In an excerpt of The Street, Ann Petry illustrates Lutie Johnson's determination against the formidable wind and offers a perspective that sheds light on its underestimated consequences. Through personification and selection of detail, the narrator effectively characterizes the wind and its unrelenting "fingers" as an unwelcoming and obtrusive force that is capable of uncovering society's filth. By initially introducing the November wind as a personified figure, the narrator sets up the cold gust
There has been much talk about how the events of September 11 changed everything. I don't think they changed the central urgency and relevance of what each one of us does with our life.. I think we're all being pressured by history. How many people have lost their jobs or are re-evaluating their work and lives? Those of us who are concerned about the issues of diversity, coexistence, reconciliation, conflict prevention, understanding and tolerance, peace and justice, will find our life gives us
“giv(ing my) obedience where tis truly owed”, she was looking after her chicks. My wife and chicks were a team, “her young ones in her nest, against the owl”. They fought hard, against the tyrant, but their strength and willpower wasn’t enough and “the weak, poor innocent lamb(s) (were offered up) T’ appease an angry god”. “All my pretty chickens and their dam… fell (at one) swoop”; I knew that they were gone, a mother with many beautiful chicks. Their “ghosts… (Still) haunt me” and the love she gave
their driver, these death-beasts kill. They could finish a man in one fell swoop, ruining his body in a mizzle of blood. Countless days I weighed my options, and eventually I gained the courage. It was my wyrd to break the rules, and cross Vernon path. I exited JFK/UMass with the sole intention of walking Mount Vernon street As a brown bear lopes across the killing-field, approaching the feeble deer, God having chosen their fate, one to die and the other to
after Icarus fell into the ocean. The Icarus myth and poem both share the same views of irony, but differ in their use of conflict and theme. The authors of the poem and the myth both share the same literary element of dramatic irony. Icarus' neighbors "never [dreamed] that the gray, respectable suit" Icarus wore "concealed arms that had [once] controlled huge wings" (Field). Icarus is hiding in plain sight among this new city, but no one there knows his identity. They consider him as one of them,
This sentence described the narrator of the poem destroying the mouse's nest and reflecting on how even the best of plans can go wrong. These stories contain many similarities as both speak of hope and dreams and how they can become crushed in one fell swoop. The book “Of Mice and Men” has a story that describes the loss of hope and destruction of two ranchers’ dreams. It follows Lennie and George, two ranchers on the run from another ranch. George is a short
In the fictional story, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie, a Native American author, describes the problems of a teenager living between two different cultures; one Native American, and the other white. Alexie uses figurative language elements to convince teenagers to be aware and support people living between two worlds in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. By using these literary elements, Sherman Alexie guides the audience to respond emotionally
Christian God. Yet, Zeus has a hard time controlling this specific emotion. Zeus was married to Hera, but he still has his affairs with other women, not excluding mortals. The names of some of these women are Europa, Io, Alkamine, and Semele. When he fell in love with Europa he was turned into a bull and took her across the sea. Io was turned into a cow as the result of their love. Alkamine was the mother to Zeus’s child, Hercules, and Semele was the mother to Zeus’s child, Dionysus. The fact that Zeus
characterized by Lady Macbeth. Macduff does not grief like a man until he hears the news of his family’s death . At first Macduff’s reaction to his family's death is feminine when he says “All my pretty ones?/ Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?/ What, all my pretty chickens and their dam/ At one fell swoop?”.(4.3,253-257) Malcolm interjects by saying “Dispute it like a man.”.(4.3,258) Macduff responds to Malcolm by saying “I shall do so, But I must also feel it as a man./ I cannot but remember such
Macbeth makes his first kill after killing Duncan and he is freaking out about the blood on his hands. “ Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No: this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine Making the green one red”(Shakespeare, II.ii.60-63). “...Fear, horror and pain is increased...being Macbeth’s description of himself wading in a river of blood”(Spurgeon 126). Lady Macbeth is going crazy because of the guilt of killing Duncan. “Out damned spot! Out I say
holding mine as he seals my fate of lonelyness. The pain was numbing. Some nights were difficult. Some nights were dreadful. Most nights I felt dead. I stared at the hosiptal barelets fastened on my writsts. There was two of them. One from the emergancy room and one from the physc ward. They didn't want to let me leave, but I no longer showed signs of physical harm and they no longer could find a reason to keep me. I watched as the memories played through my mind, forcing myself to watch because
Something about being able to show people how I feel and see the world without speaking or writing relaxed me; I fell in love again. This passion was different though; not the thrilling sense of genius I felt when I solved a problem, but a quiet one. With each glob of paint my mind was able to swoop, and twist, and turn in ways it couldn’t in the rigidity of resolving equations. When the class had ended I wanted to continue painting, but I discovered, sadly
rapid expansion of local railways and railways linking major centres of population, industry and raw materials. This expansion was followed by a period of amalgamation by which the larger companies absorbed smaller companies, sometimes in one fell swoop, and sometimes by running powers moving into complete operation and finally absorption. The golden age of railways was arguably the Edwardian era from 1901 to 1911 (really 1914). Railways had no serious competitors in long distance haulage
chance of slipping on the canyon walls that have been smoothed by the tumbling water for who knows how long. And what if I fell? How would I get back up, if I broke my arm or leg I couldn’t very well finish the climbing down. There’s a chance that my friend or the guide with me could help me finish, but not a good chance. Imagine carrying over 100 pounds down a waterfall with only one hand to hold
She looked upon the man, horrified. Under more congenial circumstances she might be admiring his rugged looks or imposing demeanor. As it was however, her normally graceful and ageless face was left perturbed, unable to shake the worry that now infected her own visage. "I'm sure everything is fine, Fort Mana's walls have never been breached before." she intoned, though her hollow tone showed how little confidence she had in the stock answer. Another boom settled across the landscape. The screams
The answer is simply that one must make sense from the senseless, order from the chaos, and meaning from the void. Gregor, who had been reduced to a dull tool of society long before, was an empty existence. His outside appearance later came to reflect his identity: an insignificant
leads to Macduff changing his point of view on how Macbeth really was and what he will do to kill Macbeth and get him out of power. Macduff shows his emotion by saying “He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say "all"? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?” 4.3.255-262. When Macduff killed Macbeth, he talked about how he dismembered his head by saying “Hail, King! for so thou art. Behold, where stands Th' usurper's cursèd head. The time is free. I see
Evil, harmful or tending to harm; No one is perfect when you were in your teens you probably yelled at your parents or maybe threw a temper tantrum, this most likely brought harm to your parents, but they will still love you. Macbeth is a play based in Scotland mid 11th century, about a character named Macbeth. During the play you watch as Macbeth rises to power, Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and finally King, after murdering the previous King, Duncan. Throughout the play Macbeth becomes more
environmental harms that those who have no power or money experience. Likewise, Thich Nhat Hanh doesn’t acknowledge directly the complexities of social systems. However, perhaps making the connection to yourself and the environment, considering them as one, would bring all classes of people to be kinder to both each other and the
Duncan's murder, where he reflects on the weight of his actions. In Act 2, Scene 2, Macbeth pleads, "Will all great Neptune’s Ocean wash this blood, clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather, the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. i.e. "(A2, S2, L55-61). This quote shows Macbeth's realization that he will permanently leave a mark on his mind, symbolized by the imagery of blood stains on his