1 / 23

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition. What IS Juxtaposition?. Placing two items “side by side” to EMPHASIZE the differences and contrast between them. The contrast should MAKE a POINT. Juxtaposition = noun To juxtapose = verb. Isn’t That Like Irony?.

caine
Download Presentation

Juxtaposition

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Juxtaposition

  2. What IS Juxtaposition? • Placing two items “side by side” to EMPHASIZE the differences and contrast between them. • The contrast should MAKE a POINT. • Juxtaposition = noun • To juxtapose = verb

  3. Isn’t That Like Irony? • Ironic situations create an EXPECTED and RESONABLE outcome to come true…but then doesn’t • Expectation ….then reveal • Juxtaposition shows TWO items next to each other. • Item…item • But…they are somewhat similar as terms!

  4. Why Does it Matter? • Authors are always trying to make a point…THEME • This is ONE method by which they may try to do that. • NOTE…some of the examples we will show are accidental, not intentional. That MAY change some of the intentional theme teaching by the texts.

  5. How Do I Find It? • Look for items (words, phrases, concepts) placed or described next to each other that seem at odds. • WHY would the author place these things together? • WHAT is the POINT about placing them at odds?

  6. During the Great Depression

  7. In Literature? • Foil characters! • Romeo and Tybalt • Voldemort and Harry Potter • Hamlet • Hamlet addresses Yorick’s skull and talks about LIFE and DEATH

  8. In Speeches • Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. • MLK, Jr. • An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. • Gandhi

  9. We offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. • JFK

  10. Sentence Frame of Helpfulness In the text of ____________, the author juxtaposes the images (or ideas) of ___________ with ____________. The first image (or idea) represents ______________. The contrasted image (or idea) represents _______________. The author probably chose to juxtapose these in order to make the point that __________________.

  11. John F. Kennedy • If a society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. • JFK

  12. In Films

More Related