What are some rhetorical devices in Ethan Frome?

Of course, any work of literature contains a number of
rhetorical devices, and this excellent novel is no exception. Let us remember that
rhetorical devices allow the speaker to try and persuade their audience to try and see
things from their point of view, or convince them about their argument. If we look at
the introduction of this novel, we can see that one paragraph contains a number of
different rhetorical devices. Consider the following
quote:

When I
had been there a little longer, and had seen this phase of crystal clearness followed by
long stretches of sunless cold; when the storms of February had pitched their white
tents about the devoted village and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to
their support; I began to understand why Starkfield emerged from its six months’ siege
like a starved garrison capitulating without
quarter.

This quotation is
given to us by the narrator to describe the "stark" nature of "Starkfield" (no pun
intended!). The narrator's experience of winter where he is sojourning makes the bleak
existence of the Starkfield residents clear. He uses a simile to compare the citizens of
Starkfield to a "starved garrison" that fight against the winter, and an extended
metaphor compares winter to an invading army that is trying to gain access to the
garrison. Also note the alliteration in phrases such as "crystal clearness" and "six
months' siege." All of these are rhetorical devices that try to show the reader what an
oppressive place Starkfield can be in the winter, and how, during the long, cold winter,
the snow does not just bury the settlement but also their individual hopes and dreams,
as is the case with Ethan Frome.

What is the author's tone in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America?

The author’s tone in Nickel and Dimed - On (Not)
Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich is that of an investigative
reporter. She sees the struggles of the underemployed and underpaid, and she reports in
a straight forward and factual manner about their lives and those of their children.
That is until she experiences working at low paying, highly labor intensive jobs. In
those instances, her anger and exasperation are evident. She
says.

I grew
up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of
success: "Work hard and you'll get ahead" or "It's hard work that got us where we are."
No one ever said that you could work hard - harder even than you ever thought possible -
and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and
debt.

At times, the author's
tone is cynical. Ehrenreich says, “What you don't necessarily realize when you start
selling your time by the hour is that what you're actually selling is your
life.” She expounds upon how the working poor have become invisible
in society. So much so that when watching television at night, the plight of the working
poor is not evident. Even sitcoms and reality shows are about people who are gainfully
employed, and not by the hour, they are salaried workers or entrepreneurs who depend on
the working poor over and over again to maintain their
lifestyles.

What is the differences between anxiety, mood, and dilusional disorders?

An anxiety disorder is when an individual experiences
excessive amounts of worry beyond what is normally experienced in everyday life. The
anxiety typically lasts for 6 or more months before it is considered a disorder. The
worrying is very exaggerated and sometimes occurs for no reason at
all.

The term mood disorder refers to several disorders
including major depression, seasonal affective disorder, mania, and cyclothymia (mild
form of bipolar disorder). Individuals with these disorders experience moods that are
more severe than what is normal for everyday life. For instance, in major depression, an
individual may experience a persistent sad or empty mood and loss of interest in
activities that he or she once enjoyed.

A delusional
disorder is characterized by having one or more delusions of thinking that are
nonbizzare (not unusual). For instance, a person with a delusional disorder might
continually think that his or her partner is being unfaithful to him or her, when in
fact, there is no truth to that at all.

What is the central conflict and how is it resolved?

I suppose one could argue that the conflict is between
Chris McCandless and his family or society at large, as he was estranged from his family
and very disillusioned with society in general but, to me, the central conflict is
actually between McCandless and nature.

Inspired by the
likes of writer Jack London, McCandless burned his remaining money, his driver's
license, and abandoned his car to venture north towards Alaska, supposedly to live out
his dream of getting back to the land.  He goes there alone, and wanders off (woefully
unprepared) into the Alaskan wilderness before the onset of a typical winter
there.

The resolution of this central conflict is that
nature humbles McCandless.  It corrects his arrogance, and in the end, kills
him.

Please discuss the differences between Wordsworth and Coleridge regarding their perceptions of the Romantic literary movement in general.

William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are
considered by some to be the first-generation Romantic poets, having produced the volume
Lyrical Ballads, which is seen as the literary work that heralded
this new literary movement, which many cite as lasting a very short time, from
1800-1837.

Lyrical Ballads
included...

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...[t]he poetic principles...[and] constitute a
key primary document of the Romantic era because they announce a revolution in critical
notions about poetic language, poetic subject matter, and the role of the
poet.

This posting
addresses not so much their poetry, but what aspects of their thinking and writing make
these writers Romantic poets, which started a new age of
poetry.

Wordsworth and Coleridge, at the beginning, were
closely aligned in an amazing way in bringing about this new literary movement as a
result of their combined genius.

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Coleridge came to visit Wordsworth at Racedown in
1797, and the two discovered a powerful mutual admiration and
rapport.

