Wednesday, October 28, 2015

What are the definitions of the literary terms: Man vs. self (conflict) limited point of view, and omniscient point of view?

A man vs. self conflict will
occur when a character is struggling with themselves on the inside. This type of
conflict can occur with other conflicts as well. Anytime a character struggles with a
moral dilemma or decision we see this at work. If for example a character had to choose
whether to live themselves, or provide continued life for a spouse, that struggle
through the decision would be this man vs. self
conflict.


The limited point of
view
occurs as audience members don't get to see everything that is going
on. I find this at work in the story of The Great Gatsby in chapter
5. One character, our narrator, goes outside leaving two other characters alone for 30
minutes. A great deal must have happened during that time, but we as audience members
never know because the narrator didn't know either, so he can't tell
us.


The omniscient point of view
occurs when we are an all knowing audience. The narrator tells us
everything we need to know but doesn't necessarily demostrate if characters know as much
as we do. This happens a lot in The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet
.

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