... , the embodiment of life and death. Shelley utilizes visual imagery, creating a scene in which Victor illuminates the dark, unknowing world with a torrent of knowledge of life and death. However, the diction in the word "torrent" evokes a sense of a flood or storm, connoting the danger and hypocrisy of Victor's undertaking. The author alludes to the story of Prometheus, who brought ... against Zeus's orders and was eternally punished by the gods for doing so, foreshadowing Victor's potential downfall for destroying the barrier between life and death. In another instance, Shelley uses dic...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... clearly not satisfied with the heavenly setting and become obsessed with hunting and getting meat, even though they have food supply from all the fruit trees. William Golding uses great diction to show the pleasure the boys get from hunting, describing their animalistic urges and presenting the boys loss of innocence, it says "the sow staggered her way ahead of ... ...

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... 's idea through this metaphor is that Death does not discriminate based on race or religious beliefs, but instead takes every human for what they are- a beautiful and equal "butterfly". Unusual diction choices also help the poet further emphasize her point. "Color-caste-[and] denomination" are all words symbolic of other things. Dickinson uses "color" to represent race, as demonstrated later in ... ...

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Through establishing gender roles as one of the primary motifs in the novel, Frank Norris projects Laura as a historically distinctive character. This is evidenced through both the diction surrounding the manner and the uniqueness of her actions, comparatively. At the mere mention of approaching Mr. Jadwin, Laura's culturally apt sister gasped with utter exaggeration. Page's lack of "words" ... ...

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... , desperate emotional state. Additionally, Coleridge's use of ballad form is pivotal in portraying the sailors" changing, volatile emotions. Ballad is typified by bold, simple verse. Thus, the simple, yet bold, diction employed in ballad highlights the intensity of the mariner's journey. "Frost at Midnight," also written by Coleridge, can be linked to the mariner's journey through its exploration of loneliness. In ... ...

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The ambiguity encompassed amongst the varied literary works by Hawthorne, and the allegorical symbols within the pages of influential diction, establish inter-locked, dominant themes such as obsession, materialistic ideals, and the incompetence or the failures amongst all mankind. The eloquent works by Hawthorne share ideas reflected by the reality ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate