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Definition of Imagery
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After Apple-Picking" contain imagery that engages... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines... read full definition
Key Examples in The Island of Dr. Moreau
Chapter 17: A Catastrophe
Explanation and Analysis—Puma's Shrieks:
Prendick uses imagery, especially sound imagery, to convey such horror and disgust that it becomes almost impossible not to look away. In Chapter 17, he uses imagery to invite the reader to be disgusted at how desensitized he has become to the horrors on the island:
Moreau presently came round the corner of the enclosure and greeted me. He passed by me, and I heard him behind me unlock and enter his laboratory. So indurated was I at that time to the abomination of the place, that I heard without a touch of emotion the puma victim begin another day of torture. It met its persecutor with a shriek almost exactly like that of an angry virago.
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