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Shoulders by Noami Shihab Nye – Symbolism – Poetic Devices

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 by JL Admin

Symbolism  Nye’s poem is a word picture of one very brief moment in time: A father carries his son across a street to safety. But everything in that slice of life is representative or symbolic of something bigger. The father is Everyman (the representative of humankind in medieval morality plays). He is every person in…

A Worn Path: Symbolism & Literary Devices

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 by JL Admin

Point of View  “A Worn Path” is told from a third-person limited point of view. This allows the reader to empathize with Phoenix, because her thoughts and actions are shown. Yet, in third-person, the reader is allowed to view Phoenix from a distance, and thereby see her as others see her.  Symbolism  The most obvious…

The Train From Rhodesia: Symbolism, Imagery & Narrative

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by JL Admin

Narrative  “The Train from Rhodesia” begins and ends with the symbol of the train. Nadime structures her story around this metaphor and uses limited third-person narration to tell it. The narrator reveals only the thoughts of the young woman, thus focusing the story around her perspective, even though the stationmaster and his family are introduced…

The Story Of An Hour: Symbolism, Literary Devices

Posted on September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 by JL Admin

The action of “The Story of an Hour” is simple: Mrs. Mallard, who suffers from “a heart trouble,” is informed about her husband’s demise in a train accident. At first she is beset by grief, but then she begins to feel a sense of freedom. When she leaves her room and descends the stairs, her…

The Rocking Horse Winner – Setting, Symbolism & Style

Posted on September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 by JL Admin

Setting D. H. Lawrence was writing during the early part of the twentieth century, and he, like most writers of the day, was significantly influenced by World War I. He had read and loved the novels of nineteenth-century writers George Eliot, author of Silas Marner, and Thomas Hardy, author of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, but…

The Monkey’s Paw – Foreshadowing, Imagery and Symbolism

Posted on July 26, 2019 by JL Admin

Foreshadowing  Foreshadowing is a technique in which the writer hints at the events to come. Sometimes, authors depict events early in a story that are really microcosms of the plot that is soon to unfold; other times, writers create this effect by developing an atmosphere that projects the tone of what is about to happen….

Miss Brill – Setting, Symbolism & Narration

Posted on July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by JL Admin

Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” presents the interior monologue of a woman on a Sunday trip to the park whose pleasant illusions are shattered when reality infringes on her thoughts. Setting  “Miss Brill” is set in the “JardinsPubliques,” the French term for “public garden,” or park. Miss Brill, through her name and the indication that she…

A Good Man Is Hard To Find – Symbolism and other Literary Devices

Posted on July 4, 2019 by JL Admin

Symbolism  Symbols, elements in a work of fiction that stand for something more profound or meaningful, allow writers to communicate complicated ideas to readers in a work that appears to be simple. Flannery O’Connor includes several symbols in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” For example, skies and weather are always symbolic to O’Connor,…

The Fall of the House of Usher: Setting, Symbolism and Gothic Elements

Posted on July 3, 2019 by JL Admin

“The Fall of the House of Usher” centers on Roderick Usher and his twin sister Madeline, the last surviving members of the Usher family.  Setting  The setting of “The Fall of the House of Usher” plays an integral part in the story because it establishes an atmosphere of dreariness, melancholy, and decay. The story takes…

Everyday Use by Alice Walker: Symbolism and other Literary Devices

Posted on July 2, 2019 by JL Admin

Alice Walker uses several literary devices to examine the themes in the story and to give a voice to the poor and the uneducated.  Point of View  “Everyday Use” is told in first-person point of view. Mrs. Johnson, an uneducated woman, tells the story herself. The reader learns what she thinks about her two daughters,…

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