Essays on Metaphors

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” is one of his easiest to read and, simultaneously, one of his most interesting poems. It covers several themes but the main theme is of aging, and the passing of time. The unhappy speaker muses about his impeding old age, and how this reminds him about the importance of love. Shakespeare uses many literary and stylistic devices to convey and enhance this theme. As the title suggests, the poem is in Shakespearian sonnet form, with fourteen lines and a rhyming scheme. The speaker and setting are inextricably linked and are central to the poem. ...

Integration of rhetoric on health and medicine provides a platform for scholars and students to explore the different schools of thought that contribute to the practice of modern medicine. Additionally, health researchers use rhetoric to understand the various resource backgrounds which enables them to share knowledge and experience in the shifting landscape of health and medicine. It is understood that the healthcare industry loses billions of money in cases where patients are negligent of the instructions and advices given by their doctors leading to high rates of non-compliance. In the recent past, scholars in the medical and health fields ...

Titus Andronicus is one of the bloodiest of Shakespare's tragedies, with many characters dying or being tortured both on stage and off. What stands out in the mist of all this violence, though, is that the imagery used in many of the lines echoes it. Characters often use metaphors referring to hands and tongues, and other body parts, which mirror the condition of the characters they are talking about. A particularly powerful example is the dialogue in Act II between Lavinia and her cousin Marcus Andronicus. By matching the extreme violence of what has happened to Lavinia with the ...

Dreams often come as crucial aspect of our lives and a focus of close considerations since they often are considered the inner sources which drive our actions and behaviors and vastly define who we are. Meanwhile, the deferred dreams have great impact on the personality and affects one's attitudes and perceptions in many different ways. Just as there is a diversity of dream, the experiences related to its deferral are both widely diverse and truly unique, as it may be seen in the characters of the “Fences” by August Wilson. This essay thereby aims to analyze the dreams of ...

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 by design mocks the traditional love poems of Shakespeare’s times. More traditional love poems were rife with exaggerated comparisons that extolled the beauty of the beloved. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 outright makes fun of such things in lines like the opening: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;” (1). While much of his poem is spent describing her lover’s shortcomings, in the end he claims to love her. Shakespearean sonnets are fourteen lines long and consist of four parts (Kennedy n.p.; Owen 260). The first three parts known as quatrains each consist ...

The Christian Bible and Islamic Quran chare a surprising number of similar themes and ideas as a result of their shared religious heritage and birthplaces; an example of this is found in the Bible’s “Sermon on the Mount” parable from the Mathew Gospel and the Quran’s “Lord of Mercy”. It is important to note that the Lord of Mercy referenced by the Koran can include a number of passages, as Allah is directly references as the Lord of Mercy many times; unless specified otherwise, this report will refer primarily to the opening of the Koran for simplicity. ...

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The Gangster Movie: Questions and Answers

1. VIDEO CLIP 1: Identify two classical conventions of gangster genre (e.g. theme, plot device, character type, and/or stylistic device) present in this image and briefly explain the significance of each one. (2 points) The two classical conventions of Gangster Genre present in the first video are theme and character type. The theme that is being explored in the video clip is the immigrant criminal, who has been left to die in humiliation and as a comic, as required by the Production Code Administration (PCA). The character type is the gangster, who has dark, ethnic ...

Introduction

There are periods in life when it seems that it is impossible to go on, rise from ashes, or simply continue a journey. This time may be characterized as a dark hour, a gloomy dream, or a “the light vanished from our golden sun” (Wilde 25). It is challenging to encounter with the most difficult circumstances and to have strength to overcome them. Not everyone has an inner will and power to overcome the barriers and find a guiding threat again. However, literature presents the readers with the invaluable gift of experience, inspiration, and guidance, which helps to continue ...

