To explain further, the author symbolizes fear by using Ellie’s dream to add drama to the…
Through the use of the both dialogue and character behaviour, Richard Connell creates and builds suspense in his short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” Connell uses these two literary devices to build on the danger of the situation Rainsford is in, keeping the audience entranced by forcing them to wonder what future predicaments the protagonist will…
Richard Connell uses simile in “The Most Dangerous Game” to create and build a more suspenseful and vivid text. While doing so, it allows the reader to see more clearly about the harsh and intense environments in the story. Text evidence that supports this statement is, “Giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaws.” (Connell 8) This quote creates a disturbing image by making rocks seem to be more frightening and intense scene for the reader.…
Creating a bond between a fish and the reader is a hard feat to do, but Elizabeth Bishop has done just that. Elizabeth Bishop creates a deeper layer of the story "The Fish" by her intentional word choice and colorful descriptions. She uses her way with words to describe in detail what the fish looks like and what it does when captured. She has used a large variety of literary devices and word choice to bring forth a deeper meaning of what is actually going on, and this is how she creates a bond between a fish and the reader. Bishop's use of imagery, narration, and tone allows the reader to envision the fish and create a bond with him.…
Title: “Solitude” Author: Henry David Thoreau Argument: One should not feel lonely because life has so much to offer. The word, solitude usually has a negative connotation. Being lonely may bring up sad and heartbreaking emotions.…
Alfred Noyes The Highwayman is a dark and sinister narrative is a dark and sinister poem that tells of a wealthy criminal and the daughter of a landlord , Bess, who are deeply in love ,but it turns sour when the daughter is captured. Alfred Noyes creates a dark atmosphere by using dark twists and imagery. Alfred Noyes uses visual imagery to set the stage in stanza one “The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, the road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.”…
Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson and his friend Kartz took a long hike on a trail called The Appalachian Trail that is two thousand miles and it wasn’t easy. They traveled through really deep snow uphills and downhills. This experience was by Bill Bryson,who made the story called “A Walk in the Woods.” Bryson created an exciting and tense mood with vivid imagery and adventurous setting used in the story.…
Imagery can greatly enhance a literary work not only for the reader’s imagination, but also for motifs and metaphors. Louise Erdrich’s novel The Beet Queen discusses the Adares sibling’s move to North Dakota. North Dakota is described as grey, and depressing. The surroundings greatly effect Karl, but Mary seems less effected.…
Four Leaf Clover: Throughout the Novel, Joe finds Several Four leaf clovers. Joyce tells him that it is pure luck, however, Joe responds that one only has to "keep your eyes open" (69). He makes the point that when you stop looking for them, you will stop finding them. The four leaf clover symbolizes Joe 's Luck and willpower. Joe grew up with a very unlucky life but he refused to let that bring him down.…
Without vivid and interesting characters, stories will simply be shallow and lack what is necessary for a good story. Luckily, “The Most Dangerous Game” is a perfect example of what a story should be like - packed with exciting…
To some, darkness is only the absence of light. However, many see the dark as an important symbol for evil in both life and literature. For some characters, the darkness is a place they can be free from social inhibitions and the behaviors. Darkness is also a symbol for the darker side of human nature. Many people have some level of apprehension in situations with darkness because of the ambiguity and naivety it makes them feel.…
Literary elements are used throughout stories to add more depth and enhance the writing. Imagery is used to improve the reader's’ ability to visualize and understand a story. Imagery can occur in different forms, such as descriptions or similes. Imagery not only enhances the visualization of a scene, character, or object, but it also can establish tone, atmosphere, and mood. Imagery is used throughout “The Destructors” to improve, clarify, and refine the visualization that the reader experiences when its scenes are being described.…
As humans, we are inconsiderate and greedy animals who proceed down the most corrupted path to achieve our goals. Gone are our ethical values when our hunger for success is unleashed. Unconcerned with the wellbeing of others, our lethal daggers plunge into our vulnerable prey. With so many witnesses, why does no one step forward to save the victim? The answer is rather vague, and the ambiguity of the response is meant to mask the shameful reality; we, the human race, are selfishly disgusting.…
This passage is imagery because it vividly describes the scene. Throughout the passage, Salarino paints the picture of the fear that would occur if his well-being depended on a ship in a detailed manner. For example, the last four lines of the passage describe a ship being destroyed by rocks and spilling the cargo into the ocean. Using words such as “dangerous rocks” and “roaring waters”, Salarino employs terms that create visual images and sounds within audience’s imagination. By effectively creating these stimulations of the senses, Salarino clearly demonstrates imagery in this passage to describe how dreadful depending on a ship would be.…
Time has been important both in modern literature and Virginia Woolf’s novels. Writers before her understood time as a linear chain of past, present and future, therefore the structure of such novels would be created out of a chronological succession of events. Literary emphasis on time resurfaced during the Renaissance and from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which led the way to scientific and technological advances, to the twentieth century, the way of interpreting time in literature changed. Virginia Woolf’s novels examine the structures of human life as well as issues relevant to her time and background. She is influenced by Bloomsbury values and novelists such as James Joyce and Marcel Proust and philosopher Henri Bergson.…