Apostrophe

Within Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the juxtaposition of courtly love and true love is prominent throughout, especially through the scenes 1 and 5 of act 1. The first scene of act 1 is actually unnecessary to the plot, and only exists to emphasize the brilliance of true love through contrast to the utter sorrow shown through the character Romeo when he is a courtly lover. An example of the development of Romeo as a lover, from courtly to true, can be seen in his descriptions of women he…

Literacy and Numeracy testing has been recently introduced to the Australian education system, bringing with it debate as to its necessity and value. The testing is designed to ensure that teachers are in the top 30% of the population in Numeracy and Literacy, or at approximately a year 10 standard (Riddle, 2015). A teacher will be unable to teach without having passed. Arguments surrounding its benefits upon students, upon teachers, and upon the education community as a whole have arisen,…

“The Rose that Grew from Concrete,” is written by Tupac Amaru Shakur. The poem is short, and is an autobiographical dramatic monologue in which the speaker addresses aspects of the poet’s life. The idea that the poem is a dramatic monologue is demonstrated by the one sided question the speaker asks the reader: “Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?” The poem is dramatic as it is spoken in a moment of deep emotion, as the speaker passionately discusses the subject,…

‘Flowers for Algernon,' written in 1958 by Daniel Keyes, is a short science fiction story about a mentally disabled protagonist called Charlie Gordon. Charlie, who is a 37-year-old man, due to his eagerness to learn, receives the opportunity to increase his intelligence through an experimental surgery. Following the experimental process, Daniel Keyes uses the techniques of the juxtaposition of events such as the thematic apperception test, as well as changes his writing style’s literacy skills…

Throughout Nawal El Saadawi’s God Dies by the Nile, women are preyed upon by the elder men of the village. Being mostly made up of poor peasant workers within the Egyptian village of Kafr El Teen, the mayor along with his group of men are able to exploit the poor peasants to their advantage. The value of the men is determined by their wealth and the value of the women is determined by their virtue. Powerful men in the novel control the social and political spheres of Kafr El Teen and do what…

language, the structure and tone in which it is written, his meticulous selection of details and the careful way in which he compiles them, as well as in the profound symbols and images his weaves throughout the entirety of the poem. “To Autumn” is an apostrophe as well as an ode to fall, because it is meant to be sung, the structure,…

beings. Even though many people fear death, Donne believes our fears are irrational because death actually has no control over us. To get rid off such fears he may have, Donne bestows his argument and speaks out against death. He starts with an apostrophe, “Death, be not proud,”(l.1) in which he directly addresses death, a metaphysical thing that cannot respond to him, and makes this the subject of the rest of the poem. He uses figurative language to produce a personified version of death when…

The aim of this assignment is to depict the various differences and similarities in Donne’s courtly sonnets and holy sonnet sequence, with reference to “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” and “Holy Sonnet XIV”. “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” depicts through various conceits and metaphors the theme of the bond between two lovers who are separated physically, but are not ready to sacrifice their relationship and passion due to the mere fact that they are separated by distance. This poem…

“They Just Keep Moving The Line” Music By Marc Shaiman and Lyrics By Scott Wittman Lyric Analysis “They Just Keep Moving The Line” is a prime example of an individual dealing with pride. The vocalist is visualizing past events in his life in an attempt to see where he went wrong. Through this process he finds a new found happiness and proud in himself. He discovers that he is not in control of what happens in his life, but it is his perseverance that will allow him to find true success. The…

Keyes uses the literacy skills consisting of: very simple sentences; simple conjunctions like ‘and’; spelling errors displaying Charlie’s inability to differentiate phonetic sounds; grammatical errors such as misused commas, full stop, as well as apostrophes; and unsophisticated vocabulary to illustrate Charlie’s poor pre-surgery intelligence. Hence, by displaying Charlie’s inability to perform well in tests as an element of the plot and by having the writing style consist of low literacy…