Invisibility of Women - Literature analyses of “The Women Men Don’t See” by James Tiptree Jr. in compare and contrast to “Invisibility in Academe” by Adrienne Rich

Introduction

The two literary texts analyzed in this essay are centered on the subject of feminine rights, power, and gender equality. James Tiptree expresses disdain for male domination in his story ‘The Women Men Don’t See’. He is concerned with the blatant disregard for feminine rights and identity flaunted by male dominance. On the other hand, Adrienne Rich writes an account of the feminine struggles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience were written in the 18th century. Blake used parallel versions of his poems to construct an ideal form of human existence which he later compared against the contemporary society. His works, which were sometimes considered deeply spiritual, caused some of his critics to dismiss him as a Lunatic and his work as the rantings of a lunatic. Blake was also an artist and his images accompanied most of his poems. Blake used parallel poems to respond to the decay in the human values in the society (Vines 116). Many ...

Introduction

The various forms of literature can best be defined by their format of presentation. In fact, every type of literary work employs a unique mechanism in its method of delivery and this attribute differentiates all literature pieces. For starters, poems have a rhythmic tone in their presentation that is achieved through the skillful composition of the stanzas and rhyme. On the other hand, short stories utilize multiple literary devices and narration in the presentation of the plot. Additionally, the characters in this type of literature have unique attributes intended to communicate a hidden message to the reader. Plays, on ...

A. Bibliographical research about Robert Frost

1. Childhood and youth of Robert Frost 2. Life twists in later years

B. Career challenges and achievements

1. First steps in literary world 2. Poetry keyline and poetic achievements C. Writing style and attitudes of Robert Frost 1. Style and peculiar features 2. Major themes D. Poem presentation III. Conclusion Being a renowned American poet, Robert Lee Frost is an eminent figure in the literary world and a distinguished artist with a profound oeuvre of remarkable masterpieces, remembered, nurtured and admired to this date. His life and artistic legacy raise a particular interest and urge to investigate his life story and fundamental factors ...

Love and marriage have always been an inexhaustible topic in the literature of all nation and all times. Depiction of various shades of emotion in this context has offered the reader a great enjoyment as well as some food for thought. The short story The Story of an Hour by an American writer Kate Chopin is one of the examples of Considering the moral conventions of the her time, especially with regard to female rights and behavior, this story was definitely an unusual approach to interpreting the relationship between the sexes: the female protagonist hears about the abrupt death ...

Critical thinking

Gareth Morgan “is a British/Canadian organizational theorist, management consultant and Distinguished Research Professor at York University in Toronto” (Witzel ,2003). In 1986 he wrote a tremendous work on management “Images of organization”. This book was translated into many languages and is still republishing. While writing this book, Morgan had the idea to unite all existing theories and bring the most complete and easy understanding of the structure of any organization. He succeeded in completing this ask, that is why his book is still valuable and widely used. After reading this book I have got a lot of new information ...

Architecture is an art that seeks to give out various messages without using the conventional tools and means of communication. Over time, the tools used by architects to pass their messages have evolved, with the modern day architects divided into some who follow the traditional approaches to architectural expression, and those who opt to adopt new ways of expression. This paper argues that modern day architecture is yet to come up with a distinctive approach to architectural communication, but is in the process of coming up with a pluralistic language that brings together modern and traditional approaches to architecture. ...

Alberto Rios is a Latino poet who was born on September 18, 1952, in Nogales, Arizona to a Mexican father and English mother. He spent much of his youth crossing the fence which bordered Mexico and Arizona to visit his Mexican relatives. Many of his school friends were Mexicans who crossed the border daily to attend U.S. schools. Gowing up in a multicultural environment made him more open and accepting of those who are different. He developed a strong interest in poetry and creative writing at a young age and this interest continued in college, and he earned a ...

There can be a consensus among literary critics about the fact that poetry provides the utmost scope of exudation of literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal on the part of the literary artist. The literary artist has the liberty to use a number of metaphors that is a type of figure of speech in which a kind of expression is used for the purpose of referring to something that is not literally denoted by the expression. A metaphor thus goes on to suggest a similarity between the signifier and the signified in the literary work. Thus, metaphor can very well ...

