(Williams 73) A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams exemplifies the theme of a struggle to attain happiness. The play not only portrays this theme in its characters and setting‚ but through the literary devices of Foil‚ Imagery‚ and Intertextuality. Williams took great care in applying each of these literary device techniques to the theme as he presents an intriguing contrast between Blanche and Stanley‚ vivid images both animalistic and broken‚ and imploring the use of the Odyssey to further
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Critical appreciation of a poem is defined as the critical reading of a poem. The meaning of its words‚ its rhyme‚ scheme‚ the speaker‚ figures of speech‚ the references to other works (intertextuality)‚ the style of language‚ the general writing style of the poet ( if mentioned)‚ the genre‚ the context‚ the tone of the speaker and such other elements make up the critical reading or appreciation. It does not mean criticising the poem. A critical appreciation helps in a better understanding of the
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Ian McEwan’s 1999 novel Atonement demonstrates the consequences of a false accusation as it progresses over three different time periods. Through a variety of literary techniques and devices‚ including intertextuality‚ symbolism‚ imagery‚ characterisation and metafiction‚ McEwan demonstrates the danger of an imagination that can’t quite see the boundaries of what is real and what is unreal. He explores the dangers of a falsified reality‚ while the suffering because of his protagonist Briony’s imagination
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techniques that are explored throughout King Lear. Inarritu’s film has explored the use of Intertextuality between several other works of arts‚ and artists. For example the use of Zach Galifinakas‚ who normally plays a silly‚ yet hilarious actor. Raymond Carver’s‚ What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚ and the actor Michael Keaton who played Birdman‚ also whom also played Batman. Another Intertextuality that can be connected to Shakespeare‚ is when the homeless man who is
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postmodern movies. A postmodern movie can be attached to several genres at the same time.One of the major characteristics of postmodernism‚ quotation shows itself as intertextuality. It can also be engaged to non-linearity in some examples. Postmodern movies mostly contain references to other movies. That’s a major element of intertextuality. While it is common to recognize reference to other movies it is also possible for a postmodern movie to reflect upon its own process. Parodies and pastiches have
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Main Ideas/Questions Details Be aware. There is no such thing as “Original”. Inspect this aspect of literature. One story. Intertextuality. Look out for patterns‚ archetypes‚ and recurrences. There is no such thing as an original piece of literature because everything contains an element from another place. It’s not as if the writer meant to copy the ideas‚ but merely subconsciously
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religious or not its almost impossible not to see similar themes‚ ideas and concepts between most literature and the Bible. The reason a reader so often sees biblical references come up in other work‚ is a little thing literature likes to call intertextuality. Writers often reference common Biblical stories that carry symbolic implications through a work‚ and writers such as Dickens employ many Biblical parallels for the reader to reference. Before the 20th century writers could rely on the general
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1) There are several postmodern elements in the film Pan’s Labyrinth. Two of the most prominent are the concepts of intertextuality and hyperreality. Intertextuality exists in the film’s heavy references to Greek mythology and mythological figures. The concept of hyperreality on the other hand exists in the film’s premise of the existence of a so called fanstasy world that transcends the normal bounds of reality. 2) Ofelia - As one of the leading characters‚ Ofelia is a child that is a reincarnation
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A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SHORT STORY OF O. HENRY’S “THE GIFT OF THE MAGI” RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department by: MULYATI A 320 040 336 SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2008 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Story book is one of reading media which most people are interested in. They prefer to read story book other kind of book such
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Student name Proff name Course title Spring Date due The importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires
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