Countess Nordston Tolstoy brings Kitty's friend Countess Nordston to life through the use of various literary devices. ... This is done through the literary device of interior monologue and lets it be known that Levin's dislike of her is mutual. ... This valuing of keeping of appearances can be seen as a trait possessed by many shallow people and the Countess is used by Tolstoy as a prime example of that set of values. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Scarlett O"Hara of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind is far from an admirable literary heroine. ... She is a self-made woman who uses every device at her disposal to her advantage to get what she wants. ... In the meantime, her whole life is spent stringing along all other men, and sometimes women in other ways; Melanie, for example, is there for her always under Scarlett's very false guise of friendship. ...

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Maybe the first and the most important example of women role in the 1800s in the novel is Otama. ... The second example of how the author let the reader know the role of women throughout the novel is Otsune. ... The last example of the role of women in that time is an example of symbolism. ... He does this example of symbolism in an effective way through the use of narration. ... The context is strongly connected with the novel because reading the novel the reader can get to understand with the use of literary devices such as symbolism the main purpose of this essay. ...

• Word Count: 955
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• Grade Level: High School

Another example of the consequences having casual sex can bring is pointed out at the end of the poem when she states "they know they are alone with the road surface, the cold, the wind" (18-19). ... The most interesting literary device in the poem was the use of open form. ...

• Word Count: 927
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• Grade Level: High School