Literature is where emotions can be evoked, numbed, exposed or created. Sympathy for people, characters, that we do not actually know are usually one of the most common and one of the most powerful. Shakespeare's greatest quality is being able to create bonds between the character and the audience or reader. Why does one cry when Romeo and Juliet kill themselves at the end of the tragedy? It's emotion, the bond, the sympathy but why do Romeo and Juliet kill themselves?
Furthermore, the personification and contrast of both love and death, ‘lean abhorred monster’, throughout the play, adds to the overall dramatic effect by giving life to abstract nouns, as well as foreshadowing the imminent tragedy. The most predominant form of love in the First Act is Romeo’s love for Rosaline; which is not only unrequited but aesthetic ‘she is rich in beauty’. Romeo’s love for Rosaline is expressed through melodramatic speeches and oxymorons ‘bright smoke’, which alludes to his confusion and inner conflict. Despite Romeo’s declaration of love for Rosaline, it seems that his true purpose is to that ‘hit’ her ‘with Cupid’s arrow’ or ‘ope her lap to saint seducing gold’. The use of ‘hit’, an active verb, implies that he is attempting to force his obsession on her.
It provides the audience with a vivid understanding of time and the image it creates. Also, the remarkable language indicating Macbeth’s insanity, and it’s lasting effect throughout the play. The passage also brought into a clearer explanation Macbeth’s tragic flaw, which was his weakness towards his ambition. Through these clever themes and images, much can be determined of the play, therefore making it the most gorgeous scene within
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is an example of Elizabethan theatre which emphasizes language. Throughout the play we see the high points and the low points of Romeo’s emotions. This could be described as going from one extreme to another. As we first meet Romeo, he comes across as a very love stricken character. The language used gives a clear indication in to the disturbed state of mind of Romeo.
Mr Knightley quotes, “ If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am – you hear nothing but truth from me”, the technique used in this quote is emotive language as Mr Knightley is expressing his innermost heartfelt feelings. It demonstrates the most dramatic examples
ENG 162W Due 3 March 2014 Lynda Chu Essay #1 Allen Ginsberg, one of the most influential poets to gain fame during the Beats Movement; has openly admired and drawn great influence from transcendentalist Walt Whitman. Both writers lived during times of cultural and political revolutions in the United States; and both poets used their poetry as a conduit for their views and opinions. Whitman so deeply influenced Ginsberg’s literature that many critics argue that Ginsberg’s “Howl” could be considered a response to Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. In the following essay we will examine the shared poetic structure, themes, symbols and most importantly the differences in Ginsberg and Whitman’s poems. Whitman’s influence on Ginsberg is prevalent in the first sentence of “Howl” in which Ginsberg begins his poem with the line “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” In Whitman’s “Song of Myself” the author begins his poem in a similar fashion stating, “I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume.” Both authors wish to connect with the readers and depict their personal thoughts.
Dramatic Devices In “Othello” Shakespeare’s “Othello” is a classic example of dramatic devices at work, and while so many devices were identifiable in the play, I am going to focus on two. First, Othello is a paradigm of a tragic character, with several traits presented in evidence of his catharsis, although I shall spotlight upon his hubris. The love shared between Othello and Desdemona is a rare and brilliant one, but ends wretchedly because of Othello’s unwillingness to act out of love instead of conceit. “Othello” is one of the most famous tragedies in all of literature, and with good reason; a few of which will be given here. As evidenced by other great tragedies, the main character, that the audience has come to feel a connection with, must experience a downfall, and lose all he has worked for in life.
We have read deeply moving tragedies from Euripides and were fascinated by Turgenev’s texts. These two authors have set a criterion for humanities and allowed us to visualize the arts and tools humans make through the characters in their work and their style of writing. Each author brings a significant factor to the standards of humanities and we can truly acknowledge them for that. We will first begin with Euripides and his investigation on cultural forms. Euripides was a Greek playwright whom Aristotle called the most “tragic” of the Greek poets.
Compare the ways controlling characters are used in Les Grands Seigneurs and My Last Duchess Dorothy Molloy and Robert Browning, the poets of Les Grands Seigneurs and My Last Duchess respectively, both create a significant and controlling character in their poems; using similar techniques and themes to illustrate the power and dominance to portray a specific message. Firstly, both Malloy and Browning frequently embed the personal pronoun ‘my’ into their controlling characters narrative. For example, the controlling character in Les Grands Seigneurs quotes ‘men were my buttresses’ in the opening line, whilst similarly, in the opening line of My Last Duchess, ‘that’s my last duchess painted on the wall’. This use of ‘my’ enables both characters to develop a sense of possession over their loved ones to the readers immediately; thus allowing their retelling of love to their audiences to be easier. This sense of control is only further strengthened by another technique used by both poets, the regular inclusion of caesuras.
I think, the poet uses this passage to put forward his view that being good and moral are more just ways to live one's life. This can be seen in the lines: ''Then he who had harrowed the hearts of men with pain and affliction in former times and had given offense also to God found that his bodily powers failed him''. In my opinion, this one sentence characterises this ideology. The fact that despite all of Grendel's supposed power and cunning, he suffers greatly as a result of his malevolent actions. To further solidify this ideology, Grendel's adversary Beowulf, a man who lived his life in an antithetical way to Grendel, survives the encounter.