The Wordsworths
moved to live closer to the Coleridges, and Coleridge became Wordsworth's
mentor.

In terms of their writing, the Romantic literary
movement embraced the idea that poetry was a realistic and honest reflection of what was
taking place in the poet's mind. This kind of writing included a renewed respect for
nature, the idealization of women and children, championing personal freedom, an
interest in the past (especially medieval), melancholy and the supernatural/occult.
Different characteristics emerged in the works of these authors. For instance, Coleridge
often included elements of the supernatural (using his stunning imagination), as in
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Both
authors agreed that writing (especially the "diction") of earlier poets was not an
honest likeness of their thoughts, but "was affected and
artificial." Wordworth...

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...argued that there should be no difference
between the language of prose and that of
poetry...

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of earlier authors in terms of "artifice and aristocracy." Coleridge's concentration was
focused on something different. Wimsatt and Brooks state that for
Coleridge...

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incongruity. ...

In other
words, he saw poetry in terms of whether the poems were guided by correctness and
suitability (or not), and whether there was a harmony "of the parts." Coleridges
"critical theories" were also much more deeply faith-based—he had a
"heavy grounding" in theology that was more prevalent than even the poetic
content; such was not the case with
Wordsworth.

Overall, Patrick Parrinder notes that the poets
had a:

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...self-conscious awareness of the revolution
they were creating.

Is medication for allergies safe during pregnancy?

During pregnancy, when it comes to various health
conditions, some medications would be considered safe, some would be considered unknown,
and some would be recommended to be completely avoided. The Food and Drug Administration
places medications into categories A, B, C, or D based upon their safety
levels.

For instance, Claritin is a category B drug, which
means that animal studies have shown no known risks to their fetuses, but there are no
human studies. Benadryl is also considered to be safe. However, especially during the
first trimester, women are often encouraged to take medications with extreme moderation
and weight the benefits against any possible risks. Medicines in category A would be
considered the safest, but there are few medicines in this category. On the other hand,
Ibuprofen (sold under brand names such as Advil and Motrin) is a category D drug and
considered to be unsafe during pregnancy, especially during the third trimester.
However, it should certainly be avoided all throughout pregnancy or even when trying to
conceive.

Discuss how Hamlet by Shakespeare is a tragedy.

A Shakespearean tragedy is a house of many mansion. It is
built up of five stories, the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling
action and the catastrophe. It has a hero who rises from scene to scene on the waves of
passion and imagination till at last, having reached the heights of tragedy, he
disappears through death and lives immortally in the hearts of the
audience.

Traits and Humours of
Tragedy

Faith
/Destiny in
Tragedy

Conflict
of Good and involving Tragic
Waste

These are the main headings
which highlights in the Shakespearean tragedy.As Character, said to be destiny, in
Shakespearean tragedy. That is the hero's character determines his fate and destiny. As
one of the characters puts it

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" Our deeds are ours, but not their
ends
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Also
the scene of fate is present in the from of visits from the supernatural world. The
Ghost in Shakespearean tragedies is a symbol of such divine manifestations. As Hamlet
puts it to his friend Horatio, the
sceptic,

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"There is a divinity that shapes our
ends,

Rough hew them, how you
will."

Thus Fate
and Free Will , Freedom and Necessity are both present in a Shakespearean
tragedy.

Again, the Shakespearean tragedy arise out of the
conflict of good and evil. It is a conflict which involves a terrible waste of good in
the destruction of evil.Hamlet, sweet prince of Denmark, Ophelia, flower like and
fragile, Polonius, harmless old bore, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, young school fellows
of Prince Hamlet - all these are mercilessly killed in the mighty rush of tragic action
whose source is the fatal flaw in the hero's character, though it is fed by many
contributory streams of chance and change and circumstance.The molehill of Hamlet's
fatal delay is turned into a mountain of devastating woes and
sufferings.

Final Impression of
Tragedy

The final impression left
by witnessing a Shakespearean tragedy is not an unmixed terror and tragic waste. It is
relieved by a since of exaltation and admiration for the nobility of character which
fights while it falls, and which redeems human nature by its flights of imagination,
will and emotion.We are reminded by Hamlet's soliloquy, is a piece of work, infinitely
wonderful, pitiful, grand and sublime. It is the poetry Shakespeare which relieves the
tension of the tragic feelings, and which sings the sweetest songs out of the saddest
thoughts.The memories of the hero and his associates, who reassure us out of our shaken
and shocked feeling, into a joyful acceptance of life which with all its veils of tears
is yet potentially rich in possibilities that become actualities in a Hamlet, and his
other tragedies.It feels that it is better to have loved and lost them than never to
have had the opportunity of loving them, which the Shakespearean tragedy
offers.