One of the more controversial approaches to literary analysis is the formalist approach. The formalist approach to literary analysis emphasizes the objective and literal interpretation of the tone, theme, and style of a literary text. ... A strong voice or character in literature must be able to illuminate and be heard by the formalist critic. ... The rhythm and flow of a text is critical in the formalist approach to literary analysis for the purpose of sustaining consistent even reading material. ... The formalistic approach to literary analysis is an exact literal analysis of literatur...

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"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel that shook the literary world in the 20th Century. ... Santiago is a truly unique character, and his transcendence into the spiritual realm gives him an essence that is not apparent in his mind and body. ...

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Albert Camus is a literary artist, he was born in Algeria in the year 1913. ... In his literary works he discusses the absurd condition of mans existence. ... In most of his novels, all of his characters are extension of his own views. He expands his views of the absurd through his characters as they encounter the absurd, he shows the absurdity of the world by using literary techniques, such as symbolism, irony and foreshadowing. ... Camus portrays us here with a character with common situations that we can understand without showing any emotions, or feelings in the character at the point we c...

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In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part Four is a period of great change for Stephen, in which his feeling about life and his character are modified at multiple instances. James Joyce, the author of the novel, focuses on the intricacies of Stephen's transformation through his use of diction, imagery, and other literary techniques. ... Stephen Dedalus's character experiences even more change in Part Four, after he decides against choosing the priesthood as his vocation. ... Joyce's use of literary techniques within Part Four is essential in completely describing the...

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The basics of children's literature is an integral part of literary, along with cultural and media studies due to the diverse intellectual disagreements. ... An understanding of literary characters is one of the first ways a young child has of making sense of what it is to be human later on in their life. Children's literature can transform a child's thought by convincing the child that they are a character in life, comparing them to a character in the book. ...

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He was not telling you why certain characters were blind in the literary sense, but for you to find the deeper meaning. ... One character that fits into this group is Brother Jack. ... Another character in the novel that had lost his vision is a character mentioned at the end of the novel, Reverend Rinehart. ... Each group of individuals received a certain piece of the character. ... Rinehart was a character that forced others into blindness by his conniving ways. ...

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Meaning is gained from a literary text at both a literal and also a symbolic level. Literary devices are the most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel. ... In the novel, one of the most significant literary devices used by Winton is symbolism, which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harbored by the text's audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. ... Besides this, the character of Quick Lamb is also indicative of how human beings can through circumstances in life feel anguished and homeless. ... The main symbols used...

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Throughout "Hamlet," Shakespeare gives us sharp literary images of death, decay, rot, and corruption. ... The characters in the play display erratic but realistic behaviors and because of that, they're still relatible to readers and audiences. ... The carefully constructed sentences lack an explanation of motive, allowing for the interweaving of critical perspectives throughout the text to provide answers for the character's mysteries. ... "Hamlet" continues to be a text with an interminable amount of relevance to today's society, largely due to it's examination of huma...

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Realism in Europe followed the literary Romantic Movement. With science being the basis of new thought, imagination is thrown out the window and Realism is developed. It was an attempt to describe surroundings and behavior of mankind exactly as they appear. The author's way of telling realistic stor...

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He uses the three main characters to represent the fact that as people age their purpose decreases. In the short story, the young waiter is the only character with a purpose in life. ... Hemingway perfectly describes the stages of existentialism and the inevitable death using these three main characters. ... He does not give many details on the characters' physical appearance and by doing so, the readers are drawn to the emotions and mental states of each character. ... In "A Clean Well-Lighted Place,"" Hemingway uses these main literary devices to portray his theme that life is essenti...

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The character of the older waiter and his response to the younger waiter's treatment of the old deaf man as well as his account of his loneliness are major contributors to this story's theme: with age comes loneliness'. Although the characters of the deaf man and the young waiter are important parts of the story because they are personalities the older waiter uses to tell his account of his loneliness, the character of the older waiter contributes most to the overall theme. ... Hemingway chose this character to tell his story because this man is the transitional character of ...

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Or, by some extraordinary circumstance of character or support from a near one, that person manage to not only retain/regain self respect, but to earn the respect of others. ... When we look at a 'story of sickness,' it could be useful to add some 'medical' terms to the kit of tools we use for literary analysis. ... When a story is altered by sickness, what happens to the space the character has to act in? ... It may be that the character finds there is suddenly "not much time left," or "it's time for the things that are important," or time could be transcended altoget...

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Throughout the history of literature major literary works has dealt with the confrontation of death such confrontation can be either positive or negative. ... In these two stories the characters did not see that death was a path in life that everyone experiences. ... There was a denial of death in all the characters and when they did experience it they were still headstrong of how to handle it and to move on with their lives. ...

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In James Joyce's novella, "The Dead," Gabriel Conroy's character plays a central role in the theme of paralysis throughout the story. ... Gabriel's character represents living a life of paralysis, one that is both without life and love. ... Gabriel's paralysis from Lily's response, coupled with his generous tip and rapid departure, speaks to his character. ... Miss Ivors approaches Gabriel and criticizes the literary column he writes in The Daily Express, saying, "I didn't think you were a West Briton." ...

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Throughout the years many have studied Moby Dick is hopes to find the true meaning, or just deep literary value the book provides. ... As with all classic stories if a character will try to mess with Mother Nature, that character will loose. ... The crew, as stated above does go through character personality changes. ...

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