Name: Britney Shaw Major Works Data Sheet This form must be typed. Title of the Work: Resurrection Author: Leo Tolstoy Date of Publication: 1994 (1899) Genre: Novel Historical information about the Setting: In the novel, the setting takes place in Moscow, Russia’s largest city, during the late 1800s. In this time period, there was a growing amount of unmarried soldiers. As a result, the appeal for prostitutes flourished. The monarchs all had different opinions on prostitution. Some believed that prostitution should be eradicated; yet some monarchs thought that it was not a crime. In the end, prostitution was legalized and the industry grew rapidly. As a result of the setting, one of the main themes in the novel is prostitution. Plot …show more content…
One of his methods, that differentiate his work with other novels, is by including fragments of French into the story. Throughout the novel, Tolstoy will occasionally add French sayings to the story when the setting is one with the upper class or when there is a secret that is to be discussed. Whenever Tolstoy uses French in the story, the reader is able to identify that it is the upper class men who are speaking. Not only that, the French sayings can also signal secrets that are spoken in French so others will not understand. Including French into the story enables the reader to feel as though it truly is spoken in secret or with the upper class. Another essential technique Tolstoy uses is a third person narrative. This narrative allows the audience to see all points of view and not just the perspective of one person. For instance, if the story were written in first person narrative, we would only see Nekhlyudov’s point of view. This would be untrustworthy because Nekhlyudov’s thoughts may not be true. By using the third person narrative, the readers are able to see all points of view and are able to decide themselves without being influenced by only one person’s thoughts and ideas. Not only that, another method used is symbolism. The symbolism that is used shows the audience how the past was like as told in the story. For instance, one of the main symbols in the story was the money that Dmitry handed to Maslova. This symbolism showed how much money was worth back in the day. Not only that, during that time, the money was able to clear all problems and guilt. Along with that, another technique used was the setting that Tolstoy used. Tolstoy used the setting in order to prove a point and the setting also allowed the audience to compare the different settings. In the beginning of the novel, Tolstoy illustrates a gorgeous and beautiful scene and immediately switches the scene to
He uses the characters in the story to represent the middle and upper class and how they only represent greed, selfishness, and artificial emotions. They are essentially useless in the way that they are illustrated by Tolstoy. The details of the funeral at Ivan’s house at the beginning of the story is meant to demonstrate the materialism that the characters revolve around from the furniture that is so particularly described to the fake mannerisms the characters show to Ivan’s wife. The only character that falls out of this category is the peasant that stays with Ivan at the end of his life. The peasant is the only one who understands what Ivan is going through because he knows that no one is immortal and death is inevitable. He is not caught up in the false ideals that the upper class has made up for themselves. This man helps Ivan understand the truth about life and how he has been living it wrong all
He abandons omniscience, the story’s main narration style, and writes in the first-person: “The hero of my story, whom I love with all my heart and soul, whom I have attempted to portray in all his beauty and who has always been, is now and always will be supremely magnificent, is truth” (Tolstoy 109 [1986]). Unlike many literary works, there is no analysis needed in order to uncover Tolstoy’s primary message — he directly expresses to readers that truth is the center of the text. Essentially, the story’s characters, settings, and plot are merely vehicles Tolstoy manipulates to bring him to this final sentence where the central theme is revealed; everything in the piece ties back to the concept and central theme of truth. Some might say this ending degrades the story’s literary appeal because it does not allow for a clean resolution, but in many ways, this proclamation serves as the story’s climax. In this moment, the veil of fiction is lifted away from the reader’s eyes and only then can they see the story clearly.
The language that Tolstoy uses engages the audience by making them feel like they are actually a part of the story. With death being a main subject in the story, Tolstoy practically forces the reader to live, breathe, and smell death. Tolstoy knew exactly how to pull his audience in with descriptive language and made them understand Ivan’s point of view successfully.
Chopin’s “The Storm” is written in third-person objective point of view. The narrator is not involved with the characters in any way, just telling the story as it happened. The narrator is also omniscient which makes the point of view a normal, usual telling of the story. Chopin uses this to emphasize the uniqueness of her setting. It is also interesting to know how characters feel that the reader hasn’t even been introduced to yet in the story. Clarisse, Alcee Laballiere’s wife was not even in the main events of the story and yet we know that “their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more than willing to forego for a while” (Chopin 116). Boyle’s short story “Greasy Lake” is written fro the point of view of the main character of the story. This is important because the reader needs to feel the fear and see the murkiness of the lake through the eyes of a participant in the story. “I suddenly felt a rush of joy and vindication: the son of a bitch was alive! Just as quickly, my bowels turned to ice” (Boyle 133).
Chopin's style, as mentioned before, is what captivates the reader. It gives the story personality, every quirk in her writing evident and interesting. The words used are exactly what she means them to be, and more. Her use of literary devices paints a stunning picture of life in the late nineteenth century, especially her unique use of syntax.
The Lead characters in plays are often thrown into conflict while pursuing that which they desire. A common way of setting up a character’s conflict is to make their unorthodox desires the focus of the narrative. In both Edward II and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore we come into contact with characters whose desires end up their downfall, whose downfalls are invariably caused by their own desires coming into conflict. While these desires are generally considered taboo in their narratives, there are various reactions concerning the controversial subjects brought up in these plays. The characters all meet tragic ends; however, both plays demonstrate that there is more focus on the regulation of their desire by the authorities, rather than the prosecution of the taboo they committed.
Since the story was written in the third person objective, it is easier for the reader to remain objective while analyzing the story. If we one were to hear the story from on of the character’s point of view, the retelling of the story would be clouded with various em...
First of all the third person narrative is used in literature to present a narration from a completely neutral point of view. Common with most fictional entries, this narration style gives the author of a piece of writing an individual voice in the work he creates. Such an author does not just rely on what he /her characters say, he/she actively becomes instrumental to them actually saying or doing them.
Throughout the novel, the reader witnesses the trials of Levin's life and his response to them. Unlike Flaubert, Tolstoy reveals Levin in a manner
middle of paper ... ... esponse to the same situation. It is this contrast of the three characters that allows Tolstoy to take full command of the life novel. He achieves a sense of real life in all of his characters.
The setting for this novel was a constantly shifting one. Taking place during what seems to be the Late Industrial Revolution and the high of the British Empire, the era is portrayed amongst influential Englishmen, the value of the pound, the presence of steamers, railroads, ferries, and a European globe.
Although it is difficult to be certain of Tolstoy's motives, this essay will argue that he so named the novel because of the utterly pivotal and essential fu...
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author, one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy was born at Yasnya Polyana, in Tula Province, the fourth of five children. His parents died when he was young, and he was brought up by relatives. In 1844 Tolstoy started to study law and oriental languages at Kazan University, but he never earned a degree. Dissatisfied with the standard of education, he returned in the middle of his studies back to Yasnaya Polyana, and then spent much of his time in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Coming to the end of this class I have learned a lot about what it takes to make a piece of literature leave you feeling a certain way. A lot goes into setting up a atmosphere in a story because you are not really seeing it in front of your face so you must imagine it. The author wants you to imagine a certain scene and feel a certain way through their words and descriptions. An important component to making a reader understand the atmosphere and visualize the scene is by the setting. Setting is where a specific event is taking place. Without setting it would be hard for a reader to not only visualize but to even understand the theme, tone and the atmosphere. Throughout this semester we learned this from genres such as short story, poems and
Despite the criticism that Anna Karenina is actually two novels, Tolstoy insisted that it is one novel. Although certain characters hardly ever interact, they are still aware of each other and one’s actions have even the smallest influence on the other.