Adjective

Hamlet’s first soliloquy is an example of Shakespeare’s motif of garden imagery and a theme of corruption in the play. In this passage, Hamlet is talking to himself after the Queen and Claudius ask why he is acting so strangely. He goes on to lament that suicide is against God’s law, then describes his life as “an unweeded garden / that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature / possess it merely” (1.2.135-137). I believe Shakespeare writes Hamlet comparing his life to a garden full of…

thousands. The whole might amount to thirty thousand souls. Candide, who trembled like a philosopher, hid himself as well as he could during the heroic butchery.” (Candide 5) In the first sentence of this excerpt Voltaire uses extremely positive adjectives such as ‘gallant’, ‘spruce’, and ‘brilliant’ to initially describe two armies standing across from each…

Lesson 4 Classic Tales Adjectives and Adverbs In the following sentences, cross out the incorrect words and write in the correct form in the blanks. If the sentence is correct as it is, write "correct" in the blank. 1. Terry plays soccer as good as Brian._______________ 2. This was surely a relaxing weekend.__________________ 4. Jane reacts more polite than Joan.________________ 5. Jane and are Amy are siblings, but they behave very different.___________ 6. I felt bad about my grades on…

Paper 2: Three Adjectives I could think of at least 20 good and bad adjectives that could capture my personality and ideology but there are only three main adjectives that truly show who I am as a person. I consider myself ambitious because I have to succeed in almost everything I do. I am also someone who is very reserved, it takes a long time for me to get comfortable enough to share anything about my personal life. My favorite adjective to describe myself is creative because although parts of…

When you hear adjectives like multimedia mogul, multi-talented, transcending, illuminating, generous, abused, self-hating, and beloved, who comes to mind? Oprah Gail Winfrey embodies all of the above adjectives and many more. She was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to single parent, Vernita Lee. In Oprah’s early life, her maternal grandmother had to raise her, while her mother sought employment away from the home. Her early life consisted of the joys of reading books,…

tips on how they survived. 4. Hearing from Richard and Simon gave us another perspective on Joe and his accident and difficulties. Characters: 1. A) When describing Joe, a handful of adjectives (describing words) that come into mind are: Brave, courageous, tenacious and determined. B) As for Simon, a few adjectives describing him would be: Clever, sensible and logical. C) Lastly, Richard…

Altogether 3815 adjectives conveying positive evaluation of women characters were found in the novels. Having analysed and compared their use, the groups of the most frequent ones were singled out for every novel separately, with the frequency of their occurrence 2% and higher of the general amount of adjectives denoting positive evaluation in each novel. It should be noted that these groups constitute approximately half of all adjectives of positive evaluation in every novel and the other half…

Caring, loving, and supporting describe the person in mind. One would be hard pressed to find a better combination of three adjectives as positive as the ones above. The person I would relate those three adjectives to is named Andrea, and I have known her my whole life. From the beginning to the end I believe those three adjectives will always befit Andrea. Whenever I needed anything Andrea would help me out; big or small she was always there for me. When I needed someone to listen and offer…

The story “The Pit and the Pendulum’ is one of Edgar Allen’s most famous stories. He has three adjectives that describe him really well and there is supporting evidence from the story that will confirm it. The three adjectives that describe the character in this story are brave, scared and smart because of his choices he makes in the story and how he reacts to the different situations. The first adjective that describes the character would be brave. Brave describe this character in the “The Pit…

He often employs the use of adjectives to help visualize a scene, especially when that scene is romantic. He tends to strangely link adjectives that are contradictory, such as sad and lovely, but still gives the image he wants you to see. Throughout his use of adjectives, Fitzgerald seems to rarely use them for the physical attributes of his characters, but mostly just emotional. His use of adverbs…