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Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "A setting may be simple or elaborate, used to create ambiance, lend credibility or realism, emphasize or accentuate, organize, or even distract the reader" (Endriga). | Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "A setting may be simple or elaborate, used to create ambiance, lend credibility or realism, emphasize or accentuate, organize, or even distract the reader" (Endriga). | ||
In ''Antigone'' by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C. (Mitchell-Boyask 1) From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line. | In ''Antigone'' by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C. (Mitchell-Boyask 1). From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line. | ||
In ''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo. | In ''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo. | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 16 February 2006
Setting (set-ting) n.- The time and place in which circumstances surrounding a situation or event occurs. The setting includes time periods (1950s), location (Cuba), communities (Bronx), or worlds (sci-fi).
Setting allows the exploration of characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them. "A setting may be simple or elaborate, used to create ambiance, lend credibility or realism, emphasize or accentuate, organize, or even distract the reader" (Endriga).
In Antigone by Sophocles, the location is Thebes near Athens in front of the great palace. The story unfolds over a 24-hour time period in 441 B.C. (Mitchell-Boyask 1). From this information, the tone of the story can be detected, and the setting plays a huge role in the story line.
In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the setting is a little more complicated. Because the story is a reflection of another, the setting varies. The initial story is set on a boat at the mouth of the Thames River at sunset. The story that is told by the narrator is set in various parts of the African Congo.
In Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, the setting is represented through the characters. "The first glimpse of the city Oliver sees is not even the city itself, but instead a product of the city in the form of "The Artful Dodger"(Deutschendorf)."The setting is the key to not only to forming the story, but forming the understanding of the story for the reader.
Works Cited
- Deutschendorf, Brian. The Explicator. Washington: Spring 2005.Vol. 63, Iss. 3; pg. 146, 4 pgs
- Endriga, Kate. "All American: Glossary of Literary Terms." University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 14 Febuary 2006
<http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm>.
- Mitchell-Boyask, Robin. "Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone." Temple University 2004. 14 February 2006
<http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html>.
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