Category: Literary Devices

In the conventional Heros Journey narrative, the Hero overcomes adversity in order to obtain their resolution. It is in the face of this adversity that superior works of literature maintain a healthy confusion in which readers find both enjoyment and disquietude, and is in this confusion that readers are able to better connect with characters…

‘There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you: The term catharsis  which originates from the Greek kathairein meaning ‘to cleanse or purge’was first used by Aristotle to describe the freeing of emotional tension that spectators encountered while viewing dramatic tragedy. Nowadays, ‘catharsis’ may refer to any experience which results in…

Authors deliberately incorporate a variety of literary elements into their work to impact readers on emotional and intellectual levels. An authors choice of words communicates not only plot and character, but also tone, theme, and vision. Good writing resonates with readers when an author effectively uses language to convey a universal message. Just as musicians…

Song Analysis Should society criticise someone so much that they should change their appearance? The song Mrs Potato Head sung and produced by Melanie Martinez in 2016, covers part of our narcissistic, degrading society towards a persons physical appearance, specifically girls and how people need to be up to a certain physical standard to please…

Rocket Man is the song created by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The performer of this song is Elton John who is a famous English singer-songwriter. And this song was included with the Honky Château in the early 1970s. Rocket Man also became one of the songs of the hit song in the United States…

The song This Is America, they are trying inform viewers of how America isnt what we perceive it to be. In the video he appears to show a contrast of popular contrast cultures perception of black experience and its often brutal reality by juxtaposing happy, carefree choruses and dark, aggressive verses. In the beginning when…

The Landlady is a very weird and unusual story. This short horror story is by author named Roald Dahl. The story is about a lady who owns a house that does bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere. Billy Weaver aka Mr. Weaver is a businessman that is looking for a place to stay…

Shades of meaning can refer to the subtleties and degrees of meaning that can be developed in a text. Australian novelist Tim Wintons story, Cloudstreet, does not simply explore love, family, spirituality or human value, it addresses deeper concepts with graduations of meaning that develop over the course of the text, and are unique to…

The author Thornton Wilder uses dialogue in the play Our Town. There is a lot left to the imagination as the sets are simple and throughout the acts, the narrative provided by the Stage Manager sets the scene in what is known as the dream play technique. The stage set is very basic with only…

Macbeth, first performed in 1606, is an Elizabethan tragedy written by William Shakespeare. He details the anarchy that greed brings rise to, having Macbeth being driven by both himself and extrinsic figures to murder Scotlands king, ultimately leading to his own anguished death. Shakespeare utilizes a myriad of literary devices to communicate the ideas of…