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What Is Free Indirect Discourse? | Definition & Examples

What Is Free Indirect Discourse? | Definition & Examples

What Is Free Indirect Discourse? | Definition & Examples

Free indirect discourse expresses first-person thoughts in the third person.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 267 min read

What Is an Unreliable Narrator? | Definition & Examples

What Is an Unreliable Narrator? | Definition & Examples

What Is an Unreliable Narrator? | Definition & Examples

An unreliable narrator presents a story from the perspective of a biased storyteller.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 239 min read

The Odyssey 2026 Movie: An Epic Perfect For Modern Cinema

The Odyssey 2026 Movie: An Epic Perfect For Modern Cinema

The Odyssey 2026 Movie: An Epic Perfect For Modern Cinema

The Odyssey, although more than 2500 years old, is the ideal blockbuster for modern film.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 234 min read

What Is Deus Ex Machina? | Definition & Examples

What Is Deus Ex Machina? | Definition & Examples

What Is Deus Ex Machina? | Definition & Examples

Deus ex machina unexpectedly solves an apparently insoluble problem.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 215 min read

Image of a metronome, a device used to help musicians keep a beat.

Image of a metronome, a device used to help musicians keep a beat.

Meter In Poetry: Definition & Examples

Meter refers to the arrangement of language in measured rhythmic patterns of sound.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 196 min read

Iambic Pentameter | Definitions & Examples

Iambic Pentameter | Definitions & Examples

Iambic Pentameter | Definitions & Examples

Iambic pentameter is a verse form made up of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 196 min read

What Is Verisimilitude? | Definition & Examples

What Is Verisimilitude? | Definition & Examples

What Is Verisimilitude? | Definition & Examples

Verisimilitude is the semblance of reality in fiction

Melchior Antoine

Jul 186 min read

Papyrus, fragment of the Odyssey, one of the world's most famous epics (Books IX and X), 3rd century BC.

Papyrus, fragment of the Odyssey, one of the world's most famous epics (Books IX and X), 3rd century BC.

What Is an Epic Poem? | Definition & Examples

An epic is a long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of a heroic figure.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 1710 min read

What Is a Persona? | Definition & Examples In Literature

What Is a Persona? | Definition & Examples In Literature

What Is a Persona? | Definition & Examples In Literature

A persona is the voice through which a poem or story is told.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 166 min read

Penelope and the Suitors by John William Waterhouse (1911-1912).

Penelope and the Suitors by John William Waterhouse (1911-1912).

Modernism In Literature

Modernism in literature often repurposes and interprets classical works of literature.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 1611 min read

What Is Stream of Consciousness? | Definition & Examples

What Is Stream of Consciousness? | Definition & Examples

What Is Stream of Consciousness? | Definition & Examples

Stream of consciousness seeks to faithfully reflect in writing how the human mind operates.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 137 min read

Lady Macduff and her son.

Lady Macduff and her son.

What Is a Foil Character? | Definition & Examples

A foil character highlights the most interesting aspects of the protagonist.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 125 min read

What Is Tragedy? | Definition & Examples

What Is Tragedy? | Definition & Examples

What Is Tragedy? | Definition & Examples

Tragedy is a branch of literature that deals with the sorrowful events that befall a heroic figure.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 118 min read

Portrait of H.D. from 1922.

Portrait of H.D. from 1922.

The Dramatic Monologue | A Versatile Technique

A dramatic monologue is a poem that reveals psychological insights through a one-sided dialogue.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 107 min read

A writer wondering whether or not to use the em dash?

A writer wondering whether or not to use the em dash?

The Em Dash — Refined Writing or ChatGPT Hyphen?

Content marketers claim that the em dash is a sign of AI-written content.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 93 min read

Daisy and Gatsby: A scene from the first stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

Daisy and Gatsby: A scene from the first stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

What Is Conflict In Literature? | Definition & Examples

A conflict is a struggle between the protagonist and an internal or external force.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 93 min read

Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina, a character defined by her intenal conflict, in MGM's 1935 production of the novel.

Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina, a character defined by her intenal conflict, in MGM's 1935 production of the novel.

Presenting Internal Conflict In Literature

Internal conflict may be based on a character's opposing desires, emotions, or beliefs.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 77 min read

What Is Enjambment? | Definition & Examples

What Is Enjambment? | Definition & Examples

What Is Enjambment? | Definition & Examples

In enjambment, a sentence continues to the next line, unseparated by punctuation.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 55 min read

Portrait of Sir Philip Sydney, famous for writing and translating several Petrarchan sonnets.

Portrait of Sir Philip Sydney, famous for writing and translating several Petrarchan sonnets.

What Is a Sonnet? | Definition & Examples

A sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, has 14 lines, and follows a rhyme scheme.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 58 min read

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, by John Singer Sargent, 1889. Lady Macbeth is famous for her soliloquy to evil spirits or "ministers of the air."

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, by John Singer Sargent, 1889. Lady Macbeth is famous for her soliloquy to evil spirits or "ministers of the air."

What Is a Soliloquy? | Its Purpose & Examples

A soliloquy expresses hidden thoughts and feelings to the audience.

Melchior Antoine

Jul 46 min read

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