ENGL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Precognition, Western Philosophy
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Elements of fiction: plot, character, pov, setting, style and theme. Narration: third person omniscient (he understands and knows the temperature, the thoughts and feelings of both the man and the dog) Man dies, dog survives and nature wins. Binary: two words that in a sense, define each other while also serves as opposites. The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold, it knew that it was no time for travelling. It knows by instinct which told it a truer take than what was told by the man"s judgement. To permit the ice to remain would mean sore feet. It merely obeyed the mysterious prompting that arose from the deep crips of its being. Painting: life vs death, premonition (time), hidden meanings (signifier/signified) Yellow wallpaper: hidden meaning, passive tone revolving around suicide, there is a lot of talk about time and its potential relation to the reading process- serves as a therapy.