Passage

Literary Meaning of Song 2:8-17 Verse 8. The passage begins with an interjection hinnē (Look!), an excited call by the young woman to the daughters of Jerusalem (as well as to her audience and readers) to focus on the present moment about the man whom she loves (and probably about to marry for the young man in this passage has not yet called her bride as he does in 4:8.9.10.11.12; 5:1. She invites the audience/readers to partner with her—to watch and listen with her as she awaits her beloved…

passenger side window to see which side on the gas cap is on. She forces us to memorize our grocery lists and then quizzes us. We talk through our visit to the gas station several times; it needs to be as well-executed as a stock car pit stop.” The passage above talking about the first stop, where the group of friends must do everything according to plan. Specifically the part about everyone doing different tasks reminds me of my last stop when I came from New York City. During the summer of…

only seen as condescending in nature, but more importantly, it is a way to break Nora’s supposed obedience toward Torvald. As shown in the following passage: “Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother” (Ibsen 27), Torvald indirectly insults Nora and demonstrates how he…

beginning of scene eleven is one of the most significant passages in Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". In the aftermath of Blanche's rape, the audience is unsure what repercussions Blanche and Stanley may face and how the other characters will respond. In his final portrayal of Blanche, Williams creates sympathy for his fallen heroine and explores some of the play's key themes, examining his society and the problems it faces. In this passage, Williams explores one of his key concerns in…

in pages 9-11 of his book, which made it readable for us. He states, “Pleading for light-up shoes with pink accents and rhinestone. We hesitate; would people give us trouble about putting our toddler in pink light-up shoes?” (Schwartz, 9). In this passage, he is honest because he cares about what people will say and think of him as a parent who lets his male child dress up in a feminine way. This tactic that Schwartz used made it readable for us the audience because it shows that he has emotions…

her. The outfit would usually take a more conservative stance in the presence of her family members, while it may be shown in a more revealing or provocative light while she is with individuals closer to her age range. The story shows this in the passage that states “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home” (Oates Page 899). Due to the level of…

The passage, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou, has shown that passion can influence people's lives greatly. In the story it states, “she began the first of what we later called ‘my lessons in living’ … ‘Take this book of poems and memorize one…

parent. And I feel that the only way to show my gratitude to her is by becoming successful and being happy with the decisions I make in life. In the passage “The Good Daughter,” Caroline Hwang gives an account of the obligation she felt when it came to repaying the sacrifice her parents made of moving from Korea to America for her. The main idea in the passage is that there is a debt owed to parents who make sacrifices in order to create better opportunities for their children’s future. Hwang…

story. Though his single thoughts and feelings the story is told making it seem very real. 2. I think the paragraph from The Red Badge of Courage makes the reader feel like they are actually experiencing the events. I think this is because in the passage from the successes and failures of Chancellorsville there isn’t any dialog between characters like there are in the one from The Red Badge of Courage. Also what The Red Badge of Courage has he describes things like gun locks clicking making it…

Here, Adichie describes Nsukka in a long paragraph for this is the last time we are in Nigeria until the end of the novel. Each sentence reveals more about the town, but I will mostly examine the figurative language that is used at the end of the passage. Page 113 reads, “The church bazaars would leave the air redolent, smoky from mass cooking. Some nights, the heat lay thick like a towel. Other nights, a sharp cold wind would descend, and Ifemelu would abandon her hostel room and snuggled next…