In this descriptive and though provoking passage from ˆThe nine tailors”, Dorothy L. Sayers uses personification and the brutality of the bell that Wimsey has to face while trying to escape the bell tower to convey tension and menace and at the same time illustrate for the reader he infallible human nature in which we have to make choices. With the help pf personification, the author expresses Wimsey’s pain as “an assault of devils”. By giving the bell life-like qualities the author builds tension for the reader. With the numerous expressions that the author uses for the brutal pain, he is able to create sympathy for the character as he continues through his quest to escape the bell tower. Due to the complicated directions given by the
His outfit is full of color and his hat has bells on it, like such of a jester. It is very ironic that he looks like a jester because Montresor is treating him like a fool. It is very evident that Poe took a lot of time to consider where ironic aspects could be put into the story so that the reader would understand what was happening. All of these ironic traits where part of background information of the story, they are all dramatic irony because the characters were unaware of them. Verbal irony is also a very important part in “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Writing information that touches the reader emotionally, it feels as if Abramsky is trying to make the reader feel bad for the prisoners. Other than just providing an article full of guilt and sympathy, he delivers outside sources and statistics. Overall, I believe that Abramsky uses pathos in an unfair way, and finally logos and ethos in a smart and effective way. First off, in Sasha Abramsky’s, “When They Get Out,” Abramsky uses pathos and appeals to the reader’s emotions by painting a visual of the life of inmates in isolation. He says, “The inmates are often tormented by headaches.
Avoid plot summary. Heathcliff’s actions could be considered evil and immoral, but it is through his past struggles and his never-ending love for Catherine that an audience is able to relate and sympathies with this ironic hero. In Wuthering heights opening chapters we are introduced to Heathcliff; a bitter and lonely old man. It is unclear to readers why or how Heathcliff came to behave the way he does. Through Nelly’s story we learn of his struggles, and at times feel sympathy for him.
Distinctively visual Question: how composers use distinctively visual techniques to create meaning in texts. Distinctively visual technique holds great ability to convey powerful message through the text to the responders. This is evident in the play “shoehorn sonata” as its composer John Misto explores the horror of war and the importance of friendship during the invasion of Singapore in 1942. Similarly Nick Ut’s photograph “The Napalm Girl” illustrates the brutality of human conflict in the Vietnam War as well as the innocent civilian that is mercilessly treated. Both texts demonstrates the atrocity that war brings using visual techniques although they rely on different ways to convey their message.
An analytical interpretation of the texts, accounting for their differing contexts, divulges the composers’ endeavour to challenge the adequacy of contemporary societal values, primarily the idea of responsibility, and to forewarn us of the penalties of defying the natural order and distorting the limitations of man. It is not ‘surprising’ that man has continued to play god throughout the ages, but struggles to atone fateful actions. In the selected extract from Frankenstein, page 280, Mary Shelly empowers the monster by providing him with a bitterly reflective voice, lamenting the injustice that has developed throughout the novel leading to this heightened point. As the monster devours Walton’s ears with tales of his desolation and destitution he has agonized as an abnormal creation, the key issue of human responsibility to their scientific creations is conveyed. This reveals aspects of Shelly’s contextual background at the time of composition.
In life there is a death, or two that occur. Death is not literal in its definition or nature, but is a state. Two stories capture this stigmatic though in whole, through character observation. “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner, is a story that draws you into the characters’ trials and tribulations to instigate the assumption of death. The other story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, draws you in with a child-like mentality of revenge and hostility to shut out the erroneous belief of kindness in the man’s heart.
Lennie expecting and eager for George to give him more hell does not get the answer he expects because George knows that he is about to end Lennies life. He wants to end Lennie’s life on a better not. The repetition of that phrase especially using that word enhances the mood of this scene because it creates the uneasy scary feeling that Steinbeck wants you to feel. Throughout the duration of this book its author John Steinbeck used dictation and repetition of phrases to enhance the mood of his novel. This book conveys a mood of sadness and hope at the same time; towards the end it conveys a fearful mood as Lennies life came to an end.
At several points in the story, he all but addresses us directly, imploring us, for example, to notice how bad Aylmer looks in comparison even to an animal like Aminadab. The narrator can also be characterized as a moralist who condescends to his readers. Rather than trusting us to figure out the symbolism of the birthmark, for example, or allowing us to draw our own conclusions about the soundness of Aylmer’s experiment, the narrator rushes to explain every metaphor and symbol as if we might miss his point. The strong narrative voice of “The Birthmark” epitomizes a key difference between modern American short stories and nineteenth-century American short stories. Modern stories are often told in an objective, distant, even ironic voice, whereas nineteenth-century stories were usually told by passionate narrators who infused their own strong opinions.
He presents himself with only limited information about his motivations, and his ambition to finish off his master piece and careful manipulation of Fortunato indicates the care with which he has planned his execution. However, we again have a classic case of Poe's unreliable narrator, whose guilt and occasional irrationality prevents him from presenting himself truthfully to the reader. However, we can see that Montresor shows a particularly black sense of humor, with which he amuses both himself and the horrified reader as he leads Fortunato into his trap. He informs the audience of his intentions before he begins the story of his encounter with Fortunato, and Poe employs both verbal and dramatic irony to convey the darkness of the story. A very good example of black humor can be found at the very beginning of the story itself: Montresor’s had "vowed revenge" against Fortunato, but he decided to mask his real feelings by outwardly appearing friendly towards him.