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Literary Techniques and Personification in Watership Down by Richard Adams (356 words, 1 pages)

Watership Down as Good Literature Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is considered good literature because of the literary techniques and because of the plot. Several literary techniques are used to pull the reader in and the plot is a well constructed to hold their attention. Watership Down's plot is an ... Read More

The Olympic Torch as a Personification of Unity and Peace (588 words, 1 pages)

Olympic Games- (oh-lim-pic) noun, plural A competition in summer and winter sports held every four years for athletes from all over the world. After 1992, the schedules of the summer and winter competitions were staggered. The Summer Games take place every four years, starting from 1992. The Winter Games take ... Read More

Personification of an Animal in The Heart of a Peacock (310 words, 1 pages)

The Heart of a Peacock emphasizes the peacock is personified as a human being with personal emotions and feelings. The peacocks drastic changes at first, he is lonely and proud but later he becomes a loyal, but his proud spirits crushed creature. In the beginning, the peacock is a pretentious ... Read More

President as the Personification of Government in Zambia (4165 words, 7 pages)

Throughout the development of Zambia one common feature has been inherent in the country's Constitutional legacy and this is the presence a strong executive who appears to have increased in strength over the years. This has in turn prompted scholars to ask the question "to what extent does the Constitution ... Read More

An Analysis of the Personifications in “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding (1115 words, 2 pages)

Jack (and his tribe) represent anarchy. Jack did not have the integrity to keep the Beast at bay. He is the perpetrator of all three deaths that occur on the island and wishes to spend his time hunting (killing) instead of helping Ralph with rescue. Jack Merridew is a young ... Read More

Raphael: A Personification of High Renaissance (1185 words, 3 pages)

Thesis Statement In my research, I have seen how Raphael individually personifies what the High Renaissance encircles. RAPHAEL OUTLINE I.Early Life A.Childhood B.Family C.Father as court painterD.Study in Perugia. II.Florentine Period A.Study under Leonardo da Vinci B.Works that he did while in Florence. C.Interaction with Michelangelo and other artists. III.Roman ... Read More

The Portrayal of an Unfaithful Woman Using Imagery and Personification in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 139 (957 words, 3 pages)

In sonnet 139, Shakespeare uses imagery and personification to portray an unfaithful woman while his tone reveals the excessive suffering that his ladys betrayals bring. The man in this poem tends to unhealthily depend upon the approval, love, and care of his idealized lady even though she has been unfaithful. ... Read More

The Use of Metaphors, Personification, and Parallel Structure in To an Athlete Dying Young, a Poem by A.E. Housman (742 words, 3 pages)

Analysis of To an Athlete Dying YoungA.E. Housmans poem To an Athlete Dying Young is an elegy honoring a particularly gifted young athlete who passes away at the apex of his career. The author effectively communicates his viewpoint on fame and death through use of various literary devices, creating a ... Read More

The Use of Personification and Metaphor to Illustrate the Core Value of Transcendentalism in the Works of Walt Whitman and Ralph Emerson (894 words, 3 pages)

Transcendentalism PaperThe Puritans of New England called their home, A city upon a hill. They put themselves on a pedestal, and this depicts Puritan values and characteristics. If someone lives upon a hill, they are watching everyone around them. In Puritan society, people were aware they were constantly being watched ... Read More

The Personification of Animals in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (726 words, 3 pages)

In the novella Animal Farm, George Orwell personifies animals, which allows animals on a farm to have human-like characteristics. This book contains indecisive aspects of communism and democracy while using personification, imagery and foreshadowing to continue the plot. When reading the first chapter, Orwell immediately introduces the farmer, Mr. Jones, ... Read More

The Personification of America in The Great Gatsby, a Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald (470 words, 2 pages)

What Goes Around Comes AroundIn F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, the character of Jay Gatsby personifies the nation of America on a whole. His actions represent and resonate with occurrences within American society in 1920s and are still applicable even now. In the novel, Gatsby lives in an environment ... Read More

Personification to Develop Foreshadowing in The Street, a Novel by Ann Petry (3094 words, 9 pages)

In literature, personification is used to attribute human traits or personalities to non-human items. In the beginning of her novel, The Street, Ann Petry utilizes personification as a tool to develop foreshadowing and set the stage for future events. In the first chapter of The Street, Petry describes the wind ... Read More

The Symbolism and Personification of Love Eternal (1096 words, 3 pages)

I am the most beautiful diamond that exists. I have known this since the day I was brought into this very store and placed in this very display window. I represent a vow that two people make, I represent true love. I sit at the front of the Tiffany store ... Read More

Personification Demonstrates Courage During Hard Times in Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet and Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry (361 words, 2 pages)

Upon the Burning of our House by Anne Bradstreet is a piece of puritanliterature that was written in 1666. It is about her house burning down,but instead of letting the grief take hold of her Bradstreet turns to Godfor consolation. The speech Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by ... Read More

The Personification of Monsieur C.G. in The Painter of the Modern Life, an Essay by Charles Baudelaire (707 words, 2 pages)

Response to Charles Baudelaire The Painter of Modern LifeCharles Baudelaire describes The Painter of Modern Life as a man of such rarity and distinctiveness that even though his name was concealed behind the personification of Monsieur C. G., he would be easily recognizable to those who might have known him ... Read More

The Personification of Time and Nature in But I Can’t, a Poem by W.H. Auden (501 words, 2 pages)

