The play took place exclusively in Bernard’s apartment living room. The European style apartment was realistic, yet simple with limited distractions. The apartment had wooden floors, carpet, a window, a desk, a sofa, and multiple exits and entrances. Although the window was subtle, it added depth and context to the stage. When it was nighttime, the audience could see that it was dark outside and when it was daytime, the window was lit accordingly.
The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs! (Dickens) The imagery, the sensory language is amazing in these “scenes”! Dickens also juxtaposes cloudy and clear. At the beginning of the novel, A Christmas Carol, it’s very foggy outside. Inside, Ebenezer Scrooge is sitting with his clouded thoughts in his misty mind….
His “slicing emotional realism” set him apart from most. Diaz found away to connect with readers through his lucid but yet funny writing style. This source connects and ties directly into what I had described before with Diaz and his detailed writing style. I had mentioned how he was very descriptive and used imagery to get messages across to the reader. Almost like he is creating a movie with words, Diaz paints a picture for his readers with every sentence.
There is no doubt that his personal experiences and observations enabled him to express the ugliness of the war to those who may have no idea otherwise. In his poem, “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Owen depicts an event during the war through his eyes. The poem allows readers to grasp the horror that took place, but also provides insight into Owen’s mind. No poet has ever captured the ills of war in such chilling truth before Owen had. He opened the door to what few people imagined could be depicted by tapping into his horrific memories, but questions of his allegiance to his country arise when taking a deeper look into the life and works of Owen.
He was too busy thinking about how to siege the fort by the river. His wild imagination was leading his away from reality. He even spilled cream all over himself without even realizing it. Terry’s uncle says “He’s hot his head in the clouds again.” So as readers, we can assume that Terry is constantly thinking about his doll house and off in his own little world of paper dolls. As Terry continues with his supper, he is asked by his uncle what he’s been up to.
Ray Bradbury uses similes and metaphors that paint incredible pictures, telling in his stories of how selfishness and the loss of intellect are great threats to our society. He wrote stories of varying lengths and plots, but his writing as a whole was centered around a warning of how life may someday turn out if certain important things are ignored. Bradbury is known for his very poetic style of writing. Specifically, his use of similes and metaphors is noteworthy. By using these comparisons, he gives readers a clear image of characters, situations, and scenery.
With the use of long sentences, O’Brien uses vivid imagery which allows the readers to use their own five senses to paint their own ideas of the war scenes being described. The use of imagery really provokes the reader to make mental images in their head to visualize how horrible the war was. With the use of those short sentences I mentioned above and also the use of commas, O’Brien provides the reader time to shortly stop and build the scene inside of their
Fong further writes that if the poem is quoted at all, it is to mention “the father’s “mixture of tenderness and brutality” and the child’s “admiration and fear” (1990). Theodore however uses imagery very effectively as a poetic device to increase sensitivity in “My Papa’s Waltz,” and precise language to develop this poem. I would tend to believe that if there was any fear it would be the natural fear a child would experience like when spinning around; the fear that they would trip and fall down. Lines five and six, “We romped until the pans/Slid from the kitchen shelf” show an example of how the image is a well-defined, giving description of ideas undergone and realized through the senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste (as cited in Clugston, 2010). Understanding the poem was not easy at first because of my own negative personal experiences.
In one of the most moving scenes in the story, the ghost of Christmas present took Scrooge to watch the Cratchit family celebrate Christmas. Even know the Cratchit family were poor, they were all thankful just to be together and have a goose to feast upon. Bob Cratchit even showed his respects to Scrooge by making a toast. ‘He hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see. ‘God bless us everyone!’ Dickens is giving the Christmas image which is all about getting together and feasting.
Imagery Language that appeals to the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell “They were flat, round wafers, slightly browned on the edges and butter-yellow in the center.” “Her voice slid in and curved down through and over the words.” Dramatic Irony The audience or reader knows something a character does not know In The Diary of Anne Frank, the audience knows Anne does not survive the Holocaust, but she often writes in her diary about what she will do after the war. Situational Irony When what happens is very different from what we would expect to happen A policeman is arrested, a fireman’s house burns down Verbal Irony when what is said is the opposite of what is meant; sarcasm A basketball player throws an air ball and a teammate yells, “Nice shot!” Metaphor A comparison between two unlike objects without using “like” or “as” Her smile is a ray of sunshine even on the darkest mornings. Mood The overall feeling of a work of literature (the way the work of literature is supposed to make the reader feel) “It was a dark and stormy night…” Terrifying, creepy, eerie Narrator The person who is telling the