Metaphor

Control and authority are extremely important features with the text One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest. There are many dominant characters and there is also a fight between dominance and authority within the ward discussed in the text. In the text the responder meets many different characters and learns about the world that they live…

The three rhetorical theories that are portrayed strongly through out Earl Spencer’s Eulogy to Princess Diana are Vilification, Rhetorical Situation, and Metaphorical Devicess. His devices are used to picture the media and household for the chief cause of Princess Diana’s decease. This eulogium is so controversial because usually eulogiums are positive testimonials about one’s life….

Demonstrate how alienation is a key theme in both Migrant Hostel and Feliks Skrzynecki. Textual evidence must be used in your response. Belonging is an extremely complex and intangible concept based upon one’s perception of themselves and the world around them. Through reading and breaking down these two poems, Migrant Hostel and Feliks Skrzynecki by…

This speaker’s tone can be described as funereal and somber; he seems troubled by popular attitudes towards death and aging. 5. Who is the intended audience? How do you know? The poem’s audience encompasses the entire human race, evidenced by its universal message. The narrator speaks to his fellow men as an equal, hoping to…

The poem “Not Waving but Drowning” by Steve Smith showcases the notion that the poet is not consistently the lyrical voice in a poem. This statement emphasizes the significance of engaging the reader in the depicted situation within the poem. Consequently, “Not Waving but Drowning” utilizes various voices, figurative language, and multiple interpretations to reconstruct…

There are three common types of personal statements that people write about when they apply to a school. These three types of personal statements reflect the personal characteristics, struggles, achievements, and goals of an applicant. In addition, these bits of information enable admissions committees to see a human character instead of an applicant defined and…

The development of the emotions and relationship of Elizabeth Browning changes dramatically through sonnets 1-21, as Elizabeth’s comes to a realisation of the love she encounters. In the first sonnet Elizabeth is not aware that she has fallen in love until the end of the poem. She contemplates on her feelings towards her life, as…

Nietzsche is known for being inherently polemic. He describes himself as such and even titled his book On the Genealogy of Morality as a simple “Polemic”. This book is central to Nietzsche’s thoughts on the revaluation of existing values and both influences and is influenced by his other writings on the subject. It is evident…

How far will one let their obsessions, weaknesses and feelings get the best of them? This is the key question to Sylvia Plath’s poem, Lady Lazarus. While the poem works as an extended metaphor of Plath’s psychosocial journey from the age of ten onwards, as she writes about her near death experiences every decade; Plath…

Analysis in A Midsummer Night’s Dream “O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! ” (Act 2 vs. 81) Figurative language is created using allusion, alliteration, metaphor, simile and personification. A simple definition of figurative language is language that is used in a special way to create a special effect. Shakespeare uses figurative…