An innocent eye narrator is a narrator that is unreliable. However, this unreliability stems from being innocent or naive of the circumstances due to age or mental disability. For example, a child might describe everything they see their parents talk about and speak truth as he sees it, but...
Narrated monologue is very similar to free indirect speech. Butfree indirect speech omits tagslike ‘she thought’. Technically, a single work can flow naturally between narrated monologue and free indirect speech as the unseen narrator gets deeper and deeper into the focalising character’s mind. ...
NARRATOR:Those with neophilic imprints —“It’s fun to explore” — keep moving Westward, against the spin of Earth, creating new ideas as they travel. Consider the order of the discovery of the chemical elements — which is one trajectory of the direction and acceleration of human progress...
Who is the narrator in "Oedipus Rex"? Who is Antigone in "Oedipus Rex"? What makes "Oedipus Rex" a perfect tragedy? What is the importance of irony in "Oedipus Rex"? What is the rising action of "Oedipus Rex"? How does Sophocles characterize Oedipus in the prologue?
Fanny Hillby John Cleland. It’s just my opinion, but I think erotic stories are best told in the first person. They just seem more intimate and experiential, especially when the narrator has a strong, entertaining voice. The sex itself is pretty quaint by today’s standards, but if I ...
I still really enjoyed this book. I thought the audio was just delightful. The narrator is very good and it reminded me a bit of the audio for the Flavia de Luce series which I’ve also enjoyed. I loved our cast of elderly characters and I thought that Donna and Chris rounded out the...
giving speeches to indifferent and naive audiences that failed to understand how precarious their reality really was. He hurled prophetic words at them describing this reality in detail: “I’m warning you, a catastrophe is swiftly hurtling toward us… You fail to see the volcano, which at any...
Holden, a wandering boarding school reject, has a strong sarcastic voice that makes him a realistic teenager. Yet he is also an unreliable narrator, providing confusing accounts of events and inconsistent judgments on people around him. We learn more about him through his actions and behaviors, ...
The change in tone is usually gradual and subtle as the protagonist faces conflict and grows from it. Let’s look at an example from classic literature. Take these two quotes from Jane, the narrator and protagonist of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. The first quote is from the novel’s...
C’mon Walmart, is this really too much to ask for? Geez, sheISbipolar after all. (Image credit to Google) Mother is up to something. Will Jean figure out what’s going on before the chatterbox narrator spoils the whole surprise? Find out by watchingA Surprise for Jean (1952). ...