Oxymoron

According to W.E.B. DuBois, “double consciousness” is the “sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring ones soul by a tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity” (DuBois 5). In other words, “double consciousness” is the self that you view yourself as, compared to self that comes from the outside perspective where you view it is part of yourself also. It is a peculiar situation where the world is filled with no self-true consciousness especially…

In Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part II, King Henry shifts the strategy of his speech to sleep as his state of mind degrades into frustration and jealousy, noticeable in the diction, imagery, tone, and structure of the soliloquy. From the first line and a half, the King’s jealous and selfish attitude towards his “poorest subjects” becomes apparent, and as the passage progresses these feelings become increasingly apparent (l. 1). However, at this point, Henry quickly adopts a demeanor of flattery…

The phrase could be interpreted as an oxymoron and therefore would interest the viewer. The Warner Brothers and DC Comic Logos appear as the pace increases. The editing in the Deadpool trailer is very slow to start with as there are many dissolves transitioning shots to another until Deadpool…

Love is an essential part of life; people both crave love and can’t live without. It is sad that sex and intimacy is crucial when it comes to love and there are horrific acts such as rape forever scaring people who have to endure it. The psychological and physical pain is unimaginable. There is an average of 240 rapes per day and 32,000 pregnancies each year reported from victims. The human capacity of love and physical intimacy can in some cases become so corrupt as to produce it’s opposite…

Thesis: The Lottery and Young Goodman Brown share similar narration techniques but applied differently, nonetheless, symbolism and traditions maybe the very theme that relates these stories. The authors of these two stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Shirley Jackson equally uses symbols inside their narratives. "The Lottery" and "Young Goodman Brown’s Symbolisms are exploit as an instrument to bring emphasis to the theme of each story. On one hand, Hawthorne uses names of people as well as items…

like food, shelter, and community, rights are not a self-made possession. Through either education or endowment, a right is an external idea that requires others to give or trample. It is a two-player game. The notion of an inalienable right is an oxymoron to me. Everything can be violated or protected; there just needs to be a higher or stronger force than yourself to…

He reminded listeners that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation 100 years before, yet the Negros were still not free. He emphasizes this point by repeating " one hundred years later". King stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and opened his "I have a dream" speech with the expression "Five score years ago," which is an echo of Lincoln’s words. A literary device that has a lot of influence is his use of metaphors. “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled…

If I were to describe my life using one phrase, it’d probably end up being an oxymoron like “organized chaos” or “random order.” To the casual observer, my life appears to entail sporadic, eclectic passions that start out strong then fade away, replaced by a new hobby. However, behind this chaotic hodgepodge of obsessions lies a unifying theme: collecting information and expanding my mind. My constant thirst for learning has taken various forms throughout my life. The physical embodiment of…

search for the meanings of the individual words and then place them back together. The word alternative means, there may be one or more things available as a possibility. The meaning of facts is, something that is truthful, or reality. The word oxymoron enters my mind when these two words are placed together. Ironically, alternative facts may be used more often than one may think. For example, a spouse catches their significant other with another person; the usual response from the spouse…

There was a small crowd of family members waiting to hold her. (oxymoron) The nurses had tied a small pink bow in the very few hairs she had on her head. She was as small as a doll. (simile) I remember holding her and sitting in a rocking chair at the hospital. She made little grunting sounds, which her voice was…