PART ONE: POETIC DEVICES & FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Metaphor 1:Her mind is Tiffany-twisted During the second verse, Don Henley sings the line “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted”. This is a metaphor as The Eagles are comparing this girls mind to Tiffany Jewelry Store without using like or as. They compare the girl's mind to the jewellery store because the narrator notes that this girl is pretty, rich and likes to be glamorous. These specified characteristic are also seen in Tiffany & Co’s jewellery and stores. They used it to give the listener background knowledge about the girl and her characteristics, to show the listeners that she is posh and upper-class. This helps to prove the point of the Eagles, which is that this girl is bad news as she has …show more content…
So what they seemed to be, a harmless hotel, turned out to be like the Lotus Hotel in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. Another example of this theme in this piece of work is when the narrator meets the girl, There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell". Where is sceptical about this beautiful girl but he decides to throw caution to the wind and go with her to the hotel. But later on, he sees that she is a man-eater as seen in these lyrics “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Bends, She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends”. This quote shows that this mystery girl has lots of handsome male friends, who may indulge in more than just dancing. He used to think that this girl was just for him but, he soon realised that she was a man-eater, someone who had many men, showing that his first impression of her was wrong. Finally, when the main character starts to run away, he sings “And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before” because he is scared of this hotel but at the start there was no fear as it says “On a dark desert highway, …show more content…
At first, she was sweet but then a man-eater. This ties into the theme of the song.
Lyrics:Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Bends. She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends. There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell. And I was thinking to myself. "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
2. This photo represents the hotel that the main character described. This is important because this is where the narrator found out about the truth about where he was and life.
Lyrics:
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
3. This highway represents the starting of this song where the singer describes his highway to Hotel California. This relates to how the story began and what and where the initial conflict of the song starts.
Lyrics:
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
4. The Nightman is a crucial figure in the song. He is the character that tells the narrator that there is no escape which ties into our theme of nothing is what it seems, you always need to be
Metaphor 1:Her mind is Tiffany-twisted During the second verse, Don Henley sings the line “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted”. This is a metaphor as The Eagles are comparing this girls mind to Tiffany Jewelry Store without using like or as. They compare the girl's mind to the jewellery store because the narrator notes that this girl is pretty, rich and likes to be glamorous. These specified characteristic are also seen in Tiffany & Co’s jewellery and stores. They used it to give the listener background knowledge about the girl and her characteristics, to show the listeners that she is posh and upper-class. This helps to prove the point of the Eagles, which is that this girl is bad news as she has …show more content…
So what they seemed to be, a harmless hotel, turned out to be like the Lotus Hotel in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. Another example of this theme in this piece of work is when the narrator meets the girl, There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell". Where is sceptical about this beautiful girl but he decides to throw caution to the wind and go with her to the hotel. But later on, he sees that she is a man-eater as seen in these lyrics “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Bends, She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends”. This quote shows that this mystery girl has lots of handsome male friends, who may indulge in more than just dancing. He used to think that this girl was just for him but, he soon realised that she was a man-eater, someone who had many men, showing that his first impression of her was wrong. Finally, when the main character starts to run away, he sings “And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before” because he is scared of this hotel but at the start there was no fear as it says “On a dark desert highway, …show more content…
At first, she was sweet but then a man-eater. This ties into the theme of the song.
Lyrics:Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Bends. She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends. There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell. And I was thinking to myself. "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
2. This photo represents the hotel that the main character described. This is important because this is where the narrator found out about the truth about where he was and life.
Lyrics:
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
3. This highway represents the starting of this song where the singer describes his highway to Hotel California. This relates to how the story began and what and where the initial conflict of the song starts.
Lyrics:
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
4. The Nightman is a crucial figure in the song. He is the character that tells the narrator that there is no escape which ties into our theme of nothing is what it seems, you always need to be