The Lamb

The Egyptian people of the Predynastic period show that even before domestication, mankind was familiar with these animals. Archaeologists unearthed wild cat remains that were consciously put into human graves in Predynastic sites such as al-Badari and Abydos (CITE). In the eleventh Dynasty, there was a painting found at Koptos, Egypt that depicted a cat sitting behind the feet of a woman; this activity and depiction suggest that the woman had some kind of protection and control over the cat. By…

Poets, like William Blake, use sound devices in their poetry to increase the effectiveness of conveying or reinforcing a meaning. The poem, The Tyger, by William Blake, acquires many sound devices that contribute into giving the poem a complete meaning, while also acting as an eye catcher to engage the readers. The sound devices in Blake’s poem includes repetition, rhyme, assonance and alliteration. Blake’s use of repetition is demonstrated in his first and last stanza. In his first stanza,…

William Blake's "The Tyger" and "The Sheep" are both short ballads in which the creator offers explanatory conversation starters to what, at a first look, would have all the earmarks of being a sheep and a tiger. In both lyrics he utilizes distinctive symbolism to make particular intentions, and both ballads contain evident religious moral story. The differentiation between the two lyrics is much simpler to promptly understand: "The Sheep" was distributed in a Blake treasury entitled "The Tunes…

We all have a dark side. Whether we embrace it or not, however, is another matter. In the case of Piscine Militor Patel or Pi he had no choice but to embrace his darkness in order to survive. The author Yann Martel has written a fictional story that is laced with truth in regards to overcoming Pi’s inner demon in the form of a Bengal tiger. Pi’s own inner tiger is Richard Parker. It is Richard Parker that teaches him to embrace his dark side, silence his childish fears and how to beat all odds…

Out of the three texts that used figurative language to create the image of a tiger the best was Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Yann Martel used both similes, and metaphors to create a image of the tiger at his best, and the power and fear the tiger creates. Yann Martel’s similes are better than the other two texts for the reason that there are more than the other two texts have and also because he used very descriptive words. For example, “Each of his claws was as sharp as a knife.” (pg. 108), “.…

A Tiger for Malgudi is interspersed with various incidents and characters that depict the conflict between tradition and unconventionality. The lively descriptions of villagers with their characteristic terror of the primitive man and of the tiger as “a cave-dweller and jungle beast” carry the reader back to the savage times when man’s foremost preoccupation was to save his race from utter annihilation at the hands of wild beasts. The village and the sheep are symbols of innocence and unalloyed…

The white tiger is an extremely rare animal. In terms of totem’s meaning the white tiger is a significant animal. It is a mystical and spiritual creature with its rare appearance caused by its white fur. “The Chinese divided the celestial sphere into four quarters” (Green 39). The Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise ruled the South and North, the White Tiger ruled the West that “corresponds to autumn and snowy mountains” (Chia 144) and the Azure Dragon ruled the East. All totems symbolize…

The Lady Or The Tiger SUMMARY In a very olden time, there was a half-barbaric king who built an arena in which his offenders would face their fate. In the arena, which people called the arena of the king, the offenders had two doors to choose, behind one waited a hungry tiger which could tear them apart into pieces, and behind the other waited a lady whom the king chose particularly for them. If they chose the lady, they would be assumed innocent, but if they chose the tiger then they would…

tools to help get their point in the movie across. Developing a way to dissect a movie to find the theme or focus, the directors’ goal, and lastly come to a decision on the film, will aid in appreciating films more. While watching Silence of the Lambs it is pretty easy to find the theme of the movie is to catch Buffalo Bill but, strong character placement in the film steals the viewers’ focus. Clarice is introduced to us as the main character with a mysterious backstory. Clarice’s character is…

unfavorable for me, but I cannot begin to imagine being put in a job field of only men that is also as grueling as the Behavioral Science Unit in the FBI. This is where FBI trainee Clarice Starling finds herself in Jonathan Demme’s film, The Silence of the Lambs, when she confronts a psychotic serial killer while also defying the quintessential role of women in a male-dominated profession. Ted Tally’s brilliant book-to-screen adaptation perfectly portrays Clarice and her lifelong…