Analysis of Satirical Techniques in the Works of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift Pope's Reflection on the Upper-Class Lifestyle Both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift used satirical techniques in their works to share their views on the upper-class lifestyle of the English people as well as frivolous politics. While Pope's poem The...
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Introduction One of the most fascinating and very exciting plays learned in composition II is Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The play takes the atmosphere of Denmark's anarchy and begins with the sad case of the death of Kings, followed by the succession of both the Kingdom and the Queen (Gertrude) of...
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The Fish Analogy: Seeing the Unseen The article underneath analysis was a speech presented in the course of Kenyon College's commencement ceremony. The presenter feels that customarily, it is standard practice for graduation speeches to start with didactic allegorical stories. Wallace begins with an educational analogy of two younger fish which...
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She is the story's narrator, and her hands are raw from manual labor. She is a single mother with two daughters, weak, and illiterate, with little hope of escaping rural life. She adores her daughters and recognizes their flaws. Yes, the protagonist is a very likable character. She is...
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Thomas Paine was a political writer and philosopher born in England who moved in 1774 to America. He wrote a pamphlet entitled Common Sense in 1776, two years after his migration, which firmly promoted independence and persuaded large numbers of prominent American colonists that it was time for them to...
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Maya Angelou s Impact on African American Culture Maya Angelou was a tough artist to dismiss. Her imaginative and poetic services to the world were exceptional. She piqued my curiosity after receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2011. (Biography.com). What really drew me to her were her...
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A Hero or Not: Winston Smith in 1984 A hero can be described as someone willing to take dangers and abide by the true morals as properly as portrays selflessness in his act and thought. Orwell brings out Winston as a protagonist and his characteristics do not embody the ordinary traits...
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The Merchant's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer is listed as fabliau at the time of its publication. The brief is a humorous story of love. The story's vocabulary is clear, and the characters are average men from the time it was published. The theme is marriage, intimacy, and the consequences of...
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From a broader viewpoint, In the Waiting Room, written by Elizabeth Bishop, brings to the fore the uncertainty of the I and the autonomy as connected to the old-fashioned limits of the inside and outside of a body. This poem reflects on the reaction of a...
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Metamorphosis is a story by Franz Kafka that was published in 1915 and is based on the main character Gregor Samsa. Gregor is a young businessman who is always on the run but still leaves with his parents and her sister, to whom he gives financial assistance. When he wakes...
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Forbidden Joy of Independence and the Oppressiveness of Marriage Kate Chopin's The Tale of an Hour is a reflection of late-nineteenth-century customs in which most of American society retained the profoundly rooted norm that women are inferior and should therefore remain dependent on their husbands. Women were essentially supposed to cook,...
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Most literary works are also influenced by and based on the writer's life experiences, which have affected their lives in some way. Authors also use art to attempt to convey meanings and interactions they have experienced, with the aim of mocking, advising, teaching, and entertaining their readers. Different writers present...
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