The Dreadful Yellow Wallpaper The theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the narrator's sickness towards the yellow patterned wallpaper. ... John (the narrator's physician husband) has diagnosed her with a nervous depression. The narrator tells her story through first person point of view. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the theme is developed through the use of a first person point of view, and by the use of symbolism. ... The narrator states, "The most beautiful place, the rooms are on different floors and have different setups in every room" (705)...

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The opening page ends with one sentence that will leave the reader waiting for more and anticipating an extraordinary story. ... The plot in this story goes in logical order and leaves no room for guessing because the author gives more than enough preparation for the events to come. ... This theme is definitely worth teaching to children of all ages. The theme emerges naturally and doesn't overpower the story and moralizing is avoided. ... The point of view in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is narrative and is appropriate for this story. ...

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"The Story Of An Hour" Kate Choplin Theme In "The Story Of An Hour," Kate Choplin suggests that in certain situations, the death of a loved one may be a blessing or the marriage may be a prison sentence to some. ... Point Of View We experience the joy Louise Mallard felt upon hearing of her husband's death through third person narration. ... Immediately after hearing the news, Louise starts crying, and storms into her room. Since Louise spends the majority of the short story in her room, this the main setting of the story. ... She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her ...

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However, there is a theme to this story. ... Another reason William Faulkner chose this point of view is that it is a limited point of view. ... The point of view keeps readers in a questionable matter of suspense. ... Miss Emily was always wearing black clothing, giving a morbid theme. ... The reason I say this is due to the fact, that she killed Homer and kept him in a locked room, and lie in bed with him. ...

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The play opens up with Michael's first speech. ... We just understand how they interact with one another but their inner selves are rarely revealed. ... The author does this not only to give as an access to the characters" thoughts but this technique is also significant in a sense that it allows us to explore different aspects and themes of the play with the narrator. ... When Jack shuffles "from room to room as if he was looking for something," this symbolises how men in this play try to find a way out and escape the isolation. ... In one part, the play ends with all the characters s...

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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'. ... It is the older waiter whose point of view the narrator tells the story. ... Throughout the story, Hemingway uses the idea of nothing or the lack of something to strengthen his theme of loneliness. ... With the rising of the sun his room is no longer dark and empty but is now full of light so that he may sleep only to wake up and see the drunken old deaf m...

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, uses all of his customary themes and literary devices in his telling of the story. ... Faulkner uses this new way of narration along with a theme of memory to illustrate how history especially that of his beloved south can be misleading, depending on who it is told from. ... Compson's purpose as narrator is to give the reader another view of the story that was already told, or in a sense to give the reader another historical look at the same event. ... Compson gives the reader another view of this man, so as to question what one is being told. ... Quentin goes off to Harvard and is r...

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In a way, the two stories are similar as their themes are based on the same topics: mystery, supernatural and the unknown. ... Dickens may want us to counter this view and to think that all human beings are important. ... Hardy may also have views about rejection. ... Dickens concentrates on the main characters and is more succinct in telling the story and putting his views across. ... This allows us to imagine that we are in the room with the signalman, watching him as he works, noting every detail of his movement and actions. ...

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First, he establishes the point of view in the form of a first-person narrator. ... Although many of the obvious questions are immediately answered by the narrator, this allows Faulkner to quickly give the main character an interesting persona, while leaving room to develop those attributes. ... The house is imparted with a sense of pride. ... We could spend countless hours mining the depths of this story for a theme and other examples of symbolism and imagery, butA Rose for Emily? ... he leaves the reader with a natural desire todig deeper.? ...

• Word Count: 1291
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• Grade Level: High School