Selected Tales of Henry James Literary Elements

Selected Tales of Henry James Literary Elements

Genre

Short stories collection

Setting and Context

Written in the context of class conflict

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person point of view

Tone and Mood

The tone is informative, and the mood is sanguine.

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central characters in The Beast in the Jungle’ are John Marcher and May. In ‘The Jolly Corner,’ the protagonist is Spenser Brydon.

Major Conflict

The major conflict is in the story 'In the cage,' where the unidentified telegraph operator leaves her boyfriend to chase unrealistic fantasy.

Climax

The climax comes in the story ‘The Romance of Certain Old Clothes,’ where Mr. Lloyd must decide between two fine-looking sisters for a fiancé.

Foreshadowing

The revelation of the metaphorical beast in the story 'The Beast in the Jungle' foreshadows the death of May.

Understatement

Brooksmith's capability to organize a men's salon is understated in the story Brooksmith.'

Allusions

‘The Tree of Knowledge’ alludes to perspectives of fantasy and contentment.

Imagery

Sight imagery is depicted in ‘Brooksmith’ when the narrator describes the images of the salon.

Paradox

The primary paradox in ‘ThePupil’ is that Morgan hates his parents for no good reason.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

In 'The Real Thing,' the aristocratic elite is used as a metonymy for superiority.

Personification

N/A

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