Tess of the D'Uberville

It was 7 years ago that Mary, John, mother, father and myself arrived in the city of London. Though we'd been told work here be more abundant, the air hardly compared, then or now, to the crisp farm breeze of our beloved Sourton hamlet in Devon. The move to London was made out of necessity, the farm and our Lord, who we'd thought could sustain us continually in employment grew evermore

There are many writing techniques/crafts that authors write about in their story. For example, stories could have metaphors, flashbacks/flash forwards, or tone. But, in the story The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism, revealing actions, and descriptive language to show why the narrator wants to kill the old man.

To be able to analyze fiction, is directly opening doors to the abstract and nebulous parts of our minds. Being able to find the moral or message of a text without it directly being stated, is a skill not all people have opened themselves to. No one can make you think about a concept that you haven’t yet pondered yourself, you must be able to search in between the lines and create a certain meaning based on your own mental constructs. This is a very key element when reading fiction, it is impossible to decipher the purpose of the text without understanding hidden messages subtly suggested throughout. For example, in O’Conner’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” she uses mainly foreshadowing to create a grim atmosphere, as when the grandmother was ranting about ‘The Misfit’. “‘Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the grandmother asked.” (p. 1)

What is the point of literary devices in stories, books, and poems? What do they accomplish? Could you use them properly if you knew what they were? In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses many of these devices, namely: simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, foreshadowing, irony, and allusion. Some well used devices in this story are personification and irony.

They represent people’s lives becoming consumed by social media. However in the movie, instead of the three screens that covered each of the three parlor walls, the producers instead used a single semi-large flat TV mounted on the parlor wall. An important object in the book was the Hound, One of important roles the Hound played in Bradbury’s book is when Captain Beatty programmed the hound to send Montag a warning. Later the captain reprograms the dog to kill Montag in the case he made an attempt to escape during his last book-burning mission. which turns out to be at his own home. This is a key scene in the book because it leads to Captain Beatty’s death. However this not in the movie, was Clarissa’s death. Clarissa is hit by a car, though Montag will think back to his short time spent with her throughout the rest of the book. In the movie, she escapes when the rest of her family is being arrested by the firemen on the day Montag was home sick. She eventually crosses paths with Montag again, in the end, when he finds the book

Tessie’s fate is foreshadowed in the beginning of the story when Mr. Summers says “Thought we were going to have to get on without you” (134).

One of these literary devices is characterization. In a sound of thunder an example of characterization is shown by what eckeleor the main character does. He is very nervous when going back to time travel and is scared to mess up any tiny things. The idea ofbeing nervous also is shown in nethergrave. After lying to his online friends Jeremy is nervous and worried to see what everyone in the chat thinks of him. Although both stories use characterization, I believe A sound of thunder uses it more effectively because they emphasized being nervous and the actual literary device of characterization more than the story

A narrative is an emphasized story that often tells about a character's experience. Narrative’s use techniques such as literary elements throughout the text. These include, irony, imagery, dialogue, historical significance and symbolism. Authors use these techniques to establish a deeper connection with the reader and heighten the theme. Without this approach, stories would sound like tedious articles.

Shirley Jackson: As I am sure you noticed, Tess Hutchinson is supposed to represent Ann Hutchinson, a woman who lived in the Puritan time period and tried to revolutionize their religion. This was met with a lot of resistance and she was convicted as a witch. Tess, who was stoned as a result of the Lottery, had tried to change the way the Lottery was conducted. Similar to Ann, Tess tried to change a long standing tradition.

It is arguable that Tess’ passive nature renders her responsible for her suffering. Tess is ‘asleep at almost every important part of the plot, for example when Prince is impaled when she rides in place of her father . This mistake foreshadows later events between Tess and Alec. When Alec seduces, or rapes Tess, Hardy writes that ‘his cheek was upon hers. She was sleeping soundly’. Tess is acted upon, and does nothing herself. Tess’ lack of aggresion is further shown in her relationship with Angel. When Angel embraces her, and she is said to have ‘yielded to his embrace’, Tess allows herself to be loved opening herself to Angels hidden crueltys. Tess essentially sells herself to Angel saying: “you know best what my punishment should be” . There

The first instance of window imagery is deceivingly small and easy to pass over, but upon reflection it creates a certain symmetry by subtly foreshadowing the final window scene. In the very opening section of the book, Clarissa’s departure from the house dredges up memories of her time at Bourton, of scenes with Peter Walsh that took place in front of an open window. This memory, brought about by the impact of the early morning air, also reminds her of the “solemn” feeling this incident gave her “standing there at the open window, that something awful was about to happen.” Though fleeting and lightly discussed, this emotion placed so close to the beginning of the novel seems to indicate the dangerous nature of an open window, which anticipates both Septimus’ death and Clarissa’s later musings in front of a window.

After school, Fulke and I went into town to play for the day. There was a huge market fair taking place in the Shropshire. People from all around would sell one of their best homemade food, and sometimes there were fun games for the children to enjoy ("Daily Life in the Elizabethan Era”). A man was yelling, “Get your cherries! Very red and juicy that it would make your eyes water. Picked from my own garden of colorful delights. Only 10 pence a piece!” There were two elderly ladies selling dresses, and blacksmiths selling hammers. Fulke and I immediately ran to the horses. Sometimes I had the chance to ride on Mr. Midnight when he was not pulling the family’s carriage. Fulke wanted to ride the brown horse. I had my eyes set on a black beauty.

literary devices such as point of view and symbolism to give it a more dramatic effect and add to the madness the narrator portrays.

one of the following stories, analyzing a literary strategy or technique the author uses to make the story more effective. Tie the use of the strategy or technique to one of the literary elements mentioned in our book.

Finally, when Angel and Tess are reunited and their love rekindled, things should revert back to normal. Unfortunately, the two have deteriorated too far and Angel is unable to give up his fantasies. Hardy reinforces the destitute nature of their final days together in the way in which he describes their lives as fugitives. Angel and Tess seem ethereal, non-present, as they wander aimlessly and absentmindedly through the English countryside (Hardy, 475-6). Furthermore, they retreat into the interior of the country, trap themselves in the dark house with windows like “sightless eyes”—as if they are withdrawing into themselves, or eachother (Hardy, 478). Even if they were not caught, the life the lovers would have lead would have been haunted by their troubled past, they would forever be waiting for death to release them from their suffering.