Use Of Language Techniques In The Great Gatsby

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EBB uses personal pronouns in 'I,' and 'my,' by using first person personal form in order to develop a sense of intimacy and expression between the reader. EBB then emphasizes this intimacy by using emotive language in "sweet, sad years," and "tears" in order to allow the audience a personal insight into her perspective and view, allowing. Juxtaposition is also used in "sweet, sad" in order to juxtapose different parts of her multifaceted emotions, associating emotions with complexity for the reader. These uses of language techniques all emphasize the importance of intimacy in the Victorian context, which is achieved through EBB's use of 1st person personal as a choice of language form. Snapshots of Humanity can be reflected both …show more content…

In sonnets 1 and 32, EBB demonstrates that the idea of the female perspective can be liberated by undermining the stereotypes relating to poetry. Alternatively, in the Great Gatsby, F. Scott.Fitzgerald provides an alternative view to women's liberty, by creating the illusion of women’s liberty. In Sonnet 1, EBB begins her use of expression using sonnets, representing a large shift in the typical gender of renowned sonneteers. Since Sonnets had typically been stereotyped as a form of male expressionism and perspective, the Sonnets of the Portuguese spoke strongly against this stereotype, by specifically standing for the female point of view. This can be seen in the first line of Sonnet 1: "I thought once how Theocritus had sung," which uses both historical allusion to the famous ancient Greek male poet and metaphor to relate poetry to songs in order to prove that male poetry had been the dominant form of expression since the ancient Greeks and emphasizing that EBB is defying this stereotype. This defiance contributes to sense of women’s liberty in expressionism. This is further emphasized through another use of metaphor and hyperbole in “Those of my own life,” where EBB expresses to the audience that poetry now IS her life, which is emphasized by the obvious hyperbole used. This demonstrates to the audience that she has essentially ‘claimed’ her right of self-expression through this multifaceted art-form, {show how liberty is

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