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you would have learned the stories of bible in a roundabout way through that story. Because that story contains many biblical allegories and symbolisms by Edmund, the White Witch, and Aslan who represent Judas, Satan, and Jesus, who are the main characters from the bible. First,…

Notable authors in literary work understand that to keep their piece enticing and not dull, various methods must be employed. One of the more important methods is theme. Frankly, themes are so intrinsically incorporated in literature's the main and sub-plots of that without it, books would be nothing more than an abundance of meaningless of words on sheets of paper. William Shakespeare, for example, utilizes themes as the main component in The Merchant of Venice. The themes William Shakespeare…

rational and imaginative, but later her thoughts become absurd. It seems that he female protagonist is living in a parallel world and even splits her personality. By using a lot of symbolism and numerous metaphors the author manages to criticize the traditional gender roles and makes clear that patriarchy is the reason for the narrator’s madness. The analysis of the development of the narrator shows that the final insanity of the…

Dialogue is a writing style that present the conversations between two or more characters on certain topics. Writers often use dialogues in literary works as a narrating technique. Dialogues can bring readers into the setting of the story and make them feel personally involved. The use of conversations also can reflect the major theme of the story through narrators’ exchange of ideas. Dialogues are also prevalent in African and Caribbean poems and stories, as seen from “Girl”, “Miguel Street”,…

Maria Ponn Sindhuja. P II MA English Literature PG & Research Department of English Holy Cross College Trichy Use of Mythical Elements in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta and moved to Canada and then to U.S.A. She has written numerous articles. She has two non-fiction books, seven novels, and two short story collections to her credit. Mukherjee lives in America, she not only has practiced the American culture but has imbibed it. She is a diasporic writer, but…

The theme of Sacrifices between the families is portrayed in the texts. Written text ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ by Jodi Picoult and short story ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O’ Henry. Media text ‘Mamma Mia’ directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Script ‘Billy Elliot’ by Stephen Daldry. These texts introduce a range of sacrifice that can occur in family relationship; married couple, mother and child, father and child and between siblings. All of these texts are connected sacrificing their most valuable. The Gift…

Young love is a common subject used by teenagers lately. They may understand the definition from reading out of a dictionary, but at such a young age you cannot fully comprehend the emotion of love. Romeo and Juliet are a strong example of young love, for they may think they're in love. In reality, they were truly an example of being infatuated with each other, leading to their demise for each other. Between Juliet saying how she wishes to no longer be a Capulet or Romeo and Juliet getting…

certain responses and reactions. Writers may utilise a character as a focal character who expresses feelings and emotions that readers can comprehend and interconnect with. By doing so, readers will be aware of the circumstances and the situations or conflicts within the plot and will be more likely to portray emotional responses. The novels, Atonement and Kitchen, both…

Realism is a literary movement in the nineteenth century and is used in literary works to depict real life of this world that we are living in. When an author uses realism in his writing, all aspects of the works are taken into account; the characters, the setting as well as the themes should portraying the reality of this life. The protagonist in the realist works usually is from common people and is dealing with the same thing as the people at that particular era are dealing with, for instance…

This story has its own way of showing theme, like “Thank You Ma’m”. Also, it expresses theme by character dialogue and action, as does the last story. The theme this story portrays is do not expect anything less of somebody than what they are capable of doing. As I said before, this theme can be found by the character dialogue and how the act and react. It starts off with an aunt trying to control her nieces and nephew on a carriage ride. Her story that she…