I chose to analyze sonnet's 33 and 34 because there are an exceptional amount of examples of literary terms that we have discussed throughout the semester. ... First, sonnets 33 and 34 possess a tremendous amount of literary forms. ... There was one example of assonance in the last line of Sonnet #33 where it stated, "Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth" and one example of alliteration in line ten of Sonnet #34 where it states, "Though thou". ... The sonnets also seemed to lack an obvious example of a simile. The examples that were in question have more characteri...

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The playwrite, William Shakespeare uses literary devices in Macbeth. ... One well-known example is his use of blood. ... Another example in Shakespeare's Macbeth blood is that represents the evidence. ... At the end of the play, Shakespeare shows the most vivid example of guilt using the symbol of blood. ... Of which, Macduff replies, "I have no words, my voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out."...

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With the help of Mephistopheles who is his agent representing Lucifer, they negotiate the terms of their agreement and agree that Faustus will sell his soul to Lucifer the devil in exchange for 24 years of power, and Mephistopheles will remain his servant and he will satisfy his every whim. ...

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For example Wendy Wall, in her article on the "Imprint of Gender- discusses how authors deflected their anxiety about class into gender (Wall, Shakespeare Quarterly, 92). ... "Yet as a literary character the shrew was not created only to be destroyed, she was a source of great energy and fun in early English drama- (161). ... Then Katherine has been tamed under the terms of that definition. ...

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In concrete terms, critics generally do not view Lear as caught between genuinely conflicting loyalties, his political and his personal obligations; on the contrary, in their reading of the play, Lear would simply be right to abdicate the throne and retire into private life. ...

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