As readers subjectively interpret texts, there needs to be some joining thread in the experiences that readers have in reading text or viewing a subject in order to categorize these mediums. As such, readers are often linked in their responses by a common cultural or historical setting that is shaped by dominant discourse or beliefs as depicted in the work itself (McManus, 1)
S. state and utilized his skills in twenty-six foreign countries with the FBI on his tail (Reed, 1)
At the start of the play, Macbeth's bravery in battle is described as one of his strengths. This includes the description of his sword smoking "with bloody execution" (Shakespeare I, ii)
Sterling Brown applies symbolism and imagery in his poem for highlighting the unjust practices of racial oppression and slavery. Though the poem is written as a matter-of-factly, its tone conveys 'emotional catharsis' and anger (Anderson 1029), highlighted by the repeated use of the term 'bitter' all through the course of the poem
Nevertheless, it enjoyed clear success by no less than one measure: Wright and Brown's works constitute two of the initial pieces of African-American literature taken seriously by a significant number of critics and mainstream publishers. Also, for the very first time in the nation's history, African-American arts and literature attracted a significant amount of the overall nation's attention (Wintz, 2015)
Chaucer adds to this feeling by having readers take on a first-person view into the amazement that the two knights feel when they see Emily: "Emilie, that fairer was to see Than is the lily upon his stalk green, And fresher than the May with flowers new, (For with the rose colour strove her hue, I know not which is finer of them two.)" (Chaucer) It is actually intriguing to observe how Chaucer goes beyond describing Emily as a beautiful woman, as he goes at showing her as having an almost unnatural beauty
"I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me; I even hinted that he might raise a loan." (Ibsen) The only reason why Nora resorted to forging a signature was the fact that Torvald could not accept having to be put in a vulnerable position (from a social point-of-view)