By using multiple images of birds, Shakespeare conveys much more about his characters than might originally meet the eye. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses images of birds to compare individuals – especially women. In Act 1, Benvolio attempts to convince Romeo that he will recover from his rejection by Rosaline if only he will look at other young women. Benvolio urges Romeo to attend the Capulet’s party where Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves With all the admired beauties of Verona. Go thither, and with unattainted eye Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
The word “sensation” also suggests that her feelings are instinctive and can't be helped. This shows her feelings negatively as he dampens her and could be a symbol for society as that too, continues to hold her back. Another way Lee presents Scout's negative feelings of Aunt Alexandra is by using the quotation: “ Aunty had continued to isolate me long after Jem and Francis had graduated to the big table.” This suggests that although Jem and Scout should be equal in her Aunt's eyes, it is clear that Jem is favoured as he is the traditional view of a boy in that society. The phrase “isolate” implies that Scout is seen as different and is punished for it, as she isn't the idealistic image in her Aunt's eyes. Moreover, Scout could represent the inequality of women in the 1930's as both Jem and Francis are males and Scout has been separated just because of her gender even though her Aunty is also female.
In Erich Maria Remarque’s book, All Quiet on the Western Front, nature appears as a means of projecting the mood of the book. There are many instances of nature that affect Paul and how he thinks of war and how both nature and war have changed him. In chapter one for example, the mood is placed by how nature is being described. The first chapter has descriptions about how the flowers and butterflies were so beautiful even if it was a war zone. "The grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the warm wind of the late summer."
In the novel Fight Club, Marla Singer’s character role is shown through a relationship triangle between the narrator, Tyler Durden, and Marla Singer. Through this relationship triangle, the three friends all inevitably discover what it means to hit “rock bottom.” In a way, the character of Marla Singer acts as a role of desire and destruction to the narrator and Tyler Durden. At the beginning of the novel, the narrator does not like Marla because she reminds him too much of himself by her emotional needs and tendencies. In chapter 2, we learn that the narrator uses support groups in which patients of sever diseases and conditions attend for support. He attends these support meetings so that he can release emotional energy and feel better about himself.
Imageries are definitely hard to miss. The two birds, swan and hawk, are used effectively to convey two various ideas. The swan personifies swiftness, “That shook where a swan swam”, straight after, the ripples speedily spread outward, the image portrayed is good for filling up the empty brains of young lovers. On the other hand, the hawk personified the tremulous atmosphere, the fright, nervousness and tenseness of the moment. Heaney describes the two youngsters being physically close but their hearts and minds force them to maintain an uncomfortable and awkward distance.
Shiloh (pp.179-85) Main idea: The story suggests that too much change at once can be devastating. Topic: In the short story “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason symbolism is used to help show the deterioration of the marriage between Leroy and Norma Jean. Music is a key factor in showing how the marriage is doing in the short story. At first, when Norma Jean starts playing, she plays Christmas songs and loves songs. These songs are happy and joyful songs, and at this time in the story so are Norma Jean and Leroy.
As the persona is inside the egg, high camera angle shots are used, symbolising dominance, however as the persona leaves the egg, he appears to be pink and naked. The nakedness of the character is symbolic of the lack of safety and security provided when leaving the old world and venturing into the unknown. The changing camera angle to a low reinforces this. Also, the brushing off of the dirt on his arm acts as a metaphor for the brushing away of his past or old world and looking towards the future. This stands in stark contrast to “The Story of Tom Brennan” as the reviving energies of nature energies of nature allow him to feel “free and light.” Also the notion that a sense of permanence exists when leaving the old world is evidenced when the persona unsuccessfully attempts to piece together the shell of the egg.
Kinsley Kelso Professor Roberts ENG 102 12 April 2015 Symbolism Of A Parrot In the story, by Robert Butler, “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of a Parrot,” the point of view of the parrot helps to strengthen the themes and symbols within the story. He experiences the loss of almost all words and closure with his wife. Irony is presented throughout the story in the series of events. Containment in himself and giving up valuable chances while they were presented was something he was a victim of. He stays a victim of himself because of his transformation in to a bird.
It can cause an individual’s true feelings to be revealed and result in the beginning of a new life. It also has the power to affect the people around them. Sarah Watt intentionally reveals the true emotion of her characters in the downpour of rain in order to symbolize the exhaustion in their lives being extinguished. Anna’s opinion of Andy is brought to the surface when she states ‘you think everyone has a personal agenda don’t you.’ This causes him to realise his self-occupied personality and it is Sarah Watt’s intention to expose the negative aspects of dishonesty that can affect an individual. In a heated argument Meryl tells Nick that ‘I don’t need you to remind me of all the crap in the world, it scares me stupid – it scares everybody too stupid to do anything about it.’ This shows that Meryl’s negative thoughts about the world have overruled her ability to enjoy herself with a new friend.
Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale and a part of Keat’s Greatest Odes of 1819. This paper will attempt a close reading first of Ode to a Nightingale and then a close reading of Ode on a Grecian Urn. A comparison of the two will follow the close readings. Keat’s Ode to a Nightingale opens with a declaration of the heartache and “drowsy numbness pains” that the speaker feels. He speaks to an unseen “light-winged Dryad of the trees,” a nightingale, of feeling a “drowsy numbness” from sharing in the nightingales happiness because it is singing of summer while sitting hidden in a plot of trees and shadows.