For example, at one point in the text Nat says, “This is a black winter, not a white one.” This creates a dark mood, because black, which represents death, is being contrasted to white, which symbolizes purity. Also, this statement is very blunt; the short, to-the-point sentence very obviously states the something will go wrong. This technique is shown again through out the story when the wind is constantly described as “[cutting]” and “biting.” The sharp and bitter notations of these adjectives make the reader uncomfortable. When the wind is described with such words as “whipping,” the audience assumes that brutal events will accompany the unfortunate weather. In the film, Alfred Hitchcock uses camera angles to invoke suspense.
Being given it's own unique persona to this ghost-story recurrent steam train with its unpleasant sense of isolation and being described as "trapped in a cold tomb". The use of a simile heightens the ghastly connotation of the area that he is arriving too. The normal adjective cold being used as a adverb gives the train a negative feel but almost personifies it like a living
While these descriptions cause the reader to be able to imagine the cold, dark, dreary weather, it is the raven that causes the setting to really set itself into the reader’s mind. In the first stanza the reader is introduced to the tapping and rapping that is made by an unknown source, but it is not until the end of the fourth stanza that the protagonist finally opens the door to face what is making the noise. Upon opening the door the protagonist sees only darkness: and Poe writes, “But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token†(27). These sounds, which the reader assumes are made by the raven, helped to set the eerie and ghostly setting of the piece. Without the raven, the mysterious force at play would have never been realized.
Sang Hee Gina Park Writing 30 Prof. Lena Firestone Midterm Root Cellar The poem, “Root Cellar,” written by the poet Theodore Roethke describes the unfavorable condition of root cellar, and how the living organisms are affected from it. Throughout the poem, the author portrays the negative outlook and perspective of the ‘stinking’ cellar. He writes strongly and pessimistically that not a single organism would be able to sleep, or even live due to the molded surroundings. The description of the cellar setting is vividly and thoroughly written as it symbolizes the reality of human life. Regardless of the filthy tone that introduces the unfortunate and evil atmosphere, Roethke manages to convey that the organisms in the extenuating circumstances have become successful as they overcome the difficulties, challenge themselves to
There is a link between the two poems as both colours are unappealing and are surrounded by a dull negative aura. Throughout the poem The Darkling Thrush there is a sense of emptiness, desolation and loneliness, this also applies to Neutral Tones. The poet uses lots of effective language to convey this. In stanza one, Hardy talks about how "...all mankind that haunted nigh / Had sought their household fires." This enhances the contrast between the barren outdoors and the warm and inviting households.
In Lying in the Hammock, numerous interpretations believe the author is representing that he has wasted his life. According to Franz Wright of the Constant Critic, the meaning that Wright was trying to convey is, “You must change your life as I have wasted my life” (Wright, Franz). A popular interpretation of Robert Frosts’ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is that the author was contemplating death or suicide. According to Jeffery Meyers of Modern American Poetry the poem is implying a “subconscious desire for death in the dark, snowy, woods” (Meyers). In On His Blindness, many interpretations focus on the negative mood and resentful tone of the poem surrounding the author’s blindness.
People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows. When people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work. Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid nocturnal events: people's chickens and household pets were found mutilated; although the culprit was Crazy Addie, who eventually
Using locations such as the heath, creates a sense of isolation and secrecy, and highlights the fact that the witches are separated from the rest of the characters and society. This is a common association with witches, who in Elizabethan times were regarded as social outcasts. Furthermore, the themes of isolation and loneliness that are emphasised here are key elements that conform to the gothic genre. In addition, the witches are surrounded by “thunder and lightning”, which produces a dark and violent mood at the beginning of the play. Shakespeare has employed pathetic fallacy, as the wild weather foreshadows the unnatural events that are going to occur.
They both used tone, but they were opposite. Wilbur wrote “the warping night air having brought the boom of an owl’s voice into her darkened room.” (Lines 1-2) By reading the very first lines of the poem, one can tell that the tone is mysterious, dark, and serious. Whereas Collins wrote “he told them that the Ice Age was really just the Chilly age.” (Lines 2-3) Collins is using a more informal approach and a light- hearted, satirical tone. After explaining the “Chilly age” Collins said that it was just a period of time when everyone had to wear sweaters. Both of the poems simplify the truth, or “sugar coat” it.
Porphyro means purple, insinuating royalty, power and wealth. The whole play is set at night creating a sense of drama and inconspicuousness. JP SALEH To create atmosphere, in stanza 1, and to set the picture for things to come Keats uses the weather to get across a bitter atmosphere of which the reader can relate to. The first line “ah, bitter chill it was” is very physical and encapsulates the reader. The next unusual technique Keats utilises is irony, “ the owl, for all its feathers, was a-cold”.