Written Commentary Selected Auden PoemIn But I Cant by W. H. Auden, time is personified in order to demonstrate that the inevitability of time has great influence on ones life in predetermining ones fate. In this poem, Auden uses personification as well as nature imagery to further his views on ... Read More

A Study of the Statue of Eirene, a Goddess Personification of Peace (1443 words, 7 pages)

MUSEUM PAPER ASSIGNMENTThe sculpture that I chose to write about is the Marble statue of Eirene. The MET has the Roman copy of the Greek original on display amongst their collection of artwork. This piece dates back to . This piece struck me as particularly beautiful, and almost a little ... Read More

An Analysis of Personification in the Stolen Child, a Poem by W. B. Yeats (514 words, 2 pages)

As defined in The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, personification is a figure of speck in which human traits and characteristics are given to anything that is nonhuman. This includes abstract ideas, objects, and animals. As humans, we are able to perform a wide variety of actions, and ... Read More

The Personification of Oppression through a Doppelganger Double in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1532 words, 4 pages)

The Personification of Oppression Through a Doppelgnger DoubleAt first glance and under insufficient scrutiny, the persona of Jane Eyre reflects a slightly expanded Cinderella character. But Jane Eyre's personality and life delve much deeper than a superfluous "rags to riches" story. Her identity is as complex as literature can convey ... Read More

The Use of Symbolism, Personification and Form in Theme for English B by Langston Hughes (929 words, 4 pages)

One of the best writers of the 20th Century would indeed have to be Langston Hughes. His works over the years have been astonishing and yet even today admirers of his writings still read every piece of work like it was the first time it was ever written. In his ... Read More

An Analysis of Personification and Attention to Detail in the Novel The Street by Ann Petry (585 words, 2 pages)

In Jonathan Larsons Pulitzer Prize-winning play,RENT, the main characters struggle to make ends meet in New Yorks bohemian East Village. The onset of winter, in conjunction with the formidable temperament of city life, provides a constant threat to the menageries livelihood, but the protagonists keep up their daily grind. Larson ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Personification and Imagery in the Essay, Hands by Ted Kooser (517 words, 2 pages)

Analysis Essay Hands by Ted KooserTed Koosers essay, Hands, is a reflection upon how the authors own hands not only resemble that of his fathers but provide an emotional bridge between the pair. Through the use of personification and imagery to enhance parallel between the author and his father as ... Read More

The Use of Alliteration, Polysyndeton and Personification in the Setting of the Poem Aeneid by Virgil (387 words, 2 pages)

Aeneid Lines 81-91 ReflectionThe vivid and violent setting created by Vergil, in lines 81-91, is done by the use of alliteration, polysyndeton and personification. Vergils Aeneid is riddled with literary devices. He uses them frequently in lines 81-91 to describe the events surrounding Aeoluss winds attack on the Trojans. There ... Read More

Exposing the Hard Work Through Personification, Analogy and Metaphysical Conceit in The Balloon of the Mind by W.B. Yeats (639 words, 3 pages)

The Fleeting MindA poets struggle to write is one of the last places one would think to draw inspiration yet, in W.B. Yeats poem The Balloon of the Mind, the narrator does just that. The four-lined poem, using personification, analogy, and an overarching metaphysical conceit, manages to expose the hard ... Read More

The Portrayal of Dying for War Through the Use of Irony, Imagery and Personification in the Poem Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen (657 words, 4 pages)

In the poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth," Wilfred Owen uses irony, imagery, and personification to suggest that dying for war is unfortunate and meaningless. Owen compares the mass killing of young men who willingly charge to their deaths by the murderous rattling of machine guns, to the mechanized slaughter of ... Read More

Personification and Evaluation of Wolf’s Guilt or Innocence in the Fable of The Three Little Pigs (966 words, 3 pages)

We all are familiar with the fable of The Three Little Pigs, but the story looks different when we analyze it through the lens of the wolfs guilt or innocence. It is easy to see the story as a tale of a predator simply following his primal instinct to hunt ... Read More

The Use of Personification and Allusions in Wallflowers by Donna Vorreyer (442 words, 2 pages)

Words can be used by people in many different ways. Some words are used in a persons vocabulary while others are abandoned. In Wallflowers by Donna Vorreyer, the idea that everyone can be accepted is explored through the use of personification and allusions.To begin, the personification used establishes the idea ... Read More

Personification of Divine Love and Compassion as Portrayed by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (408 words, 4 pages)

Mata Amritanandamayi Deviis the personification of divine Love andCompassion. Ammas life, which is aconstant offering for the welfare of Herchildren, can be viewed only with awe andwonder. Her entire life is an eloquentcommentary on the nature of selflessunconditional love. Her every look, word, anddeed, nay Her very breath, is for ... Read More

Emily Dickinson: The Personification of Individuality (476 words, 1 pages)

Emily DickensonEmily Dickinsons unusual character and style has made her become one of the worlds most famous poets. In her poems, she expresses her feelings about religion, nature, death and love. Her poems tell a great deal about her lifestyle, which was very secluded and withdrawn from society.Dickinsons prosperous family ... Read More

The Personification of Christ in the Red Cross Knight’s Character (1699 words, 4 pages)

-Jesus Christ and the Red Cross Knight-In his first book of The Faerie Queen, Edmund Spenser recites the tale of the Red Cross Knight and the many trials and tribulations that he encounters along his quest to save Princess Una's kingdom. Throughout the tale Spenser makes many allusions to the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013