The "Odyssey" by Homer portrays tones of toxic desiring, while Margaret Atwood's poem, Siren Song" has tones of taunting boredom. Odysseus longs to hear the song of the Sirens even though he knows it would be detrimental to his life. In "Siren Song" the birds are teasing the reader about the meaning of their song that is not all that interesting to them. The point of view in both of these poems is first person. The "Odyssey" is told from the perspective of Odysseus, who is affected by the song of the sirens, while "Siren Song" is told from the eyes of one of the siren birds.
Lucy Berry, English essay “Apparent Failure” “So killed themselves: and now, enthroned Each on his copper couch, they lay” Discuss the ways in which Browning presents life and death in this poem. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Browning that you have studied. In the poem “Apparent Failure”, Browning presents death in an inhumane, animalistic way due to the Morgue being an old slaughter house. He contrasts life and death to display his anger at the status afforded to death (which weren’t offered in life). This experience shocked Browning but also taught him to avoid this kind of death.
It is funny that the two have done nothing of the sort in reality. The speaker implicitly requests the lady not to worry because at least that kind of canonization might happen in the future. Those foolish people will regard the hair and bones as things for doing miracle by the lovers; to the man, the miracle is a different one. He does regard that his beloved is a real miracle, however. He is writing the present poem to tell the truth to those who will read and know the reality of those future times when people will make nonsense myths out of such incidents.
The confusion and therefore discomfort within the reader is evident as a result of the “irregular babble” of the birds and the “tumult”. The use of verbs to heighten the sense of disorder and an unorganised surrounding allows the reader to comprehend the narrator’s views towards spring. Typically, Spring is associated with happiness and new life; however this is shown to upset the narrator in which she portrays the leaves to be “litter”. Furthermore, the use of natural imagery heightens the sense of mental instability within the narrator as she is evidently affected by harmless presence of nature. However, whilst it can be argued that the narrator’s dislike for the “sloven season” is as a result of the affect it has on her mentally, it can also be interpreted to affect her heart, as it is in reference to her “lover” who is “unbalancing the air”.
The short story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier and the film The Birds directed by Alfred Hitchcock created an event in which birds attacked people for unknown reasons. Although the characters and setting are vastly different, both creators conveyed a similar mood of fear and suspense. Both the author and director used effective methods of creating suspense, even though the techniques themselves varied. In the short story, Daphne du Maurier uses weather imagery to create suspense. For example, at one point in the text Nat says, “This is a black winter, not a white one.” This creates a dark mood, because black, which represents death, is being contrasted to white, which symbolizes purity.
EED202K Assignment 1 Question 1: To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the main themes which is explored is that of people’s prejudice and judgement of other people who are different to themselves, namely in the way of racism. This is made clear by looking at what Mr Dolphus Raymond says to Dill in chapter 20 of the book. He says “Cry about the simple hell which people give other people – without even thinking.” This part of the statement is quite clearly about people having preconceived prejudices of other people and judging them because of this and because they are different to themselves. It also incorporates the fact that people don’t bother consider why they are different or that a difference is not necessarily
A simile is when the author makes an example and says that one thing is like another, like how he compares the reader to a spider or an insect. This is also an impactful tool when writing, because it relates the subject to something that is easy to understand, or can relate to the reader because of past experiences. Another example is in page 7 When he says "A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life." (Edwards 7) and also in page 3 “…they stand waiting for them, like greedy hungry lions that see their prey.” (Edwards 3) Now one may think “Why would this be so impactful? All he is doing is comparing?” but actually they can be extremely effective, just ask the crowd he was preaching to.
His metaphors span over whole paragraphs, for example the one about God's wrath being drawn and held over the hearts of sinners. This metaphor shows that God has the power to attack sinners but that he saves them with forgiveness. Later, Edwards compares sinners to spiders and serpents, creatures hated by humans just as God hates sinners. This shows his listeners how poorly God thinks of them. Edwards uses figures of speech to make his message easier to understand, which allows his listeners to relate to it much more than they usually
This allows the message to sink into the reader. The title of the novel is an obvious indicator to the author’s purpose which is to criticise prejudiced societies and people in the world. The mockingbird symbol is referred to by a variety of characters; from Atticus to Miss Maudie to Mr Underwood who “likened Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds”. Atticus’s message against harming those who have done no wrong is passed on to his son Jem who advises Scout to let a roly poly bug live “because they don’t bother you.” By doing this, Atticus exhibits that all it takes is the power of one to make a change to overcoming prejudice in people. His courage in defending ‘coloured’ Tom Robinson in a court case and enduring insults such as “nigger-lover,” helped to bring about the beginning of change in Maycomb.
The focal character, Lennie, is inevitably drawn to tragedy, due to his wish for untarnished happiness. The composer of the novella profoundly depicts Lennie’s dream as, ‘livin offa the fatta the lan’. Lennie wishes to have a farm and ‘tend to the rabbits’, with George by his side, however due to obstacles and his untimely fate, he never succeeds with his ambition. When Lennie tells Crooks about his dream, Crooks deflates Lennie's happiness and hope by relaying him with the bitterness of the idea that ‘nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.’