“The Raven” focuses more on symbolism and tone to provide the reader with a glimpse into the mindset of a man stricken with the memories of a lost love. On the contrary, “The Things They Carried” uses epiphanies and imagery to let the reader experience the guilt that Lieutenant Cross experiences after the loss of his comrade. The conflict in “The Things We Carried” is resolved when Lieutenant Cross decides to forego his feelings for Martha and atone for his mistakes by leading the rest of the platoon to the best of his ability. On the other hand, “The Raven” holds no clear resolution for the reader. The story ends with the main character sinking more deeply into his own despair.
For instance, the people in the bar could all quietly leave, and get about their business. Another thing that could happen is that the lone man at the bar could pull a gun out, which of course leads us to another wide array of possibilities. The tense mood is supported by the artists’ choice of colors, which are all tinted as if they were aged and rusty. Isolation is another theme that is encountered when looking at the picture. The bar could be representing a fishbowl in which the people within are alienated from the outside world.
It seems that everything on the sea is grey weighing heavily on the feeling of the men. There is a tired and frustrated feeling among the men as they want to leave the boat and return to land. There is no real central character in this story. All the men on the boat are spoken about more or less equally and no prominent character jumps out at the reader as being the protagonist. Crane has used some cosmic irony in her passage; she has used a symbol of isolation in her extract.
The idea that a character is exhausted and burdened suggests that he would want an end to his tiresome existence, which could perhaps be a prelude to Willy’s suicide at the end of the play. Even if the idea of exhaustion cannot be directly linked to death and suicide, this stage direction to the actor does suggest that the character is embroiled in a tragic situation. The sense of tragedy is further created in the stage directions about the character of Linda Loman. One part of the set description
"Where is he? He is hanging here on the gallows" It’s this horrendous moment in which his perceptions of his God change, someone whom was once grater than man kind and all things was now simply no better than man for if he were he wouldn’t be allowing these terrifyingly sad things to happen. Wisell unknowingly signifies the diminishing of his faith through pipel. Pipel’s painful and slow death is much the same as his perception of God in which die with him. After this Ellie doesn’t show any gratitude or respect to his god, this is clearly evident in Yom Kippur.
This chapter is counted into a climax and a turning point of the novel. Due to the effect of alcohol and ignorance from Sally and the bar singer, Holden made himself of a fool with collapsing sense of security. When he was in the park, he was overwhelmed by depress and miserableness. Tape, ducks and pond triggered his depressing memory of his brother Allie’s death and the fear of his own funeral, thereby revealing the root of his previous manic behavior: Holden was troubled by unexplained disappearance and he was in deep anxiousness that all the things that were related to his pure, innocent childhood would suddenly vanish. This echoes one of the themes of this novel—adolescent confusion on the way to the adult world and the pain of growing up.
Analysis of ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ by T.S. Eliot ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ demonstrates the protagonist’s alienation from society by using complex imagery to evoke a response from the audience. It is a typical Eliot poem, portraying the hopelessness of society, and how it slowly degrading to be empty, desolate. There is a’ crowd of twisted things’, including a broken spring (symbol of resilience), of which the persona recalls that “rust clings to the form that the strength has left.” This particular line creates a lasting image of a society sapped of moral and physical energy. The persona of the poem is walking, alone on a street and neglected from society.
How does Falling From Grace shows us that there are consequences for the decision that people make? In the novel falling from grace a main character, ted is shown to make very poor decisions that lead to devastating consequences some of these decisions that lead to devastating consequences some of these decisions include, leaving grace, not telling kip he found her, giving kip alcohol (golf ball coke) and being untruthful with the police. Ted made a very poor decision by leaving grace and the consequences were that grace almost died, grace has hyperthermia and her family were concerned and worried about her. ‘I hear water on my skin. It’s wet.
The poem is suggesting that the modern city is in a state of "winter" and has lost its direction and vitality. The poet builds on this image to suggest a further delineation of the modern state of mental societal decadence. The image of " smell of steaks" paints a picture of a polluted and mundane environment. The fourth line emphasizes this feeling of loss of vitality coupled with urban squalor. The day, and the society, is associated with an image of a burnt-out (read loss of energy) cigarette end.
Andrew Wolff IB English Mrs. Singer Act 3 Commentary Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 3, the “To Be or Not To Be,” portrays Hamlet as a very confused man. He is very unsure of himself and his thoughts often shift between two extremes. In the monologue, he contemplates whether or not he should continue to live, or if he should end his own life. Also, he considers seeking revenge for his father’s death. However, unlike Hamlet’s first two major soliloquies, this one seems to be governed by reason and not frenzied emotion.