Act V, Scene III

“The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight.

Cold and fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.

What do I fear? myself? there's none else by: Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am: Then fly. What, from myself? Great reason why: Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself? Alack. I love myself. Wherefore? for any good

That I myself have done unto myself?

O, no! alas, I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself! I am a villain: yet I lie. I am not”.

“Methought the souls of all who I had murdered

All came to my tent, and every one did threat This scene appears as the only time that ...

The loss of motivation and one’s bearing in life also often leads to a loss of confidence and direction. This proves more significantly relevant to people who are older which is the case seen in Fusi Bergman and Miss Hancock. Both characters believed and were proud of their particular set of skills and abilities. The two short stories God is not a Fish Inspector and The Metaphor both tackles the theme of conformity and betrayal. Whereas one emphasized a way of life guided through religion, the other showed one that focuses on strict compliance to order and discipline. ...

The Film that this paper chooses to discuss is John Woo’s Hard-boiled movie released back in 1992. This film was Woo’s farewell gift to Hong Kong before his departure to Hollywood. The film falls under the crime/drama genre and although some may see it is a portfolio movie that can be categorized as Hollywood, it is neither Hollywood nor purely Hong Kong. This essay is going to provide an insight into the background to the film's industrial setting and its context in history, a brief overview of Hong Kong's major socio-historical events concerning the film, and the ...

Three poems, which have been chosen for this paper: “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg, and “Sailing to Byzantium” by W. B. Yeats, are all very different and belong to different literary trends. However, they all are focused on the subject of death, which they depict from different standpoints, systems of beliefs, and values. In the first poem, “Because I could not stop for Death”, Emily Dickinson describes death using the image of a gentleman, who takes her into his carriage: “He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage” ( ...

George Herbert (1593-1633) adopted the Metaphysical style of poetry from Donne but in a simpler manner. His famous poem “Death” is an example of the poetry that uses rhetorical forms of writing like a paradox, hyperbole, and conceits. The poem constitutes two parts that have a contradicting view of death. The First part presents death as a fearsome being through the use of hideous expressions and imagery. The second part presents death as a friend and a passage to a better life. The last three stanzas give hope to Christians through the works of Jesus Christ. Through Christ’s ...

Aguirre, Stroszek and Fitzcarraldo

Werner Herzog is a genius at directing movies. He has worked with popular actors such as Nicholas Cage and Christian Bale over the years. He is also popularly known for his unorthodox methods in film production. His friend and actor, Klaus Kinski, acted the main role in two films. The film, Stroszec, was debuted in cinemas in 1977; Aguirre was released in 1972 and Fitzcarraldo was released in 1982. The three films by explore a man’s world, how the society views romanticism, use of metaphors and the experiences of a young woman. The discussion in this essay will ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

The African Experience, The Healers

The novel the healers, showcases major factors that have certain effects on the survival and destruction of the African community in the 19th century. According to the author, the factors that contributed to the potential destruction and survival of the African continent are; disunity and fragmentation as well as efforts put in place to consolidate individuals in this empire. These factors have been well illustrated by the characters in the novel and the severe effects they had in the Asante empire. These factors are seen to also affect Africa in the 21st Century. The writer has also made extensive ...

Introduction

A haiku is a form of poetry that first gained popularity in Japan. The traditional haiku adopted in the English language has borrowed to a great extent the traditional Japanese Haiku. The basic dictionary definition refers to it as a very short poem that involves a three line description of a passing moment in nature. According to scholastic.com, the greatest challenge in coming up with a Haiku is being limited to 17 syllables. Japanese values the poems for their simplicity, depth, openness and lightness. The structural rules for a traditional Haiku is the use of exactly 17 syllables that ...

