ENG 4339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: A Rose For Emily, Denotation, Satyr Play
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You; you notice something in the corner, you reach down, ect . A general insights or ideas revealed by the story. Only ask about moral / message of story in a fable. Limits entire text down to one basic theme. Looks at the deeper and larger meanings of literary texts that point beyond the speci c story. Themes are often unifying devices; they are the conceptual glue of the story. A theme or theme statement is not a plot summary! Your theme statements should be stated as generalities; that is, they should not rely on speci cs of the story to make sense. In a rose for emily , faulkner shows how fear of abandonment can lead to isolation. ". A comparison between two things not using like or as. Dead metaphor; a metaphor is one that is overused; life is a journey. One-to-one symbolic reference to something / someone outside of the text.
