From this description: "wild, bold, ravenous rats", what kind of picture do you get. This is from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" - how does it make the prisoner's experience even more firghtening, please be detailed.
2007-03-13 08:34:32 · 3 answers · asked by mbchelsea 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Ravenous rats" is really good alliteration, and the way the phrase flows denotes speed, agility and the inevitable attack.
2007-03-13 08:43:04 · answer #1 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you might start by outlining some related words regarding each one (mind-mapping procedures), thus this is the beginning of your analysis. Then for each word, you might get some like these:
wild - fierce, angry, untamed, ...
bold - brave, powerful, unintimidated, ...
ravenous - devouring, defying, starving, ...
Then from the context of the story, especially, those before and after the quoted words, try to imagine yourself in such a situation, that is, how horrible it is or how you definitely feel when such rats are in front of you, then describe as your two or three drafts (or more) then let some of your friends judge for your best description. I hope this helps.
2007-03-13 15:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even more frightening?
Wild:- fear of the uncontrollability of the vicious wild rodents.
Bold: - Awareness that the rats have no fear of humans - even more scary.
Ravenous: - invokes fear of perhaps being bitten or even eaten by the rats- what horror that creates in the mind of the prisoner and reader.
A series of image-provoking horrors, designed to frighten, disgust, freak out, and horrify the reader
2007-03-13 09:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