Use Of Imagery In The Diary Of Anne Frank

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In the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, there are an array of characters. The main family is the Frank’s, they are Jewish Germans who went into hiding from Hitler's nazis. “Margot is eighteen, beautiful, quiet, and shy. Mrs. Frank is a young mother, gently bred,reserved. She like Mr. Frank, has a slight German accent…..Anne, thirteen, quick in her movements, interested in everything.” In these sentences it shows great characterization because it gives short, detailed descriptions of the Frank family. Another part of imagery in the play is the setting. “The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly.” This is a good representation of imagery because, it gives you the necessary details

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