Literary Techniques in Extended Works

Highlighting only Elizabeth’s social gaffes simplifies her character into a cautionary example against disregarding societal norms for women at that time.

By illustrating both Elizabeth’s wit and her prejudicial misjudgments, Austen creates a protagonist who is likable yet flawed enough for critical examination by the reader.

Depicting Elizabeth solely through flattering traits effectively elevates her status as an ideal romantic heroine devoid of any realistic shortcomings.

Focusing exclusively on her intellectual prowess serves to unfairly criticize female intellect during Austen's era by setting unnaturally high standards for women’s behavior.

It emphasizes the linear progression of time in Clarissa’s life, underscoring her static character traits.

It limits the reader's understanding to Clarissa's perspective, simplifying her interactions with other characters.

It provides direct insight into Clarissa's thoughts and feelings, revealing internal conflicts and the nature of her social interactions.

It creates a detached observation of Clarissa’s actions, focusing solely on external character development.

It reveals the struggle between their desires and moral duties.

It shows the character’s external conflicts within the setting.

It illustrates their physical abilities and heroic actions.

It only highlights the character’s relationships with other characters.

Characters’ flaws are usually included merely to provide comedic elements within a tragedy.

Authors include flaws only as an afterthought since they focus primarily on plot development.

Flaws are used exclusively for creating sympathy for antagonistic characters.

It makes them relatable to readers by humanizing them.

Struggle against societal laws regarding itinerant workers

Internal conflict with his conscience

Conflict with nature while living off the land during their travels

A battle against a rival farmhand for work superiority

It minimizes discussions among readers regarding potential outcomes or meanings.

It helps readers focus solely on concrete details rather than thematic implications or symbols.

It ensures that all readers will come to a uniform conclusion about the story's meaning.

It challenges readers to consider possibilities beyond what is directly presented in the text.

It reveals societal expectations about gender and power that Hamlet grapples with.

It focuses on contemporary issues of race that are not addressed in the play.

It demonstrates the technology available to characters for communication in the plot.

It shows the modern-day psychological theories that explain Hamlet's indecision.

By highlighting tensions around morality under oppressive political regimes inherent at that time.

By exposing Raskolnikov's reliance on digital technologies non-existent during his lifetime.

By suggesting a critique of late capitalism, which was not present in Dostoevsky's Russia.

By demonstrating globalized economic pressures irrelevant to Raskolnikov's motivations in crime.

To simplify the plot for easier understanding and straightforward analysis.

To create a clear moral lesson that readers should follow.

To align the reader's perspective with that of a single, unquestionable truth in the narrative.

To prompt readers to explore multiple interpretations of the character’s actions.

Confidant

Sophomore

Antagonist

Mentor