(121) - The five conventions are invocation, flashbacks, epic similes, metrical structure, and stock epithet. Philosophies (Women)- Homer’s philosophies about women is that women lead to no good since he changed the cause of the Trojan War to women starting the war. Woman fall into two groups “property and interlocutors for male characters” meaning they were more like support to the story (Sparknotes.com). Criticism- Criticism about the Iliad and Homer is that people believed he was a woman
colour, nevertheless Hayden uses colour to describe the cold. This further increases the emphasis on this word. Secondly, alliteration is used in various places throughout the poem. Two instances of this are the repetition of “w”s in “from labor in the weekday weather” (verse 1, line 4) and the repetition of “b”s in “made banked fires blaze” (verse 1, line 5). Both of the alliterations sound abrasive, therefore they accentuate the taciturn atmosphere between the father and son. Furthermore, when Hayden
egregious sins or turned their back to Christianity. Second, metaphor is used to foreshadow Beowulf’s inevitable triumph. For example, God is described as “weaving / a victory on His war-loom for the Weather-Geats” (697-698). This shows how God always supports those that fight under His name for the sake of good. Third, alliteration is used to build up to the climax of Grendel’s defeat. For example, the author writes “Stalwart in action, they kept striking out / on every side, seeking to cut / straight to
poems; Dulce Et Decorum Est (pro patria mori) and Anthem for Doomed Youth, he conveys his and other soldiers terrifying experiences that are the Horrors of War. Owen’s poems portray his personal feelings about being a soldier in World War 1, the grim living conditions of being surrounded by death and suffering. He wanted readers to understand that War is not a glorified adventure, and by using effective language features he creates realistic imagery of what happened during that time. An effective language
44-46). Life-in-Death and Death play a dice game as they gamble for the mariner's life. This represents the carelessness and control death has over all human lives, and souls. This could also be representative of the human soul being in a tug-of-war state between good and evil, but these descriptions could also be showing the random yet meaningful turns that life can take. Life can end at any moment, and so it is best to be on good spiritual terms at all
spiritual desolation: of a Europe projected into turmoil after WWI. People could not reconcile their thoughts to a benign God that would allow mass slaughter. Brave New World is set in a dystopian future at approximately 2542 A.D. After a cataclysmic war, the society created is devoid of suffering to the extent that it has become a 'sin'. However, Huxley believed that beauty is the product of pain. He thought that religion's decline and science's advancement were 'working synergistically' to undermine