Bullying has become part of the society, and the reality only dons when one becomes a victim. There are countless forms of bullying that people undergo in different places. However, the unusual cases of bullying have been witnessed in the workplaces where the employers or even senior employees often stretch their fierce claws on their colleagues in a bid to stamp authority over them. It becomes critical to understand the problem as a serious issue that faces the labor industry in every part of the world rather than a fuss that is meant to taint somebody’s reputation. In ...

Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

This is a great novel which is narrated directly through Christopher Boone, the main character and a kid with autism. Christopher is falsely accused of killing their neighbour’s dog, in which he decides to find out the real victim to prove his innocence. However, Mark Haddon, the author of the book argues that despite Christopher’s disability, he was still able to acquire cues, which led to unbelievable discoveries.

Q1. The only two emotions that Christopher was able to identify

Christopher was only able to identify the sad and happy faces. The identification of these two emotions is evident when Christopher gives out a detailed explanation that he has ...

Flannery O’Connor is known for her knack of incorporating Southern values and religious beliefs in all of her stories and novels. Often, the main character goes through a horrific event that extracts views and interpretations of religion from the characters as well as the audience. “Good Country People” is a story about a woman and her daughter, and their reluctance to escape their small world on their country farm. Mrs. Hopewell, who lives with her daughter Hulga, welcomes a bible salesman named Manley Pointer into their house one day under the impression that he is wholesome and innocent. ...

The purpose of the conceptual metaphor, as Lakoff and Johnson (1980) described it, is that conceptual metaphors use concrete experiences to help explain abstract concepts. In a conceptual metaphor, as they posit the concept, there is the source domain and the target domain. The source domain is what we use to form a meaningful comparison, while the target domain is the concept that we are trying to explain with the metaphor. Let’s take the comparison “Marriage is a marathon, not a sprint.” A lot of people enter marriage not fully aware of the work that lies ahead of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a popular iconic personality of the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s, was a strong and inspiring speaker. An African American by birth, Dr. King was a Baptist minister who actively campaigned to end racial discrimination and segregation in America. Dr. King is best known for his belief in non violence and civil disobedience in keeping with Christian beliefs. King, who was inspired by Gandhi, quoted him in many of his speeches while campaigning for the Civil Rights in America (Raab, 2014). Dr. King’s popular speech ‘I have a dream’ ...

During the sixties, the civil right movement has spread, throughout United States, recognizing awareness everywhere in the world, as the Black Americans’ socio-political and economic revolt against the white treatment. Years after the end of slavery in United States, the status of the African Americans knew little changes, as they had no democratic rights, such as the right to vote, and they were publicly humiliated and brutalized, while the segregation still disallowed them to enter restaurants or other public spaces, despite the avid work of activists as Martin Luther King Jr. (Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet”). Blacks ...

Learning to Drive is a film directed by Isabel Coixet, released in 2014 and it deals with the role of women in the society. Although it seems that an Indian Sikh woman must have a much different life than an American woman from the upper class, they have things in common as well. This film is an example of gender equality in America. Wendy is a book editor and a critic who goes through a divorce and she has to become better equipped for life. She never thought that it was important for her to drive and once her ...

There is a common discussion amongst those interested in literature about the metaphors and allusions in the works of Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll first invented the Alice character in the work Alice in Wonderland, published in 1865. Scholars studying Carroll’s stories, including Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have debated whether or not he was able to weave together abstract notions into a cogent story, or if he simply delivered fractured fairy tales for a 20th Century audience. The truth is that Carroll worked purely within the realm of thte imagination, and although he did occasionally ...

Martin Luther King Junior delivered the speech titled I have a dream in 1963 before thousands of protesters during the march on Washington. His speech highlighted the injustices that the blacks and minority in America underwent while presenting the America that he desired to see in future. Some of the injustices that the blacks were subjected to included living in abject poverty whereas the whites had all the material wealth. Racial discrimination, whereby the Negros were not allowed to share facilities with the whites is also an injustice that Martin Luther highlighted in his speech. On the other hand, ...

