Literary Elements in Jane Eyre

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Literary Elements in Jane Eyre

• By Kellie Pearson

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Mood/Atmosphere

• The emotional feelings inspired by a work. The
  term is borrowed from meteorology to describe the
  dominant mood of a selection as it is created by
  diction, dialogue, setting, and description.
  Often the opening scene in a play or novel
  establishes an atmosphere appropriate to the
  theme of the entire work. (http//web.cn.edu/kwhee
  ler/lit_terms_A.htmlatmosphere_anchor)
• Ex Homer's choice of "the wine-dark sea" in The
  Iliad

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Simile

• the comparison of two unlike things using like or
  as
• (http//www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/simile.
  html)
• Ex My love is like a red, red rose -Robert Burns
  

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Simile cartoon
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Irony

• an implied discrepancy between what is said and
  what is meant (http//www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit
  _terms/irony.html)
• Verbal irony is a disparity of expression and
  intention when a speaker says one thing but
  means another, or when a literal meaning is
  contrary to its intended effect. An example of
  this is sarcasm.
• Dramatic irony is a disparity of expression and
  awareness when words and actions possess a
  significance that the listener or audience
  understands, but the speaker or character does
  not.
• Situational irony is the disparity of intention
  and result when the result of an action is
  contrary to the desired or expected effect.
  Likewise, cosmic irony is disparity between human
  desires and the harsh realities of the outside
  world (or the whims of the gods). By some
  definitions, situational irony and cosmic irony
  are not irony at all.
• Ex. of dramatic irony Romeo and Juliet by
  William Shakespeare. When Romeo finds Juliet in a
  drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and
  kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead
  lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself

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Ironic sign
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Balanced Sentence

• when sentence elements are parallel, they are
  grammatically equal and a balanced sentence not
  only reflects coordinated arrangement but also
  emphasizes the contrast or the similarity between
  items and ultimately contributes to overall unity
  and coherence within a written work.a sentence
  that employs parallel structure of approximately
  the same length and importance.
• (http//copyediting-grammar-style.suite101.com/art
  icle.cfm/sentence_parallelismixzz0RIOQX8Tr)
• From Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19,
  1863, two powerful examples "But in a larger
  sense, we cannot dedicate--we cannot
  consecrate--we cannot hallow--this ground." and
  "....--that government of the people, by the
  people, for the people, shall not perish from the
  earth.