Paige Carson April 4, 2014 2nd Period Compare and Contrast Essay Two poets, both being adults, attempt to deter young children with the intricate and clever lies from being afraid. Richard Wilbur and Billy Collins, however; have two completely dissimilar uses of literary elements to show the technique they have in steering these young minds away from the fear this world displays. Wilbur and Collins use diction, metaphors, and tone to portray two vastly different points of view. In "A Barred Owl", Wilbur tells the story of a young daughter awakened in the night by the sound of the wind, which her father attempts to explain to her as the noise of an owl. In "The History Teacher", Collins tells the story of a teacher explaining events in history differently than they actually were.
By having the woodcutters nearby the reader still has their masculine hero and the mad male being the wolf who can run fast, is strong and can easily eat a granddaughter and child. Its obvious that males had domince good or bad and females were lesser citizens. In the twisted tale of Red riding hood it seems as we still have our original sterotypes of young girl loved by mother, abcent father and grandmother who isn’t able to take care of herself due to old age and flu. The young girl still nieve to the woods and danger it “holds” although the story then breaks sterotypes as we see the wolf doesn’t have his orginal bad guy traits but instead can be loving, caring and sweet. The reason we see this change in the second story is due to the fact of time change where being different isn’t bad but instead is a unique thing, it also gives red enough
Disney added more of a magical feel to the story and took out of some the violence. They replaced it with a different way of showing the violence such as making the step mother mean and nasty. Revised Answer: Without past knowledge of the original telling of the Grimms collection of stories, I found it difficult to tell if there was distortion of the original stories.
In the Excalibur, King Arthur falls for the trap of betrayal due to the romantic passions from Guenevere. This aspect of the movie makes to have a level of adult rating with romantic scenes and even those of love making. Additionally, this poem is a perfect illustration of metrical romance. The relation between the movie and the poem also arises by the fact that both of them are centered on the ancient existence of heroic legend, who in this case is King Arthur. The main lady casts in both the movie and poem reveals characters that can be referred to as a reminiscence of the queen or isle.
Devices that are used by Benedick and Beatrice are Bawdy language, word play and puns, which are very different compared to Dogberry’s According to Aristotle the idea of comedy comes from speculation concerning men dancing, signing and cavorting around the image of a phallus. True or not this idea of high-spirited celebration of sexuality and love, tragedies happen on the battle field more than likely comedy would be staged in the bedroom. Although not all literary works must involve crude humor, simply a happy ending is enough, with expectations and conventions of plot and characters. The language of prose has a particularly prominent place in Much Ado About Nothing; nearly three quarters of the play is written in prose. The pragmatic and realistic views of central characters like Benedick suit the prose style that Shakespeare uses in Much Ado About Nothing, much of the humor that is generated by Benedick and Beatrice’s ‘merry war’ is delivered in prose.
‘Why is Sixty Lights worthy of critical study and inclusion on the HSC Prescriptions List for module B- Critical Study of Text?’ The novel Sixty Lights has been included on the HSC Prescriptions List for Module B because it is worthy for critical study as it is a diverse piece of literature covering significant topics that have been ignored in the modern world. We enter the lyrical and image-laden world of Sixty Lights. It’s a tale, resplendent in colour and imagery, set across two worlds - the constrained and stilted world of Victorian England, and the chaotic danger and abandon of India. Gail Jones creates literature, like Shakespeare, but in this particular piece explores the significance behind photographs and what they represent.
Irony is used in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. In addition to Jackson’s use of irony, the black box and the story’s title represent the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, Shirley Jackson is able to highlight important dramatic events within the plot. Reading this story allowed me to better understand the importance of questioning society. If people would have questioned Hitler’s plans before he gained too much power perhaps we could have prevented the horrible mistreatment face by the
Though he loves Mina, he still longs to be with the sisters. The aggression and eroticism of the female vampires are qualities that men fanaticize about. Harker’s arousal and disgust for the women vampires exhibits the conflict of a male’s physical cravings and the norms and values that society has enforced on
Because the poem places a large emphasis on Satan and the fall of man, it could give a sense of rebellion to an uneducated reader, which it certainly did with the monster. However, if Paradise Lost was replaced with the Bible, this influence would be reversed with many positive influences, including “Thou shalt not kill,” and “Love thy neighbor as yourself.” Plutarch’s Lives is a collections of historic retellings of the lives of famous Greek and Roman figures. While there are many positive stories, there are also many negative influences. Many tales of betrayal create negative precedents that the monster followed. However, if a different selection of Lives were chosen, then the monster could have learned of valor and honor.
Browning’s narrative poem ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be viewed as ‘A Child’s Tale’ to a substantial extent because of the mystical and supernatural themes explored in the poem. However others may argue the poem is viewed as an adult’s tale due to elements of political and government satire and religious imagery which occur throughout the poem. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be regarded as a child’s tale as Browning has included this as a subtitle therefore explicitly stating it. This provides children with an idea of comfort as well as familiarity. The rhyming scheme of the poem, makes it sound like a child’s tale as it is continuous and fast paced just how a young child would speak when they’re hyper and excited.