Robert Gray’s poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ is a didactic poem in which the reader is warned of the consequences of humanity’s devastating overindulgent materialism. Gray makes heavy use of allusion, symbolism and imagery, but also uses irony and personification to emphasize and develop his warning. The most effective technique implemented by Gray in ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ to warn the reader is imagery. The city is described as being ‘driven like stakes into the Earth’, symbolizing the merciless and violent imposition of humans on their world. This is also ironic, as humans themselves are a part of the earth and nature, yet are destroying it for their own ends.
Frankenstein and the Mariner In the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and the novel Frankenstein¸ there are many similarities. When the shift occurs, it changes the characters’ lives significantly. Once they have realized what they caused, they feel penitent and end up solitary and disgusted with themselves. The antagonist characters have similarities as well, such as killing people that the main characters loved, and were close to, and setting a bad curse or problem to everyone around them. There are many similarities seen throughout the novel and poem, but these are the biggest eye openers.
The storm descends on people in hell and deals their punishment. These devices assist the message of The Inferno in the fact that the metaphors make the punishment seem more real, and a reader can almost feel and hear what is happening. He says that the people are “swept back past their place of judgment, then come the shrieks, laments, and anguished cries; there they
This repetition of destruction shows that the creature is no longer of sound mind. The creature being alone for so long and unwanted for so long has made him become hateful to everything. The tone then makes another shift to self pity, as the creature becomes disgusted by himself. He goes back to believing he is human for just a few lines, asking the rhetorical question: “should [he] feel kindness toward [his] enemies?” Then the final shift to vengeance takes place. The creature decides “No” he will not “feel kindness toward [his] enemies,” but instead, declares everlasting war against the species,” the species being mankind and specifically his creator.
14553 prophecy road. Thebes, GR 12653 429 BC Dear Teiresias, We the people of Thebes come to you, in desire for your wise words of prophecies. The plaque has engorged our previously astounding city, forcing hunger, poverty, and bitterness on us. Our faces fill with somber and displeasure, as heart beats cease by the day. The murderer of our late and noble king Laius, must be found and torn to pieces in order for our suffering to lull.
It is often said that “art” imitates “life”. In our analysis of these two works of literature we can see “art” imitating “life”. Those in charge will always be corrupt because in order for the few “haves” to maintain their way of life, those who “have not” must be tricked into believing something. We are soon introduced to this theme of corruption in Suzzane Collins “The Hunger Games” when we first learn of what the hunger games are. Many years before this story takes place a world war had devastated the Earth and its population.
John Foulcher Speech Have you ever really thought about death? It happens every day…. Death creates an image of demise and loss, which often brings to mind dark colours and vehement feelings… these figures also portray an image of violence. Death can be described as a violent act of life… and so for this reason, violence can be seen as inherent in life… John Foulcher presents this theme in both his powerful poems “For the Fire” and “Kangaroos Near Hay”. He uses a variety of effective literary devices to further explore this idea.
“I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone”(101). His mind wondered with thoughts of all the adversity, betrayal, and sorrow that had been afflicted upon him. “My sufferings were augmented also by the oppressive sense of the injustice and ingratitude of their infliction. My daily vows rose for revenge-a deep and deadly revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish I had
He uses a rhetorical question ‘how can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?’ the use of the rhetorical question makes the reader think about the answer themselves which continues to engage them in the story wondering what’s going to happen. Also he uses the word ‘catastrophe’ which demonstrates how much of a disaster his ‘lifelong ambition’ has turned out to be, it also infers he regrets what he has done instantly and it scared of what suffering the monster could cause. The use of the word ‘infinite’ and ‘pain’ could indicate he’s frightened that the monster will cause continuous never ending amounts of unhappiness and all because of his dream to become a famous physician this also leads him to start feeling remorseful of the trouble he could have caused for his own benefit. Using the word ‘delineate’ shows he is lost for words on how he could describe this creature. Indicating he is fearful and in shock.
Families are full of love and hope but to annihilate that all is a complete act of putrid evil and hate. War gives illusional rights to these inhumane beings that these acts are a part of life which they aren’t. Natural death should be the cause of all these lives, not innocent murder. War is the reason these families blood has been spilt. After all these past events, the 1800’s wars, The Boer War, WWI, WWII and The Cold War, you’d think we’d all have learnt our lesson that war was destroying people, along with the world.