The Great Gatsby: Rhetorical Analysis The novel, The Great Gatsby, gives at least two examples of how Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson are developed. One character is completely different from the other. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the rhetorical device of “anaphora”, and an intricate choice of detail. With this Fitzgerald gives life to either character, and helps one see the true colors of their self-beings. To put this in simpler terms, Myrtle Wilson is soft, and delicate, while Tom Buchanan is a slob, cheater, and a jerk.
Within “The Bloody Chamber” Carter demonstrates how her characters are a form of exploration into base human instincts but also explores the idea of their subconscious desires playing a major part in the development of the story. Subconscious desires are the desires of the characters they often don’t voice; in Carter’s tale these are heavily sexual. On the other hand much of Carter’s tale is a reflection of basic human nature and instinct and how that can affect the way men and women interact. The concept of Carter exploring base instincts within “The Bloody Chamber” is mainly apparent through her use of language to describe her main characters. The Marquis’ description is particularly animalistic; Carter uses phrases like “(his) dark mane” to describe his hair.
While he is not seen as a saint within the poem (he remarks in a sarcastic matter to Plath in the poem), he positions the reader to empathise with him, painting the image that he is the placid one in the relationship, and the one who encourages her to embark on her creative pursuits “Get that shoulder under your stanzas/ And we’ll be away.”. The repeated use of the pronoun “your” creates an accusatory tone, suggesting that they were living Plath’s life, rather than their life. The poem also hints that Plath’s father was a monster. He describes her father as a goblin that influenced and controlled the mind of Plath’s. He even goes one step further
This not only reflects the hardships she has endured and her struggles so overcome these, but it also makes reference to Jane’s strong spirit and suggests how it has been imprisoned and repressed by her cruel treatment, and incites sympathy. Jane is likened to a “rebel slave” tasting for the first time “un-hoped for liberty”. However, even at these early stages we begin to see Jane change and mature, and she seems to learn how to balance her passion with reason and care. In the scene involving Jane’s outburst at Mrs Reed, “vengeance” is compared to “aromatic wine” which although appears to be pleasant, in reality is “metallic and corroding” “poison”. So
Women in the 1930’s were seen by men as scheming and devious. John Steinbeck perceived Curley’s wife as this woman that causes trouble on the farm, which is the cause for the Lennie’s ultimate end. However, we can see at the end of the novel that Curley’s wife is not just this “troublemaker” which the men perceive her as. She opens herself up to Lennie and shares her dreams in life. It shows that she too, like the men on the farm, has dreams too.
Curly's wife uses her sexuality and desirability to influence and exert power over others, but it causes her to face prejudice and discrimination. This can be seen in the metaphorical line "I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her". The ranch workers have grown weary to the power of sexuality which leads to her being isolated from the rest of the workers. Slim is titled "prince of the ranch", a testament to his power over his co-workers. He uses his power to do what he thinks is right, which can be seen when Lennie crushes Curley's hand.
When Dimmesdale and Hester plot their plan to escape one can infer here that this is actually showing the more soft side of Dimmesdale and support his actions, although it is Pearl that proves this statement wrong. She starts to have, “this wild outbreak with piercing shrieks, which the woods reverberated on all sides; so that, alone as she was in her childish and unreasonable wrath, it seemed as if a hidden multitude were lending her their sympathy and encouragement” (219). Her actions are symbolic to show that she had seen the truth to Dimmesdale and didn’t accept their plan nor was she happy with Dimmesdale. This once again shows how the character Dimmesdale develops is much different from what the author suggests at the beginning. Another example is when Dimmesdale is returning home.
Another example of foreshadowing would be the use of these following words: the screams are “awfully familiar”. The author wants to show us that those sounds are both awful and familiar in the same time. An example of a simile used by Bradbury in “The Veldt” would be the following sentence: “That sun. He could feel it on his neck, still, like a hot paw.” The role of this literary device is to make the sun seem more tangible. The author also uses a metaphor near the end of the story: “What prompted us to buy a nightmare?” By using this figure of speech, the writer wants to show us that George has become extremely concerned with the house which became a modern mechanical monster.
I must face this thing. Oh, but what a weak woman even to admit to my mind these soft arguments... I know what evil i intend to do, but stronger than all my after thoughts is my furty. Fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.” (34-35) Though her incredible desire to rectify the situation drives her to commit the dreadful act of infanticide, we do see Medea
“Sanity” took the form of - Social conform and compliance to society. Insanity or madness was considered - Independent, strong, forward, and radical thinking - Passion a patented mark of an unstable mentality, along with any other notions of extroverted sensuality A bleatingly obvious example of insanity is Bertha, yet other characters too suffer from an unstable mentality: St John though conventional walks a fine line between normality and indifference. His absolute abiding devotion to his faith begs Jane to question if his “wits were touched”. As “if he [was] insane, [he] was a very cool and collected insanity” his questionable intense devotion begs Jane to think his motives are an attempt to escape society; in which itself is an act of madness. Instability of mental health is juxtaposed against Jane.