Short Fiction: Characters & Conflict

They slow down the action too much, preventing a deeper exploration of other characters' thoughts.

They offer redundant information that could be more effectively conveyed through dialogue with other characters.

They seem artificial and forced, detracting from an otherwise naturalistic portrayal of Macbeth’s psyche.

They provide insight into his internal conflicts and motivations, deepening his complexity as a tragic hero.

By using setting as a backdrop that remains constant throughout the story to maintain focus on character dialogue.

By highlighting the differences between characters' experiences and challenges.

By providing detailed descriptions of time and place that stand alone without influencing the narrative.

By having no significant impact, allowing themes to be inferred solely through plot and character actions.

Reaffirmation of European explorers' accounts as universally accurate.

Unquestioned adoption of Western chronological timelines.

Glorification of empire building as progress without criticism.

Subversion of colonial language to express indigenous perspectives.

It provides intimate access to a character's thoughts, revealing inner conflicts and motivations.

It limits insight into a character's thoughts, emphasizing external action over internal dialogue.

It creates clear, chronological events that aid in understanding straightforward characterization.

It focuses solely on dialogues between characters to develop interpersonal relationships.

It mostly results in characters becoming aggressive and destructive towards their environment and other beings.

It typically ensures that characters remain stable and grounded in their beliefs with little enhancement or evolvement.

It acts as a catalyst for self-reflection and rumination about one's place within the natural world.

It normally motivates actors to disconnect from society, pursuing a solitary lifestyle and avoiding relationships and development.

Third person objective

First person

Second person

Third person limited

Tradition's Role in Personal Identity

Good vs. Evil

Man against Nature

Technology's Impact on Society

It would examine religious undertones exclusively, pondering on spiritual redemption in relation to societal status.

It would underscore romantic elements, focusing on Jane's relationships as pivotal to her character development.

It would shift focus toward gothic elements, analyzing how setting contributes to the moral decay of higher classes.

It would highlight the economic inequities between characters, emphasizing class struggle over personal triumph.

It emphasizes themes of betrayal, power struggles, and filial ingratitude across different social strata.

It serves as comic relief from the tragic elements present in Lear's storyline.

It distracts from the central conflicts involving Lear and his daughters.

It overshadows key thematic elements related to madness and authority in the play.

By creating pauses at line ends, it underscores certain sentiments explicitly, thereby directly shaping mood.

Enjambment encourages reevaluation of lines upon reaching subsequent ones, which can subtly alter emotional undertones.

With its awkward breaks, it confuses readers and disrupts poetic rhythm, hindering tone comprehension.

It removes emphasis from specific words or phrases, diminishing any intentional effects on tone set forth by the poet.