Essays on Metaphor

Introduction Toni Morrison writes the book Sula with the intention of questioning the idea of good versus bad. The novel talks about good vs bad and compares them between two main characters. The author uses the characters Sula and Nel; their values and qualities to…

Patient care has risen to become a significant factor when considering treatment for any ailment. When deciding which hospital to entrust with care, patients will consult reviews of their insurance-approved facilities before selecting one to entrust. Reviews of said hospitals are no longer focused solely…

Without technically altering the definition of the word “frost”, shifts in usage can give this word a new connotation. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a simple act can bring about temporary effects on the mariner himself and on other people. The decision of…

The novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind, narrates a story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the person who possesses an incredible sense of smell, however, doesn’t have a smell of his own, who in order to create the ”ultimate perfume”, that later will let him to be accepted…

It is evident that style in political discourse can help politicians to reach different purposes like impressing the public or obtaining support from them. Each politician has his own style when speaking to the public or to the media: in order to get their purposes,…

In Andrew Hudgins’ poem, Praying Drunk, the speaker portrays the act of writing as something important, mysterious, and difficult when sober, and compares it to the act of praying, which, for him, is equally complicated. The entire poem is in the form of a prayer,…

The tripartite is a conceptual metaphor utilizing the concepts of critical tourism studies to elucidate suicidal tourism behaviour. The processes between the interconnecting points are the vectors influencing persons with MDD’s suicidal touristic behaviour. In the context of suicide tourism, the authentic self is a…

The Cultural Power of the Moral Panic over I-Dosing Moral panics surrounding the health, wellbeing, and behavior of teenagers have flared up consistently over the past decade, from getting drunk off vodka tampons to getting ‘high’ off MP3s downloaded on the Internet, or i-dosing. The…

Allusion helps one way or another to connect the reader and the author firmly. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, allusion is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Most of them based on the assumption…

Ron J. Jackson Jr. and Lee Spencer White are both authors of the book Joe: The Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend. Ron J. Jackson is a historian, and consultant. Jackson is also a professional journalists and author of the books Alamo Legacy: Alamo Descendants…