Through descriptions of the chivalrous snake, the conflicted man and the twilit setting, the author creates sympathy for the rattler and feelings of anger, pity, and disappointment for the man. When the author describes the
Therefore, the snake can represent Delia’s protector, sin, death, or devil but it most certainly is a mirrored reflection of Sykes. Sykes routinely shows his lack of respect for Delia. One morning Delia, sorting laundry and wondering where Sykes has gone with her horse, becomes paralyzed by fear when suddenly something “long, round, limp, and black falls upon her shoulders and slithers to the floor beside her.” Again Delia is reminded of what a malicious man Sykes can be. He uses a bullwhip to scare her; she believes it is a snake. Delia
The danger that unsuspecting women and children would undergo would be too much for a man to worry about. “Abruptly I stopped short” and he says that his first instinct was that “[he] would go [his]” way ( ). He soon knew that was not an option and that he must kill this living creature. As the battle began, the snake “held his ground” while the man left for a short while, only to go to the “ranch house, get a hoe, and [return] ( ). The diction is written very well to point out what the man is feeling and helps the reader to infer just what the snake was emoting as
Using Formalism to interpret cannot be effective because the readers need to understand the background information. Without the background, the story becomes comparable to a pound cake with no toppings, bland and uninviting. Formalism ignores the cultural context, the author intentions, and how the story affects the reader personally. Formalism by definition ignores specifics such as what the author’s intentions were in the story. Fast’s intentions turn out to be an attempt to describe human nature.
Montresor is a dangerous and evil person in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. In this short story, Montresor is sensitive, trickey, and evil. Montresor is sensitive because he is going to kill Fortunato because he insulted him. In the story, Poe also shows us through the indirect characterization methods of Montresor’s own actions, words, and looks. When Montresor is ready to go to the catacomb with Fortunato, he puts “on a mask of black silk” and wraps himself up in “a roquelaire.” He wears the mask and the roquelaire because it hides his identity.
In middle of his text, he shows many ways lobster is cruelly killed and why this is not right to do. His main argument is that lobster might actually be vulnerable to pain, and that it is unethical to kill lobsters by putting them into water. To prove his argument, he uses scientific facts, emotions, and comparison. Wallace uses scientific facts to prove his argument that lobsters feel some kind of pain. He provides studies that debates whether the lobsters feel pain or not.
It was Peter, with blood dripping down his chin and a snake's tail protruding from a corner of his mouth.” This is Ender’s worst nightmare – looking into a mirror, and seeing Peter watching him. Now, only the game tells Ender that he’s
The serpent in each story plays a crucial role. In Gilgamesh, the serpent eats the plant which might help Gilgamesh to be young again. This upsets
Mary Shelley uses many language devices to portray conflict in the novel Frankenstein. In chapter 5, Mary Shelley uses alliteration to convey to the reader the emotional conflict the monster is forced to face. Victor finally finishes his creation and observes its appearance: “I beheld the wretch -- the miserable monster who I created”. This suggests to the reader that Victor is not pleased with his creation as he calls him a “monster”; the word “monster” makes the reader visualize a horrendous, spine-chilling, eerie creation creating a dark ambience. Furthermore, the author uses feelings to describe the monster.
Lack of emphasis on humans makes it less personal which may confuse the reader as the people that passed are usually the main focus and something you relate to 9/11. He chose to do this, because it makes the reader feel more terror, because of how unnatural the images created are and how inconceivable it is that these things are almost like humans. The rhyming between the lines “And a cabinet spews its lunch. And a water-cooler staggers and slumps.” links the lines together in both of them Armitage is trying to describe the physical things; this objective view is refreshing and resembles humans in the towers when the plane hits. It highlights that they were just left in the towers and no one would take the machines (like the humans) out of imminent danger increasing the duration of terror felt by the workers.