Personification In The Odyssey

Personification In The Odyssey
The author of the book, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass, once wrote "Sometimes when you lose your way, you find
yourself."(Hale, Mandy) "The Odyssey" is an epic poem written by Homer depicting the adventures of a man named Odysseus who is traveling back
to his home of Ithaka. The poem "The Journey" by Mary Oliver features a girl who finally realizes her purpose then journeys out into the world.
Personification in each of the poems portrays how people undertake journeys to pursue goals based on greed but instead find themselves during the
journey and come to realize that their original purpose was trivial.
Odysseus discovers more about himself through his self control, and lack thereof. While overall Odysseus' goal to make...show more content...
The character in "The Journey" faces doubt and disbelief from the people in her life while she fights to leave. This particularly takes place at the
beginning of her voyage after she finally realizes that she must go. "The whole house began to tremble"(Oliver,5). Emotion is given to the house
through personification which depicts how the narrator is feeling. She is being held back and frightened to go off alone in fear of abandoning the
voices that ask for her help. "You felt the old tug at your ankles. Mend my life! Each voice cried."(Oliver,9) By giving up her original goals which
put others needs before her own and held her back, she can now get in touch with herself. During her journey, "there was a new voice, which was
slowly recognized as [her] own"(Oliver,27). By going off on her own and forgetting the distractions and doubts of her past the narrator was able to
get in touch with herself and learned who she is as a person. The character's journey begins with her overcoming the doubt that she receives but she
can finally be released of those pressures and discover herself when she leaves behind the voices to find her
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Examples Of Personification In The Odyssey
In "The Odyssey" an epic poem by Homer, personification is used to give human characteristics to emotions that a character is feeling or going
through. The first example of personification is found when Scyla attacks Odysseus's crew and takes six of his men. Odysseus's feelings about what
happened are described as," Deathly pity ran through me" (p. 921). This is personification because pity is a feeling, and a feeling can't literally run,
Homer means this as it is unexpected and it is like shock to Odysseus, almost as if a sword was being driven through him. The next example of
personification describing feeling is when Odysseus wakes up to his men who have eaten the cattle of the sun. His emotions in this section are
described as," Grief

The Story of an Hour
Page: 1
Quotation: "...by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul."
Summary: Mrs. Mallard just heard the news that her husband had died and she does not know how to take it. She is devastated, and she is
emotionally and physically tired of all of the grief that has overcome her.
Device: Personification
Observations and questions: It normal that a wife would be burdened with multiple emotions when her husband is pronounced dead. It seems as if she
did not know what to do or how to handle her emotions, but was she overcome with pure grief or pure joy? The author uses personification in this
scene to show how deeply she was feeling whatever emotions she was feeling.
Page: 4
Quotation:...show more content...
Device: Symbolism Observations and questions: To me, the story in its entirety is a symbol. It symbolizes the way that people can learn how to forget
about all the hate from the past and start to work together. The men found something to agree on, something that in the end will benefit both of them.
Where hatred and rivalry used to be, there is now understanding.
Page: 1
Quotation: "In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Karpathians, a man stood one winter night."
Summary: A man is standing in the middle of a forest, searching for something he despises.
Device: Imagery Observations and question: The author uses imagery in this scene. From the description of the forest, I can picture it. I can see the
man looking for his enemy, in the dark and chilly forest. The imagery here is used so the reader can create a picture in his or her mind and to set a
picture for the rest of the

Personification In There Will Come Soft Rain
What tools do writers use to create meaning in a story? Most authors use many tools but the most common is figurative launguges; such as
personification, imagery, similes, metaphors, repetition. For example Ray Bradbury uses imagery, personification and Simles and many more. Ray
Bradbury specifically uses personification to bring life character to his stories. For example in Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" he
brings life to a police car, "Your name?' said the police car in a metallic voice." Ray Bradbury also uses personification in "The Velt" where "... busy
humming to itself making a supper for four." In addition to that Ray Bradbury also uses personification in his short story "There Will Come Soft
Rains" to bring character

Examples Of Personification In The Book Thief
In The Book Thief the narrator is Death. Death is not a human, but a concept that has many human characteristics. When Rudy dies it is said that death
was 'taking' him. Death itself shows sadness that Rudy died at such a young age and says "even Death has a heart". This use of personification helps us
to understand what 'Death' is feeling and helps us to connect to him.
In Zusak's book he uses metaphors throughout, helping to create a clearer image of what his is trying to describe. One of the very first metaphors the
audience are introduced to is Death says, "I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realisation, despair, and
surprise", he is talking about how the 'leftover humans' who are left behind to

