The song Winter’s Waking written and composed by Amy F. Bernon. The song is written to take place in the winter season, which can easily be identified in the lyrics as well as the title of the song. This song hold lyrics that show a girls relationship with snowflakes in an ominous and lonely light which is helped emphasized by the why Bernon composes the song. From the song lyrics, one receives an ominous vibe from the uncertainty of what is happening, because it almost seems magical. The lyrics, “she follows them down, in her gown of frost”, seems to say that she is following the snowflakes, but to where?
We are made up of stories. And even the ones that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths. Stories play an important role in Briar Rose for both the characters and the responder. Briar Rose is about a woman and her promise to her grandmother who claims she is Briar Rose. There are two plots in the novel, you have the present day plot which follows Becca on her search for Gemma’s past and the fairy tale plot, which follows Gemma’s telling of Briar Rose to her 3 granddaughters.
Suburban Sonnet by Gwen Harwood Suburban Sonnet is a bleak poem, highlighting the personal limitations that accompany maternal responsibilities and the role of a housewife. It is clear even from the title that Gwen Harwood intends to tell the reader tales of vain attempts by things of beauty such as sonnets to overcome the bleak and depressing reality of something as dull as suburban life. One of many important features of the poem, though only expressed in few words, is the powerlessness of anonymity. From the outset it becomes clear to the reader that the failed pianist has no name. As she is anonymous the reader is alerted that this woman is no one important and therefore should not be paid particular attention.
She does not want the stuff; the plates, the playing cards, the bed linen – she wants their collective impression of home. She wants the intangible yet vivid impression that life has played out here, amongst these things and so defines the space. It is as though there is an invisible web of memory around her; one composed of love, life, happiness and trial, joining each of the things she packs and every corner of the space. It is like a spider’s web set between trees, broken strand at a time by the unstoppable wind of
Steinbeck has subliminally mentioned isolation and conflict that Curley’s wife’s creates with her soft hair; here it is quiet apparent, “Feel right aroun’ there an’ see how soft it is.” (Steinbeck 90). “Lennie’s fingers closed on her hair.” (Steinbeck 91). One can imagine Lennie running his hands through her soft hair with his calloused hand, which is so used to rough bunks and hay, Rough texture compared to softness is like darkness and light, cacophony and silence. The closed walls of the barn created the darkness inside while the light lingered outside. This reference to light and dark is a lot like the sounds during this scene but not quite the same.
This is the first time that Kingston explicitly tells which additions to the story are her own. Not only is she referencing the story at hand, but she is also alluding to her life. While her mother very much colored her childhood, Kingston will be dictating the direction of the rest of her life. Kingston tells the story of Ts’ai Yen, a poetess captured and made to live with barbarians. Towards the end of the tale, Kingston tells of a song Ts’ai Yen sings: “Her words seemed to be Chinese, but the barbarians understood their sadness and anger…her children did not laugh, but eventually sang along” (209).
Alice Walker: Quilts, Family & Love In the short story “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker uses the main character “Dee” to develop a plot based upon family heirlooms to show the importance of never throwing the good out with the bad in life. Dee, also known as Wangero later in the story, is convinced that everything about home should be forgotten to create a new life. However there are valuables Dee wants to keep that are very special to the family. These valuables are quilts that were promised to Dee’s younger sister, Maggie by her Mother. Walker uses objects of family heritage to show that Dee must respect her family heritage even though she is the first to go away to college.
Flaubert’s Madame Bovary describes the tragic life of Emma Bovary, an ordinary country girl who grew up to be a woman with false and idealistic visions of romance, love and wealth. In the first part of the novel, readers are introduced to Emma and gains an understanding of her childhood, her naive character and how her unrealistic ideals takes a toll on her physical, emotional and mental states. Flaubert reveals little of Emma’s character until after the wedding where she becomes Madame Bovary, and the reader starts to realize that unlike Charles, Emma already regrets the marriage. “And Emma sought to find out exactly what was meant in real life by the words felicity, passion and rapture, which had seemed so fine on the pages of the books.” (Flaubert 27) This is the first instance in the book where it is suggested that Emma is disillusioned about romance and discontent with her life. She often compares her own life with that she reads in books, without realizing how unreasonable her dreams and desires seem.
Kate Kujawa Mrs. Kahle Great Books 17 December 2014 Blanche’s Facade The first scene of Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire contains specific details that introduce the theme of false appearances. Blanche hides behind a façade to conceal her true self from others because of self-hatred, guilt, and humiliation. The sound of the blue piano and polka music contribute to this theme by revealing Blanche’s self-hatred from feeling responsible for the losses in her past. Blanche also uses dim lighting to hide her biggest insecurity, her age. Similarly, Blanche focuses on her appearance and her possessions to cover- up her humiliation and strengthens the façade.
Examples like Hester’s alienation during the scaffold scene, Pearl being shunned by children, and Dimmesdale’s isolation caused by his thoughts and intentions contributed to the novel’s prestige and grandeur. A great story with such emotional significance like this one with always be treasured. Isolation is not only experienced in this tale; it is experienced by everyone in everyday life. the evil of isolation can be a physically, morally, and socially tortuous event in Devoid of any social contact, save that of her daughter, Hester must endure of lonely existence. "In all her intercourse with society, save that of her daughter, there was nothing that made [Hester] feel as if she belonged