Although many have thought Macbeth was a dark person, Malcolm in this quote reveals he is actually more evil. D. The use of dark imagery conveys Shakespeare's desired mood, ominous, and helps to understand the characters. II. The use of night in the imagery have the readers associate night with violent scenes and insomnia, therefore deserting any pleasant ideas that come with night. A.
The author again explains this pure emotion, “That the wind came out of the cloud by night/ chilling and killing my Annabel Lee” (25-26). Poe is telling us that her life was taken unfairly and that the heavens were against them and dramatizes the unhappy mood. Without metaphors I think it would be hard to display the mood creatively. Next, Poe uses personification to illuminate the setting. The narrator continuously talks about a kingdom by the sea which highlights the mystical part of the mood.
Fear is created from the beginning of the poem when we read that: “a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect The Empire State Building” The word “skirting” is used to create a mood of caution and unease from the start. This unease and caution is reinforced later in the poem when we are told that: “now midnight has come in” The use of the word “midnight” is used to refer to the “evil” in the city and the personification is used to make the reader feel as though “midnight” has a mind of its own, making it unpredictable, emphasising the sense of fear and unease. Later in the poem we are made to feel that New York is a “frontier” city when the poet describes: “darkness is shot at by a million lit windows” Light and dark is used to symbolise good and evil, it is as though the “dakness” is being “shot” at, this also create a mood of fear. MacCaig also forms an atmosphere of fear by using sound devices. This mood is created by this technique when the “Empire State Building” is first described as a “dentist’s drill” The harsh sound which comes from the onomatopoeia, “drill” forms a sense of fear and caution.
Formal Analysis Of Art Lillian M. Floyd ART/101 Shelly Scott- Harmon February 6, 2013 * * After viewing Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No.681 both artist has their own technique of using lines in their compositions. How does artist use lines to show their personalities and their views on the world? To Van Gogh nature is compelling and formidable as God himself and with him being mentally unstable this was evident by the way he used lines in his painting which is strong and black. The swirls in the night sky are strong as a possible indication of his views of God’s and nature’s power. Van Gogh’s view of the world was simple for he looked at it as uncontrolled as evident through his use of lines and swirls in his painting.
As well as using metaphor, free verse, transferred empathy, refrain and litotes, the lyricists have used imagery to create a mental image of darkness and grief. The poets have created a dream like surreal image, by using language which shows sadness and depression. The preposition “In” immediately creates an image of confinement and an enclosed area. The adjectives “white” and “black” is a metaphor of the differences the man and women have, it also creates a mood of darkness and light, sad and happy, which are the changes this man has been put through. These claims are backed up by the noun “curtains” which suggests privacy and seclusion, this could imply that this couple enjoyed being secluded or isolated from the outside world.
William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' is intended to portray the importance of the monarchy and the insecurity created by the threat of a foreign invasion at a time of political and social insecurity in England. This then is the underlying setting of the theme for 'Hamlet' - taking place on a dark winter night, creating suspense, intrigue and providing entertainment to an otherwise deprived audience. In the opening, Act 1 and Scene 1, Shakespeare cleverly uses one - dimensional characters to deliver background information to the audience in a more entertaining style. The setting - the guard - platform of the Castle, on a dark, wintry cold night at midnight further intensifies the dramatic effect. 'Who's there?'
This leads me to introduce the main theme of “Acquainted with the Night” – isolation and loneliness. This essay will focus primarily on Frost’s use of detailed language such as symbolism, diction, imagery, and syntax in order to unfold the speaker’s attitude of isolation and loneliness. Frost begins this poem by stating, “I have been one acquainted with the night." (1), which is a somewhat ambivalent statement. Acquainted means have knowledge of, or be familiar with – in this case, the night.
Referencing back to the film Edward Scissorhands, it is clear that it is a gothic film due to the above elements. In the opening scene, there are many shots of a tremendous and old castle showcasing everything with black and blue-tinted hues, creating an atmosphere of mystery and suspense to the following events. The fear that the people experience of Edward causing trouble and disrupting their normal lifestyle is
His method of presenting the details of a dramatic situation adds a sense of mystery that contributes to the fearful surroundings and helps build towards a climax. Poe’s ability to take even the most supernatural and unnerving details from his stories and make the emotions that they evoke apply to his audience suggests that the fear and terror associated with his stories are universally applicable and gives his writing a sublime flavor. In the beginning of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the narrator immediately sets a murky tone to the story by describing the scenery as he approaches Roderick Usher’s house. “I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain—upon the bleak walls—upon the vacant eye-like windows—upon a few rank sedges—and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthy sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveler upon opium—the bitter lapse into common life—the hideous dropping off of the veil” (Poe 1508). Immediately we know that
Act II Act 2, Scene 1 1. When Banquo remarks that the night is especially dark, the audience can conclude that nature somehow reflects what is going on in the affairs of people. The dark night, in other words, reflects Macbeth’s dark desires. This is an example of PATHETIC FALLACY. What atmosphere is created through the use of this device in this scene?