Speaker recognition

7. Joy is expressed among friends and lovers reunited on the eve of a holiday, which is of no use to Screwtape. 8. Fun is closely related to joy, which also of no use to Screwtape. "A sort of emotional froth aspiring from the play instinct" 9. They can easily be used to steer the patient to the wrong direction. With the the Joke Proper, Screwtape says "which turns on sudden perception of incongruity, is a much more promising field". Explains that the patient's perception on humor can be…

The speaker also states in line 4 that, depending on the whims of Fortune and Time, individuals may be “weeds among weeds, or flowers among flowers gathered.” In this analogy, it is highly possible that weeds represent the working class and the flowers the nobility, as weeds typically possess negative connotations whilst flowers are known to symbolize beauty. It is thus also interesting to note that the speaker mentions weeds before flowers, because he refers to Time’s love before Time’s hate in…

“It’s difficult to remember that she’s not attracted to him.” But why does she have to remind herself that she is not attracted? Why not just say what she means? At first glimpse, Curtis Sittenfeld’s Gender Studies short story seems to portray a sexual encounter between a nearly forty year old Women and Gender Studies professor, Nell, and a twenty-seven year old shuttle driver, Luke. The story gives the impression of a naughty one-night stand. It is not outrageous for a one-night stand to appear…

The narrative voices of male characters in several pieces of art, literature, and music are shown sharing their enthusiastic response of endearment to a woman that they love. “Michelle” was a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney in the White House for President Barack Obama and his wife, the song was written by John Lennon. In the song the main male character sings to the woman he loves. He sings to her to tell her how fond he is of her and how a normal “I love you” won’t do the job for how much…

The narrative voices of a males in songs sometimes express their enthusiastic response to a female character. “Michelle” is a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney. Lines 44-53 from Romeo and Juliet are excerpts from a play. The protagonist are Romeo and Juliet and the antagonist is society and the situation that it forced them into. Romeo sees Juliet for the first time and begins to express her beauty verbally. It is claimed that Romeo expresses his inner emotions verbally to Juliet, but when…

Hindus, which translated to “The world is sound”. Julian then goes on to mention a statistic on how everything around us is vibrating. I think this is a good hook in the way it grabs the viewer’s attention and gives a clear explanation on what the speaker is going to talk about. 25. He starts off by saying how listening is an active skill and that how hearing is a passive skill. So basically, you hear all the time, even when you are sleeping, and you only listen when you actively want to e.g.…

hand of a parental figure; in a sense, this poem portrays one's actions as self deprecating compared to another's actions. In this poem, the speaker views his actions as not good enough compared to his deceased mother. The reader can assume that the speaker’s mother is dead because of the way he describes how his mother “would” season the pork. The speaker degrades his self confidence when he describes the way he prepares the ingredients saying, “I’ve seasoned the pork like I imagine/my…

constricting and burdensome to keep. Freedom is considered lost through the moral obligation of a commitment when the poem states how, “If you promised, you might grieve for lost liberty again.” These short stanzas reflect upon old, brighter days as the speaker considers…

Reading your analysis of these two poems brings so much to real life. Besides your quote "Don't judge a book by its cover", you can also say that you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. People on the surface can be so confident and secure in their own skin when in the public's view, but once they get to the seclusion of their own home they can portray a much different side to their personality. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is the story of a very wealthy man who kills…

4. This stanza,written by Edward Taylor in the 17th century,from a part of his poem Upon a Spider Catching a Fly, states the moment when the devil "saw a pettish wasp" and is cautious if it because of "his sting". Taylor uses a metaphor using the wasp as one type of man that is a sinner but tries its best to be free from its sin, and the spider as the devil who spins threads of silk to catch its prey. In other words, a sinner has fallen upon the devils wrath but because the sinner is one who has…