Urnes style

The speaker in Wledon Kee’s poem “For My Daughter” expresses his desire to not have a daughter as he believes that life on earth is simply full of adversity and atrocity. The speaker employs imagery that provokes unpleasant sensations to demonstrate that life is full of adversity. The use of diction that demonstrates the speaker’s certitude in the forthcoming disasters and sinister metaphors reveal the speaker’s pessimistic views on his daughter’s future. The imagery, diction, and metaphor materialize

As a feminist, it is almost to be expected that many of Angela Carter’s happy ever after endings will strike the reader with a bold feminist message. However, in The Bloody Chamber, this is not necessarily the case. Although there are several feminist messages in the stories’ resolutions, these messages are not always presented in the way one would expect, and not every female protagonist is presented as a feminist character. By taking the roles of typically Gothic women and toying with the presentation

The medieval period is the period in history beginning with the Renaissance, literally meaning the “middle period” in history. Clothing, tradition, religion and lifestyle were viewed much differently than they are in today’s modern society. The best example of all the different types of people and their lifestyles is Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in which he opens with a description of twenty-nine people going on a pilgrimage. The way people behave today allows readers to recognize each character's

Though Charlie is an unreliable narrator in both film and novel form, he offers a sense of complete realism. From not quite dysfunctional families to first parties, Perks of Being a Wallflower immortalizes realistic moments in time like listening to a song for the first time in a car with friends. In one of the most memorable scenes from both the novel and the film, Charlie is in the car with Patrick and Sam and they’re driving through the tunnel after a dance. Charlie is there, completely in the

John Taylor’s work of art, Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge, may seem to be portraying very much alike affair, however, there are numerous differences from Howling Wolf’s work of genius, Treaty Signing at Medicine Creek Lodge. I believe that Taylor’s work tends to be more figurative as it represents the naturalistic of substance which can be distinguished clearly. Wolf’s art piece turned out to be more conceptual such that the objects expresses more on the non realistic. In addition, Taylor’s

I notice the technique First Person Point of View in this section. This is a good choice for the novel because it is able to explain things that go on in the main character’s mind. This is not able to be understood in third person because it is outside of the main character and using a narrator. For example, on page 169 it says this; “I rolled out the carpet farther and found a blue knit blanket, almost newspaper thin. I grabbed it and held it to my face and there, God, yes. Her smell. The lilac

Rhetorical Perception Clara Barton, in her letter intended for her cousin in 1862, contemplates the turmoil and destruction in the battle which is to follow mere hours after her newly created letter. Therefore, Barton supports her claim by expertly illustrating and describing the gloomy, sorrowful tone of the campsite which she resides. The author's purpose is to inform and to show the context of the situation through imagery so that she can express the truth of the predicament through text. Appropriately

The Village Blacksmith is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This poem is about an honest, hardworking blacksmith who provides for his family by working long hours at the forge. And the message of the poem is through your life you will eventually change the world by the things you do, and you make your mark on the world by looking hard every day. There is a Certain Slant of Light is a poem by Emily Dickinson. In the poem it describes the feeling of hurt and oppression ironically using light as

The characteristics of the poetic mode that are presented in the documentary Lessons of Darkness directed by Werner Herzog are: poetic fragmentation, non-specific characters, and knowledge comes from feeling. Throughout the whole film there are long takes of landscapes, bodies of water, burning fires, and firefighters putting out fires. All the shots are just a series of fragments used to represent the Gulf War aftermath. The fragments are “breaking up space and time into multiple perspectives, denying

The literary essay is an expressive art form. Many techniques, from the subtle to the flamboyant are at hand to direct an audience’s understanding of a composition. In particular, the voice used in written prose has a meaningful impact on the perception of the material, connection to the writer, and overall theme. Maya Angelou employs the familiar voice to connect with the audience, narrative to present her story of circumstance, with touches of formal to divulge the fundamental themes in her essay