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CHARACTER
Definition: person/thing (with personal
characteristics) who plays a role in the story
Types: • protagonist • antagonist • minor • foil• stock
FEATURES TO ANALYZE
What are important features to analyze?
Internal features are often more
important: belief system; emotional states
Motivations are really important –
literature becomes a gateway into
psychology
ALLEGORY
Definitions:• story in which the people, plot,
setting, etc. represent things beyond themselves – often with a moral or political purpose • an extended metaphor • elaborate symbolism
WHY ALLEGORIES?
Political safety
Persuasive
Putting difficult things into a easily
comprehensible medium
David and Nathan example
“CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
What reason(s) does Montresor
have for hating Fortunato?
Why isn't he specific, do you think?
What effect does this have?
Who is the “you”?
“CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
Where do we see Montresor using
reverse psychology? (At least two
different examples)
“CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
What is the tone of the piece?
How is this a gateway into
Montresor’s psychological state?
When is this story written, in
relation to the events in the story?
Why has Montresor written this?
Why give away his long-held secret?
“CASK” AND ALLEGORY
How are Montresor and Fortunato
extremely similar?
What if they’re intended to be
different parts/sides of the same
person?
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