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Questions Answered Essays Questions Answered Essay Questions Answered Essay 1.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Simile, metaphor, and personification play a vital role in Pablo Neruda’s poem, â€Å"White Bee.† It gave life and various emotions to inanimate and perhaps debatable characters he used such as his soul and the last hawser. Furthermore, these figures of speech made it easier for readers to envision what Neruda describes. In line 12, Neruda notes, â€Å"Your breasts seem like white snails.† This simile helps us form an image of breasts that have a nice round form such as a snail’s with a hint of softness. The metaphor â€Å"word without echoes† makes us think of speaking without actual voice coming out of our mouths. It’s almost similar to being withdrawn and powerless. â€Å"Shadow has come to sleep on your belly† is personification that makes a reader think of peaceful slumber after a long day of work. It doesn’t exactly present a person. Using â€Å"shadow,† a symbol interlinked with night, and â €Å"belly,† an image of a soft that body part where one can serenely lay his/her head makes the personification- and the general mood of the poem- more powerful.2.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Spiegelman’s Maus made use of animals for characters instead of humans. We can see this as a good choice as it helps us understand how the author specifically views the ethnicities presented. For example, the Jews are illustrated as mice. This may be due to the fact that Jews are as meek and resourceful as mice during the period of Nazi Germany. On the other hand, Germans are shown as cats- fierce, cautious, poised, and always ready to scratch. The disadvantage with using animals, however, lies in the fact that its readers may not get really attached with the story. It’s true that there will still be emotions since the characters’ facial expressions still changes. But the fact that the characters aren’t humans will limit the depth of compassion or sympathy a reader wi ll have for the characters and the story itself.3.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Modern art encompass a long period of time wherein various art movements were started and developed. During this time, abstraction became an important aspect of art. Abstraction helped artists present their subjects, visions, and messages to viewers in a new way. Instead of plainly illustrating natural scenery, a portrait, or a picture of still life, abstraction is utilized to shock or puzzle spectators. This is all done while still using subtle images, colors, or other medium. Let’s look at examples. Claude Monet’s â€Å"Impression: Sunrise† is a good artwork that portrays abstraction in the form of unevenly blended colors and undefined lines. We can see that there’s sunset and some fishermen, but there’s no horizon and what we suppose as fishermen are only visible as shadows.In Vincent Van Gogh’s â€Å"Starry Night,† abstraction is presented in the whole canvas. There are what seem to be swirls of clouds. Then there are the moon and stars with their baffling light-colored strokes that surround them. There’s even the intimidating, dark castle. Finally, there is Marcel Duchamp’s â€Å"Nude Descending a Staircase.† This painting utilized abstraction more seriously than our other examples. At first, one will not be able to see a figure- a nude figure- going down a staircase, as Duchamp used various shapes and presented continuous movement. Only with focused scrutiny will the nude descending a staircase be found.