Hyperbole

The short story “Harrison Bergeron is a satire that criticizes and exaggerates a potential shift in society towards egalitarianism and levelling. Satire is holding views, traditions and thoughts to scrutiny through ridicule, irony, exaggeration or humour. The author, Kurt Vonnegut, scoffs the growing tendency to think that capitalism and freedom are wrong (unjust) and that the solution is absolute equality. Satire is generally used with the intent of mocking, shaming or outwitting cultural or…

Speaking to his two wives, Lamech, in what is the first recorded poetic dialogue in the Bible, exclaims that he had killed a man for wounding him and a young man for bruising him (cf. Gen. 4:23). Regardless of whether or not this is hyperbole being employed here aside, a prideful attitude is certainly displayed by Lamech. Essentially, he had come to consider himself immutable and robust without God; his pride had overtaken him. In his pride, he also mocks God and His judgments by stating…

that after growing up in one place and learning one’s own beliefs it is hard to adjust in other places. There are three examples of literary devices that support this theme, allusions to religious hymns, similes comparing science to religion, and hyperboles that help illustrate…

For example, he mentions that there is an “infinity of suns” in the Milky Way. This hyperbole demonstrates the amount of systems in our universe and demonstrates how hard it is to imagine that there is so much in our little bubble that it is even harder to imagine what is outside of our galaxy and makes you think of how much mankind does…

Childhood is a subject often accredited with being the determining factor in what kind of mindset we will posses later in life. This has been proven numerous times given the fact that during the brains development the experiences that we encounter are among our very first ones. In the narrative “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence the theme of greed is inherently obvious. Paul, a young boy hardly old enough to think for his own, is very distraught in finding that his mother does not love…

DaSilva believes that racism is practiced primarily by the white population and, as instances of overt discrimination become more difficult to find in contemporary America, he contends that racism must be shrouded in something called ‘color-blind racism’ and white privilege. The use of this ideology to justify the persistent inequities present in society relies on the assumption that the dominant culture is somehow working in concert to maintain the status quo of racial superiority. However, it…

reference to the main protagonists, Elizabeth and Darcy. Body (Paragraph 1 - 350 words) In her personal correspondence, Jane Austen has asserted that: “there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” Although an obvious use of hyperbole, there is sufficient evidence in Pride and Prejudice to validate the basic premise. The word and the emotion can be applied to a range of situations According to the Ancient Greeks there four distinct types of…

she celebrates the astonishing achievements that Reagan accomplished. Thatcher uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies such as repetition, exaggeration, and she also creates a sense of pathos to the audience. Margaret Thatcher employs the use hyperboles throughout her whole speech. She says "When the world threw problems at the White House, he was not baffled, disoriented or overwhelmed." Thatcher didn't actually mean people threw their problems at the White House, they just blamed the White…

society through the simile of the noblemen who “live like drones on the labour of other people” in order to present the exploitation of the lower class at the benefit of the wealthy. This inequality between social classes is further reinforced in the hyperbole, “everything goes down their throats”, which reflects society’s vulnerability to the manipulation of the wealthy present during his time. More questions the materialistic values of the government, criticising the Monarchy for exploitations…

Woods one night,” said Percival. “It was bitter cold, and the ground was frozen as solid as rock. I heard a groan, then a whisper…beneath my feet.” Something made the short hairs on the back of Gwaine’s neck stand up. Percival’s was not prone to hyperbole nor tall tales.…