The most evident trope at play in Hillman’s excerpts was the frequent mention of seeds. Seeds represent birth, they represent the building of something new. Although Hillman talks about “terminator seeds” in a negative aspect, she makes a mention to word-seeds which really exemplifies the trope of seeds creating new growth. When you plant a seed, you have the ability to create something new, something that the world has not yet seen. In “Coda: Suggested Activism for Endangered Seeds”, Hillman gives us the bold statement of “The word-seeds will outlast you, you / know that___”, to show that the seeds we plant today have the ability to affect the world after we are long gone. To me, these “word-seeds” Hillman speaks about seem like her explain …show more content…
In her essay “A Brutal Encounter Recollected in Tranquility”, she uses the bonding word four times in the first paragraph alone. “We” is synonymous with inclusion, which is dire when trying to create community action in which power in numbers is needed. Just the use of the simple, two-letter word was enough to bring me into the moment of that protest. “We” includes me. Hillman also uses the word “we” as a stepping stone to make an allusion to an ant colony working together. As she writes, “Looking into their eyes, we think it’s possible to reach them [the police]. We reach out with my feelers”. My feelers. Feelers=Ants. Ants=Coordinated Action. Brenda Hillman=Coordinated Action. Ants are small, they are the presumed little guy. Easily squashed. But ants are resilient. They have a way of communication that leads to quick mobilization. Drop a piece of bread on the ground and in twenty minutes the whole colony will have it surrounded. Ants have power in numbers to tackle a task, that is what is needed when dealing with these oppressive issues. We, like the ants must be the underdogs, the ones who combine our power as we unite to address the problems that seem too big to handle alone. By using this trope, Hillman presents a way of coming together that mimics a species in which there is much success. Protestors want this
They understand that the tortured nation is falling under conquerors. However, they also realize, “ In the Congo, it seems the land owns the people” (Kingsolver, 283). The Congo is a force that can take down any dissension. If someone messes with the everyday life of the Congo by not following its procedures, they will be doomed by the rebuttle the Congo administers. The citizens occupying the land know how to live in a calm agreement with it and respect nature. Nevertheless, nature can always disrupt the peace with malevolent actions such as the invasion of the ants. The ants, a symbol of the power of the jungle, are enough to make the citizens run out to the river for
...be remembered as individuals acting not as a group. Lee uses this group to show that everyone is willing to be a part of a group regardless of how much harm it causes, but the second it becomes and individual matter they all turn away and let the legal process take place.
The Theme of Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare In the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ many aspects of love are explored. In this essay I will be exploring how Shakespeare conveys the theme of love including illusion, confusion, escape, harmony and lust. Historically, it has been suggested that ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was written for a wedding, signifying the importance of love in this play, however there is no real evidence to prove this myth. Rather, the Lord Chamberlain’s men performed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the London stage.
In her novel Beloved, Toni Morrison writes about the life of former slaves of Sweet Home. Sethe, one of the main characters, was once a slave to a man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Garner. After Garner’s sudden death, schoolteacher comes to Sweet Home and takes control of the slaves. His treatment of all the slaves forced them to run away. Fearing that her children would be sold, Sethe sent her two boys and her baby girl ahead to her mother-in-law. On the way to freedom, a white girl named Amy Denver helped Sethe deliver her daughter, who she later names Denver. About a month after Sethe escapes slavery, schoolteacher found her and tried to bring her back. In fear that her children would be brought back into slavery, Sethe killed her older daughter and attempted to kill Denver and her boys. Sethe, along with Denver, was sent to prison and spent three months there. Buglar and Howard, her two sons, eventually ran away. After about eighteen years, another ex-slave from Sweet Home, Paul D., came to live with Sethe and Denver. A few days later, while coming home from a carnival, Sethe, Paul D., and Denver found a young woman of about twenty on their porch. She claimed her name is Beloved. They took her in and she lived with them. Throughout the novel, Morrison uses many symbols and imagery to express her thoughts and to help us better understand the characters. Morrison uses the motif of water throughout the novel to represent birth, re-birth, and escape to freedom.
In Romeo and Juliet and Othello, love is portrayed as a complex and imperfect emotion,
Who Is Beloved by God? After reading the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, many readers may find it helpful. themselves asking who Beloved really was. There are basically three answers that would satisfy this question that she is the actual baby.
...ant power struggles and Equiano is in the middle as he notices the problems and discourses.
The ants of the colony can be seen as beings who have had their “individuality and personhood” trampled because of the grasshop...
Pure and Foolish Love in Othello Othello, the central character of William Shakespeare's play, is an excellent leader but a poor reasoner and foolish lover. The tragedy of Othello' is largely due to Othello's personality and life experience. Othello believes himself to be loved and respected by everyone around him as most people refer to him as the "noble General Othello". Othello, after realizing his tragic mistake of murdering his innocent wife, Desdemona, claims he "loved not wisely, but too well". This is an honest reflection of himself as his love was true and pure but also foolish.
In Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved, Morrison uses universal themes and characters that anyone can relate to today. Set in the 1800s, Beloved is about the destructive effects of American slavery. Most destructive in the novel, however, is the impact of slavery on the human soul. Morrison’s Beloved highlights how slavery contributes to the destruction of one’s identity by examining the importance of community solidarity, as well as the powers and limits of language during the 1860s.
In her novel Beloved, Toni Morrison explores the paradoxical nature of love both as a dangerous presence that promises suffering and a life-giving force that gives the strength to proceed; through the experiences of the run-away slave Sethe. The dangerous aspect of love is revealed through the comments of Paul D and Ella regarding the motherly love of Sethe towards her children. Sethe's deep attachment to her children is deemed dangerous due to their social environment which evidently promises that the loved one of a slave will be hurt. On the other hand, love is portrayed as a sustaining force that allows Sethe to move on with her life. All the devastating experiences Sethe endures do not matter due to the fact that she must live for her children. Although dangerous, Sethe's love finally emerges as the prevalent force that allows her to leave the past behind and move on with her life.
In William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he strides to portray the tides of love! But even for Shakespeare, It’s quite hard to grasp the understanding of love, for there is always arising complications, that get in the way of lustful love; Throughout the play, Shakespeare, undermines the notion that true love ever existed.
In William Shakespeare's 18th Sonnet he's comparing the object of his affection to a summer day. Throughout the sonnet, Shakespeare utilizes different elements found only during summer to describe the youth's beauty. His intrigue is expressed to us vividly through the use of metaphors. Shakespeare also uses imagery so that you may share in his experience.
...our differences, or view them as causes for separation and suspicion” but use them to unite us together to make a change.
Throughout all four texts there is common theme of Love. This however can be argued is a love that is destructive as one thing all the texts have in common is destruction. Both Shakespeare and Browning use it as the driving force behind their writing. Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare is a play about a man who struggles between his ambitions, and the sense of right and wrong. Love is demonstrated in this poem through the relationship of Macbeth and his wife. It is destructive force in this instant because I believe that it’s the love or lack of love that Macbeth has for his wife which drives them apart, and Lady Macbeth eventually to her death bed. Initially they are quite close with Lady Macbeth eager to share in her husband's triumphs. In the letter which he sends her, in which she reads in Act 1 scene 5 he addresses her as his 'dearest partner of greatness'. ‘Dearest and partner’ suggests that in their relationship they have a sense of equality and intimacy which is unusual as in the Shakespearean Era women were viewed as submissive to their husbands. When he says ‘greatness’ it shows that they are capable of doing countless things together.