Rebecca Symbolism

Jane Austen strategically employs the use of various narrative techniques throughout her work, which also allow the reader to grasp greater insight into the mind of their heroine; they begin to become familiar with Catherine and even develop a relationship with and an attachment for her. Furthermore, to reinforce the development of a connection between her readers and characters, Austen establishes a new novel form, scattering her work, Northanger Abbey, throughout with gothic elements. Altogether, through her unique, believable characters, her narrative strategies and her eye for gothic features and challenging the norm, Jane Austen successfully established a classic, timeless novel. In Northanger Abbey’s protagonist, Catherine Morland, Jane Austen invented an entirely new breed of character. Strategically, the author wrote herself into the book.

Before even beginning the story, Whittier gives the reader an idea that Dustan did what she did because the situation overpowered her. Whittier then goes on to gain sympathy from the reader for Dustan. Since Dustan was a mother and given the time period, the reader woul... ... middle of paper ... ...ier portrays her character along with how he romanticizes Dustan’s actions. When an author romanticizes a piece of literature, he or she has the power to convey any message he or she wishes to send to the reader. Authors can make even the most horrible actions, such as Dustan murdering ten savages in their sleep and justify it; somehow, from both the type of mood/tone set in this piece of literature, along with the powerful word choice he used, Whittier had the ability to actually turn the tables on to the victim (i.e.

Catherine Morland's coming of age hinges on her ability to become a better reader of both novels and people. Austen first introduces Catherine as an unlikely heroine: "No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be [a] heroine" (13). This is the introductory line of Austen's first book, giving the reader the responsibility to realize this is a novel by stating Catherine's heroism. This is important for the reader to understand because Catherine, who loves to read fiction, considers herself to be a heroine in a gothic novel. Therefore, this sets the tone of the story as the reader recognizes the metaphorical gap between the ideal fictional heroine and the flawed Catherine Morland.

Kate Chopin provides her reader with an enormous amount of information in just a few short pages through her short story, “The Story of an Hour.” The protagonist, Louise Mallard, realizes the many faults in romantic relationships and marriages in her epiphany. “Great care [is] taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death” (Chopin 168). Little do Josephine and Richards know, the news will have a profoundly positive effect on Louise rather than a negative one. “When she abandoned herself,” Mrs. Mallard opened her mind to a new way of life. The word usage shows that the protagonist experienced a significant change.

Throughout the novel, Plath has a unique literary style, and a style of writing. Figurative language is portrayed to create vividness in the novel. As the characters condition worsens Plath matches the tone and mood to give it feeling. The Bell Jar is also a reflection of her personal experiences. Sylvia Plath is Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, which is a semiautobiographical fiction novel, portrays a unique style of writing.

The structure of the novel makes Briar Rose a good book. The multiple layers of narrative help to communicate the story that is happening in the novel. First, Gemma tells the tale of Briar Rose which is actually a metaphor for Gemma's life. The fairy tale references seem to deepen the story of Gemma’s Holocaust sufferings and relate them to the whole cultural tradition of good and evil, suffering and rescue, and seeking and eventually finding. Next, Becca sets out on a quest to find out about Gemma's past.

“The Story of an Hour” is a stark display of female rejection of the norms of society. This work, by Kate Chopin, begins with a woman going through the stages of grief for her husband’s death. For the wife, Louise Mallard, this was an awakening of a new life. This new life is cut short as the information that led her to believe this news turns our false. Kate Chopin reveals that even the desire for love is trumped by the need for freedom and independence, through her use of precise diction and syntax, and symbolism.

Theme of Self-discovery in Kate Chopin's The Awakening Edna Pontlierre experiences a theme of self-discovery throughout the entire novel of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening. Within Edna's travel through self discovery,  Chopin successfully uses tone, style, and content to help the reader understand a person challenging the beliefs of  a naïve society at the beginning of the twentieth century. Chopin's style and tone essentially helps the reader understand the character of Edna and what her surrounding influences are. The tone and style also helps the audience understand the rest of the characters throughout the novel. The entire content is relevant to the time frame it was written, expressing ideas of the forthcoming feminist movement and creating an awareness of what was happening to the women of the early nineteenth century.

Rebecca almost seems, as she is alive lurking in Maxim’s beautiful palace of Manderley. As the novel continues the readers see how insignificant the new Mrs. De Winter is becoming and how dominate Rebecca is over her. Rebecca fills Mrs. De Winter’s thoughts and even dreams. In the end, Rebecca is not who she was proclaimed to be which leads to a twist in the plot that catches the reader off guard. De Maurier was inspired to write this novel through her own life.

In the opening of both of these novels the authors invite the readers into the strange worlds which are the location of the tales. George Eliot uses a storytelling form, in which she, as omniscient author appears as the guide towards understanding the action. In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte employs a unique narrative style, allowing secondary characters to tell the story of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. In both novels the opening chapters prepare the reader for the intricate weaving of character, psychology, landscape and situation. Although Wuthering Heights is about the love relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine, the story is told mainly form the perspective of Nelly Dean, a servant in the employ of Ernshaw's who makes it very clear from the outset of her narrative that she never like Heathcliff.