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A Thousand Ships presents the end of the Trojan War and its aftermath from the perspectives of various mythological women, beginning with Calliope, the infamous Muse from Greek literature
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- Motif - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
A motif is an element or idea that recurs throughout a work of literature Motifs, which are often collections of related symbols, help develop the central themes of a book or play
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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on George Orwell's 1984 Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides
- Satire - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
There are many novels, plays, and other works of literature that fall into the genre of satire These works are all characterized by their consistent and sustained satirical attacks on their various targets
- Tone - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
What's the Function of Tone in Literature? First and foremost, tone clues readers into the essence and the purpose of what they're reading It wouldn't make sense to use a wordy, poetic tone to write a simple set of directions, just like it wouldn't make sense to use a dry, unfeeling tone when writing a love poem
- Mood - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
The following examples of mood are from different types of literature: plays, novels, and poems In each, we identify how the author builds the mood of the work using a combination of setting, imagery, tone, diction, and plot
- Allegory - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
Some additional famous allegorical works of literature, and their symbolic meanings, are: Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene: A moral allegory about Queen Elizabeth I's reign, and knightly virtues such as temperance
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