The System of the World Literary Elements

The System of the World Literary Elements

Genre

Historical fiction

Setting and Context

England in an unspecified past time

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is intriguing; the mood is tense.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Daniel is the protagonist; Jack is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Daniel returns from his Boston project at a technological college to England.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when both Daniel and Issac try to find Jack as he has been counterfeiting coins.

Foreshadowing

The confession of Jack is foreshadowed by the fact that Daniel was persistent in obtaining the necessary evidence for his trial.

Understatement

The role that love plays in our actions is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the issues of morality in a historic time period.

Imagery

The imagery of the tense manhunt for Jack is present in the novel.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the decision of Jack to begin the heist and the fact that he is very poor.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Jack's shame is personified through the tight rope around his neck.

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