Duff Brenna Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis
The quote “All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion, not reason that motivates characters in literature.” By Duff Brenna is a great way to summarize how authors make books. it is displayed in the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. I agree with her quote 100%. An easier interpretation of this quote is Emotions will get the better of you and blind your judgment to give you the power to do things you normally wouldn’t. Both books have prime examples to support the quote, each with their own literary devices. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare has several examples that suit this quote properly. One example is when Cassius kills himself when he sees Titinius encircled by a group
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His emotions fold in and he believes all is lost without waiting to see that the outcome was much different than he perceived. Titinius was actually circled by his own soldiers. The Quote is supported this way because Cassius wouldn’t have killed himself if the emotion grief didn’t make him believe Titinius was doomed. This way, the author successfully used the literary device Irony because the opposite of what Cassius believed happen is what really happened. Another example from the play is in the beginning when Cassius first forms the conspiracy out of jealousy for Caesar. The literary device for this is point of view because Cassius believes that he is just as great as Caesar and points out flaws that Caesar has that he does not but still the people shun him and worship Caesar like a god. It’s supporting the quote because Cassius would not have
His emotions fold in and he believes all is lost without waiting to see that the outcome was much different than he perceived. Titinius was actually circled by his own soldiers. The Quote is supported this way because Cassius wouldn’t have killed himself if the emotion grief didn’t make him believe Titinius was doomed. This way, the author successfully used the literary device Irony because the opposite of what Cassius believed happen is what really happened. Another example from the play is in the beginning when Cassius first forms the conspiracy out of jealousy for Caesar. The literary device for this is point of view because Cassius believes that he is just as great as Caesar and points out flaws that Caesar has that he does not but still the people shun him and worship Caesar like a god. It’s supporting the quote because Cassius would not have