Lee also presents the build-up of danger through the actions of Calpurnia as she ‘block(s)’ Jem and Scout from harm. The use of this heavy and protective action emphasizes the fear of this dog suggesting that even looking at this dog was enough to cause harm. Lee presents a sense of danger through the monosyllabic, interrupted conversation between Atticus and Mr Tate such as ‘this is a one-shot job’, suggesting that the conversation between them is quick, building up the tension. The constant interruptions between the two men also emphasize that they don’t have enough time to even let each other finish due to the danger that is fast approaching them. Lee presents a sense of danger through the use of a simile: ‘he moved like an underwater swimmer’.
The word ‘chase’ indicates something predacious as we link chasing to something being hunted, this suggests something violent and horrific is going to happen, it could be a warning that Kipp’s will enter the Woman in Black’s territory and as a result she will prey on him. When crossing the causeway Hill describes the land, she says ‘gradually the soil gave way to rough grass’ this creates fear as the ‘rough grass’ shows that no one crosses this land as it has been left, the fact that no-body will go any closer to Eel Marsh House shows that there is something wrong with the area and therefore by the lack of information it leaves us to play on that idea in order to create an eerie atmosphere and spook ourselves. The word ‘soil’ is often something we link to dirt and unclean surfaces; soil is partly made up of eroding rock, the idea of things rotting links to death which creates fear as it links in to the common theme used by Hill of the unknown., it also foreshadows what Eel Marsh House and the surroundings are going to be like as they have been left to decay over time. The change in land from fertile to baron foreshadows the story of the Woman in Black as
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 fear of Tim Johnson is also shown by Calpurnia 'sweet jesus help him' as if to beg jesus that Atticus doesnt get hurt. 'The mad dog', Tim Johnson could also symbolises Boo Radley because the mad dog is acting different to others and the consequences of that is that Atticus had to shoot him. That relates to Boo Radley as he is different to the people in the Maycomb county so they all treat him differently and discriminate him from the society. Lee creates a sense of danger through the dialogue in this passage. She shows Atticus gradually becoming more nervous through punctuation, for example "Don't just stand there, Heck!".
Because he was blind to the prophecy, he blinds himself to remember everything he had done. His fate would have been execution, but by punishing himself, he makes other believe that he is punished. In addition to Oedipus avoiding his fate he is a coward in terms of his actions. He tells Creon to exile him far away because he is too afraid to deal with all that has happed. When he says “Drive me out of this country as quickly as may be to a place where no human voice can ever greet me.” (Ln.
When odyseus disguises himself as a beggar while he is home again shows much intelligence. This is so because his once ruled land with all his people loving him is now filled with enemies. Also his return might be too sudden that people might not believe him, so he must prove in a way that it is truly him. This is proven in the The Odyssey when the epic says, “Because his home is full of enemies, she advises him to proceed disguised as a beggar” This is found in The Odyssey Page 32 Lines 2-3. This quote shows that Odyseus uses his intelligence to protect himself from his enemies, and to think of a way to convince penelope that it is him, and not anyone fake.
The theme of loneliness continues when, after Miss Laing tells the children to go pick flowers they all “scamper off” but the little girl doesn’t. Instead she goes and stands under the “shadow of a tall pine”. The word ‘scamper’ is used to slow that the children don’t have a care in the world, whereas I think that Margaret does. The ‘shadow of the tall pine’ is used to develop the intensity of her loneliness by showing that she is overwhelmed in darkness. Here the use of imagery makes the theme of loneliness even more unpleasant.
Although there seems to be only two sides, there are many conflicting opinions within the seemingly simplistic viewpoints. The nature extremists in the novel, such as Luke Miller and his band of followers, will just about risk their lives to protect the Tamassee. They live by that river like a true Catholic lives by The Bible. They think that if the parents are allowed to bring in dams and such to stop the natural state of the river in order to collect their daughter’s remains, it would not only violate the law but also set a precedent that would then welcome more exceptions for the river to be disturbed. As much as Luke claims he cares about the river’s state of being, it seems that he’s more worried about the actual principle of it and the fear of future disturbances of the Tamassee.
“Father and Child” is essentially concerned with the loss of innocence through a negative experience, which allows the persona to grow. Harwood juxtaposes the youthful persona’s potential for both good, ‘obedient, angel minded’ and evil, ‘horny fiend’ in an attempt to foreshadow the possible carnage. As the child shoots the bird but realises it is alive after one shot, the persona’s confidence level drops as the poet juxtaposes the imagined world with one of harsh reality. The child’s innocence is impacted when the father sternly says ‘end what you have
However, Hawthorne has a shift in his writing of the forest in this passage; for example, “The sportive sunlight – feebly sportive, at best” shows how the sun in this area is weakened by the evil that presides in the forest; and “withdrew itself as they came nigh” indicates that the sun runs from the sinners, Hester; and finally “left the spots where it had danced the drearier, because they had hoped to find them bright,” tells us that anything that once was shown upon by the sun will one day become dreary, as the light moves away from them, the sinners. This hints that Hester once had the sun shine on her, and she was the most beautiful woman in the whole town, but her sin had caused the light to reject her which has left her in her current condition; all the while, the sun still shines on Pearl, not rejecting her because of who her mother is, but rather accepting that she has the potential to remain pure. The fact that the sun does not reject Pearl shows Hawthorne’s view that Pearl is the hope for the future that puritan