Liam OFlahertys The Sniper conveys the distressed images of a sniper during the civil war on a dark June night in Dublin Ireland The authors effective use of setting imagery and characterization suggests that war creates chaos and turns brothers into enemies Nothing good comes out of a war and morally nobody wins The main character a sniper lies beneath the support that war not only demoralizes human beings to simple objects but has no boundaries and turns one brother against another OFlaherty
This adventure takes place during a glorious era in Narnian history It commences in Calormen a small town by the sea leading all the way north up to Archenland then Anvard and last the magical land of Narnia The main characters in this book are Shashta an adolescent boy who was adopted by a Calormene man his Narnian horse Bree who can speak English along with a rich princess Aravis and her Narnian horse Hwin Shashta longs for freedom as he becomes aware of the fact that his father is going to s
Jane Austen uses several literary techniques to characterize Catherine Morland in the opening passage of Northanger Abbey These techniques are sewn into the passage both bursting off the page and subtly weaved in each intertwines to create what develops into the character of Catherine Morland The use of this methodical writing technique is reflective of the development of Catherines character as each small aspect comes together with the larger more magnified ones to create the overall character
I Have a Dream August 28 1963 a powerful speech I Have A Dream was delivered to over 200 000 people at the Lincoln memorial in Washington D C by Dr Martin Luther King Jr Not only a highly respected activist and heroic leader for civil rights he was a well educated and phenomenal speaker King captivated his audiences by using various strategies such as metaphors repetition historical and spiritual allusions and word choice Some of these techniques will be explained here Metaphorically Kings spee
Chinua Achebes Arrow of God is set in the 1920s before secularism became dominant It begins with the image of a mask when he tells his son not to carve the mask of a god for the white man The mask is a symbol of change The whole world is changing and the people who do not change will not survive The old priest Ezeulu desires change but he cannot do it He cannot force himself to leave the old ways behind and adopt the new ways Thus he sends one of his sons to learn from the white man He cannot d
Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper is a dispirited short story that follows the first person account of a female protagonist who suffers from postpartum depression The protagonist in The Yellow Wallpaper is having her illness treated by her husband John who is a physician Unfortunately Johns treatment is having a negative effect on his wife Perkins Gilmans usage of symbolism shows various forms of imagery throughout The Yellow Wallpaper The protagonists husbands treatment plan along
The many essays and critiques of Henry Jamess Turn of the Screw presents us with several different approaches of how we can interpret and what we should make of this unusual ghost story James creates a sanctuary that allows the readers imagination to run wild bringing up the questions of whether there exists a crazy or sane Governess heterosexual or homosexual boy and ghosts or just terribly hidden guests Upon a first reading of such a story one might overlook all of these details Each individu
THE TEMPEST A CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PLAY Shakespeares The Tempest play can be considered classic and contemporary It can be considered a contemporary play for many reasons First of all because it contains rebellion treachery mutiny conspiracy and challenges to authority the main character is in the position of power Prospero that are resolved at the end The play can also be seen as an allegory of colonial exploitation representing the natives of the New World And it can be recognized as a mo
Taming of the Shrew research paper Pg 1 At the beginning of the play Kate and Pertruchio seem like opposites psychologically but by the end theyre similar At the beginning of the play Kate and Pertruchio seem as if they are two completely different characters Towards the beginning of the play in the mirror scene you can see dramatic differences between the two characters For example when Petruchio meets Kate for the first time you can see right away that the attitudes of the characters are comp