ENG 1100C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Character Analysis, Reverse Psychology
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May not get to read a raisin in the sun. Upbringing of the character: physical description, role in the story, significance, internal emotions, what a character thinks and feels. Compare and contrast: two characters of any story up until march 19, find similarities between them, by status, time period, themes, etc, find differences between them, by status, time period, themes, etc, still have a thesis. Montresor tells him to go back but fortunato says no: verbal irony (145) I shall not die of a cough . Montresor: true, true : we know he won"t die of a cough, montresor, has pride in him, he"s wearing a black mask and a black cape. Up to no good: pretends to worry about fortunato, montresor says he bought this wine, and he need fortunato to check it out because he has his doubts, montresor plays upon fortunato"s ego, knows human nature.
