henrik Ibsen uses an array of literary devices to help keep the reader captivated from beginning to end. Three of the most prominent literary devices used by Henrik Ibsen are symbolism, foreshadowing, and an array of themes. These literary devices help transform a basic play into a complex story of lies and deception. Symbolism is used a lot within in the play and is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood

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    have consequences that can affect your life and future. In the short story, “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, Eckels, the main character travels to the past to hunt dinosaurs and makes a big mistake that could change his life and time. The foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism in Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” reveals that small actions do matter and that they could lead up to bigger events and consequences. Travis’ warning of stepping off the path, and killing of animals, sets the tone of the

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