Description of a Place Essay

one of his journeys, Marlow descends into deeper levels of Dante’s Hell. As part of the journey, Marlow describes his fascination with a map of Africa and how “it had become a place of darkness” to him. Marlow also describes the map to contain a large river “an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea.” His description of the snake relates to the serpent in the Bible that coincides with the Devil. The snake also represents man’s descent into darkness and Hell because of its head’s…

real perceived dangers and uncertainties regarding their financial well-being. Perec’s lengthy description of the fleeting nature of Jerome and Sylvie’s moments of happiness creates a sense of anxiety about them to the reader. The couple’s constant, almost frantic search for these fleeting moments of wealth and happiness offers a strong critique of the modern money-driven societies of the west which places too much emphasis on material…

sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green” (Jackson 258). The “clear and sunny” morning gives the reader sense of regularity, like it’s just another day in another town. Descriptions such as “the flowers were blossoming profusely” and “the grass was richly green” exaggerate the perfection of the scenery, as if the town is in all ways too perfect and too jolly for the reader to expect any sort of evil to arise out of…

“To Build A Fire” by incorporating scientific influences in his description of nature and its forces, the psychological influence in man, and evolutionary traits animals inherit. The first evidence of scientific influence in London's work in relation to naturalism is his depiction of nature and the explanation of nature's forces. The connection between science and naturalism is evident in how London describes nature. His description of nature is detailed and undistorted. He starts by…

picture for the reader, saying the night was “so flooded with moonlight that the hills took on the quality of the white and dusty moon. The trees and earth were moon-dry, silent and airless and dead. The shadows were black without shading and the open places white without color.” (176) The excerpt creates an eerie scene even before Steinbeck mentions…

example can be seen in the Dollard’s study of “castle and class in a southern town”. Because of the high racial discrimination at that time, Dollard was concerned about white men’s view when they saw him with Negroes on his front porch. Such a description of the author’s own experience enables the readers to appreciate the research setting, in particular context of the social structure. Gilgun discusses a recent idea in reflexivity. She suggests the researchers to act as authors very actively in…

battlefield. There are several elements in this chapter which mirror elements of battle scenes from the epic poem the Iliad. These include the graphic descriptions of death and catalogue style descriptions of death, supplication for lives, and the mutilation and gloating over the corpses. One of the characteristics of Homeric battle scenes are the detailed descriptions of death which would have raumatized young children. The first suitor that Odysseus strikes down is Antinous. His death is…

mainly the grandmother, reflect an unusual understanding of the word "good." The grandmother believes herself to be "good" or ladylike because she is proper and holds to social codes of the Old South. Because of the grandmother's actions, her descriptions of…

The three travel writers, Thomas Coryat, Fynes Moryson, and Thomas Harriot use their experiences to inform others about the different cultures and societies they experience. The language and descriptions used often portray the abroad experiences as different, relying on the otherness of the people encountered. Each author describes scenes and people, often with negative language, which suggests a sense of superiority and that the home is always better Thomas Coryat addresses the reader with…

whole context screams gothic literature, the setting is creepy, there is a monster being made, it takes place in a science lab, and to top it all off, the creature rises from the…