This nonsensical simile is used to create in the readers minds the idea that this fish really is a man, and his actions show it too. The poet uses this pun to make us laugh about the similarities between this fish and a man, but at the same time we feel pity for him as we know that if “his heart skins like a” stone he is feeling depressed and heart-broken and if “he drinks like a” fish he must be (like the poem later says) drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Similarly, other puns like these are found in the poem (“she makes kissy lips at him”), that describe the characters flirty human behaviour, showing that the poet also compares the female fish to a human too. The implication that the fish can feel, drink or make kissy lips is also personification that further strengthens the comparison, literally
With her beautiful voice she would sing near the shores of the sea and draw in whatever man passed by. As they approached her, Siren would smile at them and look deeply into their eyes. As soon as they were close enough, Siren would savagely attack and eat her hapless victim. This seduction trick always lead to the downfall of her victim, making Siren peerless as far as temptresses as go. The expression "siren" is still used to describe something that is both dangerous and enthralling.
In The Simple Gift Billy tries to forms a self defence towards Caitlin when he first sees her by rejecting her. “My first thought was to hate her because of her shiny watch and her perfect skin”P38.Billy is aware of Caitlin because she seems to be so different from him and he felt he would be judged by her. “and I knew she’d call the manager” P38 In Strange Chameleon the protagonist has a very low self esteem because he does not fit in. He feels that he doesn’t deserve his lover because of this. “Swimming in a dirty river with dirty me you were very beautiful.” Nakayama uses repetition to make the audience focus on thought that he sees him self as “dirty” and how he doesn’t deserve her.
In Jeff Klein’s essay “Watching my back” conveys the ever changing role of men and women in today’s society. Where women are seen as delicate flowers but when in danger they can turn into savage warriors. Jeff Klein’s story takes off when a stranger approaches him and his girlfriend and tries to attack them. Klein was startle by his attacker. On the other hand, his girlfriend takes a more assertive position to try to persuade the attacker to leave, without any success.
Almost every circle session Nurse Ratched had with the men she would get angry when they did not share their opinions. Doing that just made all of them think that they are wrong and believe they are not normal, and therefore dehumanizing them. On the other hand, McMurphy (Nicholson) treats the men like they are a normal human being and teaches them to play basketball and how to fish. Treating them this way made the men act more normal. When Nurse Ratched discovered that McMurphy took all the men fishing, she was livid even though she saw how happy they all were with the giant fish they caught.
They also represent the girls’ deliberate provocation, an attempt to attract the eye of every man they encounter. Sammy is initially drawn to the girls simply because they are scantily different , young, and attractive.. What he ultimately finds compelling about the girls in their bathing suits is that they have disrupted the system of rules that he has been forced to observe, an observation that Lengel, the authority figure, underscores by trying to enforce the rules the girls have violated. When Sammy quits his job, he significantly removes the corporate uniform that establishes his place in the system. Sammy views quitting the job as his way to assert his own independence However, the freedom of the bathing-suited girls remains unavailable to him. .
Wallace sympathizes that if lobsters can’t control their pain, then humans are unnecessarily boiling and eating them, as a result, putting them through immense suffering that humans wouldn’t want to experience themselves. Wallace, however also compares them to frontal lobotomy patients. These patients experience physical pain but perceive it in a different way. They do not necessarily hate or like pain. They feel neutral about it.
Examine every line of his features and see how they work together to make him handsome. If you are confused, just look into his eyes. This man is single, and he lacks only a bride to make him perfect and complete. As is right, fish live in the sea, and it’s wrong for a beauty like you to hide from a handsome man like him. Many people think he’s handsome, and whoever becomes his bride will be just as admired.
Diving Into the Wreck explores the struggles of a woman in a male-controlled society. This poem tells the story of a woman's voyage into the male dominated workforce. Rich’s creative way of using an extended metaphor, symbols, and descriptive language makes the poem understanding and emotional to readers. In the first stanza of Diving into the Wreck, the diver is getting prepared for her journey. As her body gets prepared for the dive, her mind already has by “First having read the book of myths” (1).
They start talking about Beatrice and Benedick and how much she is in love with him, knowing that Benedick would be eavesdropping. They use metaphorical diction as Claudio states, ‘bait the hook well, this fish will bite.’ Meaning that Benedick will fall for their trickery if they keep up their chatter about Beatrice. Claudio’s diction is then exaggerated when he describes Beatrice when she ‘beats her heart’ and ‘cries “sweet benedick”.’ After Claudio, Don Pedro and Leonato Leave. Benedick’s diction is very clear to show that he is very passionate about Beatrice, proving that he has been deceived but doesn’t realise it. The use of high modality diction in the phrase ‘No!