Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”, is an
urgent plea from Thomas to his dying father, and all men not to give in
to death. Thomas uses himself as the speaker to the make the poem more
personal. The message of the poem is very inspirational. Throughout
the poem, Thomas uses different imagery and language to illustrate the
tension between action and inaction.
The first stanza helps summarizes the meaning of the poem, urging old
men to fight death. In the first stanza of the poem Thomas uses
assonance, ”Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage
against the dying of the light.” (2-3) The use of age in the second
line, and rage twice in the third depict assonance. Here Thomas is
trying to disprove the notion that old age is a time to rest, and a time
to look back with wishful regrets on one’s experiences.
The middle four stanzas are examples of various types of men, their
trials of life and the whisper of death upon them. In …
The Perfect Couple in Woman in White
The Perfect Couple in Woman in White
In the Woman in White, the author gives the reader many opportunities to find their favorite romantic plot. The reader is left to wonder which characters are well suited for each other. We are given the choices of the gentlemanly Walter and the feminine Laura or Laura and the deceitful Sir Percival. It seems to this reader that the author gave us the answer to the puzzling perfect couple question; only, the perfect couple is really a perfect trio- Walter, Laura, and Marian. Walter did not have to make a choice between the two main female characters because they made it for him. It is obvious that Laura and Marian complete each other. We see that whatever qualities Laura lacks, Marian has, and vice versa. These two women combine to make the perfect woman.
Let us first examine Laura. Walter seems to fall in love with Laura at first sight. She is the image of the perfect Victorian woman. She is beautiful, rich, and pliant. She is willing to do whatever it takes to make other people happy. She has a dee…