Through any and every writing, an author has a point hidden within literary elements. With literary elements authors develop a style to their writing to prove the point they intended from the beginning. There are many various literary elements to make up a rhetorical situation, to develop a side of ideas, some very commonly used in especially rhetorical situations. Like allusion, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, hypophora, and commonly simile. Mohandas K. Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau speak of and develop similar government opinions and points, through their interpretations of Civil Disobedience through literary elements; they prove similar points of civil disobedience but with their own style of writing and use of rhetorical devices.
BRIAR ROSE-JANE YOLEN Yolen has created an ingenious story of great significance in Briar Rose. Aside from the novel itself being a fictional text, the book stresses the intrinsic importance of fairy tales to the responder. The resilience and power of these tales are emphasised as is the significance of true stories form the past. It is through the examination of the allegorical story told by Gemma and the characterisation used by Yolen that the concept of the hero and heroine is explored. Yolen has enabled her readers to understand the value of the past for the present and to witness both the true horrors as well as the acts of courage in her novel Briar Rose.
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When presented in the manner of a fairy tale the teens and adults can look at the story from a different perspective. “Fairy tales and folklore are the primal language for communicating fundamental beliefs from one generation to the next
Document-Based Question Essay Stalin The following questions (Part A and Part B) are based on the accompanying documents (1-8). Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. The question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents and to demonstrate your knowledge of the subject matter being presented. As you analyze the documents, take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view. Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes your analysis of the documents.
Robert Munsch in The Paper Bag Princess relies heavily on fairy tales. Identify at least two specific fairy tales (not categories or types of fairy tales) that the author alludes to and discuss how they appear in his work. Also, explain why you think Munsch chose those particular fairy tales and why he presents them in the way that he does. Ensure that you provide textual evidence from The Paper Bag Princess for your submission. The Paper Bag Princess written by Robert Munsch is a subversion of the fairy tale tradition of Disney.
How has the exploration of the texts and their changes made according to contexts increased your understanding of the importance of texts as a moralizing force? Fairy tales have been utilised to modify and moralise behaviour of the responder. The text’s Perrault’s Tale, Little Red Cap and the Grandmother’s tale all act as a moralising trough popularity and influence. The importance of fairy tales as a dominant source of discourse influences our understanding of fairytales as a moralising force. Fairytales each effectively communicate a moral to the responder.
Introduction In this unit activity, you will analyze aspects of the medieval English stories The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. You will also read George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language,” analyze it, and express your own views on how language usage changes over time. ________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis Task 1: Analyzing Literature You've read excerpts from secular works written in the medieval period such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Canterbury Tales. Both are quest narratives that reveal much about the social life and codes of conduct followed in the medieval period. Write an essay on one of the topics provided in part a of this task.
English 'Persuasive Writing' By Eva Kiss Literature is meant to provide a perspective on life. The ability to view writing through different perspectives allows a deeper understanding of the text, as well as a wider knowledge about the world around us. William Shakespeare's Henry IV:Part One is one of his many historical plays, arguably intended to divulge to the Tudor England audience a different viewpoint of the Royal family to contemplate the rule of King Henry IV. The text opens up the issues of duty, the question of honour, the 'right' approach towards leadership and the value of life which, considering the Elizabethan period in which it was written, delves into the many concerns of the responders of the time, as well as remaining
As Yolen presents the significance and power of fairy tales through multiple voices ad dynamic use of techniques. One such technique is the use of an allegorical narrative. “Sleeping Beauty” is essential as it acts as an extended metaphor for Gemma to reveal her identity and past. This engaging device, intertexuality is used to deliver Gemma’s story whilst presenting moral messages to the audience. Jane Yolen has also used epigraphs at the beginning of each section, Home, Castle and Home Again; these present an authorial voice to the narrative.