The speaker uses personification and extended metaphor to create theme and mood throughout the book. "On the warm stone walls, climbing roses
were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the
wall. Against another wall were white apple blossoms on branches cut into sharp crucifixes and forced to lie flat against the stone. Below, the huge
frilled lips of giant tulips in shades of white and cream nodded in their beds. They were almost finished now, spread open too far, splayed, exposing
obscene black centers. I've never had my own garden but I suddenly recognized something in the tangle of this one that wasn't beauty. Passion, maybe.
And something...show more content...
Even when there is this beautiful garden, it is hard to see it as beautiful. This theme is created through the elaborate descriptions of the beautiful
flowers despite the raging war everywhere else in the world. This passage creates the illusion of beauty in the world when nothing is truly
beautiful elsewhere. The speaker holds on to the beauty of these flowers and questions how something so beautiful could occur during something
that is so horrible for her. This passage exemplifies Daisy finding something good out of this time. There is a shift of mood in this passage. The
word choice began with "warm, bloom, great, frilled" these words created an enchanted mood, then there was a transition of mood. In the second
part, the word choice was "sharp, forced, obscene, splayed, passion, rage, wasn't beauty" (183), this shifted the mood from enchanted to despairing.
This indicates that the speaker saw beauty in the flowers, but gradually she realized what was happening around her. The passion and rage that she
sees in the garden relates back to what is happening in her life. There is passion in her for Edmond and rage in knowing she can't see him and never may

Lucille Clifton, Mary Oliver, and Pat Mora use personification to create a message about nature in the poems "the earth is a living thing," "Sleeping in
the Forest," and "Gold". In the poem "the earth is a living thing" Lucille Clifton uses the quote "is a favorite child", to explain that she says that nature
is an extraordinary place. The poem "Sleeping in the Forest" states the quote "she took me back so tenderly". The quote sends a message, that nature
is always welcoming. Last but not least, Pat Mora uses personification by writing the quote, "When the sun paints the desert with its gold". The text
means that sun acts as if it paints the dull color of the sand with its golden light and it seems if it stretches on forever. The

Personification: A Short Story
The goal that took the most effort and attention was " I will use personification in order to make the setting, or environment, changing, inspiring, and a
dynamic background." This is because I, the poet, had to turn the setting into a dynamic flow guiding change to surge throughout the story. From the
beginning, I had what some may call "Writer's Block," which caused me to have absolutely no idea of what to write. So, I turned on some music.
While the song was playing, I would listen to every word and phrase of the lyrics, causing ideas to travel into my brain, out of my brain, and onto the
paper. I had finally overcome my writer's block and created a rough draft. The next day, I came into class realizing that it was peer–review day. My

Examples Of Personification In Antigone
In the specific Haimon passage in Anne Carson's translation of Antigone by Sophokles, many literary devices are used to portray Haimon's
disagreement with his father, Kreon. Kreon, uncle to Antigone, wishes to order Antigone to her death for disobeying his law prohibiting the burial of
her brother, Polyneikes. Haimon fights his father not to kill Antigone, who also happens to be his fiance. Through the use of imagery, personification,
and character, Haimon stands against his father, and pleads his case in support of Antigone.
The opening two lines of the passage, "you've seen trees bend in a storm...that's how they save their branches" is a prime example of how Haimon uses
both imagery and personification at the same time (35). He is personifying

Examples Of Personification In Of Mice And Men
A Bear's paw? A Horse's snout? Sure, those are both great attributes of animals, but what if they were used to describe a human? And what does
that have to do with the progression of the story? Well, in the book of Mice and Men, one of the characters Lennie is characterized using
personification. In the novel of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses the personification of a main character, Lennie, to illustrate one of the themes, "The
land provides all you'd ever need." One of the many themes in of Mice and Men is centered around the fact that the land around you provides all
you'd ever need. When Lennie and George are traveling from workplace to workplace, they rely on running streams for water, things like caves
and trees for shelter, and plants for food while they make their way to the farm. One of Lennie and George's goals is to own a some land where
they can grow crops, have a few rabbits, and live of what the land gives them together. Or as Lennie says on page #105, "An' live on the fatta the
lan'". What Lennie means is that they will be living off of what the land provides for them....show more content...
In general, Personification is used to give human–like traits to nonhuman objects, but in this case, it is a bit reversed, An animal is used to describe a
human (Lennie). On page #3 it says "Lennie dabbed his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers." Is this quote telling us that Lennie has paws
as hands? Nah, it is telling us that he has large hands that seem like a "big paw". The use of personification, in this case, is showing us that Lennie
has a big hand which may lead to the fact that Lennie is quite a large

