YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Literary Devices in Three Novels
Essays 1711 - 1740
time reader has no idea why. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer...
of the school" are clear presentations of this perspective. Another powerful element in the story, and one that is mentioned onl...
it seemed to be the only way open to me" (Celestial 63). Mary wishes to avoid the "single narrow path" outlined by her parents liv...
61). Symbolism is the use of one thing to stand for or suggest another; a falling leaf to symbolize death, for example. And langua...
and actually wrote several novels and short stories during the period ("F. Scott Fitzgerald"). Interestingly, his novels were neve...
though that ideal does not exist. The society that Julian West leaves behind is capitalist; like modern society, its ugly, strati...
two people who hold true to the notion that determination and hard work can get you ahead in the world of the American ideal. Gats...
daddy, you bastard, Im through" (Plath). Throughout the poem, which is full of Nazi imagery, she has compared herself to a Jew, a...
checker board and play checkers till dark. He comments on how reassuring that game was in which the rules were known and observabl...
to drive to reach Las Vegas and they were both clearly feeling the affects of drugs, with the narrator claiming it would be hard t...
thinking that pretending to be something she is not will somehow make her life more pleasant and simple. However, she learns that,...
they go on another trip, but Lolita runs away with another man. Humbert finds her years later, when she is 18 and married and preg...
and logical, while Dean is his complete opposite. These two men also indicate the fallen state of mankind attempting to find himse...
that most people believe to be haunted. A friend, Paul D determines to exorcise the ghost for her. After he has done so, Sethe is ...
as long as the economy were flourishing, they reasoned they were prospering as well, so there was no need for rebellion (Kautsky, ...
of the Compson family, the offspring of the pioneer Jason Lycurgus Compson" (Classicnotes [1]). Within the family we see a very Fa...
an awareness of who she is and wants to be. The unfortunate thing about this discovery is that society and her husband stand as ma...
story we have "Yevgeny Vassilyitch Bazarov, a nihilistic young medical school graduate and Arkadys closest friend. Arrogant and ru...
power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you cant...
are pleasant individuals who go through many different dilemmas, relatively simple dilemmas in the beginning. They become friends ...
daughters, only to have them essentially through it all in his face for it was not enough. This simple understanding presents us w...
in. . .evening dress required? hell no! The vivisection of the wounded!. . .Thats it! so much art, centuries of so-called masterpi...
be taken by another and gets married. Yet, it is suggested that she marries more for money than love and this brings up a curious...
kitchen, ultimately expressing the inherent fortitude that comprises the female spirit. Beyond the gender element of food in Shie...
of specific interest, and which concern morality in the context of war, are those that argue for and against putting the Mitylene ...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the more technologically advanced cult...
her choice of subject matter. She acknowledged the callous dismissal of her contemporaries, who labeled her material as "womans s...
but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...
he must. The titled of the book clearly refers to lessons being learned by both Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson, as noted, is a v...