First of all, the most prominent theme I noticed from the Qur'an is the general moral lessons that form the core of Muslim religious belief. ... The most prominent example that demonstrates God's omnipotence is that his ability to create. ... Aside from the contents, I was impressed with the level of literary complexity of the Qur'an. The messages from the text are conveyed with various literary structures and devices. ... Brown summarizes that the seeming disorganization of Quranic literary expression is in fact a literary device capable of delivering profound effects as if the...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Alexander Pope has long been considered one of the greatest satirists that English literary tradition has ever seen. ... The ensuing rift between the two prominent aristocratic families caused a mutual acquaintance to approach Pope, with a view to healing the estrangement with the production of a humorous poem. ... Pope tells us that with the aid of certain devices he will explore this theme, and it is at this point that we become acquainted with the "machinery" of the poem. ... This is only one of many striking examples of Pope's use of bathos as a device to aid his satire. ... Th...

• Word Count: 2068
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... The device could be interpreted to reaffirm the preceding line that "[he/she] [is] everywhere", even in the hollow spaces that are interwoven in the poem. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ... The concept of a dream is also a prominent theme in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and is linked to the strange and dreamli...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As history progressed, major occurrences, namely the rise of the feminist thought cycle, has had heavy influence on this steady process of literary devices becoming conventional in our everyday discourse, in order to define those prevalent changes in the way that we perceive the differences in sexes. Still a prominent and ever-growing aspect of society, this sub-culture became a paradigm that a sizable conglomerate of people share across the globe, that has pushed a surging movement to break the negative stereotypes relating to females. ...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Known as the "Roaring Twenties", the 1920s in America was overall a decade of great prosperity and optimism following the First World War. It was a phrase used to describe the period of sustained economic, cultural, and social success that existed in 1920s United States. The decade brought new forms...

• Word Count: 2233
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate