TDR 3560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: New Beat, Magic Realism, Sense And Sensibility
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Idea- thought pattern expressed by the whole play through the title of the play, character, words, plot, discussions, and images. Half the goddamn country has to go if i do . All elements of idea that all of the soldiers were keller"s sons, and that is why chris cannot forgive his father and (spoiler) why keller must kill himself in the end. Example: mrs. jennings and gossips in sense & sensibility. Raissonneur- character that speaks from the playwright"s point of view. Example: dr. jim in all my sons. Gloucester and his sons paralleled with king lear and his daughters. Metaphor- 2 dissimilar things, in which one gives meaning to another. Example: the tree in all my sons. Edward"s loyalties and values are revealed so that we like him (important motif) Edward is nothing without his inheritance in the eyes of society and his family. Edward"s decline parallels the ms. dashwoods" declines.