The only thing that weakens this article is in the last paragraph where she states, "For all that the maiden is figured as an aristocratic lady, especially, of course, in the eyes of the Jeweller, her diction also engages very precisely with the mercantile. Just as her register is not sustainedly aristocratic, neither is her use of figurative diction insistently courtly." ...
Through the opening scene of Gloucester talking to Kent on the matter of Edmund, Shakespeare's use of diction in "yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making" highlights the inappropriateness of the statement he had endured to his son. ... Thus, the turmoil which is to follow through Goneril and Regan's actions is captured through Shakespeare's use of imagery and diction in "This tempest in my mindfilial ingratitude," symbolising the breaking of family ties. ...
This corruption of chivalry stretches even to the language of the text itself; we see a distinct corruption of courtly diction within the novel; "using double entendres to reveal the ambiguities and duplicities concealed in words themselves," (Alstad 158). For example, he parodies courtly diction in letter 47 which includes the words "la situation où je suis en vous écrivant me fait connaitre, plus que jamais, a puissance irrésistible de l'amour," a point of dramatic irony, as it is also revealed that the naked courtesan Emilie's body has served as ...
The traditions of a society are a significant representation of the history, faith, and language of the group. However, allowing tradition to blindly influence human relationships and interactions can be harmful. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" depicts the consequences that relate to society's quest...
William Shakespeare has come to be known as arguably the finest sculptor of language through his plays and poems. Many of his plays are so remarkable, not necessarily because of the complex issues they raise, but rather the ideals they "challenge-. Shakespeare's tragedies are notorious for startin...