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I agree with you that the Seven Sides of Leadership Website is simple, and not user-friendly. One has to dig deeper and at times get confused while exploring its content. Moreover, the use of resources with a questionable reputation may affect the believability of the content. That notwithstanding, Ledingham’s (2006) had valid points in general. His perspective on the existence of hierarchies was fascinating. Institutions with hierarchies mean that people need approval before doing things limiting their potential and that of the organization as a whole. His belief in the hierarchy is that the opinions of individuals up ...

One of the best speeches that marked the fight for equality and democracy is the speech of Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream". The words of this speech have become worldwide known and can be applied to every injustice that exists in every nation and race. The second speech that was also held at the March in Washington in 1963 was the speech of John Lewis. He was a young man, at the time, and the words in his speech were not so carefully chosen as the words in the Speech of Martin Luther King. For this reason, ...

Stephen Crane, the author of A Dark Brown Dog, weaves a short story filled with vast amounts of imagery and symbolism. He creates an in-depth comprehensive description of an adopted dog, a young boy, and the growth of their relationship. Although the title suggests that the story will be about a dog, it does not reveal the cycle of abuse that plays out with the characters. Therefore, the seemingly innocent title of the story does not lets the audience know that there is an underlying theme within the story. This essay will examine the various literary devices that Crane ...

This paper offers a succinct review of my experience on the visit to two websites containing information on leadership. The two websites are The Wallace Foundation and Seven Sides of Educational Leadership.

The Wallace Foundation

The information contained on the website provides great insights to understanding elements of good leadership in schools. The site emphasizes the importance of good leadership to failing schools. The information provided on the site through various articles postulate that good leadership is not only essential to the institution but also to the success of the learners. The site can be utilized by leaders of schools to enhance ...

Interpreter’s subjectivity in Business English Negotiations

Abstract The effectiveness and quality of business negotiations has become vitally important as international business becomes increasingly pervasive in the era of economic globalization. Interpreters, as information transmitters, play an influential role in business negotiations. Business interpreters perform multiple functions and carry various purposes during business negotiations, for example, bridging language barriers and relieving tension so as to help clients achieve desirable negotiating results. The quality of business interpreting is not only judged by outstanding language capabilities but also adaptability and flexibility in tackling problems. In the process of negotiating, interpreters, based on faithfulness, deviate from the original language, ...

John F. Kennedy was elected as a thirty-fifth president of the United States during difficult times. Communism, Cold War and all-round manufacturing of nuclear weapons threatened the world peace, while serious political tensions regarding discrimination and inequality in the country were the setting of the Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech, delivered on January 20, 1961. The events and attitudes in the society of 1960s have greatly influenced the way the speech was written. In his address, Kennedy declares the value of freedom and liberty in the times of turmoil, calls for the search of the peaceful solutions to urgent matters ...

Creative thinking has often much to do with occasional yet productive wandering of thought, which sometimes causes difficulties to articulate one’s opinion and sometimes leads to eloquent and constructive expression of one’s mind. While for most writers resorting to strategies of metaphorical thinking is regarded a sure way to be understood by others, it is actually a matter of dispute whether metaphors and comparisons are relevant tools for meaningful self-expression. It can hardly be denied that figures of speech might mar the bigger picture of overall sense, leaving black stains on awkward and inappropriate meaning use. On ...

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Introduction The article, ‘The Mountain of Motor Development: A Metaphor,’ by Clark and Metcalfe, is about understanding the human motor development all throughout his lifespan. According to the authors, just like many scientific phenomena, a man’s motor development may be difficult to conceptualize (Clark & Metcalfe 2). For the same reason, several ways have been devised in order to facilitate its understanding. Two methods have been described as the most common methods employed by those who wish to teach or instruct a certain phenomenon and that is through the creation of a model or a metaphor. A ...

