Humbert says "I see Annabel in such general terms as: 'honey-coloured skin', 'thin arms', 'brown bobbed hair', 'long lashes', 'big bright mouth.'... I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her face" There are many noticeable literary techniques in Lolita but one main technique in the structure of the book would be symbolism. ... Virtually every time Humbert describes a nymphet, he uses such terms as "frail, fragile, supple, silky, or fairy-like", all of which could just easily describe butterflies. .....

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• Approx Pages: 10

Sonnet 130-Analysis and Summary The poem begins in describing a woman, his mistress to be exact. And he seems to have a disdainful outlook of the woman's beauty. On the other hand he may just be making fun of the infinite number of love poems being produced in the Shakespearian era. Many of w...

• Word Count: 496
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Setting: Another Country takes place in Harlem, France, Greenwich Village and other locales throughout numerous incidents in this literary work. ... Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing....The thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." ... Meaning of Title: The title of the novel Another Country stipulates two explicit terms: love and racism. ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ... Marie terms adultery as being "foolishness, wickedness and debauchery," to take lovers wherever one goes, then boast of the sexual deeds. ...

• Word Count: 2427
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

John Grady at the age of 16 is already quite mature for his age and because of his maturity he does not try and change the world he is living in, he simply moves to another place of it where he is able to "live his life in a way that gives it meaning by his own terms, terms that amount to a heroic and nave ideal, but nevertheless sustain him even as they leave him homeless and adrift- (Blair 2). ... The author's existence has once been referred to by a literary columnist as "the greatest writer you've never heard of- (Shimeral 963). ...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout literary history women have played two very different, yet distinct roles. There is the role of the strong, determined woman who faces adversity with a confident approach. There is also the submissive woman who is at the mercy of the dominant males in environment. Desdemona, of the Shakes...

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future. Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlie...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School