Puck loves helping his master, whom he loves, and he is proud when he is able to do the things he is asked to do. He enjoys life as it is, and lives it to the fullest. He is lively, full of joy, optimism and does everything with joy and thinks that everything he does is proper. He loves serving a wise sovereign because he believes that he does by helping his master is always correct. That makes his life easier; and so he neither has to be alone nor think about occupying himself with material questions such as what to eat or drink.
The writer’s use of pathetic fallacy through “rain pattered dismally against the panes” and “glimmer of the half-extinguished light” reflects on the dull, macabre atmosphere surrounding the event of Victor trying to “infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing”. Shelley’s use of negative words such as “dreary” and “toil” implies to the reader that the act of giving life that Victor is about to carry out will have an adverse conclusion. When Shelley describes the monster, her use of colour imagery incites the image in the reader’s mind of this abominable creature Frankenstein has erected. One would expect that since each of the monsters features were so carefully selected, the monster would be the “beautiful” being Frankenstein had previously exclaimed about. However in fact, the monster’s “hair [was] of a lustrous black” and his “teeth of a pearly whiteness” in contrast with his “dull yellow eye” ,“yellow skin” and his “shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” evoke the opposite effect on the reader.
Nevertheless, Mercury (Hg) is well defined here on this earth. In correspondence to what the author have stated this element has relation with things on earth, in which it makes up matter. For example, in the passage it states, “Hat manufacturers once used a bright orange mercury wash to separate fun from pelts, and the common patterns who dredged around in the steamy hats, like in Alice Wonderland, gradually lost their hair and wits.†Basically, mercury has been defined in this passage as a poisonous element, in which women shouldn’t wear hats to an extinct, because it could damage their hair. In addition, what element on the periodic table could be more defined than Mercury? Well, I’ve gained plenty of knowledge through Sam Kean’s experience with Mercury.
Compare The Examination Of Abnormal Psychology English Literature Essay The abnormal mental state of the narrators in both Browning’s poetry and in Banks’ novel, The Wasp Factory, is intrinsic in achieving the gothic style. Whilst the protagonists’ insanity is more implicit in Browning’s poetry, the narrators, nevertheless, display similar characteristics of psychosis and delusion. Indeed, this madness disconnects the characters from the rest of society, and this element of monstrosity is vital in creating the intrigue and terror that ensues. Inclusion of such monstrous figures destabilises the ‘natural order’: it challenges the fixed social structures and ideology, and becomes inconsistent with what the majority considers both acceptable and intelligible. Yet, whilst on the surface gothic works may appear to reinforce these seemingly grotesque characteristics, in many respects, through exposing the ‘unnatural’, they deconstruct the illogical, and thereby attempt to create a set of social norms.
Through the minds of Palahniuk and Stevenson a common ground is reached in the two books Fight Club and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; both the narrator and Dr. Jekyll create their own misfortune in trying to fix the problems of the world, or better yet what they perceive the problems to be. In a sense the doppelganger of Dr. Jekyll and The Narrator create a misery that is eerie. These characters could be considered Byronic heroes; they start off admirable individuals but by the end of their journey we pity them. Another observation than can be made is through the birth of their alter egos Dr. Jekyll is in essence attempting to play God, and Tyler Durden (The Narrator’s doppelganger) believes he is God. The consequences of their decisions lead them to, ceaseless misery,
The weather conditions when they meet can all be linked with the theme of chaos and disorder, which foreshadows their role within the play as it is their predictions which awaken the seeds of ambition within Macbeth. The fact that they cannot be trusted is also implied in this first scene as their speech is full of antithesis and this foreshadows the equivocation they use to confuse Macbeth and fill him with a false sense of security, “When the battles lost and won” “Fair is foul, and foul is fair;” When we next meet the witches, the setting is again chilling in that they meet in thunder. Again, the supernatural powers that the witches have are highlighted as they wreak their revenge on a sailor, whose wife refused to give one of them chestnuts. Their power to control the experiences of the poor sailor is established and they explicitly discuss their ability to
. . to a realm of unfettered vision,” lifts us out of rather than urges us into the depths which humanity in the person of Usher has touched. (4) Caroline Gordon and Allen Tate are closer to the truth when they call [column 2:] Usher “a ‘Gothic’ character taken seriously” and when they view “The Fall of the House of Usher” as “a serious story of moral perversion.”(5) Certainly perversity and maladjustment are central to a reading of Usher’s character; and if this is a story of moral (sexual) perversion, its locus, Usher’s morbid fears, express themselves overtly and
Supernatural Being The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde, is a parody of nineteenth century gothic literature. This short story centers about the Otis family that lives in Canterville Chase and a ghost named Sir Simon who haunts the place. Although details throughout the story are references to the scary atmosphere of traditional gothic literature, the story posses no sense of eeriness at all. Instead, Wilde creates reader empathy for Sir Simon and sets him apart from horrifying gothic ghosts through physical description, slapstick humor, and emotional appeals of Sir Simon’s ability to reason. A physically horrifying ghost is an essential component of gothic literature.
The poet gives the impression of repulsiveness when he speaks of his Mistress’s hair and breath (“Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.” “If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head.”) He uses a tone of honesty when describing her unpleasant voice (which he loves to hear) and the way she walks (“I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound;” “My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.” He uses nature’s beauty to describe her complete imperfection in comparison to nature. Nature is far more pleasing to the eye than she is (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; I snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;” “But no such roses see I in her cheeks;” ) Yet, the tone changes in line 13, when the poets’ words becomes endearing and words of adoration. He is content with the reality of what his mistress is. He is not blinded by love, but that does not make him love her less. He adores his mistress, flaws and all.
Acid Rain What is Acid Rain? Acid rain is a result of air pollution. When any type of fuel is burnt, lots of different chemicals are produced. The smoke that comes from a fire or the fumes that come out of a car exhaust don't just contain the sooty grey particles that you can see - they also contains lots of invisible gases that can be even more harmful to our environment. Power stations, factories and cars all burn fuels and therefore they all produce polluting gases.