The Society of the Spectacle Literary Elements

The Society of the Spectacle Literary Elements

Genre

Philosophical nonfiction

Setting and Context

There is no setting as it is a nonfiction book

Narrator and Point of View

Guy Debord narrates the book in the third-person.

Tone and Mood

The tone is powerful; the mood is authoritative.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Debord is the protagonist; the state is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the book occurs when Debord first argues about the replacement of our daily lives to now only representations of lives.

Climax

The climax of the book is reached when Debord proposes to wake the reader and make them aware of the radical change needed.

Foreshadowing

The spectacular language used is foreshadowed by the need to alarm the reader.

Understatement

The role of shocking people into action is understated throughout the book.

Allusions

The book alludes to the need to support genuine activities rather than passively living our lives.

Imagery

The imagery of social change and movement is present in the novel.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the ideas that Karl Marx proposed and the arguments that Debord presents in his book.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Personification is not present in the book as it nonfiction.

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