the narrator. He knew that the readers would understand more about Grendel’s feelings. To know the real Grendel‚ you need to read it from his point of view‚ not anyone else’s. The story made more sense because it was written in stream of consciousness. Stream of consciousness means that the author writes down everything that he is thinking. In Grendel we got to read everything from his heart‚ his true feelings about everything. The story would have been really different if we hadn’t gotten to see who
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The lady in the looking glass: A reflection “The Lady in the Looking-Glass‚” by Virginia Woolf‚ tells the story of a woman who examines herself on the exterior and interior. Readers must wonder if the woman in this short story is a mere fictional representation of how Woolf sees her own life. On the outside‚ the woman is seen as rich and was self-made. Yet‚ this view of the character’s life is a superficial representation because on the inside‚ the character sees something entirely different; when
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a variety of literary techniques‚ Doyle has been able to delve into the thoughts and minds of his characters‚ so that the reader can easily empathize with them. Specifically‚ through the use of vernacular language‚ detailed imagery‚ and stream of consciousness in two of his novels‚ The Woman Who Walked Into Doors and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha‚ Roddy Doyle is able to successfully depict what occurs in the minds of both abused women‚ and adolescent boys‚ respectively. In The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
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As I Lay Dying consist of numerous narrations and individual sections. Each chapter containing a different character’s conscience and thought process. This is called stream of consciousness‚ by using this method it gives an expression to the confused and disordered flow of thoughts in each character. In addition‚ most of the chapters and narrators in the novel are from one single family‚ the Bundren family. In this family the members consist of Addie‚ Darl‚ Jewel‚ Cash‚ Anse‚ Dewey‚ and Vardaman
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Uncommon Consciousness: Discovery Through Lucid Dreaming Throughout history‚ scientists‚ artists‚ mathematicians‚ and intellectuals have made cultural and technological advancements based on observations or realizations made in exceptionally realistic‚ or lucid dreams. Individuals such as Salvador Dali‚ Thomas Edison‚ and Dmitri Mendeleev turned to their dreams for inspiration in their respective fields. (Dali‚ 27) (Bernd‚ p.p. 28-29) (Baeyer‚ 6) These exceptionally intelligent individuals made
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to bring meaning‚ colour‚ passion and drama to the ordinary occurrences of life. In this essay‚ I will examine three of Woolf’s short stories taken from “Monday or Tuesday”‚ to show her style of narration in “Kew Gardens”‚ the use of the stream of consciousness technique in “The mark on the wall” and her impressionistic writing style in “A haunted house”‚ are all successful in showing ordinary occurrences are relatable and makes the readers understand the story on their own. Successful in this sense
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and family relationships. Well-rounded authors do not solely limit their work to the use of characterization but also take into consideration other devices. Lawrence makes use of not only characterization but also foreshadowing‚ diction and stream of consciousness to examine thematic concerns mentioned above. The presupposition that effective thematic exploration in prose fiction depends entirely on the writer’s characterization is fiction depends entirely on the writer’s characterization is faulty
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What Is Gonzo? Gonzo’ journalism is what Hunter S. Thompson has been famous for ever since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.’ However‚ Fear and Loathing’ itself is a hybrids- "It’s reportage‚ It’s fiction What is it? It’s Gonzo!" Consulting the nearest dictionary at hand which happens to be the Macquarie Australia’s National Dictionary’‚ located near my left foot‚ Gonzo isn’t even mentioned. Not even under the journalism’ entry. Wikipedia describes Gonzo as a style of reportage‚ filmmaking
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which institutions such as religion‚ capitalism‚ and social order were thrown into question by new and confusing ideas‚ technologies and world events such as World War I. Virginia Woolf‚ one of the most eminent Modernist writers‚ utilised stream of consciousness‚ for example‚ to convey a character’s interior thoughts. Contemporaries included James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence. Virginia Woolf‚ an English novelist and critic‚ believed that the life of the mind was always more fascinating than a person’s
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they observe the life of a man on the lamb for being wrongfully accused of a crime and who takes to city sewers to seek refuge. Both pieces share the same overarching theme: the psychology of nihilism in the face of poverty. Hamsun use of stream-of-consciousness advocates the destructive aspect of nihilism‚ while Wright employs the same narrative technique to advocate the rejection of meaning in life. Hunger is a monologue related by a struggling writer. The novel is largely devoid of plot and
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