The ending of a literary work is one of the most effective plot devices used by authors and poets; but writers choose to bring an end to narratives in a number of ways. I will focus on the works of… Continue Reading →
Rossetti initially tells the story through setting, that of the wedding as well as flashbacks detailing experiences within natural surroundings. The poem opens with the description of ‘the church’ this is indicative of the wedding which is running theme of… Continue Reading →
Write about McCarthy’s methods of telling the story from the top of page 284 to the end of the novel
One of the main methods employed by McCarthy in bringing the story to a close is tone, for the majority of novel the tone varies from emotional to to factual through which McCarthy is able to convey the most minute… Continue Reading →
1. One of the most prominent ways in which the contents of the novel suggest that the post-apocalyptic world is the result of nuclear war is in the ubiquitous presence of ash. The man and boy are explained to be… Continue Reading →
The Road is a harrowing tale of the journeys of an unnamed man and his son, it features major themes including spirituality, violence, isolation and a continuing idea of good vs. evil. However one thing that remains constant is the… Continue Reading →
Place is a narrative device paramount to effectively helping the plot progress but also conveying ideas about mood, themes and time-period. Rossetti, Fitzgerald and McCarthy are three writers with three very different writing styles however the one constant is the… Continue Reading →
The value attached to hardship by Nietzsche at times seems overbearing and harsh, however it can’t be argued with that the views espoused by Nietzsche and his approach to life are undoubtedly true. The theme of suffering being a catalyst… Continue Reading →
Number Crunching Connectives – the connectives within the books sentence structure seem to be quite consequential; words like ‘although’ and ‘but’ suggest that following a main point there is another side which in-line with the general structure of the book… Continue Reading →
The foremost relationship presented in the poem is that of the unnamed protagonist and her sister Maude, the narrator seems to have a deep-seated resentment towards the aforementioned sister. The poem begins with a rhetorical question which is answered with… Continue Reading →