Narration Essay Examples

In our war play we tell the story of how two families go to war over something small that soon becomes something big. In our play we had two families and the war began over one family owing another family money. We devised a play that showed in war there are no winners only losers. […]

The reliability of the narrators in both Wuthering Heights and Catcher In The Rye are vital to the way we respond to the novels, and they style they use is also equally important. In this essay I will outline exactly how the narrators style and reliability affect the readers perceptions. The Catcher In The Rye […]

All of Joyce’s stories studied thus far contain at least one epiphany, which refers to sudden moments of comprehension or realization that can be described as “spiritual manifestations”. Joyce defined them as occurring in any form, whether it be through vulgar language, actions, or profound thoughts. The following will attempt to explore the significance of […]

“Far From Home” is written in the third person and is a character-driven story. Free indirect discourse has been used to make the reader relate to the character. This technique allows the audience to gain insight into the character’s thoughts feelings and dilemmas without using the first person narrative. Examples of when Joyce uses free […]

The texts chosen for this study are: ‘The Pit and The Pendulum’ by Edgar Allan Poe and ‘An Encounter’ by James Joyce which, I feel, are appropriate as they provide comprehensive coverage of the themes analysed whilst managing to cover a historical period of some seventy years1. Poe’s piece is a dark, Gothic work which […]

The play lacked elaborate scenery. The terraced street set was always at the sides and was blacked out when not required. In other scenes, such as the first house of Mrs. Lyons, the set consisted of a flat with a window and wall that was lowered from above during the blackout, with the narrator assisting […]

The Tell Tale Heart was an invigorating read due to its portrayal of the criminal as a highly unstable and delusional individual. Through the use of hyphens and short sentences in the opening paragraph, readers are given a rapid glimpse into the workings of his mind, which he perceives to be normal despite clear indications […]

This section of writing is taken from Chapter One which forms the opening of ‘The Wasp Factory’. In this first chapter the audience gains an insight into Frank’s attitudes and values for the first time. Frank leads a very disturbing life and as this is the first time we meet him it is essential for […]

The most obvious contrast between the two texts is the fact that ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is a novel, while ‘The Devil’s Disciple’ is a play. This difference of genre makes the use of the narrative voice vary greatly, despite the fact that both authors are trying to convey opinions and create images through […]

In her poems Carol Ann Duffy explores many subjects and themes including love, a female’s perspective of well known legend, dream-like poems, other people and poems from her own experience. Some poems with these themes include, ‘Valentine’, ‘Mrs. Midas’, ‘Dream of a Lost Friend’, ‘War Photographer’ and ‘Originally’. Many of Duffy’s poems are in a […]

We worked in a variety of groups to build the context of the drama through improvisation. The theme of the project was being trapped or alone in isolation and as students, we had to unravel the plot. We used skills such as monologues, freeze frames, flash-forwards and flashbacks, and non-naturalism to explore the background and […]

I think our group used the techniques well. However, tehre wasn’t taht much thought on how offensive ours could be especially if we actually performed infront of someone who was obese, it could portray its self to be very offensive. I do believe that our group hadd a personal engagement with the audience as we […]

The short stories I will talk about were written around a hundred years ago in the 1890’s. Short stories were very necessary in this century as TV’s and radios were not available, and reading was the main source of entertainment. You must remember that Victorian ideas of entertainment were very different to ours, as there […]

In Tracy Chevalier’s fictional tale set in the seventeenth century, Vermeer and Griet are portrayed as vulnerable individuals with a unique visual perspective and marginalized within their respective families. Vermeer, a Dutch painter, creates a portrait of a young girl wearing a pearl earring whose true story remains shrouded in mystery. Griet is a teenage […]

I have chosen “The Judges House” as my main story for the essay. I will analyze this story and select four key features within the story with an explanation. And back up two of these features with my other two chosen stories; “The Red Room” and “The Signalman”. The Judges House creates a sense of […]

The Birling family is the focus of the play An Inspector Calls, and they are presented as a family living in the pre-war era. While celebrating their daughter’s engagement, the Birling family is interrupted by an inspector who asks them personal questions. The play, set in 1912, was written in 1945 during a time of […]

In this essay, I will examine two post-1914 stories by Graham Greene and argue that he was a successful storyteller in these works. These stories are ‘I Spy’ and ‘All But Empty’. The story ‘I Spy’ is well-written because it is based on a real historical event – one of the world wars from the […]

“Cream cracker under the settee” is one of Alan Bennett’s well-known monologues from the collection called “talking heads”. These monologues depict the lives of average individuals living ordinary, uneventful lives. Typically, Bennett’s characters experience a crisis or life event that results in a learning experience. The play, Cream Cracker under the Settee, made its television […]

Alan Bennett mixes comedy and tragedy in the two monologues ‘A Chip in the Sugar’ and ‘Her Big Chance’. In ‘A Chip in the Sugar’ the characters tend to be afflicted by tragic circumstances, broken up by humorous anecdotes that engage the audience’s interest and ‘lighten up’ the play. In ‘Her Big Chance’ there is […]

There are certain things that you expect to see when you go to watch a traditional conventional play. You may expect action, conflict and conversation among the actors; you expect to see emotions being expressed through dialogue and movement, though primarily you expect to see more that one actor on the stage. Unlike conventional plays […]

Although Cecily’s understanding of memory may be somewhat simplistic, she does make a valid argument about its tendency to alter past events and imbue them with our personal perspectives and emotions. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is essentially a play that delves into memories and is narrated in retrospect by character Tom Wingfield. Despite […]

In `The Woman in White’ Wilkie Collins created some very memorable characters. In fact they have been so successful that they have been used by other authors, such as the book Dark Clue by James Wilson which included Marian Halcombe and Walter Hartwright. Therefore I have decided to explore how Wilkie Collins develops Marian Halcombe […]