Metonymy

Since humanity first began to work together and build communities, a raging debate has waged on— should emphasis be placed on the rights of the individual, or the society? Those that allied with the latter molded a belief system known as collectivism. While seemingly ideal at first glance, in practice, the belief often leads to the loss of individuality amongst the citizens. Often, advocates of such a belief regard the individual as the hindrance of the state’s common good. Huxley 's "Brave New…

The poem that was recited by myself during class is I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear written by the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. This poems title and first line are exactly the same; the significance of the poem title in which I chose is that it sets up the entire tone of the poem which starts of with being very straightforward. An example is through the first five words of the title/ first line of the poem, "I shall forget you presently", which can be interpreted as "I will lose hold of…

I notice that throughout Darnay’s trial, Dickens refers to the spectators as “flies.” Dickens compares the jury members to flies since they swarm towards Darnay and buzz excitedly during the trial. Like a fly watching his food, the spectators hungrily watch the trial and eagerly await Darnay’s death sentence. Dickens emphasizes how the jury members seem like animals when they continuously buzz at the exciting parts in the trial and fall silent when they are disinterested. Dickens’ description of…

Praewpetch Unakul Miss Farrah Collette IB English A Language and Literature Standard Level Year 2 14 November 2015 Macbeth as A Tragic Hero “Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” - Macbeth (2.1.63-64) Many of Shakespeare’s works are considered as ‘Shakespearean Tragedy” with the protagonists as ‘Tragic Hero’. A character is a prominent noble defected in some way and the flaw causes his downfall. After the punishment of his own action, he comes to…

Ballard, Kim. “Rhetoric, Power and Persuasion in Julius Caesar.” British Library, British Library Board, www.bl.uk/. Accessed 5 Oct. 2016. “Rhetoric, Power, and Persuasion in Julius Caesar” written by Kim Ballard explains the importance of these three topics in Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Although the article only focuses on a single play, it does an excellent job explaining the rhetoric used by William Shakespeare. The article explains the background of William…

Metonymy is frequently used within the poem. Blake compares the unnamed narrator's anger to the tree as the extended metaphor and theme of the whole poem. As the narrators, anger flourishes so does the growth of the tree. This connects the similarities of…

The ramifications of particular discoveries may differ for individuals and their worlds’ because one’s own personal context influences the extent to which any type of discovery is possible. This is due to the fact that a diverse range of experiences shapes an individual’s perception which impacts on their ability to connect with the values of their worlds’. In addition, discoveries can be highly personalised, affecting the individual both positively and negatively and as such, the consequences…

additionally expresses that these things were so fleeting, particularly to the way that they have ceased to exist while the speaker has lived. Line 13 depicts the soul, which can likewise be deciphered as the speaker's will to live. This is a case of metonymy in light of the fact that the speaker is alluding to their will to live and not only the soul itself. The speaker no more feels a solid drive to add to society. The speaker has a powerful urge to hush his tongue, stay in bed, and enjoy…

His hug encouraged me so much(personification). Then he lent me his ears(metonymy) and helped me in any way that he could. I remember so vividly how sweet the look in his eyes was and I could tell how much he wanted to help me. Anyone that meets Preston knows that he is passionate to say the least. Passionate about his opinions;…

a big deal especially coming from the headquarters of new balance. In other words, ads are skillful to push people to buy their products; one owes it to themselves to understand exactly how advertisements manipulate you (Scholes, Metaphor and Metonymy: Advertising). Resulting in thousands, even billions of people wasting money on products that do not even work. There are all kinds of ways to lose weight going from exercising every day to just simply walking. New Balance was filed with a $5…