The word ‘Nothing’ is another metaphor used as a means of showing that he has no future, his life is to come to an end and he feels devoid of emotions, resigned to his fate. The word ‘Wild’ causes the rain to seem as unstoppable, which further emphasises that the
Later on Winston goes to a barren area where no telescreens present however he goes on to say “there was always the danger of concealed microphones” (Orwell, pg.117). Emphasizing over the idea of no such thing as
His short, choppy sentences cause a feeling of hurry, much like the character would have been facing in the story. The author also uses a comparison between light and dark to allude to the contrast between the known and the unknown. The fact that the story takes place in the dark, with light emerging comes to reveal something about the character. The sniper, while waiting to kill his opponent, is enveloped in darkness, much like he’s enveloped in uncertainty. As he kills his enemy and the light emerges, the light is shone upon his situation, revealing a tragically ironic twist.
As the narrator goes on it addressed the image of the men gathering, and as they talk there is no laughter, as if something looms over them. Then we have the work by Robert Frost and his poem “Out, Out-“, thought the literary format is different the use of irony is still present. Right from the opening line we are greeted with a sense of dread when Frost personifies the buzz saw as something menacing and dangerous, “The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard” (K&M, 844). Then the poem goes on to describe an almost picturesque setting with the mountains in the distance and the setting sun behind them. Everything seems idealistic, that is until the boy cut his hand off with the buzz saw, having been distracted by the simple prospect of supper, his life ends.
He (and we're just assuming it's a he here, since Houseman was a he and we don't have anything else to go on) doesn't refer to "unpleasant objects" or "disagreeable discourse" like a fancy poet might. He comes right out and calls it "stupid stuff." (At the same time that little bit of alliteration in "stupid stuff" is a reminder that this is still very much a poem). • So who is
Additionally, it is likely that the fact Tess murders was enough of a controversial subject, without Hardy having to describe it, to shock the readers. The heartbreaking tragedy which radiates throughout the novel is particularly poignant when Tess gushes, ‘Say you do now, dear, dear husband; say you do love me, now I have killed him!’, with which Angel replies, ‘I do love you... it’s all come back!’ (page 448). Tess’s complete naivety and desperation for Angel’s acceptance and love has lead her to the extent of questioning her moral duty. As a reader we are unaware if Angel’s love has ‘come back’ because he’s finally seen Tess, or that it is because of Tess murdering Alec. Either way, further distress is created for the reader, as it is not possible for love to go away and then return and Tess seems completely oblivious to this.
Education for leisure presents a dramatic monologue which is written in a voice of teenager who is isolated individual that commits violent deeds against little innocent pets due do boredom. “An ordinary day” the poet condemns the usefulness of education but attaching the “leisurely” behaviour of the speaker to the education system of Britain. Whereas in shooting stars Duffy portrays the life of the world it as short blast of passion which can come to an end. The poem is written in the first person to emphasise the narrator’s feelings, this creates an intimate relationship between the poet and the reader to increase the emotive effect. The title reinforces that any death no matter how small it is still heroic.
However, the habitual acceptance of the lottery has made ritual homicide a part of the community lore. When murmurs about change begin to drift through the town, the superstitious voice of Old Man Warner makes the townspeople fear that their whole way of life would fall apart without this grisly drawing. The random elements of society violence also appear as a theme in "The Lottery." There is no reason for Tessie Hutchinson to die other than that she happened to draw the wrong slip of paper. However, once that took place, she stopped being a member of the community.
Ibsen invokes this motif through Rank’s dialogues. In his first appearance in Act I, Rank speaks disdainfully of the ill’s wish ‘to prolong the agony [of living with an illness] as long as possible’, and scornfully states that the ‘morally diseased’, feel the same. He goes on to state that such is the case of ‘a lawyer of the name of Krogstad... [who] suffers from a diseased moral character’, (Ibsen, 1992, p. 15). We later learn that Krogstad, another character in the play, is guilty of having committed a crime many years ago. By making a vivid comparison in Rank’s dialogues between fatal illness and moral blemishes, Ibsen emphasizes his society’s intolerance of that
To begin with, in any literary work, the title helps in reinforcing the work's theme and understanding the text better. In Trifles, the title suggests that the play talks about insignificant and superficial theme or action. However, the truth is far from that. As once the reader begins reading the play, he/she is impressed with the turn of the events. In the play, the two women – Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale- who are only brought along with the sheriff and attorney to retrieve some items for a wife – Mrs. Wright/ Minnie foster- accused for killing her husband –Mr.