Examples Of Personification In Fahrenheit 451
The world's humanity was folding away without being noticed by a single soul. The society was focused on technology so that when the
characteristics that made man human were gone, they would not be missed by the majority. Government officials were strict on the molding of the
new era, but they even more harshly enforced that the wisdom of the past not be acknowledged. A harsh, cruel world that had decided that free will
was too dangerous. This is the world of Fahrenheit 451. The theme of violence and rules and order in Fahrenheit 451 is conveyed and shaped by the
personification and character conflict throughout the book. Personification is the giving of human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
Personification is used with the Salamander numerous times throughout the story. One example would be, "... the orange Salamander slept with its
kerosene in its belly...." The Salamander is actually the fire truck, but it was given the human characteristic of a belly. The author also uses
personification with the Hound. They talk about the Hound as if it is a human assassin, but it is only a robot with dangerous programing. Both are
often referred to as if people because of the great and feared power they have when used for the jobs humans can't bring themselves to physically do.
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The Salamander resembles the fiery destruction of books, while the Hound resembles the fall of humanity. Throughout the story when the Salamander
is mentioned it is connected to the event in which the firemen have done their purpose. The Hound is used to seek and destroy, whether human or not.
In the book Montag is attacked by it twice. The people in the book's society do not care who lives or dies as long as their technology is intact. Towards
the end of the book the reader is told that the people watch the Hound hunt for Montag with unfailing interest, and great excitement comes when the
Hound finally kills

"The Fall of the House of Usher" Most times, anything abnormal or odd tend to be pushed under the rug. Edgar Allan Poe subtly brings attention to
topics the are typically ignored. E. A. Poe had far from a perfect childhood. His father left when he was young and his mother died when he was
three. Poe also seemed to have a lonely childhood after his parents were gone. He was separated from his relatives and didn't appear to have many
friends. He attended the army and after went into West Point. His academics there were well but he was eventually kicked out because of poor
handlings of his duties. Before Poe died, he struggled with depression and a drinking problem. Some believe Poe's tragic lifetime was the
inspiration for some of his stories. Such as, "The Fall of the House of Usher". A possible theory about this story is that Roderick and the Narrator
were one in the same. This essay will discuss the possibility of them being the same through plot, characterization, and personification. During,
"The Fall of the House of Usher" both the Narrator and Roderick felt that Madilyn Usher was still alive. One example of this was both Roderick
and the Narrator heard Madilyn. When the Narrator first arrived at the house of Usher, Roderick explained that his sister Madilyn is dead and was
claiming that he heard her. The Narrator knew Roderick was ill, but didn't quite believe this to be true. Then, after being there for a while he, the
narrator, began to hear Madilyn as well.

Personification In Macbeth
A Deeper Look
The story Macbeth by William Shakespeare is definitely one that appeals to
a humans' five senses. This is so, because Imagery is noticeably present within many scenes. This allows for individuals to obtain a complete
experience which includes all of the five human senses which is sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. Act 2, Scene 1 is a perfect example of a scene
that imagery can be seen within. Inside, examples of personification, similes, and metaphors can be found. With these literary devices added, it
guarantees a better understanding. This is so, because they allow readers to create an image in their mind of what is happening while reading.
Personification is a figure of speech that occurs in many writings. As it is generally known, personification is when human qualities are used to
describe something that is non–living. Within Act 2 scene 1 personification is present many times. This is evident whenMacbeth says "Nature seemes
dead, and wicked Dreames abuse The Curtain'd sleepe: Witchcraft celebrates". (Macbeth, Scene II, Act I) In this line alone, personification is used four
times. In general, the significance of the line is to further explain Macbeth's experience after he had hallucinated. Each one of these describe what is
happening around him after the vision of the false dagger occurs. These are in fact examples of personification for the reason that for every non–living
thing a human quality is given. When Macbeth states, "Nature is dead" he

Examples Of Personification In The Tyger
Are we ever meant to learn the answers to the who, what, where, and how of our existence? William Blake's poem, "The Tyger" explores questions
involving creation in the 24–lined composition. The poem consists of 6 stanzas that include 6 quatrains with a rhyme pattern of AABB. Blake uses a
variety of poetic devices that include symbolism, personification, imagery, alliteration, and metaphor to show the theme, which is the wonder of
creation. Blake starts the first quatrain with the use of alliteration in the first line, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright" (1.1). The beauty and power of this
majestic beast amazes the narrator. Burning bright is describing the gorgeous fire color fur of the tiger. It continues with the use of imagery, "In the
forests of the night" (1.2). This is referencing the kingdom of the intimidating beast, while the mention of night gives nod to the fact that cats are
nocturnal. The narrator questions who could make such a creature, "What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" (1.3–4). Blake
uses alliteration in this line while remarking on the beauty and fear this animal elicits. In the second quatrain, Blake uses the help of alliteration, in
addition to pondering the location where God fashioned the tiger, "In what distant deeps or...show more content...
"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright" (6.1), here Blake uses alliteration and imagery to convey his meaning of the beauty and ferociousness of the tiger. "In
the forests of the night," (6.2) he uses imagery here as well. Lastly, "What immortal hand or eye, / Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?" (6.3–4), which
uses not only alliteration but also symbolism as well. The change of the word from could to dare in the last quatrain shows the transition from curious
to anger, mixed with admiration. How dare he create this monstrous beast! But, on the other hand, the beauty and complexity of this magnificent
creature are

