Emulating Saint's use of an anti-climax in 'Hera'
I can use symbolism and semantic fields to emulate Saint's use of an anti-climax.
Emulating Saint's use of an anti-climax in 'Hera'
I can use symbolism and semantic fields to emulate Saint's use of an anti-climax.
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Key learning points
- Saint arguably uses an anti-climax in order to subvert the reader's expectations about ambition and power.
- In order to craft an anti-climax, Saint uses symbolism and semantic fields to create ideas of transience.
- In order to emulate Saint's work, we might use the symbolism of water and repetition of a verb which implies departing.
- Furthermore, we might consider using a semantic field of being unbalanced.
Keywords
Anti-climax - when something is much less exciting or dramatic than it was expected to be
Transience - the state or fact of lasting only for a short time
Futile - achieving no result; not effective or successful
Subvert - to criticise or undermine the usual way of doing something or common values
Common misconception
That anti-climaxes are always disappointing to the reader.
While some people may find them disappointing, they can also be useful in teaching us something about our own expectations around endings and resolutions.
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