Comparison of The Famous Although every author has his own style there can be some similarities between stories using literary devices. ... The location of this story played a big role, which makes it an important literary device. In "The Guest" the location of the schoolhouse was an important literary device. ... The setting of the story, its surroundings, and weather sets the tone to the story which makes it an important literary device. 3 In "A Rose for Emily" also used the literary device of symbolism. ... In conclusion, the story of Albert Camus titled "The Guest" and "A Rose for...

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Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea uses literary devices to make it a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of literature. Symbols are an extremely significant literary device used through out this novel. ... Imagery is an equally important literary device that is used in the novel. ... To sum up in Ernst Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea he uses literary devices to make the book a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of fiction literature. ...

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Salinger is able to create such as diverse and complex character through the use of several literary devices. These literary devices portray the personality and the complexity of Holden's character to the reader. ... The text is also inspired by the literary technique of stream of consciousness. ... The literary technique of hyperbole is used through the novel, and helps the reader to gain a further understanding of Holden's character. ... Salinger's novel, which is achieved through the use of various literary devices....

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Writers use different styles, techniques, and devices to convey a multitude of thoughts and feelings. ... In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses a variety of literary devices; however, Hurston's use of hair to symbolize sexuality is a prevalent theme throughout the novel. ... Zora Neale Hurston effectively uses this device along with several others to enhance the enjoyment of Their Eyes Were Watching God, and also adds a running theme throughout the novel. ... The use of this device enriches and perfects an already wonderful novel. ...

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She reveals the same virtue of using letters as a dramatic device in her famous novel Pride and Prejudice. ... The great novelist has used the letters as a dramatic device to enhance the storyline, to give support to the revelation process of the characters, as well as to introduce the basic theme of the novel to the readers. ... Thus, she uses the device of letters as something which contributes significantly in the development of the plot. ... The disposition of a letter, in context of developing the plot or taking it to the next level, seems to be the best device where the thoughts of the...

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These literary devices are effective as they display for responders a non-stereotypical response to a mother's abandonment. ... In effect, the level of maturity that Charlie demonstrates throughout the novel when forced into unique and unfamiliar situations highlights Silvey's skill to produce an incredible novel, which uses creative and effective literary devices that explore the "coming of age" phrase in a realistic and relatable manner....

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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. ...

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Many critics have observed that in Orlando Woolf absorbs cinematic devices, adapting zooms, change-in-focus, close-ups, flashbacks, dissolves and tracking shots. ... Thus Orlando's desire and future are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. ... Completing the narrative framing device, the voiceover asserts, "But she is changed. ... As with any literary adaptation, Potter's adaptation of Orlando has been met with much criticism. ... The image of the bumboat woman is t...

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In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational irony in order to demonstrate the common theme of isolation in their literary works "A Rose for Emily" and "Richard Cory." Both Emily and Richard are alienated from their small town communities because of the...

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This is a dominating theme in the book, which is characterized by two literary elements: characterization and symbolism. The first literary device, which constitutes the development of this major theme in the book The Catcher in the rye, is characterization. ... This theme of innocence is also related to another literary element, symbolism. ... These literary techniques allow Salinger to reveal the significance of a common theme. ...

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During the time that Frankenstein was written (1818), Romanticism was the dominant literary period, and much of the Romantic philosophy can be seen in Mary Shelley's novel. ... Thérese Raquin (1868) was written by Émile Zola during the Naturalist literary period. ... The main point of writing a novel by using a frame device is in order to see the differences among the characters and to see the differing viewpoints. ... There are fewer literary allusions in this work because it was written for less educated people. ...

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By using characterization, theme, diction and other literary devices, Ellison and Hurston created two enduring novels about life's struggles and rewards that will be read for many centuries to come....

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All Quiet on the Western Front In All Quiet on the Western Front there are a few themes. One is the malevolence at war of the war to end and other is the effect off the war on the soldier. The effect of the war on the soldier is very obvious when the new soldier come after all of the deaths. It ...

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William Faulkner in his novel, Absalom, Absalom!, uses all of his customary themes and literary devices in his telling of the story. This story, like all his others, takes a look at the south just after the Civil War, which is the which is the Faulkner lived. Faulkner uses a Southern family, the Su...

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"Her acute observation of character and her satiric depiction of human behaviour are distinguishing features of Jane Austen's writing." Discuss, with close attention to characterization, style and themes. Jane Austen narrates Pride and Prejudice for the most part from the point of view of her h...

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In the novel "The Wild Geese," Ogai Mori successfully shows to the reader the role of women in the late 1880s. He introduces Otama, who is the daughter of a candy dealer, and Okada, who is a medical student at Tokyo University. Otama and Okada become friends very fast because they see each other dur...

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" Rejecting these concepts was among many of the cultural forces that drove literary modernism. ... Modernism, as a literary style is built upon the ideas and concepts found in both literary naturalism and realism; All together the beliefs in these theories reject the basis and ideals of romanticism. ... Gustave Flaubert as a modernist literary legend was a master at the precision of detail in his novel and this emphasized the modern perspective in his work. ...

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The term "Frankenstein" has undergone sequences of alterations, and an elongated lifetime than its carrier, Victor Frankenstein. The memoir of the title can likewise be perceived as more intensely appealing than that of the expert scientist. Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, has certainly origin...

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Thesis statement: Eva Luna by Isabel Allende is an example of a novel that depicts a great variety of women characters that come together in their struggle to survive in a politically torn and male-dominated country. Good! Eva Luna was my introduction into the world of Isabel Allen...

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