A dark haze filled the night air. Happy birthday to me, Mist thought as she slipped through the abandoned street. It was an hour past curfew and if you were anyone else you wouldn’t dare to creep around in the night, but Mist wasn’t anyone else. Her misty blue hair and unique black attire was known all along the land. People feared Mist but they also respected her. Although her father, Captain Hook, who feared little boys and stayed hidden in his broken down boat, was a laughing stock, her tough
effective simile because no one back home will be expecting their proud soldiers described as beggars. The simile ‘coughing like hags’ was used because the men who went into battle were relatively young, yet after battle they looked old and ugly, hence hags. With this one sentence Owen implies health conditions that no one at home would ever dream of. Words like Hags, Cursed and Haunting are used as they all have connotations of evil to emphasise the misery and hardship of the front lines. Owen
bonnet.” Mattie’s hair was also described as looking like a “drift of mist on the moon”. Unlike Zeena’s uninviting hairstyle, Mattie’s hair had a soft and silky quality to it. Mattie seemed to walk about the house with a halo of light surrounding her, almost like an angel. The conflicting hairstyles of the two women represented an overall difference in personalities. Mattie was a feminine young girl, while Zeena was an old hag who made no attempt to better her appearance. In addition to appearance
Clive Staples Lewis, author of The Screwtape Letters, was a famous novelist throughout the 20th century, and a prominent Oxford professor. He grew up hating God as an atheist writing works like “De Profundis” in which he curses God. Lewis fought in the first world war as a second lieutenant, and was pulled out for a million dollar wound. J.R.R. Tolkien and he were very good friends, Tolkien playing an important part of Lewis' conversion in 1931. From this he developed a firm faith which greatly changed
How does Shakespeare characterize the witches? * What is their thematic significance? How does Shakespeare characterize the witches? In the play Macbeth, the witches have been characterised intimately. Shakespeare has portrayed them as evil hags that are possessed by the devil. The belief that witches are part of reality was widespread. The book, Daemonologie (published 1599), written by James I, shows that James firmly believed in the power of witchcraft and the harm that it could
scene. The soldiers, who have been fighting for a long time in the trenches, are finally returning to their billets to rest. The exhaustion of the men is shown here through similes which compare the men to old beggars and hags, ‘like beggars under sacks’ and ‘coughing like hags’, although they were young men, showing just how exhausted they were and the effects the war is having on them physically. Also, the men are ‘blood-shod’ which makes them seem more like horses than human beings. Owen also
What is Wilfred Owen’s attitude towards Worlds War 1 and how is this shown through his poetry? You should comment upon and compare at least two of his poems and describe the tone he writes in the imagery he uses and the poetical techniques he includes to convey his opinions. Wilfred Owen was born in Shropshire on 18th March 1893. He was the son of a railway worker and was educated at schools in Shrewsbury and Liverpool. Wilfred was encouraged to write poetry from an early age by his devoted mother
The Importance of the Three Witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth Works Cited Missing The witches, who are also known as the three sisters, play an important part in the play 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare. I will discuss what impact the witches gave to the Elizabethans and what impact it gave to the play. I will also discuss what the witches look like and their illusion on the stage and why James I was so scared of them. Shakespeare wrote Macbeth as a historical tragedy. Macbeth was
A Comparison of Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum est” to Alfred Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade” In this essay I will attempt to compare and contrast Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum est” to Alfred Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade”. I will examine the use of poetic devices in the poems as well as outline what is happening in each. Wilfred Owen was born on the 18th of March 1893 in owestry, United Kingdom. He was the oldest of four children and was educated in an evangelical
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – The Believable Character of Sir Gawain One of the most important components of any literary work is the central character. To make literature truly great is to have a character whose personality is believable. When the character is believable, the reader is more likely to relate to the character and be drawn into the work. There are three basic ways a character's personality can be revealed to a reader: what the character thinks about him or herself, how others
CHAPTER ONE One Witch, Two Witch, Three Witch, Four Last night I dreamed that I was standing on the top of a tall wall in the middle of some tiny town. Yellow and red painted timber houses bordered the narrow moonlit cobblestone street below. A witch suddenly appeared out of nowhere and I watched her long black cape, cast an eerie silver shadow. She swiftly searched the darkness and spotted someone who was waddling a ways off. In my dream I saw her hop onto her broomstick and zoom up alongside
The Dysfunctional Family of King Lear One of the reasons why Shakespeare is so thoroughly read today is because of his ability to portray human nature so accurately through his characters. Shakespeare's play, King Lear shows us that humans are treacherous and selfish. We can also relate to the play because of the family issues that Shakespeare incorporates throughout the work. Lear's family is definitely a dysfunctional one. However, the disrupted family unit is the basis for the play's