Moonlight Literary Elements

Moonlight Literary Elements

Genre

Play

Setting and Context

Andy and Fred's bedrooms in the 1980s.

Narrator and Point of View

A third-person omniscient narrator narrates the play.

Tone and Mood

The tone is reflective; the mood is powerful.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Andy is the protagonist; death is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Andy is dying in his hospital bed and begins to reflect on his life up until that moment

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when it is explained how and then why Andy betrayed both his wife and two young sons.

Foreshadowing

The betrayal is foreshadowed by the tough challenges Andy was facing at the time.

Understatement

The role of love and lust is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the impact that parental separation can have on children.

Imagery

The imagery of a dysfunctional family is present in the text.

Paradox

The fact that Andy is meant to be a supportive father, yet left is an example of paradox in the story.

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the guilt that Andy feels and the regrets that he has in his life.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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