A thing to be considered is the rite of passage for the boy, who’s growing up, or the mother, who’s “baby” is on the way to manhood. In Sharon Olds’ “rites of passage” the speaker portrays a mother’s reflection of the aggression shown in little boys as of grown men in an amusing yet ironic tone. The aggression shown is one of many rights of passage. A mother, the speaker of the poem, observes the children at her son’s birthday party. Throughout the poem, the speaker uses irony and amusement to give life to the poem.
By using these moods, Burns allows the reader to appreciate the central morals of the text; to not drink till you’re delusional, to be faithful to your wife, and your god. Near the start of this poem, Burns creates a humorous mood by using Tam’s wife, Kate, to show her view on her husband’s behaviour: “She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;” Burns’ use of alliteration and sound makes Kate’s rant humorous, as it imitates the noise Tam would be making as he returns home after a late night at the bothy. Kate then lists offences at Tam, showing her extreme dislike of his late night drinking: “That ilka melder wi’ the Miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller; That ev’ry naig was ca’d a shoe on The Smith and thee gat roarin fou on;” By using repetition of the “th” sound at the start of each line, Burns emphasises Kate’s distress at Tam, and helps to drive home the list of Tam’s wrong doings. The humorous tone created allows us to distinctly recognize how much Kate is against Tam’s drinking, and how she tries her very hardest to prevent him from going out again, or atleast from drinking so much. The mood changes from a humorous to a jolly one, with Tam at the pub, drinking happily with his friends: “And at his elbow, Souter Johnie, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony:
A Rare Treat Most children love and worship their parents. This seems to be a common trait regardless of the type of parent a child has. While it makes sense that children with loving, caring parents would idolize them, there are children who are severely abused by their parents who still contend that they love them and want to be with them despite their abusive actions. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, the speaker appears to enjoy a dance with his father before going to bed; however, when the reader looks deeper into the poem, it becomes evident that the relationship is more strained and contentious than first thought. The use of alcohol in the first line of the poem gives a hint of danger.
The Abundance Of The Things They Carried Rough Draft “That smile could end wars and cure cancer.” The symbolic connection between The Things They Carried and The Abundance Of Katherines truly shows we’re all connected by the longing of love. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s characters are oppressed with the strong emotional burden of long distance love. This brings a new light to the classic war book and the emotion conveyed tells a story stronger then the words the O’Brien writes. As a result the characters are brought to life and are morphed into more then just soldiers. The reader feels the longing and the burdens of love the soldiers are conflicted with.
The story structure of the tale Wife of Bath is intriguing to its reader, filled with magnificent and preposterous statement. Most important, as the tale Wife of Bath ends with a double prayer (Jesus Christ send all women husbands who are young, meek, and fresh in bed, and the grace to outlive their husbands), the plae not only represent the author’s model of modern liberated woman, but also present a doctrine on marriage that shocking to the author’s companions, which were not only scandalous but heretical; they contradict the teachings of the church At King Author’s Court, there was a strong knight. One day, he was riding down by the river where he found this lonely lady picking flowers. Overcome by lust and his sense of his own power, he rapes her. The outcry of young lady brought the knight’s crime to King Author as Author gave him over to his queen.
From Ophelia’s first scene its clear there is a level of affection and connection between the two protagonists. While his father was alive, Hamlet ‘hath of late made many tenders of his affection’ towards Ophelia in the form of love letters and gifts. Despite Ophelia never really being able to reveal her true feelings due to the high level of male control that dictates her every move, it’s obvious that she is deeply in love with Hamlet, shown in her heartbreak and despair after Hamlet’s treatment of her in Act 3, Scene 1. Their relationship seems onset to become a royal wedding until the Ghost. The Ghost of Hamlet’s father sets the revenge plot into motion, pushing the blooming romance aside to a subplot.
Pierre Juliet, I have been in love with you since the first time I lay my eyes on you, I promised to protect you be a good husband and great father to our child, and to love you in sickness or in health till death do us part. PETER Mmmmmm…. Priest Juliet, now you shall answer the vow. Pierre (murmurs) Something is not right. Is she so nerves that she could not speak anything?
As one can see, Shakespeare’s masterpiece King Lear contains much upheaval in family relationships In King Lear, Shakespeare illustrates the disruption of relationships through Goneril and her husband, the Duke of Albany. When first introduced to Goneril and Albany, they seem appear happy, yet when a closer look is taken, issues are apparent in their marriage. Albany, a good person, realizes that his wife’s treatment of her father is wrong. He politely tells her that he believes this by saying, “I cannot be so partial, Goneril, to the great love I bear you—” (I.iv.318-319). He says that he loves her, but that she is behaving inappropriately.
Mother To Son “Mother To Son” by Langston Hughes is a good poem. It really touches me when I read it. All the words that the mother said to her son remind me the time when my mother advised me. Life is a long road that everybody has to walk through. Sometimes it goes smoothly, but sometimes it does not.
Furthermore, Rossetti employs reported speech to help create memorable characters as 'Son" Thomas' repeats her names; demonstrating that Maude Clare's presence lingers and that she has make her mark on the newly wed couple. Also, Thomas 'strove to match her scorn with scorn' but 'faltered' thus developing his character's weakness and implying his continuous love for Maude Clare. This is further demonstrated with the use of caesural pause to interrupt direct speech, 'he said - "Maude Clare..."- and hid his face'. Another interpretation is that his stuttering depicts his shame of having had an affair with Maude Clare. Another technique that Rossetti uses to create memorable characters is Maude Clare's repetition of 'half'; this illustrates another side to Maude Clare's seemingly arrogant character 'queen'.