Oxymoron

Compare the way Blake and Heaney present strong attitudes towards society. William Blake and Seamus Heaney were both visionaries and social critics, who presented their strong attitudes towards society through writing critical poems in protest against the corruptions of society. Blake’s poems were based around the transition of idealised agrarian lifestyle changing to an urbanised society, written in the 1700’s. Heaney’s poems were written much later on during the 19th century, to present his…

Within The Great Gatsby tensions rise and fall like the wind. Many of the characters, needing change in their life or wanting to live it to the fullest, become intertwined with others which only leads up to nasty confrontation. As the rising tensions become blistering hot, not all the characters can take the heat without being burned. It is a very steamy afternoon for Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Nick Carraway. Temperatures rise in parallel to the flaring tensions…

When reading this passage, what immediately stands out is how ivory has become an object of worship for these workers. This is made apparent through the use of careful word choice in this scene. By using verbs such as whispered and sighed, the ivory begins to invoke impressions of holiness to the point that the word itself is constantly hanging in the air. Marlow even comments that, “You would think they were praying to it,” showing a strong connection to Heaven and the divine. The workers have…

used to intensify the speaker’s feeling towards the lover. However in this same line the reader finds one of the inconsistencies within the poem, the line ends by describing the dream as ‘too bitter sweet’. This inconsistency is also known as an oxymoron and here the speaker shows their uncertainty of the experience they are going through. This gives the poem a sense of conscious awareness but also disorientation that the speaker may be experiencing within the dream. There is also a feeling of…

ground. This passage has a solemn tone that is characterize with proper yet vivid diction. The words used indicate the time period and background of the author; such as seize, fling, suffer, adhere, omit or confined. The tale itself contains two oxymorons that support the entire story line; initially Rodion feels invisible and able to do whatever he pleases- this perception of freedom leads to the murder that eventually enslaves him. Ironically, this same imprisonment is what frees him…

Brutus, being the face of the conspiracy, feels “remorse from power.” Brutus doesn’t use this oxymoron to describe himself but rather Caesar. By utilising another character to describe his own emotional turmoil, Brutus is shown to feel guilt and remorse over the task at hand by attempting to hide it.The irony of this situation is shown when brutus…

The very first sentence is a oxymoron, ‘Beloved sweetheart bastard’, which provokes a sense of confusion amongst the reader. Furthermore with the location of this phrase being right at the beginning it sets a mysterious yet aggressive tone for the poem, this is initiated also by the…

responsibility for the physical destruction caused by human greed. He asserts that man has forgotten what is truly important in life. The author states, "We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" (Kennedy & Gioia, 2012 line 4). He presents the oxymoron"sordid boon" as if to poke fun at man's selfish tendencies. Suddenly, we are reminded of the consequence of failing to change. "This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours" (Kennedy & Gioia, 2012…

Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening tells the story of Edna, a married woman, who falls in love with another man, Robert, in 19th century Louisiana. The chosen passage takes place after Edna’s trip to the beach with Robert where she contemplates why she chose to go out with him. The usage of literary devices, metaphors, symbolism, and alliterations help evoke the overarching themes of freedom and solitude, convention versus individuality, and the theme of reflection. To begin with, in this excerpt…

a larger number of people. He then used rhetorical tropes and more cliche phrases such as “bonds of mass misery” and “chains of poverty”, metaphors like “those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger and ended up inside”, and oxymorons like “this peaceful revolution” to advertise America’s freedom and power. He uses these words and phrases in a patriotic manner, adding to his positive tone and the pride he feels for America, while also showing the beliefs he has for America’s…