Metaphors And Personification
There will be similes and metaphors, And personification written in stanzas of twos or threes or fours; And the words like a persistent song in the
mind, And the lyrics are memories intertwined, Winds will sing through the empty air, Screaming forever without a care; Not one will notice the
peacefulness of life, Nature's sounds cutting through, deep like a knife; And each example shows, through voice and routine, A new layer of thought
that had lain unseen.

The Fault in our stars, John Green, Fiction The novel the fault in our stars was written by author John Green and published in 2012. Shakespeare's
play Julius Caesar inspired the title of the book. The story is narrated by Hazel Grace, a 16–year–old girl who is diagnosed with cancer. One–day Hazel
is obligated by her parents to attend a support group where she can meet new friends who are going through the same situation she is going through.
That is where Hazel meets and falls in love with 17–year–oldAugustus Waters. As they become the best of friends Hazel shares her favorite book "An
Imperial Affliction" with August. The book ended mid– sentence which led August to find the author. The author invited Hazel to Amsterdam to
discuss the ending of the book. This is when their venture begins to truly find the meaning in life.
The fault in our stars establishes the literary device, personification. Personification is when the author gives an object human–like characteristic.
Personification mainly comes from the authors imagination on how they view different aspects in situations. An example of personification in thenovel
is when Augustus says, "that's the thing about pain it demands to be felt" (page 110). Augustus gave pain a human–like quality by saying it demands to
be felt. Although, feelings don't have the power to demand something. Another example that demonstrates personification is "The sun was like a
toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight

Examples Of Personification In Jane Eyre
Many authors create certain feelings in their novels to convey how the main character feels. In the novel,"Jane Eyre", an orphan girl, is depicted with a
feeling of constraint and imprisonment. The author of the book demonstrated that feeling with the use of imagery,personification and point of view.
The author created the feeling of constraint and imprisonment with the use of imagery. In line 34 it states, "folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to
the right hand.." That indicated how she was isolated in a room having draperies blocking her view of seeing what is happening. The author created the
feeling of constraint and imprisonment with the use of personification. In line 36,it states "..clear panes of glass,protecting,but not separating

Examples Of Personification In The Pardoners Tale
In "The Pardoners Tale," the three rioters come together to kill Death, but in doing so they come upon some things that they can't go back and change.
An analysis of "The Pardoners Tale," shows how personification and irony are not so funny when Death is involved. Death is personified throughout
"The Pardoners Tale." Personification occurs when an author gives living characteristics to something that isn't living. The first example occurs when
the three rioters are drinking and they hear a funeral. The tavern boy tells the men about their friend's death. , "sir no need i promise you, two hours
before you came here i was told. He was a friend of yours in days of old, and suddenly last night, the man was slain, upon his bench, face up, dead and
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Little did he know that the other two rioters were planning to kill him. There are three types of irony told in "The Pardoners Tale." Another form of
irony is situational irony. Situational irony is when a reader expects one thing then something else occurs. Situational irony occurs in "The Pardoners
Tale" when the three rioters are in the bar,"Let's each hold up a hand to one another, each of us will become the others brother." ( Chaucer LL
(696–697)) but by the time the three rioters find the gold under the tree they all plot to kill each other in order to have more money to themselves. The
final example of irony told in "The Pardoners Tale," is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when an audience knows something that the characters are not
aware of. Dramatic irony is found in "The Pardoners Tale," when the youngest rioter arrives with the poisoned wine planning to kill the other two
rioters, but the other two rioters had plotted against the youngest trampling him and killing him. Once the youngest rioter is dead the other two drink
the poisoned wine not knowing that the wine was

Did you know there is a crater on the moon named for Geoffrey Chaucer? Here on Earth he is best known for writing The Canterbury Tales, a
collection of stories written in Middle English at the end of the 14th century. One of the best tales in this collection is "The Pardoner's Tale" because
Geoffrey Chaucer uses personification and irony throughout the story.
The character of Death is personified in the story. Personification is when human characteristic are given to non– human objects. The first examples of
personification is when the servant boy tells the three men about their dead friend. He says "There came a privy thief, they call him Death,....He
speared him through the heart." (Chaucer, ll, 67–69) Another example occurs when the publican

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