Not Without a Smile The novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley reveals the irony in human life through traces of the agonizing life of a miserable scientist, Victor Frankenstein. Ever since Victor was a little boy, he had always been interested in the topic of natural science. Through innovation and guidance, as well as great effort, Victor made the extraordinary discovery of the “elixir of life” where he brought life upon an inanimate being. Such discovery, however, only resulted in everlasting
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literature instructor erin schwartz | Literary terms and concepts to define. | Literary | | Amanda Manley | 11/6/2013 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | LITERARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS TO DEFINE Allusion- An allusion is reference from one literary work to another. Most people use allusions
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Discussion Questions: “The Birthmark” English 1301 1. "The Birthmark" is such a rich story that when we begin to explore its deeper meanings we find ironies, ambiguities, paradoxes, and rich symbols, all of which invite a reader's individual interpretation. What irony, ambiguity, symbol, and paradox do you find most interesting in "The Birthmark"? 2. In much of his fiction, Hawthorne treats pride as an "evil." Is there an evil type of pride evident in "The Birthmark"? 3. In
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"That it will never come again," by Emily Dickinson, explores the idea that life is beautiful and people should enjoy it while it lasts. Dickinson feels that since life only happens once explains why it "makes life so sweet." The poem then shifts the idea to that death feels like an "appetite/ Precisely opposite." In the poem, the poet conveys the message that people should appreciate life by using sound devices and metaphors. In the first stanza, the poet utilizes sound devices to create the effect
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Marxist literary criticism has, as the name indicates, its basis in the theories of Karl Marx and his associates. The main idea of Marxism is that “instead of making abstract affirmations about a whole group of problems such as man, knowledge, matter, and nature, he examines each problem in its dynamic relation to the others and, above all, tries to relate them to historical, social, political, and economic realities” (BO). Marx argued that the real foundation of society was the economic structure
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Quantity and quality summary In this essay the thesis is, "There are many unspoken postulates in literary criticism, one being that the more one writes, the less remarkable one’s work is apt to be." (King paragraph 1) This thesis is trying to tell us what the author is going to talk about throughout the whole essay (as for every thesis). He wants us to know that there are many assumptions in literary criticism but the one he will be talking about is the more authors write the worse their writing
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1. ALLITERATION ►Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around august. ►Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. ►Fred's friends fried Fritos for Friday's food. ►Larry's lizard likes leaping leopards. 2. ASSONANCE An excerpt from “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frosts “He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dar and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I
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Frequently, authors employ the literary device of pathetic fallacy in which nature is used to create atmosphere or the tone of the narrative. Steinbeck certainly uses this literary technique; even his title carries significance as a line from Act II, Scene 1 of Macbeth in which Banquo and his son meet Macbeth as he is about to murder King Duncan. Banquo ask his son "How goes the night, boy?" and his son replies, "The moon is down, I have not heard the clock," a line that suggests the dark events
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Tyian Thomas English 110 3-27-15 1500 words The use of Theme and Literary Elements Literary devices are specific techniques and methods that authors use to convey an idea they are trying to tell the reader.When an author is writing,, they often try to give the reader certain ideas that would help them to understand the tale indirectly without giving away the idea or moral of the story. For example, the theme of isolation and loneliness. The theme of isolation is a very popular
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Tradition and the Individual Talent (1920) by T. S. Eliot Introduction Often hailed as the successor to poet-critics such as John Dryden, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot’s literary criticism informs his poetry just as his experiences as a poet shape his critical work. Though famous for insisting on “objectivity” in art, Eliot’s essays actually map a highly personal set of preoccupations, responses and ideas about specific authors and works of art, as well as formulate
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