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    _Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours‚ Contexts‚ and Criticisms_ is better. Hyde’s _Trickster Makes This World: Mischief‚ Myth‚ And Art_ was really good‚ too. Of course‚ I disagreed with some points he was making‚ though nothing concerning humor or unreliables. All in all‚ the three books are right about one thing: Tricksters are everywhere! Endless examples concluding with the double purpose of a trickster. Furthermore‚ the three texts explain that the trickster is constantly moving forward‚ which

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    lawyer in melancholy. The Successful lawyer is the narrator in the text; he is a first person narrator who uses the pronoun "I" a lot. Indeed‚ the narrator is both intradiegtic and homodiegetic which means that the narrator takes part in the story and is a character in the story respectively. The narrator narrates the story from his own perspective and he describes himself‚ the other characters and the events but actually he

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    death‚ torture and abnormal psychology are core elements in "The Black Cat" This thesis aims to conduct a research on how Allan Poe managed to achieve psychological horror in "The Black Cat." Since Wayne Booth in 1961 brought up the theory of "unreliable narrators"‚ it has been

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    unique type of narration used to show the events that take place in Miss Emily’s lifetime. Throughout the story the narrator bases their narration on a “we” perspective as though speaking for all of the townspeople. This is necessary in order to get the same feeling that you get throughout the story with all of the facts provided. By using the perspective of all the townspeople‚ the narrator creates a feeling where the reader knows what everyone in the town is thinking of Miss Emily and how they depict

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    Response Paper First person narrators are characters within the story telling the events of the plot from their perspective. Oftentimes‚ these characters deviate from the truth or have mental connections that limit their ability to tell the story inaccurately. When a story is inaccurate and not always consistent‚ the reader is forced to question the reliability of the narrator. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Nick is a first person narrator and says a few inconsistent

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    Behind the Scenes at the Museum‚ we learn as the reader‚ that the protagonist who is the narrator is to an extent unreliable. The footnote that are included in the novel‚ provide time shifts‚ which flash back‚ into times as early as her Great Grandmother. This then leads the reader into thinking whom it is possible that Ruby has access to the information and description seen in these footnotes. The Narrator also provides elements of the future in her speech‚ the death of Gillian is referred too before

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    Tell-Tale Heart”? Poe’s story is told in the Participant Narrator point of view. This is an especially effective point of view for this story because it allows the reader to see inside the mind of the killer. This allows us to bear witness to the killer’s mental deterioration and his eventual insanity. 2) Point to details in the story that identify its speaker as an unreliable narrator. From the very first line of the story the narrator declares himself mad‚ but then assures the reader it is

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    The role of the narrator The tell tale heart is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. As most Poe’s narrator the narrator is an unreliable first person narrator. It means that the narrator is unable to relate the real facts of the story even though he attempts to convince the reader that he possesses all his senses and therefore he can tell him the ’’ whole story’’. ’’how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story’’. Later in the story just before the climax he says:’’ And now have

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    ................... 3 Ambivalences resulting from narrative aspects .............................................. 4 2.1 Characteristics of narrative form .............................................................. 4 2.2 Marlow - an unreliable narrator? .............................................................. 7 Ambivalences through imagery .......................................................................... 9 3.1 Symbolism in landscape portrayal .............................

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    Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a first-person narration in a journal account of a depressed woman sent to a colonial mansion for the summer in her husband’s attempts to help her get well‚ but this is only her version. The narrator is trapped in her own mind‚ creating scenarios in a fantasy world of her own in order to ignore her reality. The unnamed female character claims in her journal that she is her with her husband‚ who is a physician‚ for the summer in order to get better

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