As I Lay Dying The novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tends to make readers confused when beginning to read it due to the theme the book entails. One of the main themes in the novel would have to be the difference of what are the truth and the explanation of what is true. Without a doubt any point is able to end in a massive amount of what is biased due to the different characters and their individual point of views. Each thought they have on what they believe true is dependent on their previous outlooks and thoughts. With that being said anything that is alleged can’t always necessarily be the truth.
The Tell-Tale Heart Assignment: We notice that some details in Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” make a literal reading of the story rather difficult. Advance and defend a figurative reading of the story consistent with the story’s details. Poe seems to focus on creating mood throughout his story. Many symbols in this story are interpreted in several different ways depending on the reader. These symbols throughout the story include the old mans eye, the heartbeat and the contradiction between love and hate in which I will be talking about in this paper.
The Haunter Imaginatively, and most pathetically, Hardy writes this plaintive and moving poem from the point of view of Emma. It is written in the first person, with her as the imaginary narrator. It is almost as if, in putting these words in the mouth of Emma (who, in the poem, sees Hardy as oblivious of her presence) Hardy is trying to reassure himself that she forgives him and continues to love him. Detailed commentary Though Hardy does not know it, Emma's phantom follows him in his meanderings, hearing, but unable to respond to, the remarks he addresses to her in his grief. When Emma was able to answer Hardy did not address her so frankly; when she expressed a wish to accompany him Hardy would become reluctant to go anywhere - but now he does wish she were with him.
While he is not seen as a saint within the poem (he remarks in a sarcastic matter to Plath in the poem), he positions the reader to empathise with him, painting the image that he is the placid one in the relationship, and the one who encourages her to embark on her creative pursuits “Get that shoulder under your stanzas/ And we’ll be away.”. The repeated use of the pronoun “your” creates an accusatory tone, suggesting that they were living Plath’s life, rather than their life. The poem also hints that Plath’s father was a monster. He describes her father as a goblin that influenced and controlled the mind of Plath’s. He even goes one step further
How does Browning tell the story in Porphyria’s Lover? Browning uses a dramatic monologue in order to tell the story in Porphyria’s lover. Browning’s dramatic monologues have to fit a certain criteria, these include; sub text, the narrator doesn’t say specifically what he/she’s done so the audience has to think to find out what’s happened; the audience is silent, the audience is there to listen and not to comment; the third is that the narrator is defensive or a case maker. The structure of Porphyria’s lover is one long stanza; this is shown through the time and sequence, setting, characterisation, point of view and ideology. The structure shows time and sequence as it’s quite a medium length poem, because of this it shows just how long the story takes place in.
Resultantly, she becomes an outcast from society, and this allows her to think for herself and remain an individual, avoiding the dreadful trap of hypocrisy and lies that emerge from hidden sin. Throughout Hawthorne’s literary works, members of society assume their community’s beliefs and values in the public eye, yet utilize entirely deviating, individual moral codes in privacy. Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals this hypocritical aspect
Question 3 (15 marks) Explore how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to places. In your response, refer to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. An individual’s sense of belonging or not belonging can be strongly influenced by their ability to connect to places. Emily Dickinson’s poetry has a degree of complexity as it explores the notion of belonging and not belonging simultaneously, depending on her place and the connections she experiences. Emily Dickinson explores the concept of not belonging due to a lack of connection experienced with her place in society.
Sudden Fiction Are there any common themes found in relationships? How can one stay on the “timeline” of a relationship, and what factors contribute to the end of one? In Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories, many of the stories focus on the common theme of relationships. Though, each story is written by a different author, there is surely a collective message that they are portraying. As time progresses, a lack of communication and intimacy in a relationship can become more prevalent, thus leading to boredom, or sometimes even violence, which can end the relationship, and halt the timeline.
“A sad sympathy filled her eyes. Sharada lowered her knife”. Her personality appears to take a radical turn, though it is not documented through a conversation. Due to the fact that the authentic character of Sharada is exposed mainly through her psychological and inner expansion, leaving the audience to fill in several facets of the story in its maturation, this story can not only be placed under the Poe genre of short stories but it can also be set in the category of the “ideal short story” stories within the Poe
In writing there are some distinct differences between the use of first person point of view and third person point of view, however they have some similarities as well. Both first person and third person point of view have an access to the main character told in the story. Both of them try to convey different sensation on how the author makes the reader understand the story. And both point of views create different understandings and feelings to the reader. However, they have some different ways to access to the main character and they have their own differences and similarities on how those point of views effect readers through the style, character development and content of “It Wasn’t Me”.