Thus, rather than examine the dramatic elements of the play I will focus on the literary components that it has in terms of characterization, plot, the author's style, Shabaka's tone, and narration from the first person point-of-view. ... Shabaka's play Mingus Remixed is an unorthodox performance since there exits only one character, also the play consists of inner dialogues and reflections that are seen through Mingus speaking to himself and the imagined personas of his friends and family. Mingus and his acquaintances are all voiced by Barry Shabaka Henley who through his ton...

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One of the key literary characteristics is Poe's use of language. Throughout the story language that is used, whether it is from character to character or from the narrator to the reader is of a very sophisticated nature. ... The in-depth character descriptions really pull the reader deeper into the characters and what they represent in the story. ... The picture that Poe paints in the reader's mind about each scene really proves the story is a true literary piece. ... In "The Cask of Amontillado" Poe uses many specific well-known features of literary fiction including leaving things...

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Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... An internal conflict is a problem within a character. ... Characters either remain stable in their attitudes throughout a work (static characters) or undergo personal development and change, whether through a gradual process or a crisis (dynamic characters); but in any case they usually remain consistent in th...

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It has been renowned among scholars as one of the modern literary classics and has achieved wide acclaim among scholars and readers alike. ... Allusion is another literary mechanic that Joyce uses to enhance the believability of his characters. ... These numerous allusions also indirectly show Joyce's knowledge of literature, because this book really is a reflection of the authors own life, and that, as well, aids the believability of Stephen's character by anchoring him to a real person in the real world. ... When one takes all these advanced writing mechanics into account, co...

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This last issue makes an impression of neutrality in the narrative that is, again, only apparent, since as we know language is neither transparent nor neutral and the character uses language even when he wants to appear as an outsider. ... Even the encyclopedic definitions that the reader is pretended to accept, which are also important devices used by Doctorow, are chosen by the character. ... Despite the fact that Daniel is a fictitious character, the events reported in the book really happened at that time. ... Doctorow style brings innovation to literary forms, being considered a post-mod...

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E.M Forster's widely admired novel "Howard's End," provides a detailed portrayal of life in Edwardian England; a series of characters exposed as if under a literary microscope. Froster focuses on the personal relationships and interactions between his primary characters who represent the dueling and contrasting factions of the English upper classes. ... The era is now associated with the birth of 'modernism'; a time of artistic and literary progression, as well as social and human transformation. ... There would be no trains, no ships to carry [...] literary people about...

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Instead of a recognizable genre, lesbian literary narrative, is in reality, a disputed form, dependent on various interpretive strategies." ... Cather's clever insertion of her initial as the snake "was lying in long loose waves, like a letter 'W'" forms a literary technique she perhaps used to inform her readers on her lesbian position. ... Farwell notes how "Feminist literary theory has been eager to recognize the possibility of disruptive plots and spaces that position women as subjects of their own stories." ... Jim's masculinity is masked by such ev...

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In a literary approach to the story of Lot and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19, the text itself is the primary focus. ... in order to distinguish the interlocking plots of each character to a larger scale plot. This new treatment broadens the character of Genesis 19. ... These are defined by first analyzing the desire of the character, followed by what gets in the way of this characters" desires, and lastly how the desires find resolution. ... He also worked carefully within the lines of the story without throwing in his own sympathy for a character, as I had a tendency ...

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Out of these, the reader needs to build up the psychological and emotional disposition of the characters, especially of the main character, by himself. ... In a situation where the reader does not have "direct access to a character´s [inner] thoughts and feelings (Edmondson 20), other than in traditional novels where the literary minds are transparent and the reader knows everything about them. ... As a consequence, a character exists in the minds of other characters, reporting mutual events from the past that connect them. Virginia Woolf called this method "tunneling process"...

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Dickens enforces that Pip is the most important character in the novel as it is his story and his perceptions are what define other characters. ... The narrative voice has a better perspective and speaks with maturity whereas we understand how the character feels at the time as things happen. ... Bennett and Royle pointed out that the comedy of this passage is partly produced by the double sense of 'character' – as the shape of an inscribed letter on a tombstone and as the personality of a human being.... Pip begins with a misunderstanding of how to pronounce his own name sayi...

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"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," by Mark Haddon, integrates unique elements of structure, language style and character narration to really deliver a rare, wonderful and one of a kind book that truly brings up thought provoking issues and is overall a satisfying read. ... What otherwise I thought had the potential to be un engaging is really made special and bought to life by the unique and captivating narration used by the more challenged main character . ...

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In James Joyce's short story Araby he is successful in creating an intense narrative. He does this in such a way that he enables the reader to feel what is it actually like to live in Dublin at the turn of the century when the Catholic Church had an enormous amount of authority over Dubliner's. The...

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