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William C. Cavanaugh. Characterization A person's character is the sum of all his traits , and characterization is the portrayal of character resulting from an artist's synthesis of these traits in a consistent and intelligible pattern ...
William C. Cavanaugh. Characterization A person's character is the sum of all his traits , and characterization is the portrayal of character resulting from an artist's synthesis of these traits in a consistent and intelligible pattern ...
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... character may be all the more remarkable because of its mystery . Sensitive read- ers often disagree about the characters in literature as if they were actual people with complex motives . Two readers who under- stand a character in ...
... character may be all the more remarkable because of its mystery . Sensitive read- ers often disagree about the characters in literature as if they were actual people with complex motives . Two readers who under- stand a character in ...
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... character in a dynamic context rather than in a static one . Dialogue had always been able to do this through the exchange of speech which can make constant transi- tions from one subject to another ; but the monologue , before ...
... character in a dynamic context rather than in a static one . Dialogue had always been able to do this through the exchange of speech which can make constant transi- tions from one subject to another ; but the monologue , before ...
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PURPOSE AND FORM | 15 |
Ben Jonson 323 | 27 |
Lyrical and Narrative | 28 |
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allusion arrangement attitude beauty become begins called character comes connotation create dark death describe effect emotional English example experience Explain expression eyes face fact fall feel figurative give given hand head heart human idea imagery images impression involved ironic irony kind language leaves less light literal live look meaning meter mind move nature never night notice objects once passed pattern person picture play poem poet poet's poetry QUESTIONS reader reading repetition response rhyme rhythm Robert seems sense sleep song sound speak speaker speech stand stanza statement story stressed suggest syllables symbols tell thee things thou thought tone tree true trying turned understand verse voice words writer