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    Prospero’s slave on the isle due to the confinement of Prospero using his magical powers. After a discussion between Prospero and Ariel, Prospero reveals his intention to forgive all of them for their sons and set them free. Through the usage of antithesis, personification and zoomorphism of the sea and the sky, and symbolization of the books, Shakespeare demonstrates that forgiveness leads to one’s mental growth seeking happiness. Firstly, after…

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    Such as with most great things, President Kennedy’s “Inaugural Address” was not only appealing to the ears, but it was also a literary gem, of the dozens of rhetorical device these four stood out: use of anaphora, parallelism, pathos, and antithesis. President Kennedy’s use of anaphora plays an important role in how he communicates his message to the audience throughout the entire speech, but in particular, when he clarifies the reason for his…

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    natural cycle of life. It’s about a traveler's last moments before dying; taking place in several settings, such as the seashore, the town, and a stall. To communicate the theme, H. Longfellow utilizes mainly metaphor, personification, imagery, antithesis, symbolism, and diction. The title “The Tide rises the Tide falls” accentuates the main theme of the poem, because tides symbolize the eternity of nature. The rising of tide represents life, and it’s falling death; meaning the cycle of life.…

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    and nature has grown increasingly strong - where we have grown attached to materialistic things. In “Last Child in the Woods”, Richard Louv explores this trend that has been ever so present by using literary elements: ethos, pathos, anecdote, and antithesis to develop his argument. To begin, Louv establishes ethos with the reader by introducing writer Matt Richtel whom explores the simulation of nature in advertisement. The sole purpose of simulating nature is to portray the real world rather…

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    expulsion of outsiders. In Frankenstein, the society does not give the monster a chance. The monster decides to adapt a disregard for societal values and begins killing people. In Paradise Lost Satan is outcast from Heaven and decides to become the antithesis of God. He makes Hell his kingdom and promotes what Heaven considers to be evil as his good. Both characters become angry at society after being driven out. They decide that the best way to strike back at humanity is to attack the very…

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    On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural Address, unified the American people, as well as people around the world. With the threat of nuclear war and global catastrophe, the human race was at its highest levels of potential danger it had ever witnessed. Kennedy wanted to enlighten the American population with hope and the means to move forward with the nations of the world in a peaceful manner. His tone of strength and hopes for a brighter future helped JFK achieve this…

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    America independence from tyranny, which is because of restrictive binds the British tyrants weigh down upon the colonial government. Patrick Henry reinstates the American passion of obtaining freedom from the presence of tyranny through his use in antithesis, metaphor, and rhetorical questioning, thus instilling the value of independence to his audience in the Virginia House of Burgesses. As aware as Patrick Henry is about many economic situations, he explains what he is willing to do to attain…

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    stopping in subtle antithesis, symbolism, and the characterization of Stephen Kumalo -from naïve clergy to suffering father- to craft the unstoppable tidal wave of change and the need for compromise in South Africa. The environment surrounding the village of Ndotsheni constantly morphs, subtly shifting in ways that man himself cannot prevent. The antithesis of the green hills where “the grass is rich and matted” with later reconciliation that…

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    reading the two books together and applying Jacobs’ definition to Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place, Antigua, despite its independence, also lacks freedom. Jacobs’ experiences as a slave in the South characterize the antithesis of freedom because slavery, by definition, is the antithesis of freedom; Jacobs suffers from both dehumanization and racial prejudice in the South. First, Jacobs reveals the dehumanization by discussing her masters view of her father’s education of his children; she says…

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    only caused a split in unity between the states, and citizens of the U.S., but was a punishment delivered by God because of the treatment to the slaves. Abraham is able to get his argument across successfully through the use of juxtapositions and antithesis, allusions, and the use of pronouns at the end of the speech, to create a sense of unity within the country. President Abraham Lincoln does not only address the effects, and problems with the civil war, but also what encouraged…

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