Stylistics

By subscribing to the idea of tradition, Eliot does not mean sacrificing novelty nor does he mean slavish repetitions of stylistic and structural features. By the term ‘Tradition’, he comes up with something ‘of much wider significance”. By ‘Tradition’, he does not refer to a legacy of writers which can be handed down from a generation to another generation. It has nothing to…

The manipulative characteristic of “Nadsat” in “A Clockwork Orange” The function of the language, “Nadsat”, in “A Clockwork Orange” is used to manipulate viewers from the cruel actions associated with criminals and their wicked purposes in their everyday lives. In the following essay the function of language in both the novel and the film, “A Clockwork Orange”, will be discussed. Firstly, how language is used to create a buffer will be argued. Secondly, how language is used to make the…

In the mid to late 15th century in Europe, a period known as the Renaissance flowered during times of great political and social turmoil and various cities, such as Florence and Venice in Italy became the centers of humanistic philosophy which was highly influenced by classical forms and motifs dating back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Artistically, the Renaissance created an entirely new way to express human emotions and ideals via architecture, sculpture and especially painting.…

To be creative is to make something new, innovative, or original. Creativity can be combinational, (“involves the generation of unfamiliar combinations of familiar ideas”), exploratory (“the existing stylistic rules or conventions are used to generate novel structures (ideas or artifacts), whose possibility may or may not have been realized before the exploration took place. To the extent that it was not, the new structure will be not only satisfying but…

suppression and nature,” (22). Later, he employs ethos, where he refers to an Orange County Fire Captain who believes these areas were built for disasters, in reference to the Laguna Beach blaze. Davis effectively uses epithets throughout the article, a stylistic device used to evoke ideas and emotions, such as, ""Gibbins foolishly attempted to defend their homes", "Hideously burned", and "the fires deadly thermal pulse,” (par 28). His effective use of epithets also went hand in hand with his…

historic specificity and context to the study of Marquesan art". Four objectives Ivory presents are a means to dive deeper into researching the art. Each objective has a definite goal; gain a baseline, identify the process and development, a stylistic examination, and evaluate the artists. Basically, obtaining a data analysis of each piece individually and single out the specific images portrayed. Marquesan artist, as Ivory points out, created scared club heads that were carved out of…

Many teachers impacted me positively as a writer. My seventh grade English teacher, Mrs. Gray, stands out as an exceptional teacher. I can still recall her solemn face after thirty years. She was extremely strict. I remember getting chastised often for saying “Can I?’ instead of “May I?” In the summer of 2013, I enrolled in English 122 at Aims. I was terrified at first because it had been twenty years since I had written an English paper. I was disappointed I received a B on my first…

Santorini” allowed me to evoke ideas of what to do in Santorini. This was the most effective way to communicate the purpose as it allowed the information to be directly aimed towards young female travelers. By strongly using language techniques and stylistic features, the purpose of the article was conveyed successfully. In comparison to other travel inspired blogs/articles, the layout/format is quite similar. Most travel written articles have several smaller paragraphs spread across…

enough for readers to notice the author’s unique structural choice, and combined with a distinctive poetic pattern, alongside the use of contrasting paradoxes, Ferlinghetti’s The World is a Beautiful Place demonstrates his ironic, sarcastic and stylistic approach, as well as his use of symbolism and figurative language, and deals with the inherent coexistence of the good and the bad, of light and darkness in the world. Imagery plays an important and extensive role in the development of the…

Singing musical theatre songs there are necessary elements which should be used in order to create texture and feeling to the song but the main reason why singing helps to create character to bring the song to life is usually done when singing from the heart by apply passion and connecting with the song/character. The best singer especially for musical theatre genre does not have to have the most polished voice or technique but they are great because of their character as it seems to feel real…