Antithesis

order to accomplish such feat, it was crucial to utilize many literary elements in his speech. Because of these elements, this Independence Day oration was highly successful. An important element that was integrated into the speech was an antithesis. Antithesis is used to show the contrast between two concepts, usually between the good and the bad. Frederick Douglass told the northern whites that their founding fathers “were [peaceful] men; but preferred revolution to peaceful submission to…

What would it be like if human nature never became “civilized?” The modernist novella, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad allowed him to communicate the different aspects of humanity by using distinctly individualized characters. The classification of characters involved in portraying humanity are Europeans, Natives and those who do not conform to either category. Conrad’s commentary on human nature in his novella Heart of Darkness is overall negative and pessimistic. Nigerian novelist, poet,…

idea by inundating his audience with his impactful usage of both antithesis and juxtapositions to express his belief of innocence versus experience. Murray narrows the idea of innocence versus experience by ultimately speaking on his positive self versus what has happened in the intervening years, and how once he became older, he became much more aware of what has happened. As Murray goes deeper into his argument, his use of antithesis and juxtapositions become clear during his shift from…

Macbeth is a brave scottish general who, after meeting three witches who tell him a prophecy of greatness, spirals out of control when greed and power takes the reigns. Macbeth murders his way to become king of Scotland and to grant the prophecy true, however his recklessness sees him ending up with a lot less than what he began with as he too dies.This play is a comment from William Shakespeare on the aspects that make up a person, their positive and negative experiences that surround life,…

continuous course, referring to how love is also uncontrollable and how the boundaries between love and hate are blurred. Hadfield writes, “What I love about love is its petting zoo/ What I love about love is its zookeeper-you”, this does not contain antithesis therefore displaying love as the overwhelming emotion. The “zookeeper” adds a controlling nature to love, entrapment but also a caring and protective characteristic. The most prominent structural feature is the fact that it is written in…

In John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural address, Kennedy uses authoritative and assertive diction, rhetorical devices such as anaphora and antithesis, to name a few, and allusions to current world issues to persuade the world that even though there is a global fragility at the moment with the actions of every American, the United States will survive the Cold War, because only those in the audience, whether American or not, who take matters into their own hands can make positive progress during this…

point across not only in a more respectful manner but with less destruction after all. Chavez was using this same exact method when he talked to the farmer workers , but in a more similar form. Throughout his letter Caesar uses Personification, Antithesis, and Repetition to better help his workers understand that violence is not the answer. Since majority of the workers were under educated Caesar used Personification…

Hand In Hand Comes Destruction and Creation “After the rain there is a rainbow”, after havoc and death there is the rebirth of something new, something better. This antithesis can be applied to Maxine Clair’s Rattlebone; a notable excerpt would be the short story “The Last Day of School”, where Irene portrays the epitome and final resolutions of her ups and downs that lingered throughout the story, reflecting on the overall theme: destruction and creation. With extreme chaos and fast-paced…

The French Revolution is ultimately due to a new age of thinking, called the Enlightenment. Kant spoke of the Enlightenment as a way of thinking and deciding for oneself and without the help of others. Most people do not think for themselves and let others actually think and decide for them; however, Kant stated that as a society it would be easiest to change people’s minds and allow for teach individual to think for themselves. Now this process is slow and one of the biggest barriers to this…

gives the audience the impression that all American citizens picture the same goals for the nation, which will push many civilians to start ending the war. However, Lincoln amplified the difference between the North and the South by implementing an antithesis in the beginning. For instance he says, "both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came." In a subtle manner,…