PoV-Symbolism

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 * A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well. Things, characters and actions can be symbols. Anything that suggests a meaning beyond the obvious. Some symbols are conventional, generally meaning the same thing to all readers. For example: bright sunshine symbolizes goodness and water is a symbolic cleanser.
 * Allusion “A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature. Allusions conjure up biblical authority, scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, historic figures, wars, great love stories, and anything else that might enrich an author’s work. Allusions imply reading and cultural experiences shared by the writer and reader, functioning as a kind of shorthand whereby the recalling of something outside the work supplies an emotional or intellectual context, such as a poem about current racial struggles calling up the memory of Abraham Lincoln (Meyer 2123).”
 * Example: //Romeo and Juliet//
 * Summary: Two families, the Capulet and Montague from Verona, Italy have been fighting each other for power for a long time. It is a story of forbidden love between Romeo (Montague family) and Juliet (Capulet family). The greatest love story everybody knows.
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 * Allegory “A story that suggests another story… Allegory is normally a continuous technique, like counterpoint in music, and a work of literature that seems to have a continuous parallel between its narrative and conceptual or moral ideas, or historical events looked at as illustrations of moral precepts, may be called an allegory (Frye 12).”
 * Example: //Animal Farm//
 * Orwell faced many difficulties during World War II, so he decided to write this book describing the the seriousness of Stalinism and totalitarian government. It was a cautionary fable.
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 * Archetype “A term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader. In literature, characters, images, and themes that symbolically embody universal meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where they live, are considered archetypes. Common literary archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, scapegoats, descents to the underworld, and ascents to heaven (Meyer 2124).”
 * Example: //The Legend of Hercules//
 * Hercules faces many battles alone because others ask him too. He does not ask to be an hero, it is chosen for him. He uses his superhuman strength to save humanity from evil.
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 * Aside A characters speech that is directed towards the audience where the other characters cannot hear the character speaking.
 * Example: The video game //Call of Duty: Black Ops//
 * At some points in the Zombies game mode, the character Tank Dempsey will yell "Hey, player! Drop the chips and get me some ammo!"
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 * First Person This is the most obvious point of view and is when a character speaks to the reader. The narrator uses “I.”
 * Example: The movie Pearl Harbor
 * pearl harbor told the story of when the japanese attacked pearl harbor told in first person
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 * Omniscient Narrator knows everything, may reveal the motivations, thoughts and feelings of the characters, and gives the reader information.
 * Example: The show 24
 * This show uses omniscient narrator to assemble scenes together.
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 * Limited Omniscient Narrator The material is presented from the point of view of a character, in third person.
 * Example: Alice in Wonderland
 * Alice in Wonderland is a story about a girl who discover a new land told in limited omnicient Narrator.
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 * Objective Point of View When the story is being told without it being directly said. The audience has to infer what has happened from the story's action and dialogue.
 * Example: //The Great Gatsby//
 * In chapter 8 of //The Great Gatsby//, the reader has to infer what happens to Gatsby. It is not directly stated that Gatsby was killed, rather that he was floating in the pool with blood on him.
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 * Unreliable Narrator A narrator who misses the idea of the story, misinterprets actions of other characters, doesn't tell the whole story, or even lies to the audience.
 * Example: Dr. House from //House//
 * In the episode //Three Stories// from //House,// Dr. House constantly lies and changes parts of a story he is telling during a lecture just to make it more interesting.
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