Androphilia and gynephilia are terms used in behavioural science to describe sexual orientation, as an alternative to a gender binary homosexual and heterosexual conceptualisation. Androphilia describes sexual attraction to men or masculinity; gynephilia describes the sexual attraction to women or femininit...
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, imagery is used to set the tone of a passage, provide contrast and irony to scenes, and help to display character. Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness, and blood in an exceptional manner to describe his play. Each one of these ...
Some believe Shakespeare was cursed by witches offended by the play - or even that the playwright intentionally cursed the play himself by putting real spells into the witches' dialogue. If you must allude to Macbeth in a theater, it's better to call it "the Scottish play" instead. ...
The predominant symbol is blood and is used as an effective method to describe the theme of the play. Not only does blood symbolize bravery, it is also a means of showing treachery and treason and probably most importantly, guilt. One example of bravery occurs when the captain says, "For ...
What happened next is difficult to describe. The women and children who witnessed it could not stop raving about it till the end of their days, and the memory of what they saw passed onto legend. For, as soon as Badr’s wings attached themselves to her back, a blinding light burst fort...
The word has come to describe any complete travel guide. bagatelle An unimportant trifle. (Not a loaf of French bread.) It's best used to describe a knickknack or a small good deed. bailiwick In one's area of interest or authority; the word derives from the area in which a bailiff,...
Safe Haven Pest Controldescribe locusts as grasshoppers that have “superior social characteristics”! Given the right environmental conditions, a short horned grasshopper can transform into a locust. When conditions are right for that transformation, they get bigger, their wings become stronger, their ...
Another commom name isGout Weed– hardly an improvement. One of the German names is rather nice:Zipperleinskraut. Zipperlein is an old word for gout, but nowadays is used to describe minor ailments. (Kraut means weed or plant) Does this weed have a right to exist?
witches' Sabbath year of birth accident of birth accidents of birth Annabeth Blue Earth came to berth Collinsworth come down to earth comes to berth come to berth date-of-birth dead at birth Ellingsworth El Nath Emmabeth falling to earth gave a wide berth give a wide berth Given by mouth...
Austen tremendously impacted the world of literature by introducing a new style of writing, using new literary devices to describe her daily life, and continuing to remain current throughout the centuries. Jane Austen was one of the first writers to introduce an entirely new style of writing. ...