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Figurative Language In The Landlady By Roald Dahl

analytical Essay
510 words
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What do people usually do after somebody has died, bury them or stuff the body to preserve them? In the story, “The Landlady” a 17-year-old businessman, Billy Weaver, came to a city called, “Bath” and stumbled on a sign that said, “BED AND BREAKFAST.” Hypnotized by the sign suddenly Billy went into the boarding house, rang the bell, and immediately a lady appeared. Roald Dahl uses sensory details, and figurative language to manipulate the mood of the text in the story, “The Landlady.”
The plot manipulates the mood of the story by using sensory detail. Billy gets kind of an eerie feeling as him and the landlady who is in her forties are walking up the stairs. In the text, it states, “her blue eyes traveled slowly all the way down the length

In this essay, the author

  • Analyzes how roald dahl uses sensory details, and figurative language to manipulate the mood of the text in "the landlady."
  • Analyzes how the plot manipulates the mood of the story by using sensory detail. billy gets an eerie feeling as he and the landlady are walking up the stairs.
  • Analyzes how the plot manipulates the mood of the story by using figurative language and hyperboles.
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