Bright Star Literary Elements

Bright Star Literary Elements

Director

Jane Campion

Leading Actors/Actresses

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster

Genre

drama, romance, biographical

Language

English

Awards

The movie was nominated for several awards including The Academy Award and the AACTA where it one the award for best production design.

Date of Release

15th of May 2009

Producer

Jane Chapman

Setting and Context

London, 1818

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person limited point of view

Tone and Mood

Gloomy

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Fanny Brawne; Antagonist: separation and death

Major Conflict

Fanny Brawne meets a young and up and coming poet John Keats through mutual acquaintances and her interest for him grows by the day.

Climax

Fanny and John spend a night together in grief because of their separation and the probability that they will never see each other again. They wordlessly part before he sets off to Italy,

Foreshadowing

The night before his travel to Italy, John tells Fanny that they might never see each other again and wants her to try to accept that truth. He foreshadows his death in Italy.

Understatement

And he said, "Abigail, even the Bible is not so dull as you might believe."
-Abigail

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

N/A

Allusions

The movie draws from the real biographical events of John Keats.

Paradox

"Touch has a memory."
-John Keats

Parallelism

"Whose lips? Were they my lips?"
-Fanny Brawne

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