Introduction

Different art pieces convey unique idea of the artist and aims to address the viewer through the visual representation of artistic image. However, the interpretation of the piece of art can vary significantly among the viewers. This phenomenon stems from the different factors, like personal vision, set of values, perception of art piece, cultural background, knowledge, and tons of other individual indicators. During the present research the piece of art that has to be analyzed is Study for The Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building created by Constantino Brumidi, the painter with diverse ...

Leo Tolstoy often wrote about marriage and relationship in his novels. One of the most famous books of the writer is dedicated to the theme of love is the ironic novel Anna Karenina. There are two narrative lines of the story: the relationship of a married lady Anna Karenina and Vronsky opposes the marriage of Konstantin Levin and Kitty Shtcherbatskaya. The essay discusses the difference between the relationship of two main couples of the novel, Levin and Kitty, Anna and Vronsky. The investigation is held according to the postulates in the modern social psychology and touches the issues of ...

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Managing organizational change can be defined as a framework to manage the impact of new processes, trends in the business environment, or changes in the structure of organization. In simple words, management of organization change tends to be addressing the perception of people in management of change (Morgan, 2013). Change can be identified as a constant variable in the current era of business management, in fact, it is the only unavoidable element of any organization. Change is of huge significance for any organization and embracing change is a crucial factor of organizational success. This is so because in the ...

Abraham Lincoln delivered the second inaugural address on March 4, 1865. At this time, the country was torn by years of devastating war, however the forces of the North were nearing the victory over the Confederates. Lincoln had to take into account these circumstances when addressing the nation. And he certainly did that, as a detailed analysis of his speech suggests. Lincoln’s second inaugural address involves the effective use of rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices as well as addresses the specifics of the audience, place, and time, which makes it an efficient political speech. The audience of this ...

There is a growing need to acknowledge cultural and social factors of metaphors that define the national culture of the target market, rather than just making use of the “Western” theories. Studying the online shopping behaviors of customers is essential. There is a link between the different cultural backgrounds and the eCommerce interface design. Apparently, the interface designers should not just focus on the theoretical aesthetically related issues but look deep down the cultural perceptions of their target audience.1.1Rapid technology advancement 1.1.1 A ‘small world’ with a global marketplace makes it necessary to localize software products to sell to ...

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Abstract Every speech is embellished by metaphoric expression, despite its context, content, and tone. In different fields the application of metaphors may vary, yet still they are applied regardless the situation consciously or unconsciously. In the speech of adults, metaphoric expressions play pivotal role serving as the instruments of persuasion, simplification, and demonstration. There is less evidence that explain the utilization of metaphors by children. Some scholars insist that children use metaphoric expressions unconsciously, while the other researchers imply that they implement the metaphors due to their symbolic perception of the environment. There is certain inconsistency in the results ...

Thesis: In this essay am going to explain what are expository essays and what they contain.

Body paragraph 1: Parts of speech and figurative language Levin 10 The nouns, the verbs, the adverbs and the adjectives should be used well. Similes and metaphors should be used for comparison. Personification should be there to give human qualities. Body paragraph 2: The types of paragraphs Levin 50 The explanatory paragraphs. The contrast paragraphs. The comparison paragraphs. Body paragraph 3: Thesis statement Levin 123 It should be a complete sentence. It should express an attitude or an opinion. This statement should be arguable. Another name for explanatory essays is expository essays. They require the learners to investigate ideas, ...

Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, though well-written poetically, does not live up to its name. It is neither a poem about love nor is it a song. The poem simply expresses Prufrock’s indecision about life and women. Interpretation of the entire poem must rely on the epigraph for a complete understanding of Eliot’s intent and theme. The theme of indecision runs consistently through the point of view Eliot chose, as well as through setting, characters, tone and the use of repetition, imagery and metaphors. The poem begins with an epigraph borrowed from Dante’ ...

