When she receives the ring from Gerald, she is immediately 'excited', and Priestley shows this in her speech with the use of dashes as she asks 'Mummy - isn't it a beauty?'. She shows appreciation of the 'perfect' ring to Gerald which shows she really is 'pleased with life' but almost possessed by Gerald.Although the Mr and Mrs Birling have been portrayed as arrogant, Sheila is contrasted to show compassion towards the conditions of the workers immediately when she hears about her father's treatment of Eva Smith - when she says 'these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people'. This shows how at the start of the play she is the only character so far that is capable of change, after Mr Birling denies all responsibility of the death of Eva Smith. Sheila is devastated when she realises her part in Eva Smith's death, she feels full of guilt for
Ladybird: The ladybird Is the kind and gentle bug, she tries to take care of James as good as possible. Spider: The spider is not so unlike the ladybird, she tries to takes care of everyone there Glowworm: The glowworm doesn’t do very much, it’s mostly there to light up the environment they’re in. My thoughts of the book is that it is a great book, that isn’t too hard to
Sentences ans sections of poems are repeated which gives the impression of Hinley slowly losing her mind throughout the poem. Duffy uses language very effectively, in parts of the poem almost creating a sense of sympathy for Hinley at the same time as making her seem evil. When reading the poem Duffy’s opinion of Hinley is hard to understand. She seems to sympathies with Hinley in some areas of the poem however in other areas the poem emphasises how evil Hinley is. During the first stanza Duffy creates the impression that anyone could become a murderer and this creates the impression that she seems interested in Hinley especially since it is stereotypically men who commit crimes like the Moors Murders .
I was now in this swanky place with nothing to eat and no one to talk to, I had no reason to live. I even thought of goin’ back to that hunting bastard, but I couldn’t imagine him gobbling me up with his damn grotty teeth, and my breasts stuck between his left jaws, so I stayed where I was. After a while, I was sure the coast was clear, so I went around looking for anyplace to go to. I finally found this huge hut where a wrinkled lady lived at. She found me and fed me everyday, what a nice woman that was.
From the visual techniques used there are many ideas communicated to the audience as we can feel a sense of loneliness, depression, and desperation. Even though she is in a dark world that is hopeless, the small picture of the red leaf indicates that she is clutching onto a small glimmer of hope. The writing with this picture lacks punctuation and has negative connotations to show that she is starting to give up hope. Later on into the book there is a page where the girl is seen standing on a stage with the colours of light and dark juxtaposing with each other, which creates a meaning that, she is surrounded by darkness. The vector lines in this image points to her face, making her the focal point and the composition of the objects are foreign, cluttered together and form negative connotations.
According to Ellen, Kate is brave, clever, naughty, pretty, talkative, lovable and, most importantly, older. Ellen’s thoughts of her older sister are the reason why it is possible for Kate to control her. Their rabbits from the uncle are very different. Ellen’s rabbit is naturalistic while Kate’s rabbit is blue and more extraordinary. By using the power of
This reflects the duality of being spellbound. The poem starts by putting the reader in the moment, “the night is darkening around me.” Bronte drops the readers directly in this inauspicious and freighting scene. She furthers this sentiment in the next line by adding a cold and wild wind. These conditions are already uncomfortable enough for most people to run from. However, a “tyrant spell” has entranced her and, she “cannot go.” The second stanza continues horrific place.
The passage tells us about an anxious little girl who goes to school for the first time. This experience of childhood and initiation in school life is described as something horrible and negative; “The playground was hell”, “Small people’s purgatory” and “the sheer ineptitude”. The diction with words such as purgatory (a place for suffering) and ineptitude (uselessness/to not fit in) enhances this negative mood. Sage speaks a lot about not fitting in and she describes the children’s playing as “fierce contests…duels almost” which clashes with our general view of children being so innocent when they play. Sage’s style of narration is fairly colloquial, almost chatty, which can be seen for example the line “Was she already going to dancing lessons?
Mrs. Delacroix, obviously a friend and neighbor of Tessie, who just moments before [the stoning] was laughing with Tessie about her forgetfulness, and reassuring her that she was fine for her tardiness. Later, her speedy selection of a “stone so large that she had to pick it up with both hands” reveals that the friendship was not as strong as her blind belief that the lottery was a just judge and her self-righteousness in not being chosen. The large stone was a symbol of
Others, including her mother and her Aunt, significantly shaped Sybylla’s identity. The impact of Sybylla’s mother’s words “you are lazy and bad” as well as “you’re really a very useless girl for your age” create a negative self-perception of her identity. The use of direct speech enables the reader to visualise and recreate the scene, therefore understanding the effects of other’s on the formation of Sybylla’s identity. Contrary to this, Sybylla’s Aunt Helen promotes positive growth in Sybylla by nurturing her. Her kind and gracious Aunt build’s Sybylla’s confidence and self esteem and is gentle and understanding, recognising her inner beauty, while reinforcing her physical beauty.