Academic Search Premiere. Ebscohost. Owens Lib. 12, March 2008 Http://www.ebscohost.com Sullen, Jacob. “Hello to Arms”.
In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat. His short story narratives utilise compression, poetics and sentence structure which are artifices to create mood and meaning. In this sense this type of fiction is realistic, but untrue. Readers are aware of this from the outset of the novel with Le’s first short story, which overtly illustrates that the stories in the collection are works of fiction. The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection.
Yvonne Young British Literary Tradition II (EN246OC) Professor Abma May 29, 2011 The Truth in Heroic Allegory: S. Johnson’s “Truth, Falsehood and Fiction: an allegory” The word allegory, coming from the Latin allegoria meaning “veiled language, figurative”, is an effective literary device used by many writers to communicate messages by means of symbolic figures and extended metaphors. As it turns out, Samuel Johnson used just that in his esteemed allegorical work “Truth, Falsehood and Fiction: an allegory” where abstract concepts of human nature (good versus bad) are cleverly woven into an epic tale full of mythological and worldly characters. In this, Johnson is able to place a “mask” of figurative language over intangible, sober subject material, effectively catching the reader’s interest, while at the same time providing a deeper understanding of the true significance behind the narrative. In his essay, allegory is used to personify human concepts into tangible characters providing a deeper understanding of its teachings. For instance, the word truth can be described as honesty, reality, sincerity etc, but the heroine TRUTH, “daughter of Jupiter and Wisdom”, causes readers to envision a “majestic”, “towering” woman “conscious of superior power and juster claim” who must fight to win the hearts of men.
Matthew Keezer English Essay 8/28/11 This quote taken from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter holds incredible importance for explaining the plot of the novel. The book, however, does not delve further into this observation made by Biff about the relationship of the main characters towards Singer. How this quote holds significance in the novel is shown by the initial observation of the quote, the deeper assumed meanings, and Biff’s disregard of his observation’s importance. In the quotation, Biff notices the similarity between the way Blount follows Singer and the way Singer used to follow “the sloppy Greek”. This shows that Singer has taken Spiros’ place and Blount has taken Singer’s place.
30 Mar. 2010. Harold, Bloom. “Plot Summary of “Antigone.” Bloom’s Major Dramatists:Sophocles;2003,p71-77,7p. Literary Reference Center.
In a revisit to Homer’s eighth century epic poem "Illiad", David Malouf’s "Ransom" > explores the worlds of royalty, war and the common man. Although Malouf explores > the original themes of revenge, redemption and fate, he > predominately > focuses on the human connections, relationships and inner thoughts of his > characters. Malouf contends that Somax is the true hero of the novel, > "Ransom", through the events he participates in, > his disposition and the characteristics he displays, > > > > Somax, a mere > commoner that Malouf has added into his novel, gives Priam an insight into > the > world he was missing out on. His chatter, whether about ‘[the] little cakes’ > or > his ‘pretty daughter-in-law’, is always intriguing to Priam. After Somax > successfully > persuades Priam to do a number of things, such as getting him to waddle in > the > stream and nibble on some griddlecakes, he describes Priam as 'like a > child’.
Shirley Jackson, on the other hand, primarily makes use of names to stress the theme in her story, “The Lottery.” Although Jackson focuses mainly on names, she does incorporate the use of one object as a symbol of great importance to the theme. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown" and Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" are both excellent examples of works which use symbolism, a literary device, throughout the plot in order to support the theme. Hawthorne uses the names of his characters as symbols. Although other examples are available in both works, Faith, Goodman Brown, and Mr. Graves are the most prominent between the two
1 ISRAFEL. BY: EDGAR ALLAN POE Israfel: An Analysis Israfel is a mesmerizing poem, the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College. (Allen 233) The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poe's usual poetry, which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy, Gothic ideas. Poe's idea of the death of beautiful woman being the most poetical of all topics is here, nowhere to be found. This proves that Poe, when so inclined, could indeed write about something other than opium induced nightmares and paranoid grieving men who are frightened to death by sarcastic,talkative, ravens.
Derek Dawson Ms. Lichtenwald ELA AP B30 Sept 22nd, 2011 The Not-So-Great-Gatsby: How Fitzgerald portrays tone in his novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald goes to great lengths to portray the tone of his novel in many different aspects. However, it is the final passage in The Great Gatsby where the tone of his novel truly shows through. Whereas the overall aspect of the novel represents one man’s attempt to fulfill his dream, an unattainable dream, the final passage seems to fortify Fitzgerald’s feelings of hopelessness and despair. Fitzgerald’s novel has a prevalent tone of hopelessness and despair; it comes across in the themes, characters, and plot of The Great Gatsby. The themes in this novel all lean towards negativity;
Introduction Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most prolific symbolists in American literature, and a study of his symbols is necessary to understanding his novels. Generally speaking, a symbol is something used to stand for something else. In literature, a symbol is most often a concrete object used to represent an idea more abstract and broader in scope and meaning — often a moral, religious, or philosophical concept or value. Symbols can range from the most obvious substitution of one thing for another, to creations as massive, complex, and perplexing as Melville's white whale in Moby Dick. An allegory in literature is a story where characters, objects, and events have a hidden meaning and are used to present some universal lesson.