Analysis of the first chapter

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POSSESSION
- a romance -

• Analysis of the first chapter
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THE FUNCTION OF THE FIRST CHAPTER
The function of the first chapter is to introduce
the story and to present some characters
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CHARACTERS
Roland Michell
Randolph Henry Ash
- Literary researcher -
- Victorian Poet -
His characterization is made up from what he
does, from his behaviour and from is feelings
His characterization in made up from his letters
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SETTING
September 1986, London Library
QUOTATIONS
Pranks of Priapus
The Grecian Way of love
Randolph Henry Ash, The Garden of Proserpina
Vicos Principi di Scienza nuova
Ashs Complete Works
Ashs Complete Correspondence
Ashs Gods, Men and Heroes
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NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE

• Narrator Omniscient narrator
• He knows what characters feel and think
• Style Telling
• The events are filtered through narrators eyes