by Critical Thinking 10e14 on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8:38pm ·
ITEM 1: Poem
A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Rhetorical devices:
- Rhyme: brow-now; deem-dream; away-day; none-gone; seem-dream; roar-shore; hand-sand; creep-deep-weep; grasp-clasp; save-wave; seem-dream.
- Metaphor: Falling grains of sand (the passage of time); surf-tormented shore (time); pitiless wave (indifferent person)
- Rhetorical question: O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp?; O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? (to reflect the torment in the narrator's soul.)
- Alliteration: hope-has, seen-seem, dream within a dream, hold within my hand, Grains of golden sand , While I weep–while I weep, and One from the pitiless wave.
- Repetition: O God! can I not grasp- O God! can I not save
Message:
The author told that his life is a dream and everything in his life is a dream as well. Besides, time is a powerful but mysterious force.
ITEM 2: picture
Rhetorical device
Overstatement: North pole is flooded because of global warming
Message: Human beings have polluted the environment, which can lead to the flood at North pole.
ITEM 3: Story
The king and the flowers
A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers and was looking for someone to succeed him. He decided he would let the flowers decide so he gave everyone a little seed. The one who would produce the most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next king. A girl called Serena was overwhelmed by the beauty and determined to grow the most beautiful flower. She planted it in a nice pot, took great care for it, but nothing would grow. The next year she saw everyone gathering at the palace with pots full of beautiful flowers. She was disappointed but also went to the meeting with her empty pot. The king inspected all the flower pots and then stopped at hers. Why is your pot empty, he asked. Your highness, I did everything to make it grow, but I have failed, she answered. No, you didn't, he replied. You see, the seeds I've given out were all roasted, so nothing could come out of them. I have no idea where all these flowers come from. But you have been honest and by being so, have deserved to be my heir. You will our queen.
Message:
We should develop a high standard of personal ethics and always do everything with honesty. Therefore, we will be respected and successful.
References:
ITEM 1: http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/eapoe/bl-eapoe-dreamwithin.htm
ITEM 2: http://www.google.com.vn/imgres?q=green+house+irony+cartoon&um=1&hl=vi&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=yuXCxtfJdaOrSM:&imgrefurl=http://thegreenmiles.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archiv
ITEM 3: http://go.webassistant.com/wa/upload/users/u1000057/workspaces/30stories/
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