Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 0011-1619 print/1939-9138 online DOI: 10.1080/00111610903380154 Briony’s Being-For: Metafictional Narrative Ethics in Ian McEwan’s Atonement DAVID K. O’H ARA ABSTRACT: This essay attempts to identify an unusual brand of self-conscious narrative by focusing on Ian McEwan’s novel‚ Atonement (1992). What makes this minority metafictional style especially unique is not only its presence in the work of one of the late twentieth century’s preeminent British novelists
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In Part One of the film “Atonement” we see Briony’s world fall apart. From the beginning of the film ’Atonment’ we observe as Briony displays her need for physical and emotional control of both herself and others. Her neatly ordered room with its overwhelming floral wallpaper and miniature replica of the house‚ along with the specifically aligned trail of animals reflects her ordered and controlling state of mind. Another aspect which reflects her nature is her meticulous and uptight walk as she
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Is Everyone an Author? Authors do not always have to be people who write best-selling books or have published news articles; they don’t even have to write something at all. Painters‚ chefs‚ and musicians can all author compositions. An author‚ as described by the textbook‚ Everyone’s An Author‚ is someone whose piece can be viewed by a large group of people and critiqued by anyone. This critique is a result of rhetoric. Rhetoric‚ “language that is intended to influence people‚” helps the author’s
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Atonement is to compensate‚ amend or satisfy a wrong. Briony is the one responsible for the wrong act that needs atoning. A lot was running through this thirteen year old mind before setting out with this act. Firstly‚ she witnessed what seemed to her as sexual apprehension between her sister‚ Cecilia‚ and Robbie at a water fountain outside her window. After seeing her sister stripped down to her underwear‚ she misunderstood this as aggression on Robbie’s part. As a natural human being‚ one feels
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In the 2007 film Atonement‚ director Joe Wright uses characterisation and explicit symbolism to explore the themes of truism and misconception. He uses this to comment on how the abuse of power is carried out by people who are seemingly civilised. Wright used both non-diegetic and diegetic sounds to draw comparisons between the seeming civility and the actions of Briony and Paul Marshall. Various mis-en-scène elements‚ such as the characters’ appearances and speaking style‚ are effectively used to
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Semester 1 Unit 2 Voices of War Author’s Purpose and “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (100 points) Frequently‚ reported versions of events of war differ from those of historians‚ which also differ from those of the poet or the artist. In this lesson‚ you will compare and contrast several historical and artistic renderings of Paul Revere and his midnight ride. You will then analyze how the style‚ tone‚ and diction of each text advance the author’s purpose‚ perspective or stance. Part 1: View the
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Even if the storyline is one we have heard before‚ a text can always be made new and refreshing if its creators use effective or original production techniques. Joe Wright’s film Atonement is an excellent example of how even if a storyline is one we have heard before‚ a text can make it new and refreshing. The film is essentially a love story‚ but Wright creates interest through playing with the ideas of perspective‚ time and happy endings. By doing so he refreshes an overused storyline‚ making
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Chamber of Commerce will please take notice.” | The author exaggerates in this sentence making it seem as if no one in the whole state was friendly or welcoming. Like if they were all grumpy and impolitely. | (2) Rhetorical Shift | | “When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville‚ she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change” | As I was reading the passage‚ I notice a rhetorical shift in this few sentences. When the author wrote “…she was no more.” Makes it seem as if she
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Letter to the author My is Juan Pablo and I wanted to talk to you about your book. Really impressive your way to se the love that you have to the book show they are perfectly assembles to you. How their world is everything for you. How humans would be complete different with out them‚ no a utopia how it is shown in the book Here in the school I had the pleasure to play one time but since that day realized that I’m the worst player ever so my dream had been broken but now I only laugh to
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