In On His Blindness, many interpretations focus on the negative mood and resentful tone of the poem surrounding the author’s blindness. According to one interpretation, Milton’s blindness limited his ability to write poetry because, “there was no way for a blind man to put words to paper” (Answers.com). Although these interpretations highlight the dark side of these poems, it’s clear that the authors were presenting a self-revelation about choice. The self-revelation about choice occurs as the main character is presented with choices. The first line of each poem uses a first person format.
Tory can only present facts about what happened, he couldn’t write about the emotional side because it is impossible for language to accurately bear witness. The narrator’s tone reflects the disgust that he has for the Rauca, the disgust at the simplicity the Rauca has with ending hundreds of lives. For instance, the Rauca, with the “cynicism and the utmost speed” decided who would leave merely by a “flick of the finger of his right hand” (225). Tory uses words such as “fiendish”, “separated”, “blood-stained”, and “scornful” in the passage (224-226). This is important because it forms within the reader’s mind the sentiment of the selection at the Ghetto.
The novel, Of Mice and Men, was based off a poem which said "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry". This poem was the inspiration for the story and it means that the best plan can be hopeless much like a lot of the dreams in the book. All the dreams in the book were never accomplished as well all the characters don't hope for anything. The setting also shows hopelessness and throughout the book, there's a lot of hints for the ending. What the book says that one has to give up their dreams to survive in the world.
Living as a Dystopian Society The Oxford English Dictionary defines dystopia as “an imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible.” Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a society that lives in a dystopia. There is no individuality or imagination. Everyone is expected to be the same. The lack of literature creates a society without intelligence. In one review the author states, “In an important scene in Ray Bradbury's novella Fahrenheit 451, Captain Beatty (the leader of the firemen tasked with burning books in a futuristic, dystopian society) articulates for Montag (the protagonist) the fundamental idea underpinning the laws and norms of this oppressive and ignorant society” (Brown).
Lucy Berry, English essay “Apparent Failure” “So killed themselves: and now, enthroned Each on his copper couch, they lay” Discuss the ways in which Browning presents life and death in this poem. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Browning that you have studied. In the poem “Apparent Failure”, Browning presents death in an inhumane, animalistic way due to the Morgue being an old slaughter house. He contrasts life and death to display his anger at the status afforded to death (which weren’t offered in life). This experience shocked Browning but also taught him to avoid this kind of death.
This is where Gardner uses the epic poem Beowulf to disparage the belief that life has no purpose. He does this by making Grendel into a tragedy as a way to place emphasis on the fact that if you have no purpose in life, you are basically a failure. Gardner shows us the differences between two contrasting sides as the novel brings closure with a battle of human meaning verses having no purpose in
“He damn nearly drowned before we could get him.” 4. “But he gets in trouble alla time because he’s so God damn dumb.” 5. “Maybe you better go in the wash room an clean up your face. You look like hell.” 2) Steinbeck appears to have taken the title ‘Of Mice and Men’ from a Scottish Poem ‘To a Mouse’, because it is a very similar story. 3) In my opinion Steinbeck did not give Curley’s wife a name, thus creating the impression of her as someone with no individual existence of her own.
“My Betty not goin’ die” (crucible 8)… 2. “No, no, sir, I don’t truck with no devil” (Crucible 43)! Both of these quotes are uses of colloquial writing because neither uses formal writing structure but does use illiterate slang. Syntax Formal: The arrangement of word and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language Own: A proper way to write a sentence in different languages Examples: “Whose hearts are mountains, roots are trees, it’s they shall cry hello to the spring what if a dawn of a doom of a dream bites this universe in two” (Cummings 602). 2.
“All is fate” begins Dao’s poem “All.” All is an attempt to describe the nondescript life. It is a remarkably bleak view, hopeless and helpless in it’s bluntness. “All is a search that dies at birth” lies in direct contrast to the search
It is also made clear to the reader why Grendel has no social life due to the fact that he simply wants nothing to do with those around him; however there is only one point of view throughout the poem which makes the reader wonder if there is more to Grendel than a beast. We know nothing of his background of why he acts the way he does, we have no clue as to how others have acted toward him in the past, and for how long these situations lasted. Grendel is just a misunderstood character. Throughout the poem there is valid reason as to why someone would be able to empathize toward Grendel. Turner 3 Works Cited Page Anderson, Sarah, Alan Sullivan, and Timothy Murphy.