gods were created to make people happy or sad and to explain things like disasters.Almost every religion or culture has a god. The gods stories were created by homer they were used to explain everyday things that happened if it stormed people thought it was Zeus doing it. People believed When they fought they would pray to their god to let them win, people who didn't pray usually lost. Gods were invented before the bible. Thanatos had a family, including parents…
the little things such as the sound the scythe makes. He pays so close attention that the “heat of the sun” do not affect his view of the environment (line 4). Through his dedication, the persona shows that he can work in any environment, but as he is cutting the grass he sees a “bright green snake” (line 12). The mower shows that he is willing to get through the day even with all of the distractions that…
He has a skull like expression on his face all the time. The joker looking like death doesn't mean a hood and a scythe by the way (which fun fact a scythe is a straight blade on a long stick used for farming). By looking like death i mean something that you would see walking the streets at a day of the dead parade in New Orleans. He does this and he also has a tendency to leave his…
to hit any large rocks, stumps or roots. Next, a harrow, a large rake-like object with rows of teeth, was pulled over the soil to break up the lumps and smooth out the ground. The farmer then sowed the seeds. Farmers used to use sickles, scythes or cradle scythes to cut the crop down once they had fully grown. This task was often the most tiresome and time consuming. However, by the late 1830s, a new piece of technology came about: the mechanical reaper.…
structured paragraph In the poem Death is is wearing black. First of all black is a very shallow color that has no feelings it is just a sad color with nothing vivid about it. In the poem it is said that death is a thin as a scythe it is because in pictures Death uses a scythe to get the people that need to die. finally i would personify Death as a sad, faceless body that has hidden feeling behind his hard outer shell. As one can see Death is…
It is a nice fall evening and Dante was heading home after a day of work when suddenly there is a loud boom, then the sky turned blood red and clouds became alarmingly dark. Out of nowhere his car stopped and when it did you could hear the screams of people. When he turned around he saw it the portal spitting out demon like creatures. Then he realizes that they are actually demons and starts running home. When he gets home he sees a gruesome murder scene. he sees his wife and two children dead…
Brynn readied herself for another long day at work. She tied her red hair in her signature French-braid and pulled her coat over her plain blue jumpsuit. She locked the door behind her as she left her apartment. It was late September, but the crisp cold of winter was already in the air. She pulled her ball cap down further and hunched into the wind, trudging through the rain on her mile walk to work. Restoring old artifacts was hard work, but it paid the bills. Brynn couldn’t wait to get back…
reapers” (line 1) as they sharpen their scythes “the sound of steel on stones” (line 1). The “sound of steel on stones” adds a whole new layer to the imagery as you can not just see the black reapers but also hear the actions of their work. “I see them place the hones in their hip-pockets as a thing that’s done, and start their silent swinging” (line 2-4) . When you see the reapers place the hones in their pockets you know they are done sharpening their scythes and something is about to begin.…
In “Evening Hawk,” Robert Penn Warren sets an eerie scene of a God-like hawk flying through day and night while silently judging human error and the concept of time. Through Warren’s grim diction contrasting the narrator’s awe filled tone, Warren shows a unique perspective of death paired with religious allusions and death imagery to illustrate the need for religious guidance due to human error and sin. Warren starts the poem with the God-like hawk high in the sky, symbolizing heaven, but,…
“At the Galleria Shopping Mall” is the story of an uncle, the speaker, and his niece at a typical American shopping mall. They travel through the stores, gazing at the merchandise. During this trip, the speaker observes his niece’s behavior and comes to a distressing revelation. The metaphors, similes, and allusions present in the poem characterize the speaker’s niece as materialistic. The metaphors and similes highlight the consumerist nature of the speaker’s niece at a young age. The niece is…