Euphemism

The Timelessness of George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language Regardless if the individual reads Newsweek religiously, or educates themselves on even the personal lives of presidential candidates, politics are bound to mislead the viewer. The language used in civics depicts calculated personas that distort all potentially controversial aspects of the speaker. This has been the case throughout the history of not only America, but the world. George Orwell, celebrated British novelist of…

The dashes emphasize the empty ending left behind in hollow dreams. Furthermore, Nick mentioned, “Probably it was some final guest who had been away at the ends of the earth and didn’t know that the party was over” (Fitzgerald 179). He used an euphemism to say Gatsby was dead by simply stating “the party was over.” These exorbitant parties were Gatsby’s way of climbing up the social ladder, hiding his new wealth, and conquering Daisy. He worked so hard to gain social status and never gained any…

rest offended her-and inarguably, because it wasn’t a gesture but an emotion. She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented ‘place’ that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village-appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to…

world a lie, they can tell it so well that it becomes the truth; and if I tell them that you're lying, they’ll tell the world even if you prove you're telling the truth. Because it's the kind of lie they want to hear...” (143). Without using any euphemisms, Ellison gets straight to the point and reveals the true nature of America’s societal norms. The unfortunate tells the truth that white people will always skew situations and people in a certain order to fit their desires, even if reality…

There are many superstitions surrounding Shakespeare’s Macbeth, from the presence of the witches in the play to even speaking the play’s title. This paper examines these superstitions and explains them in a modern context. To start, we must understand the time in which the play was written. Before the invention and spread of the internet, people did not understand things as well as we do now, so something unexplained often was confused with magic. Therefore, superstitions were made up over the…

(AGG) “Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.” a quote from Alan Dershowitz which connects directly to the novel. (BS-1) Similarly, an act of pragmatic collateral damage caused Najmah to lose and subsequently search out her family. (BS-2) This same empirical bombing prompts Najmah’s distrust of people. (BS-3) Finally, a practical bombing kills Faiz, creating lack of communication which causes Nusrat to…

these Japanese Americans. The main goal for the American people and the government was to simply “control the situation” and eliminate all possible areas of espionage. But as American history has taught us, “controlling the situation” is simply a euphemism for excessive force. Prime examples of where excessive force was applied to control a possible threat or conflict include the Boston Massacre and the Civil Rights Movement. As we have seen repeatedly throughout history, America’s illusion of…

Death and its Significance in the Works of Shakespeare and A. E. Housman “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman, and “Fear no More the Heat o’ the Sun” by Shakespeare are elegies for youth who died prematurely. Through different versification, these two poems carry unique tones and attitudes. Both Shakespeare and Housman create elegies that soothe the pain of death, but they use different logic to justify their reasoning. Shakespeare juxtaposes extremes to argue that death is apathetic to…

In a sex-dominated society like present day America, the content is prevalent in all media, specifically music. Music has always been sexual, it is just that as sex became less taboo, people were more free to express themselves, but there were still restrictions set in place, which made people more inclined to break them. This is shown in music for all audiences from adults to children, but there is one main difference in the way that the content is expressed, and that is cultural. White and…

research assignments, I came across the article that Starbucks offers on their company information. This assignment immediately reminded me of that article, as I remembered it being convincingly and concisely worded, without doublespeak, jargon, or euphemisms to muddle their points. This article, found at http://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information, is a paragon of good writing. I am no connoisseur of coffee or aficionado of articles, but this article made a real impression on me…