Synecdoche

Rudyard Kipling once said “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind”. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, we are constantly reminded of the power of language, from small things such as disproving somebody’s dream to persuading a whole population, it has a very distinct presence in the play. A character who succeeds in manipulating the English language for their own gain is capable of controlling any person as language is the most effective method of persuasion and…

The aesthetic of each movie is also drastically different. In the black and white film of Schindler’s List, only a few colors are exposed and specifically to draw attention to the most important aspects of the story. The director, Steven Spielberg offers this technique to draw attention to significant parts of the movie. The specific scenes of the red coated girl and liberation of the Jews, the colors define precise themes. One of the most significant characters presents herself during the…

The Wild Swans at Coole endeavours to showcase Yeats’s concerns over his ageing condition which is juxtaposed with the youthful swan, “Their hearts have not grown old.” Using synecdoche, Yeats evidently draws our attentions to how the swans are free or are able to ignore ailments that people such as Yeats have suffered on a localised level; something he wishes he can achieve, but cannot fathom an understanding of: “But now they…

Ian McEwan’s Atonement explores the highly enthralling themes of war and the subsequent horrors, corruption, and the power of language and story-telling, a theme prevalent internationally or otherwise in every piece of literature. McEwan utilises and vast plethora of techniques and literary conventions in order to allow a deeper insight into these predominant themes. McEwan uses techniques including imagery and pathos to powerfully illustrate his Realist view of war. Within part II and III,…

deployment to Southern California was to help the industry expand into he middle class and fade class distinctions. He writes that the “attempted ownership of the cinema was no longer the province of Manhattan elites - ‘New York’ itself operating as synecdoche for those persons throughout the country who were promoting, in vain, other terms” (Rhodes 6). Sixth, the author says that the extension of the movie lengths was so the people would enjoy the films even more. American moviegoers called for…

are given. Claudius, by comparison, is linked to images of decay and rot. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (I. iv. 90) and Hamlet seizes on this image, earlier likening Elsinore to “an unweeded garden” (I. ii. 136). Through a kind of synecdoche, Hamlet links this rot to Claudius, calling him “a mildewed ear / Blasting his wholesome brother” (65), significant in that said wholesome brother was poisoned through the ear. A further comparison likens Old Hamlet to a “fair mountain” and…

This speaks of his old age, being an old man. Synecdoche: The substitution of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part, usually because of the natures of the things associated. Micah 4:3; Isa 2:4 Beating swords into plowshares means total disarmament. Romans 1:16 “Greek” stands for Gentiles…

Transform instruments of war to peace - The nations conclude that they no longer need implements of war or military. In 4:3 it uses synecdoche when it mentions beat sword into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks to mean anything that applies to war will be substituted with something for peace. c. Individual enjoy peace and prosperity - The inhabitants (presumably of the…

Explication of “The Tyger” by William Blake Published with other poems in Songs of Experience collection in 1794, “The Tyger” is one of the most famous if not the most widely read poems by William Blake. Including “The Tyger,” the poet wrote most of his poems using his radical tone. In most of his works, he often railed against oppressive institutions such as the monarchy or the church as well as the other cultural traditions like classist, racist or sexist, which stifled passion or imagination…

Recurring images of time, romantic disillusionment and memory reveal the inherent tension between the actual and the possible in Eliot’s poetry. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock dismantles idealistic romanticism and exposes the pessimistic perspective on life, love and time that is central to modernism. At the time of writing, in 1911, Eliot was twenty two years old, and was battling with a lack of lyrical inspiration. For this reason, critics have argued that Prufrock 's romantic hesitations…