Compare Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 3' with Shakespeare's sonnet 83

It has to be reckoned that poetry is one of the most enchanting forms of literary expression that has intrigued the literary critics and readers alike. Poetry provides the poet with the aesthetic freedom of traversing the avenues of imagination so as to reach out to the avid readers with the poetic expressions and portrayals. Sonnet is one of the most famous forms of poetry that has engaged the readers with its quintessence of form and artistic content. Many famous literary artists have engaged in penning sonnets from the core of their hearts to enthrall the readers all over ...

Craig Arnold’s “The Singers” is a contemporary poem which addresses a very poignant topic, namely the destruction of the environment caused by human activities. The poet chooses to focus on a specific aspect of this broad topic, namely the rapid extinction of bird species which is accentuated by the destruction of their environment. The speaker laments the fact that many species of birds are on the verge of extinction, and expresses concern over the disappearance of creativity together with the death of the natural world. The speaker dramatizes this environmental problem by illustrating the loss that humans face ...

Up from Slavery is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington, which came out by the dawn of the twentieth century. It is different in a way that a Black author has used humor to highlight slavery than use misery and suffering to talk about it. He wants his readers to believe that slavery was as much useful for the black population as it was to white population. Washington adopts a positive approach that involves humor, in discussing the African American struggle. His indifference to racial riots, black killings, and protests make him a ‘destructive’ social activist, whereas, his positive ...

As the world struggles with climate change and the need for clean, reliable energy, it is possible that the world could tap into the huge deposits of economically recoverable coal and methane gas that lie deep underground. As many as three trillion tons of coal can be mined using the traditional technologies, and even more, coal deposits that could not be mined in the past can now be accessed by setting them on fire and then trapping the methane gas that is released as a result. The process of burning coal and capturing gases that are released is known ...

Energy. The existence of humanity highly depends on this vital resource. For the longest time, people have witnessed how its production shaped the society. As people continue to use energy at a faster rate, energy scarcity is said to be possible in the future. To secure the supply of energy, some experts believe that it is necessary to utilize unconventional sources of energy, such as the use of coal deposits which are unreachable by the regular mining methods. In the article written by Fred Pearce, he talks about the different issues surrounding this process. According to Pearce, “modern miners ...

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The brain has been remaining the most mystical and less studied part of human’s body for ages. That led to developing of different metaphors regarding this human’s organ that formed special vision of it and helped to investigate it better. These metaphors changed with time and led to understanding of the brain we have now. However, metaphors often have too big impact on people and their perceptions, especially concerning illnesses. The aim of this work is to reveal the role of metaphors in human’s perception and to discuss how the brain is metaphorical. Keywords: the brain, ...

In “Nirvana” (2014), Adam Johnson describes a period of life of a successful IT expert, which at that point revolves around two items – his wife's paralytic illness and his success in making a hologram projection version of the recently assassinated President, which can be easily downloaded online. The story progresses in two lines – the main character's relationship with his paralyzed wife and the development of his career in the IT business. Johnson succeeded greatly in describing a man in search for himself under the circumstances that underwent a drastic change. In this search, the character finally manages not only ...

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The Role of English Language in International Communication

The English language at present can be considered as a global language because of its widespread usage and influence over several regions of the world. Nowadays, the English language has been considered as a global lingua franca for peoples of the world with different native languages to communicate with one another using one language. Because of the rapid growth of globalization, especially with the advent of the Internet as a large scale means of telecommunications, the demand for a global lingua franca has never been this big; the English language plays a very important role in this regard. ...

In “Nirvana” (2014), Adam Johnson describes a period of life of a successful IT expert, which at that point evolves around two items – his wife's paralytic illness and his success in making a hologram projection version of the recently assassinated President,which can be easily downloaded online. The story progresses in two lines – the main character's relationship with his paralyzed wife and the development of his career in the IT business. Johnson succeeded greatly in describing a man in search for himself under the circumstances that underwent a drastic change. In this search, the character finally manages not only ...