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    Paradox In Everyday Use

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    be related to. An attracting fact is, that one can figure out the voices that are presented, not just only the author’s. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, she uses characterization, “A Doll’s House” by Henrix Ibsen, he uses symbolism, and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, he uses paradox which these authors use to prove how an abusive behavior has been known as a method for confidence. To start off with, in the story of “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, characterization is a literary element

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    Although, Marvell deliberately committed the fallacy of denying the antecedent; it was done to be more effective in making his poem comical. In doing so, the audience is able to laugh at and ponder the other reasons for the failed seduction as well as the logical and illogical reasoning of the seducer in this poem. The major premise of the conditional syllogism of negation

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    How women are presented in “Of Mice and Men”, “The Farmer Bride” and, “Coy mistress”. “Of Mice and Men” is a novella set in 1930s. It is based on the theme of dreams and how they are crushed, amongst others. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is set in a male environment where there are not many women presented because back in the 1930s America all the men would working and it’s not a women life working on a ranch . Curley’s Wife is the single female character in the novel “Of Mice and Men”. To highlight the fact

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    Flea” by John Donne, the speaker tries to convince his auditor to seize the day by comparing their love to a flea. The parents of these two people obviously have a grudge against their love so the two lovers may not be able to marry each other because of this. The speaker says that after the flea sucked some of his blood and then some of his lovers, they are basically married because their blood has intermingled inside the “living walls” of the flea. His lover wants to kill the flea but the speaker tries

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    is a simile "My mistress ' eyes are nothing like the sun". Unlike other poets who may exaggerate on describing the one they love, Shakespeare tells it as it is. Shakespeare continues to describe his mistress in terms of the senses of sight, smell, sound and touch. Shakespeare describes his mistress’ lips as “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red” This is giving the impression that lips of his mistress’ are a very pale colour. He continues

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    type of metaphor, an author makes elaborate comparisons of his beloved to one or more very dissimilar things. Such hyperbole was often used to idolize a mistress while lamenting her cruelty. Shakespeare, in Sonnet 18, conforms somewhat to this custom of love poetry, but later breaks out of the mold entirely, writing his clearly anti-Petrarchan work, Sonnet 130. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare employs a Petrarchan conceit to immortalize his beloved. He initiates the extended metaphor in the first line

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    It is all about exploration and philosophy. Samuel Johnson first coined the term ‘ metaphysical poetry’ in his book lives of the most eminent English poets. Metaphysical poetry can be divided broadly in two parts. They are- love poems and religious poems. The habit of writing both these type of poetry is derived from John Donne , who in his first phase of life wrote love poems in during his later life wrote religious poems. The metaphysical poets are known for their ability to surprise the reader

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    included love, politics, and how society was e.g. in this era premarital relations were forbidden by the church, romance and mans lust towards women. The poets used romance to represent other deeper issues in a symbolic way, like in "To His Coy Mistress" or "The Flea" where the poets use syllogistic arguments, which are usually used in politics, and in these poems show what society then was like. A lot of metaphysical poems usually contained accounts of how a woman has lost her

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    sonnets, Herrick’s “To the Virgins,” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Although their images differ, what do all these poets seem to be saying about time? Be specific when referring to the poems. The imagery is very different, but all of the poems and poets seem to be saying time is important in life. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 he says, “And every fair from fair sometime declines,” when explaining the inevitable decline in appearance of his friend (Line 7). In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 he says,

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    sexual desire and passionate love are commonly experienced simultaneously, they are distinctly different in many literal and neurological aspects. The different aspects of love and lust are exemplified through “Discovery” by Michael S. Harper, “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Emerging Perspectives on Distinctions Between Romantic Love and Desire” by Lisa Diamond, and “How Love and Lust Influence Self-Control” by MinJung Kwon and Youngjee Han. Love and lust, however, are both positive emotions

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