... " and creator. The use of the words "Black rain and fire and hail..." (28) also helps the reader prepare for the apocalyptic climax which Shelley intended. As the rising action continues, Shelley talks of the "Mediterranean" (31) and its "summer dreams" (30). In the dream, the reader finds the sea laying "Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay/ And saw in sleep old palaces and towers/ Quivering within the wave's intenser day" (32-34). Shelley implants the idea of a volcano with the word "pumice." The "old ... in the sea, air and land. Shelley identifies himself with the land, the sky and th...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... it. (Pg. 28) This shows that Tom does not care if he hurts the feelings of the person to whom he speaks with. Nick's carefulness when speaking and Tom's Carelessness reveals a lot about their morality. It shows that Nick's morals are high he can not hurt an old man who had just lost his son; whereas Tom's morals are so low, that ... thing that perhaps had better been left alone. But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together, and to us together...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School