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    Themes and Narrative Elements in the Short Story Bobbie Davis ENG 125 Introduction to Literature September 19‚ 2011 Themes and Narrative Elements in the Short Story As I explained in last week’s paper I found Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” to be very intriguing to say the least. It was well written‚ full of symbols‚ metaphors and similes; I have decided to write about it once again. After using the historical approach to analyze this story and researching the author herself

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    Sometimes things seem to be so different from each other that in the end‚ they are much more similar that they pretend to be. Mathilde from The Necklace and Della from The Gift of the Magi seem to have many differences‚ although they more similar that they really look like. For both women‚ happiness is something unknown and unreachable; and their lives are nothing more than hopeless. However‚ happiness is different than being rich‚ and while Mathilde does not care about her husband happiness‚ Della

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    Theme and Narrative Elements in Short Story Worchetta Clark ENG 125: Intro to Literature Prof. Kayla Ward March 18‚ 2013 Theme and Narrative Elements in Short Story The short story “Country Lover” was about forbidden love between an interracial couple on a South African farm. Black and white kids would play together when they were young but once the white children went off to school they became distant from one another. Schooling rarely came around for black children. The setting was taken

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    Theme and Narrative Elements of a Short Story Racheal Cearney ENG 125: Introduction to Literature William Smith 6/17/2011 The short story I choose to write about is in chapter 7 ‘’Little Red Riding Hood’’ The story revolves is based on a girl named Little Red Riding Hood‚ after her mom had made her a little red hooded or cape the village people had start calling her that. In the story little red mom had ask her to go over her grandma house to check up on her. Little Red walks

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    has to think of how the story must be told‚ what effect must it have on a reader‚ and what is the best way to present his ideas. To bring the reader’s attention‚ literary elements‚ the techniques or kinds of writing‚ are used by authors. The proper use of those elements enables the author to keep us interested while reading a story. Literary elements‚ such as setting‚ point of view‚ and the included dialogue‚ are all relevant to short stories‚ establishing their plot‚ mood‚ and theme. Point of view

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    Comparison Essay The two short stories‚ "The gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry and "The necklace written by Guy de Maupassant are both composed of two young‚ beautiful women Mathilde and Della. Even though they are in different composed stories that have similar characteristics that convey throughout the story such as‚ they are both emotionally and financially depressed‚ have loving husbands‚ and both want to achieve something in an extreme manner. Throughout much the stories there similarities

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    Elements of literary analysis Plot Summary Setting Character Analysis Theme Symbolism and Metaphor Conflict Moral Plot Summary The narrative structure of a story is divided into 5 parts. Organize‚ by list or diagram‚ the events of the story into the following points using as few words as possible. (Complicated stories may have multiple turning points.) #1 Exposition (introduction) Introduces the main characters‚ setting‚ and conflict. #2 Rising Action (conflict complicated) Secondary

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    Name________________________ Literary Terms Glossary English I Academic NOTE: You will need to keep and use this glossary for the ENTIRE YEAR. You MUST keep it in your English notebook at all times. Basic Literary Terms Setting: The time‚ place‚ or weather in which a story takes place Theme: The central idea in a work of literature; the author’s message Symbol: An object or name that stands for itself as well as for something else Metaphor: A DIRECT

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    In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry the two main characters are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story follows the wife Della throughout the day as she tries to find a way to get money so she can buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Throughout the story there are a lot of themes that are shown through Della and Jim’s actions. The three most important themes found in this story are sacrifice

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    other tales of its time‚ Bram Stoker’s lore of “Dracula” began as and still continues to be a classic‚ frightening novel and despite how some would classify it on only a single one end of the spectrum‚ it holds true elements of both literary and commercial fiction. He uses various techniques of writing‚ such as the epistolary plot structure and dramatic irony‚ and elements‚ including suspense‚ to present an unexpected‚ fear-inducing concept based on the xenophobic idea of the Victorian era. In its time

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