The second example is the tree itself. The tree could represent the tragedy’s the war causes. In the book they are required to jump out of the tree. The reason is if you are on a ship and the…
The novel opens with an interesting request that seems to be directed towards the reader. “Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened. First, picture the forest. I want you to be its conscience, the eyes in the trees” (Kingslover p. 5). This directive is used to create a connection with the reader.…
Back in the colonial times was very different from now, it was pretty harsh times considering how strongly everyone at that time believed in evil and religion. There were many writers who wrote about this time in history and expressed how it was back then. Many felt at that time that God and evil was everywhere, which frightened them. This fear and the thought that people were consorting with the devil or possessed caused a lot of suffering. The Salem Witch Trials was one of the many tragedies that befell the colonists due to their fears as depicted in Cotton Mather’s writings of the Salem Witch Trials.…
What should be just a meaningless and mundane activity of crossing a body of water, Mary Oliver effectively incites a lively relationship between the speaker and the swamp in “Crossing the Swamp.” The speaker’s journey through the swamp becomes a relatable story to every reader who has experienced struggle. With imagery, structure, and an extended metaphor, Oliver creates this relationship between the speaker and the swamp to transcend off the pages and into the reader’s heart. In a first read through of the poem, it is immediately understood that Mary Oliver wishes to paint a vivid picture of a swamp.…
TPCASTT Analysis 1. The title, Editing the Prairies, can provoke many feelings in a reader. For instance, a reader who lives in the prairies may wonder what editing needs to be done to their great home. A person living on the prairies knows the wonders of the lands: from the land’s beautiful sunsets, to the hard work their ancestors performed to build the prairies into what they are today. A reader may think there is nothing to edit about the prairies, for in its entirety, it is perfect and in no need for alterations.…
The uncharted forest is an unknown symbol; it’s a mystery for equality that he wishes to discover. In the book they say “It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest. (78)” This shows what he is experiencing, which is about, how he feels free.…
In addition to representing a chance to start over, the forest represents a gateway into the past that society has lost but that Equality…
The forest represents the fear of the Puritan society: a place where darkness and disorder exists and a place where people like Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale can be their true selves or even hide more secrets. Hester describes the forest as “black and dense” with “imperfect glimpses of the sky” yet, she also describes it as the “moral wilderness in which she had so long been wandering” (170). She talks about how “overhead was a gray expanse of cloud, slightly stirred, however, by a breeze; so that a gleam of flickering sunshine might now and then be seen at it’s solitary play”, inferring that it is a dark and scary place from the outside but has many benefits to others like her (170). The forest represents the Puritans fear (the unknown) and that is what it means to them, but to people like Hester and Dimmesdale, it is a place of hope and represents who they secretly are. They can only be themselves outside of the society, which gives them a closer connection to nature.…
In general, the setting of in the woods leaves the reader with the same feelings that “The Summer People” does with sentences like, “He glanced apprehensively at the trees so close to him, irritated by the sound of his own voice in the silence, as though the trees were listening to him and, listening, had nodded solemnly to one another” (Jackson, 2). Settings in the forest and furthermore personifying things like trees is something that is also prevalent in Irish folklore, as those stories focus heavily on enchanted nature. A smaller detail, but something definitely worth noting is the character’s preoccupation with names toward the beginning of the story. Jackson writes, “We’ll have to find a name for your cat” (Jackson, 2), and then later on, “’Now,’ Phyllis said softly, “now we can call your cat Grimalkin. Now we have a name, Grimalkin, and no cat, so we can give the name to your cat’”…
Mary Oliver reveals conjectures people make about other people and other cultures in her poem, “Singapore.” Oliver shares a woman’s experience in an airport bathroom. The speaker in the poem is inwardly conflicted, and her internal thoughts displayed throughout the poem alter. At first, the poem reveals the speaker’s thoughts towards a woman working as a custodian at the airport as degrading and poignant. The speaker judgmentally feels sorry for the woman and takes pity on her.…
In “Spring,” Mary Oliver suggests to love the world like a bear does. The idea of a black bear is brought up numerous times throughout her poems, but this poem suggests a deeper meaning of a bear. The poem starts by possibly describing how a…
For instance, in the poem, A Work of Artifice, the bonsai tree may be used as a metaphor for women, and the gardener…
This paper will argue that in the novel, wilderness and nature as well as women are considered something for man 's…
Imagery, symbolism, and extended metaphors are used throughout the novel to interpret the significance of nature, precisely in the forest. Nature, as well, can be seen in comparison to the urban society where all the strictness…
Texts are deliberately crafted by composers in response to their contexts, either political, historical or cultural, composers develop their desire to construct their personal representation of the landscape to allow responders to perceive the nature in ways they do. The representation between landscape and poet is portrayed in, the romanticised poem, “Train Journey” by Judith Wright, the post colonisation poem, “Flame Tree in a Quarry” by Judith Wright and the outback painting of the effects of post European Colonisation, “Emus in a Landscape” by Russell Drysdale. These three texts convey the importance of a beneficial relationship between man and nature as a means of gaining a positive perception on the beauties of nature. Furthermore,…