Dead Man’s Path by Chinua Achebe Essay. Introduction The story is generally depicting the theme which is said to be modernity versus old. The old is characterized by the villagers which still continues doing their rituals and also it is characterized by the pathway (Nerdicity).. Theme explanation The theme in the story is about Modern.
She is so affected by this man that she is asking for a dead corpse to take for 'long slow' honeymoon. For the third time, Duffy has used an oxymoronic technique, contrasting two different words. In the last line of the poem, the poet uses onomatopoeia disturbingly to mock the sound of a heartbeat or the heart slowly b-b-b-breaking in to pieces.