Nick describes Gatsby’s memories of the romance and describes “romances that were not musty and laid away in lavender but fresh and breathing”. (Fitzgerald, 158) This phrase brings to mind clear images of flowers, because they are often “laid away already in lavender” to dry out over time. The use of “fresh and breathing” could also be used to describe a flower, and that during the time of Gatsby and Daisy’s initial romance their relationship was just blooming, and was very fresh and new to both of them. The language in this passage is beautiful and sensual. Fitzgerald describes “dancers whose flowers were scarcely withered” (Fitzgerald, 158) and “an air of breathless intensity” (Fitzgerald, 158), using the language as a parallel to the tone of the passage and the feeling of the romance between Gatsby and Daisy.
Yhadira Tacury ENG 096 10:00 10/29/09 2nd Paper “The Flowers” “Flowers” is an appropriate title for Alice Walker’s short story, because she found a wild pink rose. The wild pink rose is different from the other flowers she picked. Myop’s reaction to the dead man is significant because a wild pink rose is growing on the dead man’s head. Flowers can represent happiness and love, kindness and gentleness, along with death and sorrow. Happiness and love are beautiful feelings.
Tim Petriccione 2B-1 Great Gatsby Outline Intro: * Flowers are a sign of vibrant life * They can have different meanings in different situations and symbolize different things for different people. * Color, shape, and smell of flowers can evoke powerful emotions for people. * The significance of flowers in the book is shown through the numerous times they are shown. THESIS: Through the use of the floral images, Fitzgerald symbolizes the eventual demise of Gatsby’s ultimate dream of love. Body Paragraph 1: TRS: A rose in full bloom is a dramatic symbol of true love just as the withered rose is a symbol of unrequited love.
Novelist Nikolai Gogol was known to his contemporaries and is regarded by the world as a pioneer in Russian literary romanticism. Gogol’s “The Nose” stands as one of his more abstruse novels and exhibits his mastery as a romanticist writer. Evidence of its fundamentally romantic style can be seen in the vivid, embellished imagery, subjective point of view, and supernatural references found throughout the work. For example, Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov turns his attention to the slim girl inside Kazan Cathedral and finds her “bent over to pray like a spring flower” and also observes that her yellow hat is “as light as pastry” (Gogol, 50). The use of similes and metaphors to describe common objects and occurrences is standard in the type of imagery unique to romanticism.
On a deeper level, she wants to modernise the symbols we use for love. She also wants us to speak more honestly about love in relationships. A ‘Red rose’, a ‘satin heart’ and a ‘cute card’ are the usual lovers’ gifts on Valentine’s Day. Duffy is very harsh on these clichéd [well-worn] symbols of Valentine's Day. In the poem Duffy suggests these normal cards, red roses and kissograms lack any real meaning: ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart’, ‘Not a cute card or a kissogram’.
However there is a change in tone of the final stanza. Courtly love is a central motif in “Les Grands Seigneurs”, evoking knights, castles, damsels and troubadours. However, courtly love is ultimately acknowledged as only “play”, which has to give way to the serious reality of marriage. There is an ironic tone to the poem, and a hint of black humour. This is a light hearted view of the gap between what we expect of relationships, and what we actually get.
This gives me the impression that she feels rather cynical about Valentines Day. Whether or not this view was created prior to bad relationships, it is not known. It can then be said that because of this, she ahs made this poem anything but sentimental, as what you would usually get in a romantic poem. Throughout the poem, Duffy uses an `onion` to represent the symbol of love in her poem, Valentine. Again, she is mocking what would usually be given as a Valentines Day present.
Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in lines 81 – 183 of ‘Goblin Market’. Christina Rossetti was an extremely proto-feminist poet who lived in the 19th century, her most famous piece Goblin Market was a tale of two sisters, one who got caught up by goblins with their lavish and spell bound fruits, the poem tells a story of sacrifice for ones sister and about resisting temptation with biblical connotations. Lines 81 – 183 contain many elements of a fairytale also it is laced with repetition and alliteration to suggest an idea of persuasion. The warning signs are evident as there are references to ‘lilies’, which represent honesty and innocence; this allows Rossetti to highlight flaws in her character. Rossetti uses the literary technique of implementing symbols to introduce a fairytale element into Goblin Market.
Through the visual imagery of “gathering rosebuds,” the rosebuds are a symbol for purity and innocence we can draw the conclusion that the speaker is telling the virgins they are innocent and pure, but soon they will bloom and that is when life should be lived to the fullest, for example by having sex, marrying and having a family. He continues the first stanza by personifying a flower with the ability to smile – the bloom, and he states, “And this same flower that smiles to-day/ To-morrow will be dying” (lines 3-4). From this statement, the reader
Shakespeare masterfully weaves the themes uniquely and provides a new insight into them. This is evident in the excerpt, “Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field” (4.5.29-30). In the excerpt, Lady Capulet compares Juliet’s death to a flower’s death. By doing this, Juliet maintains her beauty and grace even at the state of death. Lady Capulet indirectly describes Juliet’s death as peaceful and elegant, rather than gruesome and grotesque.