Formalistic Criticism for "Revelation" Formalistic critics often analyze stories by showing the relationship between various elements" meanings such as: plot, characters, point of view, setting tone, diction, images, and symbols. ... The room may also represent the protagonist's small mindedness. ... Turpin sees "a woman with a yellow sweatshirt and wine-colored slacks, both gritty-looking, and the rims of her lips were stained with snuff. Her dirty yellow hair was tied behind with a little piece of red paper ribbon. ... Formalistic critics could also talk about O" Connor's use of ...

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The story is written with somewhat of a slanted point of view, as seen through the barber's eyes. ... But most importantly, Téllez uses imagery and symbols when describing Captain Torres and also with the shaving cream and razor blade. ... When an animal first enters a room is as if they creep in the room silently, which is exactly how Téllez seems to describe Torres in the beginning of "Just Lather, That's All-. ... With shaving cream on Torres face the barber seems to think clearly, but with only a little remaining it is hard for him to think clearly and rationally. ...

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She uses imagery to distill within the readers" head the image of a peaceful and neutral room to fit her liberated behavior. "It is a room suited to me-tailored, uncluttered, and peaceful I love the quiet lines of the furniture, the two bookcases filled with poetry books and fairy tales saved from childhood." ... In the poem, basketball was also used as a symbol. ... The last rhetorical strategy used was point of view. ... Though both used different point of view, both transmitted the same message. ...

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