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Tragic Hero Example: Oedipus the King |
A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. This person is fated by the Gods or by some supernatural force to doom and destruction or at least to great suffering. But the hero struggles mightly against this fate and this cosmic conflict wins our admiration. |
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Foreshadowing Example: Oedipus mocks Teirsias for being blind, which foreshadows Oedipus becoming blind himself. |
The literary device foreshadowing refers to the use of indicative word or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story. |
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Imagery Example: The puffy white clouds were like cotton candy in the sky. |
In literature, one of the strongest devices is imagery wherein the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader. Imagery helps the reader to visualize more realistically the author’s writings. The usage of metaphors, allusions, descriptive words and similes amongst other literary forms in order to “tickle” and awaken the readers’ sensory perceptions is referred to as imagery. |
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Gustatory imagery Example: The crisp fresh taste of the vegetables reminded her of her garden. |
In other words, gustatory imagery refers to words, descriptions or pictures in your brain that make you think of taste. |
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Visual imagery Example: The scales glistened like emeralds in the orangey light of the flames. |
Imagery that invokes colors, shapes, or things that can be seen. See discussion under imagery. |
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Motif Example: suffering is a motif in Siddhartha. |
Motif is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. |
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Allegory Example: Animal Farm is a political allegory of events in Russia and communism. |
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
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Symbolism Example: The color black can symbolize death and suffering. |
Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. Sometimes, however, an action, an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic value. |
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Irony: verbal Example: soft like concrete |
irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. |
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Irony: situational Example: a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets. |
irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. |
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Irony: dramatic Example: Oedipus has to find the man who killed the previous King, but he later discovers it was himself. |
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not. Because of this understanding, the words of the characters take on a different meaning. |
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Irony: socratic Example: a child asks how the Christmas presents got under the tree and the parents reply that they don't know. |
Socratic irony is when you pretend to be ignorant to expose the ignorance or inconsistency of someone else. |
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Irony: cosmic Example: Oedipus had a fate controlled by the gods that he would kill his father and marry his mother, and it comes true. |
the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and toys with human hopes and expectations |
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Characterization: direct Example: She was kind to everyone and easy to talk to. |
Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is. |
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Characterization: indirect Example: He was appalled by the idea of volunteering. |
Indirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character. |
