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Point of View

Point of View. The vantage point from which events are presented. Types of Narrators. First person: may tell own story or someone else’s. But beware! The first-person narrator never knows the full story. Omniscient: narrator knows everything, and moves from one character’s mind to another.

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Point of View

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  1. Point of View The vantage point from which events are presented

  2. Types of Narrators • First person: may tell own story or someone else’s. But beware! The first-person narrator never knows the full story. • Omniscient: narrator knows everything, and moves from one character’s mind to another. • Objective: the point of view remains entirely outside the character’s mind. Readers have to interpret characters’ thoughts or attitudes on their own.

  3. Unreliable Narrators Definition: a first-person narrator whose perspective is self-serving, mistaken, confused, unstable, or even insane. • Cask of Amontillado: narrator is manipulative and deceives even himself. • Rose for Emily: narrator is confused, and has been indoctrinated by his own society’s assumptions.

  4. Limited Omniscient • Definition: a third-person narration that focuses only on a single character’s perspective. You can see inside the mind of that character, but no other character. • Example: Young Goodman Brown

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